Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India. It is the 13th-largest state of India, with an area of . The third-largest state of India by population, it is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, with Jharkhand to the south. The Bihar plain is split by the river Ganges which flows from west to east. Bihar is an amalgamation of three main distinct regions, these are Magadh, Mithila and Bhojpur.

On November 15, 2000, southern Bihar was ceded to form the new state of Jharkhand. Only 11.3% of the population of Bihar lives in urban areas, which is the lowest in India after Himachal Pradesh. Additionally, almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, giving Bihar the highest proportion of young people of any Indian state. The official languages of the state are Hindi and Urdu. Other languages commonly used within the state include Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, Bajjika, and Angika (Maithili is the only one of these to be officially accepted by the government).

In ancient and classical India, the area that is now Bihar was considered a centre of power, learning, and culture. From Magadha arose India's first empire, the Maurya empire, as well as one of the world's most widely adhered-to religions, Buddhism. Magadha empires, notably under the Maurya and Gupta dynasties, unified large parts of South Asia under a central rule. Another region of Bihar is Mithila which was an early centre of Brahmanical learning and the centre of the Videha kingdom. There is an ongoing movement in the Maithili speaking region of Bihar for a separate Indian state of Mithila. What will be the capital of the state has yet to be decided however Darbhanga is the most likely candidate. Other potential capitals include Muzaffarpur, Purnia, Madhubani and Begusarai.

Answer the following questions:
1. Whats Bihar?
2. Is it the largest state of India?
3. What river is it spilt on?
4. what happened in november 2000
5. what are the official languages
6. Any other languages spoken?
7. which ones?
8. what was bihar considered in ancient india?
9. and modern india too?
10. what was the first empire?
11. what became a seperate indian state?
12. what other cities was considered potential captials?
1. an Indian state
2. No
3. the Ganges
4. southern Bihar was ceded
5. Hindi and Urdu
6. Yes
7. Bhojpuri, Maithili, Magahi, Bajjika, and Angika
8. a centre of power
9. unknown
10. the Maurya empire
11. southern Bihar
12. Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Purnia, Madhubani and Begusarai.