West Bengal Short Questions and Answers

41 Which one is the highest peak of West Bengal

[A] Sandakfu

[B] Falut

[C] Sabargram

[D] Rachela Danda

Answer: Sandakfu

42 In which year, Chandannagar was integrated into West Bengal

[A] 1954

[B] 1950

[C] 1947

[D] 1948

Answer: 1954

43 In which year the Bengal famine happened

[A] 1943

[B] 1946

[C] 1939

[D] 1940

Answer: 1943

44 Who served as the last British Governor of Bengal during British Raj in India

[A] Sir Frederick Burrows

[B] Sir Richard Casey

[C] John Arthur Herbert

[D] Sir John Anderson

Answer: Sir Frederick Burrows

45 Who was the first Sultan of Bengal

[A] Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah

[B] Alauddin Firuz Shah I

[C] Saifuddin Hamza Shah

[D] Sikandar Shah

Answer: Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah

46 Bengali is the _______ most spoken native language in the world

[A] 7th

[B] 9th

[C] 5th

[D] 8th

Answer: 7th

47 Total number of districts in West Bengal is

[A] 27

[B] 21

[C] 23

[D] 25

Answer: 23

48 Kolkata is the _______ largest city in India

[A] 9th

[B] 7th

[C] 3rd

[D] 5th

Answer: 7th

49 Total number of Indian States with which West Bengal shares its borders

[A] 5

[B] 7

[C] 3

[D] 6

Answer: 5

50 West bengal is the ______ populous state in India

[A] 6th

[B] 4th

[C] 2nd

[D] 3rd

Answer: 4th

51 Which one is the first Bengali feature film

[A] Billwamangal

[B] Maya

[C] Jamai Shashthi

[D] Dena Paona

Answer: Billwamangal

52 Which one is the first Bengali Film to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film

[A] Apur Sansar

[B] Sagar Sangamey

[C] Pather Panchali

[D] Kabuliwala

Answer: Pather Panchali

53 In which year the Princely State of Koch Bihar merged with West Bengal

[A] 1950

[B] 1949

[C] 1947

[D] 1948

Answer: 1950

54 Which one is the largest district by population in West Bengal

[A] Hooghly

[B] Bardhaman

[C] North 24 Parganas

[D] Murshidabad

Answer: North 24 Parganas

55 Who had written the play 'Nil Darpan' based on plight of indigo farmers in West Bengal

[A] Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

[B] Michael Madhusudan Dutt

[C] Dinabandhu Mitra

[D] Maladhar Basu

Answer: Dinabandhu Mitra

56 In which year Mihir Sen cross the English Channel

[A] 1959

[B] 1962

[C] 1957

[D] 1960

Answer: 1959

57 Who was the captain of Indian football team when won the Gold Medal in the 1951 Asian Games

[A] Pradip Kumar Banerjee

[B] Shailen Manna

[C] Krishanu Dey

[D] Chuni Goswami

Answer: Shailen Manna

58 In which year Sundarbans National Park is designated as World Heritage Site

[A] 1992

[B] 1983

[C] 1987

[D] 1989

Answer: 1987

59 When the first ODI was held in Eden Gardens

[A] 1987

[B] 1986

[C] 1985

[D] 1982

Answer: 1987

60 The Indian Science Congress Association is started in the year

[A] 1914

[B] 1928

[C] 1901

[D] 1921

Answer: 1914

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