Historical Scenario (Bihar)

61. Baba Thakur Das established which society in Patna? [66th B.P.S.C. (Re. Exam) 2020]

Correct Answer: (b) Ramakrishna Mission Society

Solution:Baba Thakur Das established RamKrishna Mission Society in Patna and started publishing newspaper 'The Mother Land'.

62. In the decade of 1830, Patna city was the centre of – [40th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1995]

(a) Sanyasi Revolt
(b) Godkhari Revolt
(c) Munda Revolt
(d) Wahabi Movement

Correct Answer: (d) Wahabi Movement

Solution:The Wahabi Movement started in Arab. Abdul Wahab was the progenitor of this movement. Thus, the movement came to be known as a Wahabi movement. Initially, it was a cultural and religious movement. Saiyad Ahmad of Raebareli Uttar Pradesh was the father of this movement in India. During the Patna tour of Saiyad Ahmad in 1830 Patna became a major centre of Wahabi movement in that decade.

63. In 1930 and 1931 in which district did the Barahi Congress successfully make the British rule functionless? [39th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1994]

(a) Madhubani
(a) Madhubani
(c) Gaya
(d) Munger

Correct Answer: (c) Gaya

Solution:Between 1930 to 1931, the Barahi congress successfully foiled the British government in Gaya.

64. In July 2019, experts visited for the first documentation of a Megalithic site of Bihar in which of the following districts? [65th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2019]

Correct Answer: (b) Kaimur

Solution:In November 2018, Dr. Shyam Sundar Tiwary, a researcher of some valley civilization, discovered six, megalithic burial sites on Kaimur hills near Rohtas district, 205 km south-west of Patna. After further excavations, a group of archeologists headed towards Kaimur in July 2019 to document Bihar as a megalithic state.

65. Who organized Kisan Sabha at Munger in 1922-23? [63rd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2017]

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above/More than one of the above

Solution:Kisan Sabha was organised in 1922 by Mohammed Jubair and Sri Krishna Singh in Munger.