States PCS: Bihar GK for BPSC and other Bihar PCS Exams

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Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ was the first person from Bihar to won Jnanpith award. He was an Indian Hindi poet, essayist, patriot and academic who is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He remerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his nationalist poetry written in the days before Indian independence.

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Xuanzang was the traveller who described the interaction between Chinese Buddhism and Indian Buddhism in the early Tang dynasty. He was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller and translator. He visited Lumbini, Varanasi, Vaishali, Pataliputra, Bodh Gaya, Bhagalpur, Nalanda. Xuanzang studied logic, grammar, Sanskrit and the Yogacara school of Buddhism during his time at Nalanda.

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Bihar has the lowest GDP at an average per capita in India. However, the per capita income in southern part of the state is high. In 2008, the per capita income of Patna was greater than that of Bangalore and Hyderabad.

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Bihar preservation and improvement of Animal’s Act was passed in 1955. This act was passed for the prevention of cruelty to animals, animal disease prevention, prevention of cow slaughter and conservation of
cattle and buffaloes.

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Rapeseed and Mustard are Rabi crops. The Rabi crops are sown around mid-November, preferably after the monsoon rains are over and harvesting begins in April / May.

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The first general elections were held in Bihar in 1952. The total strength of the membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated member. The Indian National Congress (INC) stormed into power. Dr. Sri Krishna Singh became the first Leader of the House and the Chief Minister and Dr.  Anurag Narayan Sinha was elected as the first Deputy Leader of the Assembly and became the state’s first Deputy Chief Minister.

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Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the unicameral legislature was converted into a bicameral legislature in Bihar i.e. the Bihar Legislative Council and the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The last step of parliamentary development in Bihar took place in 1936, when Bihar attained its separate statehood. Under the Govt. of India Act, 1919, the unicameral legislature got converted into a bicameral one. A unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of a single chamber or house While Bicameral legislature is the practice of having a legislature divided into two separate assemblies, chambers, or houses.

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Shatrughan Sinha is also known as ‘Bihari Babu’. Shatrughan Sinha is an Indian actor and politician. He was a member of Lok Sabha from Patna Sahib and Rajya Sabha. He was a Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

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Gandak river is known as “Sadanira”. This river is full of water throughout the year. It is also known as  Narayani river.

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According to the Divyadana traditions,  the Ajivika saint Pingalvatsa lived in the court of  Bindusara and he predicted that Ashoka would become a great King.