Separation of Bihar
1. The talk of a separate Bihar movement was made in which of the following magazines under the title ‘Bihar for Biharis only’?
(a) Samvad
(b) Moordh-e-Suleman
(c) Bihari
(d) Pratap
Ans: (b)
Q. 2. When was it published in the magazine ‘Moordh-e-Suleman’ that ‘Bihar is for Biharis only’?
(a) 1870 AD
(b) 1872 AD
(c) 1874 AD
(d)1876 AD
Ans: (d)
Q. 3. Which Urdu Newspaper has feverishly advocated for the separation of Bihar from Bengal?
(a) The Qaumi Awaj
(b) The Bhumi Azadi
(c) The Inqlab
(d) The Kasid
Ans: (d)
Q. 4. Where was the magazine ‘Moordhe- Suleman’ publshied from?
(a) Bhagalpur
(b) Munger
(c) Vaishali
(d)Motihari
Ans: (b)
Q. 5. Which of the following had given a solid base to the Bihar Separation movement by way of ‘Kayastha Gazette’?
(a) Deep Narayan Singh
(b) Anugrah Narayan Singh
(c) Krishna Sahay
(d) Mahesh Narayan
Ans: (d)
Q. 6. When did the Urdu Newspaper ‘Kasid’ advocate strongly for the separation of Bihar from Bengal?
(a) 1873 AD
(b) 1875 AD
(c) 1877 AD
(d) 1879 AD
Ans: (c)
Q. 7. Which Lt. Governor had said that unless the people of Bihar are given means of livelihood, the development of Bihar could not take place?
(a) Campbell
(b) Smith
(c) David Heir
(d)George Belly
Ans:(a)
Q. 8. The second session of the Provincial Congress was completed in Bihar by efforts of who of the following persons?
(a) Brij Kishore
(b) Deep Narayan Singh
(c) Ali Imam
(d) Maulana Mazhrul Haq
Ans: (b)
Q. 9. Who is the founder of ‘Sadar Anjuman- a-Hind’?
(a) Balraj Sahni
(b) Munshi Pyarelal
(c) Hasan Imam
(d) Maulana Imdad Ali
Ans: (b)
Q. 10. Who had demanded reservation in government jobs for the ‘Biharis’?
(a) Smith
(b) Campbell
(c) Ashley Eden
(d)Lee Grand
Ans: (c)
Q. 11. When did the Governor General of India made it clear that separation of Bengal was necessary for the administrative convenience?
(a) 1901 AD
(b) 1902 AD
(c) 1903 AD
(d)1904 AD
Ans: (c)
Q. 12. Who had handed over a reminder to the Lt. Governor Charles Elliot and Alexander Mckenzie for creation of a separate Bihar?
(a) Shri Krishna Sahay
(b) Mahesh Narayan
(c) Sachchidanand Sinha
(d) Both
(b) and (c)
Ans: (d)
Q. 13. When was division of Bengal announced by the Home Secretary Herbert Rizley?
(a) 5 January 1903
(b) 6 March 1903
(c) 8 May 1903
(d) 3 December 1903
Ans: (d)
Q. 14. Who was the Governor General of India in the year 1903?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Dufferin
(c) Lord Reading
(d) Lord Irwin
Ans:(a)
Q. 15. Who was appointed the first Lt. Governor of Bihar in the year 1912?
(a) John Smith
(b) Johan Napier
(c) Charles Belly
(d) David Cameroon
Ans: (c)
Q. 16. Whose book is it –‘the Partition of Bengal, Seperation of Bihar’?
(a) Shri Krishna Singh
(b) Sachchidanand Sinha
(c) Mahesh Narayan
(d) Both
(b) and (c)
Ans: (d)
Q. 17. When was the first Bihari Students Conference organized?
(a) 1903 AD
(b) 1904 AD
(c) 1906 AD
(d) 1908 AD
Ans: (c)
Q. 18. Where was the first ‘Bihari Students’ Conference’ held?
(a) Gaya
(b) Motihari
(c) Vaishali
(d) Patna
Ans: (d)
Q. 19. Who was the Editor of the magazine ‘Bihari Times’?
(a) Shri Krishna Singh
(b) Maulana Mazhrul Haq
(c) Ramdayalu Singh
(d) Mahesh Narayan
Ans: (d)
Q. 20. Under whose Chairmanship, the first Bihari Students Conference was organized?
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Ali Imam
(d) Sharfuddin
Ans: (d)
Q. 21. When did Mahesh Narayan die?
(a) 1904 AD
(b) 1905 AD
(c) 1906 AD
(d)1907 AD
Ans: (d)
Q. 22. When did the magazine ‘Bihari Times’ start to get published by the name ‘Bihari’?
(a) 1906 AD
(b) 1905 AD
(c) 1904 AD
(d)1903 AD
Ans:(a)
Q. 23. Under whose Chairmanship, Bihar provincial conference was held in the year 1908?
(a) Maulana Mazhrul Haq
(b) Ali Imam
(c) Shri Krishan Singh
(d) Brahm Dev Narayan
Ans: (b)
Q. 24. In the year 1908, where was the ‘Bihar Pradeshik Sammelan’ organized?
(a) Betia
(b) Motihari
(c) Patna
(d)Mujaffarpur
Ans: (c)
Q. 25. When was the proposal for separation of Bihar passed unanimously in the Bihar Provincial Conference?
(a) 1902 AD
(b) 1904 AD
(c) 1906 AD
(d)1908 AD
Ans: (d)
Q. 26. Who had proposed for separation of Bihar in the Bihar Provincial Conference held in the year 1908?
(a) Mohd Fakhruddin
(b) Hasan Imam
(c) Ali Imam
(d) Maulana Mazhrul Haq
Ans:(a)
Q. 27. When was Sachchidanand Sinha chosen a member of the Central Legislative Council?
(a) 1908 AD
(b) 1910 AD
(c) 1912 AD
(d)1914 AD
Ans: (b)
Q. 28. Who was chosen for the Central Legislative Council from the side of Bengal Legislative Council?
(a) Mohd Sharfuddin
(b) Hasan Imam
(c) Sachchidanand Sinha
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Ans: (d)
Q. 29. Which of the Governor Generals had cancelled the division of Bengal?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Harding
(c) Lord Reading
(d) Lord Cornwallis
Ans: (b)
Q. 30. Who was chosen as the law member of the Executive Council of Governor General?
(a) Sachchidanand Sinha
(b) Shri Krishan Singh
(c) Ali Imam
(d) Imdad Ali
Ans: (c)
Q. 31. When was the announcement of creation of two states viz Bihar and Orissa from Bengal made?
(a) 1910
(b) 1911
(c) 1912
(d)1913
Ans: (b)
Q. 32. When did Governor General cancel the division of Bengal?
(a) 1908 AD
(b) 1909 AD
(c) 1910 AD
(d) 1911 AD
Ans: (d)