West Bengal State GK Quiz
Q46. Who had written the play 'Nil Darpan' based on plight of indigo farmers in West Bengal
(A) Dinabandhu Mitra
(B) Maladhar Basu
(C) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(D) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Answer: (A) Dinabandhu Mitra
Q47. Which one is the largest district by population in West Bengal
(A) North 24 Parganas
(B) Bardhaman
(C) Murshidabad
(D) Hooghly
Answer: (A) North 24 Parganas
Q48. In which year the Princely State of Koch Bihar merged with West Bengal
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949
(D) 1950
Answer: (D) 1950
Q49. Which one is the first Bengali Film to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film
(A) Sagar Sangamey
(B) Pather Panchali
(C) Kabuliwala
(D) Apur Sansar
Answer: (B) Pather Panchali
Q50. Which one is the first Bengali feature film
(A) Jamai Shashthi
(B) Billwamangal
(C) Dena Paona
(D) Maya
Answer: (B) Billwamangal
Q51. West bengal is the ______ populous state in India
(A) 2nd
(B) 3rd
(C) 4th
(D) 6th
Answer: (C) 4th
Q52. Total number of Indian States with which West Bengal shares its borders
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
Answer: (B) 5
Q53. Kolkata is the _______ largest city in India
(A) 3rd
(B) 5th
(C) 7th
(D) 9th
Answer: (C) 7th
Q54. Total number of districts in West Bengal is
(A) 21
(B) 23
(C) 25
(D) 27
Answer: (B) 23
Q55. Bengali is the _______ most spoken native language in the world
(A) 5th
(B) 7th
(C) 8th
(D) 9th
Answer: (B) 7th
Q56. Who was the first Sultan of Bengal
(A) Saifuddin Hamza Shah
(B) Sikandar Shah
(C) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
(D) Alauddin Firuz Shah I
Answer: (C) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah
Q57. Who served as the last British Governor of Bengal during British Raj in India
(A) John Arthur Herbert
(B) Sir John Anderson
(C) Sir Richard Casey
(D) Sir Frederick Burrows
Answer: (D) Sir Frederick Burrows
Q58. In which year the Bengal famine happened
(A) 1939
(B) 1940
(C) 1943
(D) 1946
Answer: (C) 1943
Q59. In which year, Chandannagar was integrated into West Bengal
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1950
(D) 1954
Answer: (D) 1954
Q60. Which one is the highest peak of West Bengal
(A) Sabargram
(B) Sandakfu
(C) Falut
(D) Rachela Danda
Answer: (B) Sandakfu
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