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📰 Bihar Important Events (Dec 2024 - Aug 2026) Chapter 4: Chronological Milestones: Sports, Art & Culture, Heritage, Environment & Science

Mod 11: Health, science and environment, 2020-21

📖 Chapter 4 of 8 🧩 Module 13 of 15 ⏱️ ~1 min read 💡 36 MCQs
Topic Part 1 of 2

What this module adds: Health, science and environment questions from the 2020-21 paper, in date order. The month-wise modules already in this chapter are unchanged.

Exam View: Key Takeaways

  • 20 February 2020: first cancer detection centre at Bhagalpur.
  • May 2021 finds: ancient urban remains at Isahpur, Madhubani; cyclone alert for Yaas; mahajal in the Ganga at Buxar.
  • Air, March 2021 report: Patna 32nd among the world's most polluted cities; Muzaffarpur 28th; Hajipur 68th.
  • 26 March 2021: Rajgir nature safari park with a glass bridge.
  • Dedicated COVID hospital and the child vaccine trial: AIIMS, Patna. Black fungus injection: Amphotericin-B.

One-liners

  • Cyclone named in the alert? — Yaas
  • District of the May 2021 excavation? — Madhubani
  • Patna's IQAir rank in the 2020 report? — 32nd
⭐ Key Points
  • 20 February 2020: first cancer detection centre at Bhagalpur.
  • May 2021 finds: ancient urban remains at Isahpur, Madhubani; cyclone alert for Yaas; mahajal in the Ganga at Buxar.
  • Air, March 2021 report: Patna 32nd among the world's most polluted cities; Muzaffarpur 28th; Hajipur 68th.
  • 26 March 2021: Rajgir nature safari park with a glass bridge.
  • Dedicated COVID hospital and the child vaccine trial: AIIMS, Patna. Black fungus injection: Amphotericin-B.
📌 One-line Q&A
  • Cyclone named in the alert? — Yaas
  • District of the May 2021 excavation? — Madhubani
  • Patna's IQAir rank in the 2020 report? — 32nd
Questions 36 MCQs

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Question 1: Where did Bihar's first cancer detection centre open in February 2020?

Paper question 143. Opened on 20 February 2020 by Union Minister Ashwini Choubey at Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital.

Question 2: From December 2020, which open-defecation-free category was declared for the Patna municipal area?

Paper question 65. ODF+. It is about toilets in all public places, water and soap, and a waste system. ODF++ is a higher certificate and is not the marked answer.

Question 3: In which year was the Meteorological Centre, Patna, established, the centre that was to receive the centenary observatory honour of the World Meteorological Centre, Geneva?

Paper question 78. 1867.

Question 4: Where was the state bird festival held?

Paper question 67. Nagi-Nakti bird sanctuary, Jamui.

Question 5: Which district had the most cyber-crime incidents in the National Cyber Crime Report?

Paper question 98. Patna.

Question 6: In which district was high-grade magnesium carbonate found?

Paper question 101. Aurangabad.

Question 7: Which Bihar specialist was included in the vitreoretinal disease and development group of the World Health Organization?

Paper question 114. Dr Rajyavardhan Azad.

Question 8: Where was the state's fourth, and north Bihar's first, bird-ringing station to be made for the study of migratory birds?

Paper question 128. Begusarai.

Question 9: Where was a state cancer institute to be established?

Paper question 138. IGIMS, Patna.

Question 10: In which district was a bird study and research centre to be opened?

Paper question 145. Jamui.

Question 11: Where was the country's first national rhino breeding and conservation centre to be?

Paper question 148. Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park, Patna. The note says Patna zoo was second in Asia in the number of one-horned rhinos, with 11 rhinos.

Question 12: In the IQAir World Air Quality Report 2020, issued in March 2021, what was Patna's rank among the world's most polluted cities?

Paper question 182. Patna 32nd. In the same report Muzaffarpur was 28th and Hajipur 68th among the state's most polluted cities.

Question 13: Which Bihar girl received the SPIE award for excellent scientific thinking?

Paper question 177. Jahnavi, for a project on the problem of global water crisis, soil fertility and water conservation.

Question 14: Who from Bihar was selected for the Newton International Fellowship for 2020?

Paper question 90. Dr Avanish Kumar.

Question 15: Which Bihar university did the GRIHA Council honour with a 5-star rating?

Paper question 58. Nalanda University.

Question 16: Where was Bihar's first National Skill Institute being opened?

Paper question 66. Darbhanga.

Question 17: Where was it decided to build an examination centre with a capacity of 25,000?

Paper question 156. Patna, near the Gandhi Setu, with modern facilities.

Question 18: Whom did this paper mark as Vice-Chancellor of Nalanda University?

Paper question 157. Sunaina Singh, as printed. A later incumbent on 19 October 2026 is not substituted.

Question 19: Whom did this paper mark as Chancellor of Nalanda University?

Paper question 158. Vijay P. Bhatkar, as printed for that sitting.

Question 20: When did Nitish Kumar inaugurate the nature safari park with a glass bridge at Rajgir?

Paper question 183. 26 March 2021. The note calls it the country's second glass bridge. The same day the Chief Minister inaugurated a flyover and a new ropeway.

Question 21: For which cyclone was an alert issued in Bihar?

Paper question 2. Cyclone Yaas. यास.

Question 22: In which district was a mahajal laid in the Ganga?

Paper question 4. Buxar.

Question 23: In which district were remains of an ancient urban civilisation found in May 2021?

Paper question 5. Madhubani. Excavation at Isahpur village in the Pandol area found a thick brick wall, pots and coins.

Question 24: Which injection was permitted for black-fungus patients in Bihar?

Paper question 12. Amphotericin-B.

Question 25: Where was a postal COVID care centre set up?

Paper question 15. Patna.

Question 26: Which Patna hospital was declared a dedicated COVID hospital in the second wave?

Paper question 41. AIIMS, Patna.

Question 27: Which Patna hospital was chosen for the corona vaccine trial on children?

Paper question 49. AIIMS, Patna.

Question 28: Which student of Patna made Medi-Robot, which was on trial in large hospitals?

Paper question 14. Akanksha.

Question 29: A fold testing kit was to be used in Bihar to test the quality of what?

Paper question 35. Water.

Question 30: Which engineering institute developed a sanitizer that detects corona in two seconds?

Paper question 36. IIT Bhagalpur.

Question 31: Which technology institute developed the Check Bihar surveyor software for chakbandi?

Paper question 103. IIT Roorkee.

Question 32: What was Bihar's rank in the vulnerability index of the National Climate Vulnerability Assessment Report 2021, and what was its score?

Paper question 40. Sixth, with a score of 0.614.

Question 33: Where was a shelter for monkeys announced?

Paper question 33. Raniganj, Araria.

Question 34: Which campaign was the environment, forest and climate-change department to run to explain the importance of trees?

Paper question 46. Nature Cares You.

Question 35: Which village was declared the country's first nutritional village, with help from the Rural Development Council and Harvest Plus?

Paper question 48. Kukri Bigha, in Patna district.

Question 36: Which hill did Nitish Kumar announce would be developed as a historical site?

Paper question 56. The Guvari hill, or the mound named in the paper at Bhagalpur.
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One-liners

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Cyclone named in the alert?

Yaas

District of the May 2021 excavation?

Madhubani

Patna's IQAir rank in the 2020 report?

32nd