West Bengal State GK Quiz

Q1. West Bengal do share its border with which country
(A) China
(B) Nepal
(C) Bhutan
(D) Bangladesh

Q2. Which one is the first Bengali novel to won the Sahitya Akademi Award
(A) Nishi-Kutumba
(B) Arogya Niketan
(C) Shesh Namaskar
(D) Kolkatar Kachhei

Q3. Who is the first Bengali winners of Sahitya Akademi Award for English
(A) Niharranjan Ray
(B) Nirad C. Chaudhuri
(C) Amit Chaudhuri
(D) Bhabani Bhattacharya

Q4. The Brahmo Samaj was established in the year
(A) 1824
(B) 1828
(C) 1830
(D) 1836

Q5. Who gave the title of Raja to Ram Mohan Roy
(A) Bahadur Shah I
(B) Akbar II
(C) Shah Alam II
(D) Bahadur Shah Zafar

Q6. Who is considered as the "Father of Bengali prose"
(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(B) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Q7. Who is the first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest
(A) Tusi Das
(B) Piyali Basak
(C) Chhanda Gain
(D) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

Q8. For which film, Mrinal Sen received the first National Film Award for Best Feature Film
(A) Chorus
(B) Mrigayaa
(C) Akaler Sandhane
(D) Bhuvan Shome

Q9. Which one was the first historical novel written in Bengal
(A) Annadata
(B) Kabbo Jiggasa
(C) Anguriya Binimoy
(D) Durgeshnandini

Q10. In which year the Hindoo College was renamed as Presidency College
(A) 1817
(B) 1855
(C) 1868
(D) 1892

Q11. In 1966, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay won the Jnanpith Award for his novel
(A) Ganadevata
(B) Aagun
(C) Uttarayan
(D) Manjari Opera

Q12. Which one won the Best Bengali Film award in the 68th National Film Awards
(A) Nirbhaya
(B) Avijatrik
(C) Golondaaj
(D) Tangra Blues

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