QuestionIn which year West Dinajpur district of West Bengal was divided into two districts namely North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur?Typemultiple_choiceOption1991incorrectOption1990incorrectOption1992correctOption1994incorrectSolutionThe West Dinajpur district was further bifurcated in 1992 into ...

QuestionHow many Indian States have touched the border of West Bengal?Typemultiple_choiceOption4incorrectOption6incorrectOption5correctOption3incorrectSolutionSpread over 34,267 sq mi (88,750 km2), it is bordered by the countries of Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, and the Indian states of Odisha, ...

QuestionWho won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2018 in the Bengali Language?Typemultiple_choiceOptionSanjib ChattopadhyaycorrectOptionBuddhadeb DasguptaincorrectOptionAfsar AhmedincorrectOptionDebes RayincorrectSolutionSanjib Chattopadhyay, an Indian Bengali novelist and short story writer, is known ...

QuestionWho founded the Indian Reform Association in 1870Typemultiple_choiceOptionRam Mohan RoyincorrectOptionDebendranath TagoreincorrectOptionKeshub Chunder SencorrectOptionIshwar Chandra VidyasagarincorrectSolutionOn 29th October 1870, the Indian Reform Association came into existence with ...

QuestionWhich book is also known as “The Bible of Bengali Patriotism”?Typemultiple_choiceOptionAnandamathcorrectOptionDurgeshnandiniincorrectOptionDevi ChaudhuraniincorrectOptionGitanjaliincorrectSolutionAnandamath, authored by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, holds the distinction of being referred ...

QuestionThe novel Pather Panchali was written byTypemultiple_choiceOptionJogesh Chandra Roy VidyanidhiincorrectOptionBrajendranath BandyopadhyayincorrectOptionTarashankar BandopadhyayincorrectOptionBibhutibhushan BandyopadhyaycorrectSolutionBibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, an eminent Indian writer in ...

QuestionWhich Bengali writer wrote under the pen name of BanaphulTypemultiple_choiceOptionBalai Chand MukhopadhyaycorrectOptionAshapoorna DeviincorrectOptionBinay GhoshincorrectOptionPrabas Jiban ChaudhuryincorrectSolutionBalai Chand Mukhopadhyay, born on 19th July 1899 and passing away on 9th ...

QuestionIn which year Ashapoorna Devi was awarded Jnanpith AwardTypemultiple_choiceOption1974incorrectOption1975incorrectOption1976correctOption1977incorrectSolutionAshapoorna Devi, also known as Ashapurna Debi, was a renowned Bengali novelist and poet from India. Her contributions to literature ...

QuestionIn which year Calcutta was named as the capital of British-held territories in IndiaTypemultiple_choiceOption1772correctOption1774incorrectOption1775incorrectOption1779incorrectSolutionCalcutta served as the capital of British India from 1772 to 1911. Subsequently, from 1912 until India ...

QuestionThe Bengal Presidency was established in the yearTypemultiple_choiceOption1763incorrectOption1765correctOption1767incorrectOption1768incorrectSolutionThe Bengal Presidency, established in 1765, was a significant administrative division of British India. During the 19th century, it reached ...

QuestionWho founded the Amrita Bazar Patrika?Typemultiple_choiceOptionSisir Kumar GhoshcorrectOptionRabindranath TagoreincorrectOptionHarish Chandra GhoshincorrectOptionS.N. BanerjeeincorrectSolutionOn 20th February 1868, the debut of a significant establishment occurred. This venture was ...

QuestionThe Visva-Bharati University was established by Rabindranath Tagore in the yearTypemultiple_choiceOption1920incorrectOption1921correctOption1922incorrectOption1923incorrectSolutionVisva-Bharati, established in 1921 by Rabindranath Thākur, the first non-European Nobel Laureate, and widely ...