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Q.1
Name the lawyer who successfully defended Aurobindo Ghosh in Alipore bomb case.
Motilal Nehru
Chittaranjan Das
Jawaharlal Nehru
None of them
Q.2
Mamta Banerjee founded the party All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) in
1990
1995
1998
2001
Q.3
Khudiram Bose was
a youngest revolutionary
an active member of Jugantar group
hanged by the British Government
All of the above
Q.4
Name the freedom fighter who is known as Bagha Jatin.
Jatindranath Mukherjee
Jatin Ghosh
Jatin Sen
None of them
Q.5
Name the founder(s) of five eminent cities of West Bengal, viz Durgapur, Kalyani, Bidhannagar, Ashoknagar and Habra.
Prafull Chandra Roy
Bidhan Chandra Roy
Jyoti Basu
Both (A) and (B)
Q.6
Name the author of the book, 'The political Economy of Hunger'.
Amartya Sen
Sumit Sarkar
Irfan Habib
None of them
Q.7
Kalpana Datta was a famous revolutionary who
took part in Chittagong Armoury Raid case
joined the Communist Party of India
married Communist leader Puran Chand Joshi
All of the above
Q.8
His birthday is celebrated as National Youth Day. Name the personality.
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Swami Vivekananda
Khudiram Bose
None of them
Q.9
Meghnad Saha, the astrophysicist, was best known for
Microwave optics
Quantum mechanics
Chemical and physical conditions in stars
None of the above
Q.10
Who founded the Indian Statistical Institute in 1931?
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Meghnad Saha
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
None of them
Q.11
Who founded Brahmo Sabha in 1828?
Raja Rammohan Roy
Debendranath Tagore
Kesab Chandra Sah
None of them
Q.12
Which pair is incorrect?
List-I
List-II
a. Rammohan Roy
1. Tattwabodhini Sabha
b. Mother Teresa
2. Nirmal Hriday
c. Amartya Sen
3. The Argumentative India
d. Somnath Chatterjee
4. Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian
a-1
b-2
c-3
d-4
Q.13
The Home of the Pure Heart or Nirmal Hriday was founded by
Sister Nivedita
Rishi Aurobindo
Mother Teresa
None of them
Q.14
Who formed the Tattwabodhini Sabha?
Raja Rammohan Roy
Keshab Chandra Sen
Debendranath Tagore
None of them
Q.15
Who among the following was the India's longest serving Chief Minister?
Jatin Mukherjee
Jibananda Das
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
Jyoti Basu
Q.16
Which philosopher from Bengal is nicknamed as 'Mahaprabhu'?
Chaitanya
Ramakrishna
Kazi Nazrul
Jibanananda Das
Q.17
The first Bengali President Pranab Mukherjee was the
12
th
President of India
14
th
President of India
11
th
President of India
13
th
President of India
Q.18
Surya Sen was associated with which of the event during the Indian freedom struggle?
Chittagong Armoury Raid
Kakori conspiracy
Civil Disobedience movement
Home Rule movement
Q.19
Somnath Chatterjee was the speaker of the Lok Sabha from
2002 to 2006
2004 to 2009
2005 to 2010
2001 to 2005
Q.20
Who is considered as father of Bengali science fiction?
Meghnad Saha
Satyendra Nath Bose
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Prafulla Chandra Roy
Q.21
Who invented Urea Stibamine for Kalaazar?
Upendranath Brahmachari
Meghnad Saha
Satyendranath Bose
None of them
Q.22
Who founded the Ramakrishna Math and Mission?
Ramkrishnadeva
Swami Vivekananda
Sister Nivedita
None of them
Q.23
Who founded the nationalist journal 'Bande Mataram'?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Surendranath Banerjee
Bipin Chandra Pal
None of them
Q.24
Who founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950?
Mother Teresa
Sister Nivedita
Swami Vivekananda
None of them
Q.25
Who formed the 'Brahmo Samaj' in 1828 in Calcutta?
Krishna Mohan Banerjee
Hemendranath Tagore
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Raja Rammohan Roy
Q.26
Who among the following was not the active leader of the Brahmo Samaj?
Debendranath Tagore
Keshab Chandra Sen
Akshay Kumar Dutta
Swami Vivekananda
Q.27
Who among the following annulled the Partition of Bengal?
Lord Hardinge
Lord Minto
Lord Curzon
Lord Chelinsford
Q.28
Which movement was regarded as turning point in the history of class struggle in West Bengal?
Khadya Andolan
Naxalbari Movement
Singur Movement
None of the above
Q.29
Where did the Tebhaga Movement occur in 1946?
Bihar
Punjab
Gujarat
Bengal
Q.30
The School of Musketry was established in place of Dum Dum headquarters of Bengal Artillery. The School of Musketry was established for
providing training for usage of Enfield Rifle
for managing the Barrackpore Cantonment
for establishing watch tower on revolts and uprisings
All of the above
Q.31
The Naxalbari Peasant Movement in Darjeeling district was stared in
1965
1970
1972
1975
Q.32
The leader for Chittagong uprising was
Surya Sen
Kalpana Dutta
Nirmal Sen
All of the above
Q.33
The infamous proposal of Partition of Bengal was introduced by which of the following Governors in October 1905?
Robert Clive
Sir Warren Hastings
Sir Drake
Lord Curzon
Q.34
The Food Movement happened in West Bengal in
1950
1955
1959
1960
Q.35
Who was the inspiration behind 'Young Bengal Movement'?
Michael Madhusudan Dutta
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
Krishnamohan Banerjee
Ramgopal Ghosh
Q.36
Who was the founder of Anushilan Samiti?
Aurobindo Ghosh
Barin Ghosh
Barrister Pramathanath Mitra
Chittaranjan Das
Q.37
Who is responsible for the introduction of civil services in India?
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Ripon
Lord Warren Hastings
None of the above
Q.38
Who founded 'Ramkrishna Mission'?
Dayanand Saraswati
Vivekananda
Pranabananda
Ramkrishnadeva
Q.39
Who formed the Brahmo Samaj of India in 1866?
Debendranath Tagore
Keshab Chandra Sen
Raja Rammohan Roy
None of the above
Q.40
In West Bengal 'Rarh' is a physiographic region, part of which can be found in the district of
Coochbehar
Nadia
Paschim Madnipore
South 24 Parganas
Q.41
Highest peak of West Bengal belongs to which of the following mountain ranges?
Darjeeling range
Singalila range
Jayanti hill
None of the above
Q.42
Find the incorrect pair
List-I
List-II
a. Western plateau
1. Purulia
b. Sandy Coastal plain
2. South 24 Parganas
c. Northern mountain
3. Darjeeling
d. Active Delta plain
4. North 24 Parganas
a-1
b-2
c-3
d-4
Q.43
Famous places like Darjeeling and Kalimpong lie in which region of West Bengal?
Northern mountain
Western plateau
Deltaic region
The plains
Q.44
The Sundarbans Plains lies in which part of West Bengal?
North
North-West
South
East
Q.45
The Singalila range is located along the border of
Darjeeling and Nepal
Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri
Jalpaiguri and Nepal
None of the above
Q.46
By what name is the region of red soil in West Bengal is referred?
Northern plain
Sandy Coastal plain
Rahr plain
Duars
Q.47
The river that runs in Northern mountains of West Bengal making deep gorges in Singalila range is
Bakreshwar
Teesta
Kangsabati
Padma
Q.48
The regions of West Bengal are
Eastern mountains, Western plateau, Central plains and Deltaic region
Northern mountains, Southern plateau, Central plains and Deltaic region
Northern mountains, Western plateau, Plains of the North and South region
Southern mountains, Eastern plateau, plains and Deltaic region
Q.49
The Rahr plain lies in the East of ............... plateau fringe.
Eastern
Western
Southern
Northern
Q.50
Mention the name of the State which has larger boundary with West Bengal among the following States of India.
Jharkhand
Bihar
Orissa
Assam
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