West Bengal : Important & Complete GK

Q. Which of the following was the first capital of British India?

 A) Delhi 

 B) Kolkata 

 C) Mumbai 

 D) Chennai 

  Answer: B) Kolkata

Q. Who was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal?

 A) Prafulla Chandra Sen 

 B) Ajoy Mukherjee 

 C) Bidhan Chandra Roy 

 D) Jyoti Basu 

Answer: C) Bidhan Chandra Roy

Q. The Partition of Bengal in 1905 was carried out by which British Viceroy?

 A) Lord Curzon 

 B) Lord Ripon 

 C) Lord Minto 

 D) Lord Wellesley 

Answer: A) Lord Curzon

Q. Who was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj in Bengal?

 A) Swami Vivekananda 

 B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 

 C) Rabindranath Tagore 

 D) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 

Answer: B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Q. Which freedom fighter was born in Cuttack but led the revolutionary movement in Bengal?

 A) Subhas Chandra Bose 

 B) Bhagat Singh 

 C) Chittaranjan Das 

 D) Surya Sen 

Answer: A) Subhas Chandra Bose

Q. Who among the following was associated with the Bengal Renaissance?

 A) Satyajit Ray 

 B) Rabindranath Tagore 

 C) Aurobindo Ghosh 

 D) All of the above 

Answer: D) All of the above

Q. Which city is known as the “City of Palaces” in West Bengal?

 A) Darjeeling 

 B) Kolkata 

 C) Asansol 

 D) Siliguri 

Answer: B) Kolkata

Q. The Battle of Plassey took place in which year?

 A) 1747 

 B) 1764 

 C) 1757 

 D) 1789 

Answer: C) 1757

Q. Which movement in Bengal was launched against the partition of Bengal in 1905?

 A) Non-Cooperation Movement 

 B) Swadeshi Movement 

 C) Quit India Movement 

 D) Salt Satyagraha 

Answer: B) Swadeshi Movement

Q. Which revolutionary leader led the Chittagong Armoury Raid?

  A) Bipin Chandra Pal 

  B) Surya Sen 

  C) Aurobindo Ghosh 

  D) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose 

 Answer: B) Surya Sen

Q. What is the capital of West Bengal?

  A) Darjeeling 

  B) Siliguri 

  C) Kolkata 

  D) Howrah 

 Answer: C) Kolkata

Q. The Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is famous for which animal species?

  A) Indian Elephant 

  B) Royal Bengal Tiger 

  C) Asiatic Lion 

  D) Indian Rhinoceros 

 Answer: B) Royal Bengal Tiger

Q. Which river is called the lifeline of West Bengal?

  A) Ganga 

  B) Teesta 

  C) Hooghly 

  D) Subarnarekha 

 Answer: C) Hooghly

Q. In which district of West Bengal is Darjeeling located?

  A) Jalpaiguri 

  B) Siliguri 

  C) Kalimpong 

  D) Darjeeling 

 Answer: D) Darjeeling

Q. Which river flows through the town of Murshidabad?

  A) Yamuna 

  B) Bhagirathi 

  C) Brahmaputra 

  D) Ganga 

 Answer: B) Bhagirathi

Q. Which region in West Bengal is famous for its tea industry?

  A) Birbhum 

  B) Bardhaman 

  C) Darjeeling 

  D) Bankura 

 Answer: C) Darjeeling

Q. Which is the highest peak in West Bengal?

  A) Sandakphu 

  B) Kanchenjunga 

  C) Phalut 

  D) Tiger Hill 

 Answer: A) Sandakphu

Q. The Rarh region of West Bengal is famous for its ___________.

  A) Coastal plains 

  B) Lateritic soil 

  C) Alluvial plains 

  D) Mountains 

 Answer: B) Lateritic soil

Q. What is the primary language spoken in West Bengal?

  A) Bengali 

  B) Hindi 

  C) Urdu 

  D) English 

 Answer: A) Bengali

Q. Which of the following national parks is located in West Bengal?

  A) Kaziranga National Park 

  B) Sundarbans National Park 

  C) Bandipur National Park 

  D) Gir National Park 

 Answer: B) Sundarbans National Park

Q. Who wrote the national anthem of India, “Jana Gana Mana”?

  A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay 

  B) Rabindranath Tagore 

  C) Sarojini Naidu 

  D) Swami Vivekananda 

 Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore

Q. The famous Bengali festival Durga Puja is celebrated in which month?

  A) January 

  B) August 

  C) October 

  D) March 

 Answer: C) October

Q. Which art form is traditional to Bengal?

  A) Kathakali 

  B) Bharatanatyam 

  C) Baul 

  D) Kuchipudi 

 Answer: C) Baul

Q. The literary work “Anandamath” was authored by?

  A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay 

  B) Rabindranath Tagore 

  C) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 

  D) Michael Madhusudan Dutt 

 Answer: A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Q. Which of the following is a famous sweet dish from West Bengal?

  A) Gulab Jamun 

  B) Rasgulla 

  C) Jalebi 

  D) Ladoo 

 Answer: B) Rasgulla

Q. Which form of music is a significant part of Bengali culture?

  A) Qawwali 

  B) Rabindra Sangeet 

  C) Hindustani Classical 

  D) Carnatic Music 

 Answer: B) Rabindra Sangeet

Q. Which film director from Bengal won an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement?

  A) Bimal Roy 

  B) Mrinal Sen 

  C) Satyajit Ray 

  D) Ritwik Ghatak 

 Answer: C) Satyajit Ray

Q. Who is known as the ‘Father of Bengali Theater’?

  A) Girish Chandra Ghosh 

  B) Dwijendralal Roy 

  C) Utpal Dutt 

  D) Satyajit Ray 

 Answer: A) Girish Chandra Ghosh

Q. Which festival marks the beginning of the Bengali calendar year?

  A) Poila Boishakh 

  B) Durga Puja 

  C) Diwali 

  D) Holi 

 Answer: A) Poila Boishakh

Q. Kumartuli in Kolkata is famous for?

  A) Textile industry 

  B) Pottery and clay idols 

  C) Handloom weaving 

  D) Steel production 

 Answer: B) Pottery and clay idols

Q. Which of the following is the largest port in West Bengal?

  A) Paradip 

  B) Chennai 

  C) Haldia 

  D) Kolkata 

 Answer: D) Kolkata

Q. Which industry is predominant in the Hooghly Industrial Belt?

  A) Steel 

  B) Tea 

  C) Jute 

  D) Cotton 

 Answer: C) Jute

Q. What is the major cash crop of West Bengal?

   A) Wheat 

  B) Rice 

  C) Tea 

  D) Jute 

 Answer: D) Jute

Q. Which city in West Bengal is known for coal mining?

  A) Kolkata 

  B) Durgapur 

  C) Asansol 

  D) Siliguri 

 Answer: C) Asansol

Q. Which is the largest airport in West Bengal?

  A) Bagdogra International Airport 

  B) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport 

  C) Dum Dum Airport 

  D) Andal Airport 

 Answer: B) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport

Q. Which district of West Bengal is known as the “Rice Bowl”?

  A) Birbhum 

  B) Purulia 

  C) Bardhaman 

  D) Bankura 

 Answer: C) Bardhaman

Q. Which sector contributes the most to West Bengal’s GDP?

  A) Agriculture 

  B) Industry 

  C) Services 

  D) Mining 

 Answer: C) Services

Q. Durgapur Steel Plant is located in which part of West Bengal?

  A) North Bengal 

  B) Rarh region 

  C) Kolkata 

  D) Sundarbans 

 Answer: B) Rarh region

Q. Which of the following is a major IT hub in West Bengal?

  A) Rajarhat 

  B) Howrah 

  C) Bardhaman 

  D) Medinipur 

 Answer: A) Rajarhat

Q. Which mineral resource is abundantly found in the Birbhum district?

  A) Copper 

  B) Coal 

  C) Iron 

  D) Limestone 

 Answer: D) Limestone

Q. Which cricketer from Bengal captained the Indian national team?

  A) Sourav Ganguly 

  B) Sunil Gavaskar 

  C) Sachin Tendulkar 

  D) Rahul Dravid 

 Answer: A) Sourav Ganguly

Q. Which party has been in power in West Bengal since 2011?

  A) Congress 

  B) BJP 

  C) Left Front 

  D) Trinamool Congress 

 Answer: D) Trinamool Congress

Q. The Kolkata Knight Riders, an IPL team, won its first championship in which year?

  A) 2008 

  B) 2010 

  C) 2012 

  D) 2014 

 Answer: C) 2012

Q. Who is the current Chief Minister of West Bengal (as of 2024)?

  A) Mamata Banerjee 

  B) Jyoti Basu 

  C) Buddhadeb Bhattacharya 

  D) Subrata Mukherjee 

 Answer: A) Mamata Banerjee

Q. Which sports stadium in Kolkata is one of the largest cricket stadiums in the world?

  A) Eden Gardens 

  B) Salt Lake Stadium 

  C) Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan 

  D) Jadavpur Stadium 

 Answer: A) Eden Gardens

Q. Which Bengali actor became popular for playing the character Feluda in Satyajit Ray’s films?

  A) Uttam Kumar 

  B) Soumitra Chatterjee 

  C) Mithun Chakraborty 

  D) Victor Banerjee 

 Answer: B) Soumitra Chatterjee

Q. Who is the current Governor of West Bengal (as of 2024)?

  A) Jagdeep Dhankhar 

  B) C.V. Ananda Bose 

  C) Keshari Nath Tripathi 

  D) M.K. Narayanan 

 Answer: B) C.V. Ananda Bose

Q. What is the highest civilian award received by Satyajit Ray?

  A) Padma Bhushan 

  B) Bharat Ratna 

  C) Padma Shri 

  D) Padma Vibhushan 

 Answer: B) Bharat Ratna

Q. Who is the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal?

  A) Mamata Banerjee 

  B) Sarojini Naidu 

  C) Vijayalakshmi Pandit 

  D) Sucheta Kriplani 

 Answer: A) Mamata Banerjee

Q. Which famous Bengali personality received the Nobel Prize in 1913?

  A) Subhas Chandra Bose 

  B) Rabindranath Tagore 

  C) Satyajit Ray 

  D) Amartya Sen 

 Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore

Q. Who among the following was a prominent leader of the Indian National Congress from Bengal?

  A) Aruna Asaf Ali 

  B) Chittaranjan Das 

  C) Lala Lajpat Rai 

  D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 

 Answer: B) Chittaranjan Das

Q. Which of the following was the capital of Bengal before it was shifted to Kolkata?

  A) Dhaka 

  B) Murshidabad 

  C) Cooch Behar 

  D) Siliguri 

 Answer: B) Murshidabad

Q. Who was the first Muslim Chief Minister of West Bengal?

  A) Abdul Ghani Khan Choudhury 

  B) Siddhartha Shankar Ray 

  C) Ajoy Mukherjee 

  D) Fazlur Rahman 

 Answer: A) Abdul Ghani Khan Choudhury

Q. Which historical event led to the introduction of the Permanent Settlement in Bengal?

  A) Battle of Plassey 

  B) Battle of Buxar 

  C) The Revolt of 1857 

  D) Treaty of Allahabad 

 Answer: B) Battle of Buxar

Q. The Black Hole Tragedy took place in which year?

  A) 1756 

  B) 1776 

  C) 1806 

  D) 1857 

 Answer: A) 1756

Q. Which act was passed by the British in response to the Bengal Famine of 1943?

  A) Food Security Act 

  B) Famine Code 

  C) Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Act 

  D) Bengal Agricultural Act 

 Answer: C) Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Act

Q. Which year did the Left Front come to power in West Bengal?

  A) 1971 

  B) 1977 

  C) 1984 

  D) 1989 

 Answer: B) 1977

Q. The Alipore Bomb Case, involving Aurobindo Ghosh, took place in which year?

  A) 1908 

  B) 1910 

  C) 1912 

  D) 1915 

 Answer: A) 1908

Q. Which Governor-General moved the capital of India from Kolkata to Delhi?

  A) Lord Curzon 

  B) Lord Ripon 

  C) Lord Hardinge 

  D) Lord Wellesley 

 Answer: C) Lord Hardinge

Q. The treaty between the East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal after the Battle of Plassey was called?

  A) Treaty of Paris 

  B) Treaty of Allahabad 

  C) Treaty of Alinagar 

  D) Treaty of Madras 

 Answer: C) Treaty of Alinagar

Q. Which plateau extends into the western part of West Bengal?

  A) Malwa Plateau 

  B) Deccan Plateau 

  C) Chota Nagpur Plateau 

  D) Tibetan Plateau 

 Answer: C) Chota Nagpur Plateau

Q. Which is the longest river bridge in West Bengal?

  A) Vidyasagar Setu 

  B) Howrah Bridge 

  C) Farakka Barrage 

  D) Nivedita Setu 

 Answer: A) Vidyasagar Setu

Q. The Chilka Lake, located partly in West Bengal, is famous for which of the following?

  A) Migratory birds 

  B) Lotus flowers 

  C) Turtles 

  D) Dolphins 

 Answer: A) Migratory birds

Q. Which mountain range forms the northern boundary of West Bengal?

  A) Aravalli Range 

  B) Satpura Range 

  C) Eastern Ghats 

  D) Himalayas 

 Answer: D) Himalayas

Q. The Damodar River is infamous for what in West Bengal?

  A) Flooding 

  B) Pollution 

  C) Drought 

  D) Landslides 

 Answer: A) Flooding

Q. The Gorumara National Park is located in which district of West Bengal?

  A) Jalpaiguri 

  B) Cooch Behar 

  C) Malda 

  D) Purulia 

 Answer: A) Jalpaiguri

Q. Which district in West Bengal is known for terracotta temples?

  A) Hooghly 

  B) Birbhum 

  C) Bardhaman 

  D) Bankura 

 Answer: D) Bankura

Q. Which West Bengal town is famous for its production of silk?

  A) Murshidabad 

  B) Durgapur 

  C) Cooch Behar 

  D) Bishnupur 

 Answer: A) Murshidabad

Q. West Bengal shares an international border with which of the following countries?

  A) Nepal and China 

  B) Myanmar and Bhutan 

  C) Bhutan and Bangladesh 

  D) Myanmar and Bangladesh 

 Answer: C) Bhutan and Bangladesh

Q. Jaldapara National Park is known for the conservation of which animal?

  A) Asian Elephant 

  B) Indian Rhinoceros 

  C) Bengal Tiger 

  D) Asiatic Lion 

 Answer: B) Indian Rhinoceros

Q. Which popular Bengali literary figure authored ‘Pather Panchali’?

  A) Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay 

  B) Rabindranath Tagore 

  C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay 

  D) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 

 Answer: A) Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay

Q. The classical dance form, Chhau, is associated with which district of West Bengal?

  A) Nadia 

  B) Purulia 

  C) Birbhum 

  D) Howrah 

 Answer: B) Purulia

Q. Who was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize?

  A) C.V. Raman 

  B) Rabindranath Tagore 

  C) Amartya Sen 

  D) Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar 

 Answer: B) Rabindranath Tagore

Q. Which of the following is an important folk theatre tradition in Bengal?

  A) Jatra 

  B) Yakshagana 

  C) Nautanki 

  D) Bhavai 

 Answer: A) Jatra

Q. The famous Bengali poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam, is also known by what title?

  A) Mahakavi 

  B) Kaviguru 

  C) Bidrohi Kavi 

  D) Rashtrakavi 

 Answer: C) Bidrohi Kavi

Q. Which novel by Rabindranath Tagore won him the Nobel Prize in Literature?

  A) Gitanjali 

  B) Gora 

  C) Chokher Bali 

  D) Ghare Baire 

 Answer: A) Gitanjali

Q. Which festival celebrates the harvest season in rural Bengal?

  A) Durga Puja 

  B) Baisakhi 

  C) Nabanna 

  D) Rath Yatra 

 Answer: C) Nabanna

Q. Which famous Bengali author wrote ‘Devdas’?

  A) Rabindranath Tagore 

  B) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 

  C) Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay 

  D) Michael Madhusudan Dutt 

 Answer: B) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay

Q. Who was the famous painter from Bengal associated with the Bengal School of Art?

  A) Raja Ravi Varma 

  B) Jamini Roy 

  C) M.F. Husain 

  D) Amrita Sher-Gil 

 Answer: B) Jamini Roy

Q. Which cultural personality from Bengal was awarded the Oscar for his contribution to cinema?

  A) Satyajit Ray 

  B) Ritwik Ghatak 

  C) Mrinal Sen 

  D) Rituparno Ghosh 

 Answer: A) Satyajit Ray

Q. Which steel plant was established with Soviet assistance in West Bengal?

  A) Rourkela Steel Plant 

  B) Bokaro Steel Plant 

  C) Durgapur Steel Plant 

  D) Bhilai Steel Plant 

 Answer: C) Durgapur Steel Plant

Q. The first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) was established in which city of West Bengal?

  A) Kolkata 

  B) Siliguri 

  C) Durgapur 

  D) Asansol 

 Answer: A) Kolkata

Q. Which port in West Bengal handles the maximum cargo?

  A) Kolkata Port 

  B) Haldia Port 

  C) Paradip Port 

  D) Kandla Port 

 Answer: B) Haldia Port

Q. Which refinery is located in Haldia, West Bengal?

  A) Indian Oil Corporation 

  B) Reliance Refinery 

  C) ONGC Refinery 

  D) Bharat Petroleum  

 Answer: A) Indian Oil Corporation

Q. Which city is known as the “Silicon Valley of the East” in West Bengal?

  A) Kolkata 

  B) Durgapur 

  C) Siliguri 

  D) Rajarhat 

 Answer: D) Rajarhat

Q. Which city in West Bengal is known for its automobile manufacturing industries?

  A) Asansol 

  B) Durgapur 

  C) Kolkata 

  D) Haldia 

 Answer: B) Durgapur

Q. Which of the following industrial towns is famous for its chemical and fertilizer industry in West Bengal?

  A) Barrackpore 

  B) Kharagpur 

  C) Haldia 

  D) Siliguri 

 Answer: C) Haldia

Q. Which is the main cash crop grown in the Sundarbans region?

  A) Jute 

  B) Rice 

  C) Tea 

  D) Betel Leaf 

 Answer: D) Betel Leaf

Q. Which software technology park in Kolkata is considered the hub of IT industries in West Bengal?

  A) Sector V, Salt Lake 

  B) Newtown 

  C) Park Street 

  D) Esplanade 

 Answer: A) Sector V, Salt Lake

Q. Which dam in West Bengal provides water for irrigation and hydropower to the state?

  A) Farakka Barrage 

  B) Maithon Dam 

  C) Durgapur Barrage 

  D) Tilpara Barrage 

 Answer: B) Maithon Dam

Q. Which airport is being developed as the second major airport for Kolkata to ease traffic at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport?

  A) Andal Airport 

  B) Bagdogra Airport 

  C) Durgapur Airport 

  D) Cooch Behar Airport 

 Answer: A) Andal Airport

Q. Which city is known as the “Manchester of Bengal” due to its jute mills and industrial presence?

  A) Howrah 

  B) Asansol 

  C) Durgapur 

  D) Bardhaman 

 Answer: A) Howrah

Q. The Farakka Barrage is built on which river?

  A) Teesta 

  B) Hooghly 

  C) Ganges 

  D) Damodar 

 Answer: C) Ganges

Q. The famous leader Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress in which year?

  A) 1929 

  B) 1937 

  C) 1938 

  D) 1940 

 Answer: C) 1938

Q. In which year was the capital of British India moved from Kolkata to Delhi?

  A) 1905 

  B) 1911 

  C) 1919 

  D) 1927 

 Answer: B) 1911

Q. Which Bengali leader founded the Swaraj Party in 1923?

  A) Surendranath Banerjee 

  B) Chittaranjan Das 

  C) Aurobindo Ghosh 

  D) Bipin Chandra Pal 

 Answer: B) Chittaranjan Das

Q. Who was the last Nawab of Bengal before British control?

  A) Siraj-ud-Daulah 

  B) Mir Jafar 

  C) Mir Qasim 

  D) Nawab Alivardi Khan 

 Answer: A) Siraj-ud-Daulah

Q. Which partition in Bengal sparked major protests and was reversed in 1911?

  A) Partition of Bengal in 1947 

  B) Partition of Bengal in 1946 

  C) Partition of Bengal in 1905 

  D) Partition of Bengal in 1919 

 Answer: C) Partition of Bengal in 1905

Q. The Presidency University in Kolkata was originally established in which year?

  A) 1817 

  B) 1857 

  C) 1905 

  D) 1911 

 Answer: A) 1817

Q. The West Bengal Legislative Assembly is located in which historical building?

  A) Writers’ Building 

  B) Raj Bhavan 

  C) Nabanna 

  D) Bidhan Bhavan 

 Answer: A) Writers’ Building