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

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Vaishali was capital of Vajji Mahajanapada. It was a prosperous city. In the introductory portion of the Ekapanna Jataka, Vaishali was described as encompassed by three walls, with three gates and watch towers. The main gosthas were the Licchavis, Mallas and Sakyas.

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House of Windsor was made the new Imperial Royal Family in 1877. The House of Windsor is the reigning royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The current head of House of Windsor is Elizabeth II.

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The development of five common facility centres (CFCs)  for product development, training, market development etc. are being done under the Jute Common Facility Centres Scheme. The government allocated a sum US$ 1.53 million during the fiscal year 2015-16. These CFCs are sanctioned at five locations, with three locations situated in West Bengal, two locations in Assam and one location in Bihar.

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Dalmianagar was a large Agro-industrial town in Undivided Bihar. It is in Rohtas District of Bihar. The Industrial town of Dalmianagar was founded by the industrialist Ramkrishna Dalmia, a doyens of business in 20th century India and founder of the Dalmia group. Dalmianagar developed into a massive industrial town from the 1940s till the 1980s with factories producing sugar, cement, paper, chemicals, vanaspati etc. and  employing top professionals of the country. Dalmianagar had housing colony, gardens, clubs, schools, market complexes, and hospitals for its employees. The prosperity of Dalmianagar started to decline in the mid 1970s as the law and order situation in this industrial town began to worsen. By the mid 1980s factories started to shut down and By the 1990s Dalmianagar looked like a ghost town.

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Rice – Wheat, Rice – Gram, Rice – Lentil, Rice – Rai crop sequence belongs to Agro-climatic zone III. Agro-climatic zone III is Southern West and Southern East regions of Bihar. It includes districts like Sheikhpura, Munger, Jamui, Rohtas, Bhojpur, Buxar etc.

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Sone Hydroelectric Project is located in Bihar. It is built on River Sone and Ganga. The basin is Ganga. It is loacted in Rohtas District of Bihar.

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Pitri Paksha Mela is organised on the bank of river Falgu. This is a 15-day fair held on the bank of River Falgu at Gaya during Pitru Paksha every year. Pilgrims from all parts of India visit Gaya, offering pinda to honour their ancestors. According to estimates from the Bihar Tourism Department, about 500,000 to 750,000 pilgrims arrive in Gaya each year during the Pitri Paksha Mela.

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Emperor Bimbisar was proselytized by Lord Buddha at Griddhakoota, Vulture Hill which is in Rajgir. According to Buddhist scriptures, King Bimbisara met Buddha after Buddha’s enlightenment and later became an important disciple that featured prominently in certain Buddhist suttas. He is recorded to have attained Sotapannahood, a degree of enlightenment in Buddhist teachings.

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Ram Dulari Sinha was the first woman from Bihar to be appointed as Governor. She became Governor of Kerala from 23 February 1988 to 12 February 1990. She was a nationalist, freedom fighter, Union Minister.  She was married with Thakur Jugal Kishore Sinha popularly known as the father of Cooperative Movement in India. She was Union Minister in Government’s headed by Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi respectively. She was elected Vice Chairman of the International Labour Organisation.

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The first sugar mill was established in Bihar in 1904 at Marhuara. Marhaura is a town and an administrative sub-divisional area in Saran district of Bihar. Marhaura was the industrial hub of Saran in the 1980s.