Jharkhand PSC Prelim Exam 2010 Solved Paper

(1) Jharkhand (l it. “Bushland”)is a state in easternIndia carved out of thesouthern part of Bihar on 15November 2000. The stateshares its border with thestates of Bihar to the north,Ut tar Pradesh andChhattisgarh to the west,Odisha to the south, andWest Bengal to the east. It has an area of 79,710 km2(30,778 sq mi).