West Bengal State GK Quiz
Q1. West Bengal do share its border with which country
(A) China
(B) Nepal
(C) Bhutan
(D) Bangladesh
Answer: (A) China
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
Answer: (B) Arogya Niketan
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
Answer: (D) Bhabani Bhattacharya
Q4. The Brahmo Samaj was established in the year
(A) 1824
(B) 1828
(C) 1830
(D) 1836
Answer: (B) 1828
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
Answer: (B) Akbar II
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
Answer: (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
Answer: (C) Chhanda Gain
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
Answer: (D) Bhuvan Shome
Q9. Which one was the first historical novel written in Bengal
(A) Annadata
(B) Kabbo Jiggasa
(C) Anguriya Binimoy
(D) Durgeshnandini
Answer: (C) Anguriya Binimoy
Q10. In which year the Hindoo College was renamed as Presidency College
(A) 1817
(B) 1855
(C) 1868
(D) 1892
Answer: (B) 1855
Q11. In 1966, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay won the Jnanpith Award for his novel
(A) Ganadevata
(B) Aagun
(C) Uttarayan
(D) Manjari Opera
Answer: (A) Ganadevata
Q12. Which one won the Best Bengali Film award in the 68th National Film Awards
(A) Nirbhaya
(B) Avijatrik
(C) Golondaaj
(D) Tangra Blues
Answer: (B) Avijatrik
Q13. Who won the Sahitya Akademi award for Bengali language for the year 2022
(A) Bratya Basu
(B) Chinmoy Guha
(C) Sanjib Chattopadhyay
(D) Tapan Bandopadhyay
Answer: (D) Tapan Bandopadhyay
Q14. Which university awarded Rabindranath Tagore an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
(A) Cambridge University
(B) Oxford University
(C) Harvard University
(D) Tokyo University
Answer: (B) Oxford University
Q15. In which year did Rabindranath Tagore wrote the national anthem of India, "Jana Gana Mana"
(A) 1909
(B) 1910
(C) 1911
(D) 1912
Answer: (C) 1911