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Q91. The first Sangeet Samman Award was given to which of the renowned vocalists in Bengali music ?

(A) Pandit A.T. Kanan
(B) Pandit Jasraj
(C) Pandit Manas Chakraborty
(D) Pandit Ravishankar

Answer: Pandit A.T. Kanan

Q92. The first recipient of Jnanpith Award from West Bengal in 1966 was

(A) Ashapoorna Devi
(B) Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
(C) Mahasweta Devi
(D) None of the above

Answer: Tarashankar Bandopadhyay

Q93. Nazrul Award is given to honour the work of artists for spreading the work of Nazrul among the masses by the

(A) Nazrul Akademy
(B) University of Calcutta
(C) State Government
(D) None of the above

Answer: University of Calcutta

Q94. Name the filmmaker who got ‘Bharat Ratna Award’ in 1992.

(A) Mrinal Sen
(B) Satyajit Roy
(C) Tapan Sinha
(D) Ritwik Ghatak

Answer: Satyajit Roy

Q95. Who was the founder of Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals ?

(A) Upendranath Brahmachari
(B) Meghnad Saha
(C) Satyendranath Bose
(D) Prafulla Chandra Ray

Answer: Prafulla Chandra Ray

Q96. Who was the first student to receive a dual degree from Calcutta University ?

(A) Michael Madhusudan Datta
(B) Sukumar Ray
(C) Ashutosh Mukherjee
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer: Ashutosh Mukherjee

Q97. Who was popularly known as Maharshi ?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Debendranath Tagore
(C) Raja Rammohan Roy
(D) Ramakrishna

Answer: Debendranath Tagore

Q98. Who is known as the Father of Revolutionary Thoughts in India ?

(A) Bipin Chandra Pal
(B) Bhagat Singh
(C) Lokmanya Tilak
(D) None of them

Answer: Bipin Chandra Pal

Q99. Who is known as the ‘Maker of Modern India’ and ‘Father of Modern India’ ?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Maharshi Debendranath Tagore
(C) Raja Rammohan Roy
(D) None of them

Answer: Raja Rammohan Roy

Q100. Who is considered as father of Bengali science fiction ?

(A) Meghnad Saha
(B) Satyendra Nath Bose
(C) Jagadish Chandra Bose
(D) Prafulla Chandra Roy

Answer: Jagadish Chandra Bose