Bihar General Knowledge 2025 | Useful For BPSC, BSSC, CDPO, SI & All Other Competitive Exams of Bihar With Latest Political Maps of Bihar Include Economic survery 2024-25 & Budget 2025-26

The Bihar state is a wonderful example of natural, cultural, political and intellectual prosperity as well as dense diversity of the geographical structure. The land of Bihar, full of glorious past and inspirational traditions, has the distinction of being the birthplace and workplace of great personalities. The presented book provides complete and comprehensive information about Bihar. Comprising 38 chapters, it not only analyzes the historical, geographical, political, social, cultural, and economic conditions of the state in detail, but it also presents limitless possibilities of future development. The logical and interesting presentation of the visible progress and change in Bihar presently, makes it unique. This book is completely useful and readable, not only from the point of view of the candidates, but also for the guidance of research students, teachers and readers.

Major Highlights of Bihar General Knowledge
• Freedom Movement and Separate Bihar Movement
• Art and Culture
• Major Personalities
• Agriculture and Irrigation
• Population and Domicile
• Tourism and Disaster Management
• Major Commissions
• Local Self Governance
• Economic Indices
• Poverty and Unemployment
• State Policies and Industrial Policies
• Start-up Policy, 2017
• Information and Communication Technology Policy, 2011
• Bihar Advertisement Policy, 2016
• Bihar Right to Public Services Act, 2011
• Bihar Agricultural Land (Conversion for Non-Agriculture Purposes) Act, 2010
• Bihar Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act, 2015
• Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016
• Economic Survey 2020-21 and Bihar Budget 2021-22
• Effects of Partition
• Demand of Special Status for the State
• Economic Backwardness and Potential of Growth
• Good Governance and Seven Resolutions
• Bihar Foundation Day
• Statistical Presentation

Dr. Manish Rannjan from IAS, 2002 batch currently works with the Government of Jharkhand. He was the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Magistrate in various districts of Jharkhand. After his initial education from Netarhat Vidyalaya, Netarhat, and Patna College, Patna, he graduated from Hindu College of the University of Delhi. He has an MBA degree from Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Gujarat. Dr. Rannjan holds a Ph.D in Management Studies. Dr. Rannjan has recently completed Masters of Public Affairs (MPA) from University of California, Berkeley. He was recipient of the UK Government’s prestigious Chevening fellowship to study at University of Oxford. He has also been trained at Johns Hopkins University, USA; Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany; International Training Center, Turin, Italy and Korea Development Institute, South Korea. His project on use of disruptive technology for agriculture has been widely appreciated by the World Bank, Washington DC.
He received the “Director’s Gold Medal” for securing first in order of merit in IAS professional training. He received the Prime Minister ‘MGNREGA Excellence Award’ for two consecutive years, and ‘Nirmal Gram Puraskar’ from the President of India. He has also been awarded with ‘Asian Federation of Intellectual Disabilities’ ‘Star Raft Award’ of Japan and SPANDAN award by Government of India for his exemplary work for people of special needs.