71st BPSC Prelims Most Important GK Questions 2025

The Bihar Public Service Commission will be conducting the 71st BPSC Prelims on September 13, 2025. To qualify the exam with flying colours, you must know about all the ongoing as well as historical events, including the 71st BPSC Prelims Most Important GK Questions 2025.
Throughout this article, we have listed the most important GK questions 2025 for the 71st BPSC exam so that you can practice them and get a good score in the exam. All of the questions will cover various topics from Ancient and Medieval history, Indian Polity and Governance, Bihar’s Geography, General Science, etc. With the exam being around the corner, we recommend going through the questions in this article carefully and trying to answer them without looking at the response.

71st BPSC Prelims Most Important GK Questions 2025

The GK questions for the 71st BPSC Prelims will be in the MCQ form. With not much time left for the exam, we advise you to go through all the questions mentioned below carefully, and along with this, browse through various YouTube channels and previous year question papers to get a good understanding of the exam. Listed below are some of the most important GK questions for 71st BPSC Prelims 2025:

Q1. Who founded the Dhruva Dal during the National movement?
Correct answer - Dhruv Kumar

Q2. The famous Buddhist pilgrimage Bodh Gaya is located in which Indian state?
Correct answer - Bihar

Q3. During the Quit India Movement, on August 15, 1942, under whose chairmanship a huge meeting was organized at town hall of Chhapra?
Correct answer - Shanti Devi

Q4. Where in Bihar did the dispute related to the flag take place in 1922?
Correct answer - Muzaffarpur

Q5. When was the Home Rule League established in Bihar?
Correct answer - 16 December 1916

Q6. When did Viceroy Hardinge lay the foundation stone of the construction of Raj Bhavan in Patna?
Correct answer - in 1913

Q7. Which state of India was the first to make a land reform law?
Correct answer - Bihar

Q8. Sher Khan was appointed as the guardian of which ruler in Bihar?
Correct answer - Jalal Khan

Q9. Who appointed Raja Man Singh as the governor of Bihar Province?
Correct answer - Akbar

Q10. Which newspaper published continuous essays on atrocities against Raiyats by Nihals in Champaran?
Correct answer - Pratap

Q11. Choose the wrong one from the following:
Correct answer - There is only Sher Khan’s tomb in Sasaram

Q12. ‘Whatever happened in Champaran, as per my expectation, it was repeated on a scale all over the country. Champaran became free from the white landlords. India is today free from foreign rule.’ - Whose statement is this?
Correct answer - Rajendra Prasad

Q13. Lashkar Khan was the governor of Bihar during the reign of which of the following Mughal rulers?
Correct answer - Aurangzeb

Q14. In which battle did Alivardi Khan defeat the Afghans in Bihar?
Correct answer - Battle of Patna

Q15. When were Sheetal Rai and Radhumal arrested for protesting against indigo production?
Correct answer - 1908

Q16. The ruins of a temple have been found in Apsadh (Gaya). Are story scenes written on its walls?
Correct answer - Nala Damayanti’s love story

Q17. Who among the following did Kunwar Singh try to meet in October 1857?
Correct answer - Begum Hazrat Mahal

Q18. Where did the local municipality president, Khan Bahadur Mehboob Khan give an emotional speech in 1919?
Correct answer - Biharsharif

Q19. Who had captured the city of Patna on 24 June 1763?
Correct answer - Hector Munro

Q20. Established in 1774 in Patna, it is presently near Nepali Kothi. Who is it for?
Correct answer - France

Q21. Which traveller has given the population of Patna as two lakh in the Mughal period?
Correct answer - Tavarniye

Q22. Which nawab is being talked about here: At the behest of French officer Somru, the Patna factory was attacked in 1763 AD. After this, Mir Jafar was made the Nawab of Bengal
Correct answer - Mir Kasim

Q23. Who among the following has not been the Chief Minister of Bihar?
Correct answer - Ram Vilas Paswan

Q24. Lachhuar is a place related to which religion, and where is it located?
Correct answer - Jainism, Jamui

Q25. In which districts are the archaeological sites Taradih and Shobhanath hills located?
Correct answer - Gaya

Q26. Where is the help coming from for the renovation of Nalanda University?
Correct answer - Japan

Q27. Which of the following is the correct statement:

• Rakhi Bandhan day was celebrated in Darbhanga on 16 October 1905
• The Bihar Student Conference was established in 1906
  Correct answer - Both of these

Q28. The Bihar government approved a massive revamp of Punaura Dham (Sitamarhi) in 2025. What is the total project cost?
Correct answer - ₹890 crore

Q29. The Barabar caves were patronised by which dynasty?
Correct answer - Mauryas

Q30. Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held in 1885?
Correct answer - Bombay

Q31. Who authored "A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms"?
Correct answer - Faxian

Q32. Who destroyed Nalanda University?
Correct answer - Bakhtiyar Khilji

Q33. Valmiki National Park is located in which district of Bihar?
Correct answer - West Champaran

Q34. Nalanda University was founded by which ruler?
Correct answer - Kumaragupta I

Q35. The Lion Capital of Ashoka is the national emblem of which country?
Correct answer - India

Q36. Which was the capital of the Vajjian Confederacy?
Correct answer - Vaishali

Q37. The primary source for Early Vedic civilisation knowledge is:
Correct answer - Rigveda

Q38. The Buddhist doctrine denying the soul's existence is called:
Correct answer - Anatta

Q39. The Ajivika sect primarily used which caves in Bihar?
Correct answer - Barabar and Nagarjuni

Q40. Who was the first female disciple of Buddha to be ordained as a bhikkhuni?
Correct answer - Prajapati Gautami

Q41. The Mauryan Emperor who defeated the Vajji Confederacy was:
Correct answer - Ajatashatru

Q42. Megasthenes was:
Correct answer - Greek ambassador at Chandragupta Maurya's court

Q43. The Nagara style is characterised by:
Correct answer - Pyramidal tower with curvilinear outline

Q44. The ruins of the Vikramshila Buddhist monastery are located in:
Correct answer - Bhagalpur district

Q45. The capital of the ancient Anga kingdom was:
Correct answer - Champa

Q46. The famous dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama is found in:
Correct answer - Katha Upanishad

Q47. The Buddhist philosopher who promoted Anekantavada was:
Correct answer - Jain Tirthankara

Q48. The ancient site of Kumhrar in Patna was:
Correct answer - Royal palace complex of Pataliputra

Q49. The Mauryan pillars were made primarily from:
Correct answer - Sandstone

Q50. The earliest evidence of agriculture in the Indian subcontinent comes from which site?
Correct answer - Mehrgarh

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