West Bengal PSC GK Questions
Q91. Who had written the "Sri Krishna Vijaya"
(A) Maladhar Basu
(B) Krittibas Ojha
(C) Chandidas
(D) Vidyapati
Answer: (A) Maladhar Basu
Q92. From which year the "Rabindra Puraskar" award was conferred to writers
(A) 1948
(B) 1949
(C) 1950
(D) 1951
Answer: (C) 1950
Q93. For which novel, Satinath Bhaduri conferred with "Rabindra Puraskar" award
(A) Arogya Niketan
(B) Hate Bazare
(C) Ichhamati
(D) Jaagari
Answer: (D) Jaagari
Q94. Who had written the novel "Durgeshnandini"
(A) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(C) Dinabandhu Mitra
(D) Ishwar Chandra Gupta
Answer: (B) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Q95. In which year Michael Madhusudan Dutt wrote the play Padmavati
(A) 1860
(B) 1861
(C) 1864
(D) 1865
Answer: (A) 1860
Q96. Jibanananda Das received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 for the poetry book
(A) Ghare Pherar Din
(B) Sagar Theke Phera
(C) Shreshtha Kavita
(D) Mohini Aaraal
Answer: (C) Shreshtha Kavita
Q97. Who is the first Bengali writer to received the Jnanpith Award
(A) Bishnu Dey
(B) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
(C) Ashapoorna Devi
(D) Subhash Mukhopadhyay
Answer: (B) Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Q98. In which year Mahashweta Devi conferred with Ramon Magsaysay Award
(A) 1994
(B) 1996
(C) 1997
(D) 2000
Answer: (C) 1997
Q99. Who founded the Pagal Panth
(A) Bulleh Shah
(B) Karam Shah
(C) Yaduvendra Singh
(D) Swami Sahajananda
Answer: (B) Karam Shah
Q100. Name the organization formed by Surendranath Banerjee which merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886
(A) East India Association
(B) London India Society
(C) Indian Association
(D) Indian National Conference
Answer: (C) Indian Association
Q101. Who among the following was offered Membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris
(A) Dadabhai Naoroji
(B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
(C) Raja Rammohan Roy
(D) Vivekanand
Answer: (B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
Q102. The Visva-Bharati University was established by Rabindranath Tagore in the year
(A) 1920
(B) 1921
(C) 1922
(D) 1923
Answer: (B) 1921
Q103. Out of the below mentioned Nawabs, who tried to raise a modern and discipline Army on European lines
(A) Mir Jafar
(B) Mir Qasim
(C) Ali Vardi Khan
(D) Siraj-ud-dola
Answer: (B) Mir Qasim
Q104. Which of the following started the "Young Bengal" movement
(A) Vivian Derozio
(B) William Jones
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(D) Kesava Chandra Sen
Answer: (A) Vivian Derozio
Q105. Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2017 in Bengali Language
(A) Amitra Sudan Bhattacharya
(B) Buddhadeb Dasgupta
(C) Afsar Ahmed
(D) Debes Ray
Answer: (C) Afsar Ahmed
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