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1. From the below, which state did not share its border with West Bengal
(A) Assam
(B) Odisha
(C) Bihar
(D) Meghalaya
Correct Answer: (D) Meghalaya
2. Who was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal
(A) Bidhan Chandra Roy
(B) Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
(C) Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee
(D) Jyoti Basu
Correct Answer: (B) Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
3. In India, Doctors' Day is celebrated in the memory of Bidhan Chandra Roy on
(A) 22nd January
(B) 1st April
(C) 1st July
(D) 28th August
Correct Answer: (C) 1st July
4. The Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology was established in the year
(A) 1947
(B) 1951
(C) 1955
(D) 1962
Correct Answer: (B) 1951
5. Who is known as the Father of the Bengali renaissance
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Debendranath Tagore
Correct Answer: (C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
6. Which viceroy of India, declared the Bengal Partition in 1905
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Irwin
(C) Lord Ripon
(D) Lord Canning
Correct Answer: (A) Lord Curzon
7. In which year, the capital of India is shifted from Kolkata to Delhi
(A) 1901
(B) 1907
(C) 1911
(D) 1917
Correct Answer: (C) 1911
8. The construction of Victoria Memorial was completed in the year
(A) 1903
(B) 1906
(C) 1917
(D) 1921
Correct Answer: (D) 1921
9. The novel Parineeta was written by
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(C) Satyajit Ray
(D) Syed Mujtaba Ali
Correct Answer: (B) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
10. The famous novel Devdas was written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay in the year
(A) 1905
(B) 1912
(C) 1915
(D) 1917
Correct Answer: (D) 1917
11. In India, West Bengal is the largest producer of
(A) Wheat
(B) Rice
(C) Barley
(D) Mango
Correct Answer: (B) Rice
12. In which year, Jyoti Basu became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time
(A) 1971
(B) 1975
(C) 1977
(D) 1980
Correct Answer: (C) 1977
13. Total number of Districts in West Bengal is
(A) 14
(B) 16
(C) 19
(D) 20
Correct Answer: (D) 20
14. Who is known as the last independent Nawab of Bengal
(A) Mir Jafar
(B) Siraj ud-Daulah
(C) Sarfaraz Khan
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (B) Siraj ud-Daulah
15. The Kolkata Metro service was started from the year
(A) 1978
(B) 1981
(C) 1984
(D) 1985
Correct Answer: (C) 1984
16. The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year
(A) 1736
(B) 1757
(C) 1780
(D) 1832
Correct Answer: (B) 1757
17. Who is The first Chancellor of Calcutta University
(A) Sir James William Colvile
(B) Joddu Nath Bose
(C) Lord Canning
(D) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Correct Answer: (C) Lord Canning
18. The University of Calcutta was founded in
(A) 1850
(B) 1857
(C) 1890
(D) 1901
Correct Answer: (B) 1857
19. Who is the first Indian woman to swim the English Channel twice
(A) Bula Choudhury
(B) Arati Saha
(C) Poulomi Ghatak
(D) Ankita Das
Correct Answer: (A) Bula Choudhury
20. India's first pharmaceutical company Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals was established by
(A) Surendranath Bose
(B) Meghnad Saha
(C) Satyendra Nath Bose
(D) Prafulla Chandra Roy
Correct Answer: (D) Prafulla Chandra Roy
21. Who is known as the founder of the Indian Statistical Institute
(A) Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
(B) Bidhan Chandra Roy
(C) Meghnad Saha
(D) Jagdish Chandra Bose
Correct Answer: (A) Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
22. In which year, the Nobel Prize in Literature was given to Rabindranath Tagore
(A) 1903
(B) 1913
(C) 1915
(D) 1917
Correct Answer: (B) 1913
23. Satyajit Ray's first film, Pather Panchali was released in the year
(A) 1951
(B) 1955
(C) 1958
(D) 1962
Correct Answer: (B) 1955
24. Who was the first person from West Bengal to win the Bharat Ratna Award
(A) Aruna Asaf Ali
(B) Ravi Shankar
(C) Satyajit Ray
(D) Bidhan Chandra Roy
Correct Answer: (D) Bidhan Chandra Roy
25. Which one National Park from West Bengal is also under UNESCO World Heritage Site
(A) Neora Valley National Park
(B) Buxa Tiger Reserve
(C) Sundarbans National Park
(D) Singalila National Park
Correct Answer: (C) Sundarbans National Park
26. In which year the Howrah Bridge was opened for public
(A) 1935
(B) 1943
(C) 1945
(D) 1951
Correct Answer: (B) 1943
27. In which year the construction of Vidyasagar Setu was completed
(A) 1985
(B) 1989
(C) 1990
(D) 1992
Correct Answer: (D) 1992
28. Which one is the largest district by areawise in West Bengal
(A) South 24 Parganas
(B) Barddhaman
(C) Bankura
(D) Puruliya
Correct Answer: (A) South 24 Parganas
29. In which year the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is recognised as World Heritage Site by UNESCO
(A) 1984
(B) 1992
(C) 1997
(D) 1999
Correct Answer: (D) 1999
30. The Anandabazar Patrika was first published in the year
(A) 1912
(B) 1922
(C) 1925
(D) 1937
Correct Answer: (B) 1922
31. Where the first factory was established by the British East India Company
(A) Hughli
(B) Calcutta
(C) Durgapur
(D) Siliguri
Correct Answer: (A) Hughli
32. Which one is the first Bengali novel
(A) Kapalkundala
(B) Durgeshnandini
(C) Char Addhyay
(D) Shesh Prashna
Correct Answer: (B) Durgeshnandini
33. Who had written the Meghnad Badh Kavya
(A) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(D) Sunil Gangopadhyay
Correct Answer: (C) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
34. Anandamath which was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was published in the year
(A) 1882
(B) 1886
(C) 1889
(D) 1895
Correct Answer: (A) 1882
35. Which one is the first newspaper published in the Bengali language
(A) Digdarshan
(B) Sambad Pravakar
(C) Tattobodhini
(D) Samachar Darpan
Correct Answer: (D) Samachar Darpan
36. The first newspaper of India Hickey’s Bengal Gazette was published in Calcutta in
(A) 1780
(B) 1788
(C) 1818
(D) 1823
Correct Answer: (A) 1780
37. Who was the author of the first Bengali novel "Durgeshnondini"
(A) Satyajit Ray
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(D) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Correct Answer: (D) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
38. When the first electric tramcar was started in Kolkata
(A) 1883
(B) 1896
(C) 1902
(D) 1918
Correct Answer: (C) 1902
39. Who was the first Indian Librarian in the National Library of India
(A) B.S. Kesavan
(B) D.R. Kalia
(C) Harinath De
(D) K.M. Asadullah
Correct Answer: (C) Harinath De
40. Which Governor-General of India setup the National Library of India in Kolkata
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Chelmsford
(C) Lord Minto
(D) Warren Hastings
Correct Answer: (A) Lord Curzon
41. The Indian Science Congress Association is started in the year
(A) 1901
(B) 1914
(C) 1921
(D) 1928
Correct Answer: (B) 1914
42. When the first ODI was held in Eden Gardens
(A) 1982
(B) 1985
(C) 1986
(D) 1987
Correct Answer: (D) 1987
43. In which year Sundarbans National Park is designated as World Heritage Site
(A) 1983
(B) 1987
(C) 1989
(D) 1992
Correct Answer: (B) 1987
44. Who was the captain of the Indian football team when won the Gold Medal in the 1951 Asian Games
(A) Krishanu Dey
(B) Chuni Goswami
(C) Shailen Manna
(D) Pradip Kumar Banerjee
Correct Answer: (C) Shailen Manna
45. In which year Mihir Sen cross the English Channel
(A) 1957
(B) 1959
(C) 1960
(D) 1962
Correct Answer: (B) 1959
46. Who had written the play 'Nil Darpan' based on the plight of indigo farmers in West Bengal
(A) Dinabandhu Mitra
(B) Maladhar Basu
(C) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(D) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Correct Answer: (A) Dinabandhu Mitra
47. Which one is the largest district by population in West Bengal
(A) North 24 Parganas
(B) Bardhaman
(C) Murshidabad
(D) Hooghly
Correct Answer: (A) North 24 Parganas
48. In which year the Princely State of Koch Bihar merged with West Bengal
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949
(D) 1950
Correct Answer: (D) 1950
49. Which one is the first Bengali film to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film
(A) Sagar Sangamey
(B) Pather Panchali
(C) Kabuliwala
(D) Apur Sansar
Correct Answer: (B) Pather Panchali
50. Which one is the first Bengali feature film
(A) Jamai Shashthi
(B) Billwamangal
(C) Dena Paona
(D) Maya
Correct Answer: (B) Billwamangal
51. West bengal is the ______ populous state in India
(A) 2nd
(B) 3rd
(C) 4th
(D) 6th
Correct Answer: (C) 4th
52. Total number of Indian States with which West Bengal shares its borders
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
Correct Answer: (B) 5
53. Kolkata is the _______ largest city in India
(A) 3rd
(B) 5th
(C) 7th
(D) 9th
Correct Answer: (C) 7th
54. Total number of districts in West Bengal is
(A) 21
(B) 23
(C) 25
(D) 27
Correct Answer: (B) 23
55. Bengali is the _______ most spoken native language in the world
(A) 5th
(B) 7th
(C) 8th
(D) 9th
Correct Answer: (B) 7th
56. Who was the first Sultan of Bengal
(A) Saifuddin Hamza Shah
(B) Sikandar Shah
(C) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
(D) Alauddin Firuz Shah
Correct Answer: (C) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
57. Who served as the last British Governor of Bengal during the British Raj in India
(A) John Arthur Herbert
(B) Sir John Anderson
(C) Sir Richard Casey
(D) Sir Frederick Burrows
Correct Answer: (D) Sir Frederick Burrows
58. In which year the Bengal famine happened
(A) 1939
(B) 1940
(C) 1943
(D) 1946
Correct Answer: (C) 1943
59. In which year, Chandannagar was integrated into West Bengal
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1950
(D) 1954
Correct Answer: (D) 1954
60. Which one is the highest peak of West Bengal
(A) Sabargram
(B) Sandakfu
(C) Phalut
(D) Rachela Danda
Correct Answer: (B) Sandakfu
61. Calcutta High Court was established in the year
(A) 1862
(B) 1869
(C) 1876
(D) 1882
Correct Answer: (A) 1862
62. Who was the first Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
(A) Sir Richard Couch
(B) Sir Barnes Peacock
(C) Sir George Claus Rankin
(D) Sir Harold Derbyshire
Correct Answer: (B) Sir Barnes Peacock
63. Total sanctioned judge strength in Calcutta High Court is
(A) 58
(B) 63
(C) 68
(D) 72
Correct Answer: (B) 63
64. Total number of members in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is
(A) 276
(B) 282
(C) 295
(D) 303
Correct Answer: (C) 295
65. Total number of Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal is
(A) 38
(B) 39
(C) 41
(D) 42
Correct Answer: (D) 42
66. Who was the first speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
(A) Padmaja Naidu
(B) Saila Kumar Mukherjee
(C) Sankar Das Banerji
(D) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
Correct Answer: (B) Saila Kumar Mukherjee
67. Which one is the is the second-largest city in West Bengal
(A) Asansol
(B) Siliguri
(C) Durgapur
(D) Bardhaman
Correct Answer: (A) Asansol
68. Which one is the second planned city of India after Chandigarh
(A) Malda
(B) Baharampur
(C) Durgapur
(D) Bardhaman
Correct Answer: (C) Durgapur
69. The Durgapur Steel Plant was established with the help of
(A) Russia
(B) France
(C) USA
(D) UK
Correct Answer: (D) UK
70. In which year the Durgapur Steel Plant was established
(A) 1952
(B) 1955
(C) 1958
(D) 1960
Correct Answer: (B) 1955
71. Who is known as the pioneer of the blank verse in Bengali literature
(A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(B) Ishwar Chandra Gupta
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Correct Answer: (D) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
72. Who was the first Bengali literature to win the Sahitya Akademi Award
(A) Jibanananda Das
(B) Premendra Mitra
(C) Parashuram
(D) Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
Correct Answer: (A) Jibanananda Das
73. Which Viceroy of India suggested the construction of Victoria Memorial in the memory of Queen Victoria
(A) Lord Curzon
(B) Lord Minto
(C) Charles Hardinge
(D) Chelmsford
Correct Answer: (A) Lord Curzon
74. Total number of National Parks in West Bengal is
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
Correct Answer: (C) 6
75. Total number of wildlife sanctuaries in West Bengal is
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 17
(D) 22
Correct Answer: (B) 15
76. Which one is the smallest National Park by area size in West Bengal
(A) Buxa Tiger Reserve
(B) Jaldapara National Park
(C) Gorumara National Park
(D) Singalila National Park
Correct Answer: (D) Singalila National Park
77. Which National Park has the largest population of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros in West Bengal
(A) Jaldapara National Park
(B) Sundarbans National Park
(C) Singalila National Park
(D) Neora Valley National Park
Correct Answer: (A) Jaldapara National Park
78. In which year, the Buxa Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as tiger reserve
(A) 1980
(B) 1983
(C) 1985
(D) 1988
Correct Answer: (B) 1983
79. Which one is the smallest Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal
(A) Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary
(B) Bibhuti Bhushan Wildlife Sanctuary
(C) Jore Pokhri Wildlife Sanctuary
(D) Narendrapur Wildlife Sanctuary
Correct Answer: (C) Jore Pokhri Wildlife Sanctuary
80. In which district, the Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary is located
(A) Bankura
(B) Uttar Dinajpur district
(C) Kalimpong
(D) South 24 Parganas
Correct Answer: (B) Uttar Dinajpur district
81. Which one is the state animal of West Bengal
(A) Fishing cat
(B) Barasingha
(C) Spotted Deer
(D) Nilgiri tahr
Correct Answer: (A) Fishing cat
82. Which one is recognized as the state tree of West Bengal
(A) Flamboyant
(B) Blue jacaranda
(C) Chatim tree
(D) Breadfruit
Correct Answer: (C) Chatim tree
83. Who had written the book "Barna Porichoy"
(A) Rajsekhar Basu
(B) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(D) Rabindranath Tagore
Correct Answer: (C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
84. The Calcutta Madrasa was established by
(A) Robert Clive
(B) Warren Hastings
(C) William Bentinck
(D) Ram Mohan Roy
Correct Answer: (B) Warren Hastings
85. The Calcutta Madrasa was established in the year
(A) 1775
(B) 1777
(C) 1780
(D) 1781
Correct Answer: (C) 1780
86. Who started 'Jugantar'
(A) Sri Aurobindo Ghose
(B) B. G. Tilak
(C) Subhash Chandra Bose
(D) V. D. Savarkar
Correct Answer: (A) Sri Aurobindo Ghose
87. The First Bengal Peasants Party and Workers Party was organised in
(A) 1925 AD
(B) 1926 AD
(C) 1927 AD
(D) 1928 AD
Correct Answer: (B) 1926 AD
88. A woman revolutionary who while receiving her degree at the convocation at the University of Calcutta from the Governor of Bengal shot him was
(A) Kalpana Dutta
(B) Bina Das
(C) Pritilata Waddedar
(D) Leela Nag
Correct Answer: (B) Bina Das
89. Job Charnock founded Calcutta at the site of
(A) Sutanuti
(B) Kalikata
(C) Govindapur
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
90. Who is the first Woman Grandmaster of West Bengal
(A) Chandreyee Hajra
(B) Nisha Mohota
(C) Swati Mohota
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer: (B) Nisha Mohota
91. Who had written the "Sri Krishna Vijaya"
(A) Maladhar Basu
(B) Krittibas Ojha
(C) Chandidas
(D) Vidyapati
Correct Answer: (A) Maladhar Basu
92. From which year the "Rabindra Puraskar" award was conferred to writers
(A) 1948
(B) 1949
(C) 1950
(D) 1951
Correct Answer: (C) 1950
93. For which novel, Satinath Bhaduri conferred with "Rabindra Puraskar" award
(A) Arogya Niketan
(B) Hate Bazare
(C) Ichhamati
(D) Jaagari
Correct Answer: (D) Jaagari
94. Who had written the novel "Durgeshnandini"
(A) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(C) Dinabandhu Mitra
(D) Ishwar Chandra Gupta
Correct Answer: (B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
95. In which year Michael Madhusudan Dutt wrote the play Padmavati
(A) 1860
(B) 1861
(C) 1864
(D) 1865
Correct Answer: (A) 1860
96. Jibanananda Das received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 for the poetry book
(A) Ghare Pherar Din
(B) Sagar Theke Phera
(C) Shreshtha Kavita
(D) Mohini Aaraal
Correct Answer: (C) Shreshtha Kavita
97. Who is the first Bengali writer to receive the Jnanpith Award
(A) Bishnu Dey
(B) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
(C) Ashapoorna Devi
(D) Subhash Mukhopadhyay
Correct Answer: (B) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
98. In which year Mahashweta Devi conferred with Ramon Magsaysay Award
(A) 1994
(B) 1996
(C) 1997
(D) 2000
Correct Answer: (C) 1997
99. Who founded the Pagal Panth
(A) Bulleh Shah
(B) Karam Shah
(C) Yaduvendra Singh
(D) Swami Sahajananda
Correct Answer: (B) Karam Shah
100. Name the organization formed by Surendranath Banerjee which merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886
(A) East India Association
(B) London India Society
(C) Indian Association
(D) Indian National Conference
Correct Answer: (C) Indian Association
101. Who among the following was offered Membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
(C) Raja Rammohan Roy
(D) Vivekanand
Correct Answer: (B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
102. The Visva-Bharati University was established by Rabindranath Tagore in the year
(A) 1920
(B) 1921
(C) 1922
(D) 1923
Correct Answer: (B) 1921
103. Out of the below mentioned Nawabs, who tried to raise a modern and discipline Army on European lines
(A) Mir Jafar
(B) Mir Qasim
(C) Ali Vardi Khan
(D) Siraj-ud-dola
Correct Answer: (B) Mir Qasim
104. Which of the following started the "Young Bengal" movement
(A) Vivian Derozio
(B) William Jones
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Kesava Chandra Sen
Correct Answer: (A) Vivian Derozio
105. Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2017 in the Bengali Language
(A) Amitra Sudan Bhattacharya
(B) Buddhadeb Dasgupta
(C) Afsar Ahmed
(D) Debes Ray
Correct Answer: (C) Afsar Ahmed
106. Who founded the Amrita Bazar Patrika
(A) Sisirkumar Ghosh
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Harish Chandra Ghosh
(D) S.N. Banerji
Correct Answer: (A) Sisirkumar Ghosh
107. The Bengal Presidency was established in the year
(A) 1763
(B) 1765
(C) 1767
(D) 1768
Correct Answer: (B) 1765
108. In which year Calcutta was named as the capital of British-held territories in India
(A) 1773
(B) 1774
(C) 1775
(D) 1779
Correct Answer: (A) 1773
109. In which year Ashapoorna Devi was awarded Jnanpith Award
(A) 1974
(B) 1975
(C) 1976
(D) 1977
Correct Answer: (C) 1976
110. Which Bengali writer wrote under the pen name of Banaphul
(A) Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
(B) Ashapoorna Devi
(C) Binay Ghosh
(D) Prabas Jiban Chaudhury
Correct Answer: (A) Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
111. The novel Pather Panchali was written by
(A) Jogesh Chandra Roy Vidyanidhi
(B) Brajendranath Bandyopadhyay
(C) Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
(D) Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Correct Answer: (D) Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
112. Which book is also known as "The Bible of Bengali Patriotism"
(A) Anandamath
(B) Durgeshnandini
(C) Devi Chaudhurani
(D) Gitanjali
Correct Answer: (A) Anandamath
113. Who founded the Indian Reform Association in 1870
(A) Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Debendranath Tagore
(C) Keshub Chunder Sen
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Correct Answer: (C) Keshub Chunder Sen
114. The first railway line was started in West Bengal between
(A) Howrah to Hooghly
(B) Howrah to Ranigunge
(C) Howrah to Burdwan
(D) Sealdah to Naihati
Correct Answer: (A) Howrah to Hooghly
115. The famous terracotta horse named "Bankura horse" is produce in which village
(A) Panchmura
(B) Haludkanali
(C) Rautara
(D) Baragari
Correct Answer: (A) Panchmura
