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Q1. Where was the first iron ore factory set up in West Bengal ?
(A) Churulia (Bardhaman)
(B) Kulti (Bardhaman)
(C) Salaiguri (Bankura)
(D) Malchaecte (Bardhaman)
Answer: Kulti (Bardhaman)
Q2. West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) was formed on
(A) 1st May, 1945
(B) 1st May, 1955
(C) 1st April, 1955
(D) 1st April, 1945
Answer: 1st May, 1955
Q3. West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (WBREDA) was set up in which of the following years ?
(A) 1992
(B) 1993
(C) 1994
(D) 1991
Answer: 1993
Q4. The wholly state owned agency, the West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Corporation Limited was incorporated in the year ?
(A) 1972
(B) 1973
(C) 1947
(D) 1974
Answer: 1973
Q5. The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited came into existence in the year
(A) 1988
(B) 1985
(C) 1987
(D) 1986
Answer: 1985
Q6. The two most important wind farms sites of West Bengal are
(A) Frazerganj
(B) Hooghly river
(C) Sagar island
(D) Both (A) and (C)
Answer: Both (A) and (C)
Q7. The two major locations of having copper deposit in West Bengal are
(A) Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling
(B) Birbhum and Bankura
(C) West Midnapore and Malda
(D) Howrah and Hooghly
Answer: Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling
Q8. The most superior industrial coal of West Bengal is of
(A) Lignite variety
(B) Anthracite Variety
(C) Bituminous Variety
(D) None of the above
Answer: Bituminous Variety
Q9. The major bituminous type coal is mined at which of the following locations ?
(A) Raniganj
(B) Malda
(C) Murshidabad
(D) Hooghly
Answer: Raniganj
Q10. The limestone deposits are found in which of the following two districts of West Bengal ?
(A) Purulia and Birbhum
(B) Purulia and Bankura
(C) Hooghly and Howrah
(D) Malda and Murshidabad
Answer: Purulia and Bankura
Q11. The hydro electric projects are initiated and maintained by which state government undertaking in West Bengal ?
(A) WBSEDCL
(B) WBSEB
(C) WBREDA
(D) WBSETCL
Answer: WBSEDCL
Q12. The corporate office of the WBREDA is located in
(A) Hooghly
(B) Murshidabad
(C) Jalpaiguri
(D) Kolkata
Answer: Kolkata
Q13. The Bandel Thermal Power Project of WBPDCL is located in
(A) Purulia
(B) Hooghly
(C) Birbhum
(D) Murshidabad
Answer: Hooghly
Q14. Santaldih Thermal Power Project is located in which district of West Bengal ?
(A) Hooghly
(B) Purulia
(C) Birbhum
(D) Murshidabad
Answer: Purulia
Q15. Raniganj in West Bengal is noted for its good quality
(A) Woollen garments
(B) Manganese deposits
(C) Copper deposits
(D) Coal deposits
Answer: Coal deposits
Q16. Rammam hydroelectric power is located in
(A) Purulia
(B) Bankura
(C) Jalpaiguri
(D) Darjeeling
Answer: Darjeeling
Q17. In which year, West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) was reconstituted and formed into two new boards ?
(A) 2006
(B) 2007
(C) 2005
(D) 2004
Answer: 2007
Q18. Dolomite mineral is extracted from which area in North Bengal ?
(A) Darjeeling
(B) Kalimpong
(C) Coochbehar
(D) Jalpaiguri
Answer: Jalpaiguri
Q19. Copper mines are found in which district of West Bengal ?
(A) Jalpaiguri
(B) Darjeeling
(C) Birbhum
(D) Both (A) and (B)
Answer: Both (A) and (B)
Q20. Coal mine disasters in West Bengal are due to
(A) slumping
(B) faulting
(C) inadequate stowing
(D) flooding
Answer: flooding
Q21. Borjora and Mezia mines of Bankura district in West Bengal are famous for which mineral ?
(A) Copper
(B) Coal
(C) Iron ore
(D) Manganese
Answer: Coal
Q22. Belpahari and Gidhni area of West Midnapore has deposits of which mineral ?
(A) Manganese
(B) Copper
(C) Barytes
(D) Kyanite
Answer: Manganese
Q23. Beldi Apatite Mine is located in which among the following places of West Bengal ?
(A) Birbhum
(B) Purulia
(C) Malda
(D) Howrah
Answer: Purulia
Q24. Which state highway links the five districts of Murshidabad, Birbhum, Bardhaman, Hooghly and West Midnapore ?
(A) SH-10
(B) SH-1
(C) SH-7
(D) SH-15
Answer: SH-7
Q25. Which of the following railways is also known as ‘Toy Train’ ?
(A) ERZ
(B) SERZ
(C) DHR
(D) None of these
Answer: DHR
Q26. Which of the following docks is/are the part of the Kolkata Dock System ?
(A) Kidderpore Dock
(B) Netaji Subhash Dock
(C) Budge Budge Dock
(D) All of the above
Answer: All of the above
Q27. Which of the following airports in West Bengal is for International flights ?
(A) Barrackpore
(B) Bagdogra
(C) Malda
(D) Kalaikunda
Answer: Bagdogra
Q28. Which newly constructed national highway passing through West Bengal runs upto Bhutan border ?
(A) NH10
(B) NH317A
(C) NH133A
(D) NH327B
Answer: NH317A
Q29. Which is the only place in India where tramways are still running ?
(A) Durgapur
(B) Dhanbad
(C) Kolkata
(D) Darjeeling
Answer: Kolkata
Q30. Which government undertaking maintains the inland waterways in West Bengal ?
(A) IWAI
(B) CTC
(C) IWT
(D) KPT
Answer: IWT
Q31. Which expressway is a part of ‘Golden Quadrilateral Project’ ?
(A) Kona Expressway
(B) Durgapur Expressway
(C) Belghoria Expressway
(D) None of the above
Answer: Kona Expressway
Q32. Which expressway connect Dankuni and Palsit ?
(A) Kolkata-Durgapur
(B) Kona expressway
(C) Belghoria expressway
(D) None of the above
Answer: Kolkata-Durgapur
Q33. Which among the following transportation systems of India first started in West Bengal ?
(A) Railways
(B) Airways
(C) Helicopter Services
(D) Metro rail
Answer: Metro rail
Q34. Which among the following river is part of inland waterway in West Bengal ?
(A) Tista
(B) Jaldhaka
(C) Icchamati
(D) Torsha
Answer: Icchamati
Q35. Which among the following place has an airport dedicated to defence services in West Bengal ?
(A) Barrackpore
(B) Balurghat
(C) Behala
(D) Bishnupur
Answer: Barrackpore
Q36. Which among the following is the division of South-Eastern Railway, Kolkata ?
(A) Adra
(B) Kharagpur
(C) Ranchi
(D) All of the above
Answer: All of the above
Q37. Which among the following is the division of Eastern Railway, Kolkata ?
(A) Howrah
(B) Sealdah
(C) Malda
(D) All of these
Answer: All of these
Q38. Where is Kazi Nazrul Islam airport situated in West Bengal ?
(A) Shantiniketan in Bolpur
(B) English Bazar in Malda
(C) Saliguri near Jalpaiguri
(D) Andal near Durgapur
Answer: Andal near Durgapur
Q39. West Bengal Surface Transport Corporation (WBSTC) was established in
(A) 1999
(B) 1989
(C) 1979
(D) 1969
Answer: 1989
Q40. West Bengal connects Indian mainland to which part of India through readways ?
(A) North-East
(B) North-West
(C) South-East
(D) South-West
Answer: North-East
Q41. Vidyasagar Setu was commissioned in the year
(A) 1989
(B) 1992
(C) 1995
(D) 1985
Answer: 1992
Q42. The total length of National Highways in West Bengal is
(A) 2022 km
(B) 4045 km
(C) 1515 km
(D) 3664 km
Answer: 3664 km
Q43. The Kolkata Dock System handles the Anchorage Dock. It is located at
(A) Saugor
(B) Haldia
(C) Hooghly
(D) Kolkata
Answer: Saugor
Q44. The East Canal System i.e., NW 5 running through West Bengal is part of which river system ?
(A) Ajay-Mayurakshi
(B) Brahmani-Mahanadi
(C) Matla-Icchamati
(D) Tista-Torsha
Answer: Brahmani-Mahanadi
Q45. The distance between Darjeeling and New Jalpaiguri is
(A) 80 km
(B) 87.48 km
(C) 77.84 km
(D) 70 km
Answer: 87.48 km
Q46. Rabindra Setu, popularly known as Howrah Bridge, was opened in the year
(A) 1941
(B) 1945
(C) 1943
(D) 1949
Answer: 1943
Q47. National Waterway 1 i.e. the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system stretches between the places
(A) Uttarkashi-Kolkata
(B) Lucknow-Murshidabad
(C) Allahabad-Haldia
(D) Nabadwip-Sunderban
Answer: Allahabad-Haldia
Q48. Metro rail was started in Kolkata in
(A) 1984
(B) 1986
(C) 1988
(D) 1989
Answer: 1984
Q49. Kolkata Port Trust was commisioned in the year
(A) 1860
(B) 1870
(C) 1865
(D) 1875
Answer: 1870
Q50. Haldia Dock Complex was built in
(A) 1977
(B) 1982
(C) 1985
(D) 1975
Answer: 1977
Q51. First railway line was started in West Bengal between
(A) Howrah to Hooghly
(B) Howrah to Raniganj
(C) Howrah to Burdwan
(D) Sealdah to Naihati
Answer: Howrah to Hooghly
Q52. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was tarted in the year
(A) 1891
(B) 1881
(C) 1885
(D) 1895
Answer: 1881
Q53. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway links
(A) Darjeeling to New Jalpaiguri
(B) Darjeeling to Siliguri
(C) Darjeeling to Rangtang
(D) Darjeeling to Sukha
Answer: Darjeeling to New Jalpaiguri
Q54. Darjeeling Himalayan Railway became World Heritage Site in
(A) 2000
(B) 1989
(C) 1999
(D) 2001
Answer: 1999
Q55. Which scheme is initiated by State Government of West Bengal to connect all the districts,blocks and Panchayats ?
(A) GIS
(B) WEBEL
(C) WEBEL ISP
(D) WBSWAN
Answer: WBSWAN
Q56. Which of the following radio station is located in Nadia district ?
(A) Basanti
(B) Krishnanagar
(C) Chinsurah
(D) Kurseong
Answer: Krishnanagar
Q57. Which of the following newspaper was the first daily Bengali newspaper ?
(A) Sulabh Samachal
(B) Jugantar
(C) Sambad Pravakar
(D) Amrita Bazar Patrika
Answer: Sambad Pravakar
Q58. Which newspaper started in West Bengal during British India, is still in continuation ?
(A) Loksevak
(B) Amrita Bazar Patrika
(C) Ananda Bazar Patrika
(D) Bengal Gazette
Answer: Ananda Bazar Patrika
Q59. Which newspaper published from West Bengal presents marxist views and holds closeness to Communist Party of India ?
(A) Ganashakti
(B) Sangbad Pratidin
(C) Bartamaan
(D) Aajkaal
Answer: Ganashakti
Q60. Which among the following was the first newspaper published from West Bengal ?
(A) Calcutta Gazette
(B) Samachar Darpan
(C) Calcutta Chronicle
(D) Bengal Gazette
Answer: Bengal Gazette
Q61. Which among the following is not a magazine published from West Bengal ?
(A) Sabujpatra
(B) Purbasha
(C) Anandalok
(D) Nandan
Answer: Nandan
Q62. When was Doordarshan Bangla inaugrated ?
(A) 10th September, 1984
(B) 25th July, 1970
(C) 9th August, 1975
(D) 18th October, 1991
Answer: 9th August, 1975
Q63. West Bengal has the postal headquarter of which of the following state apart from its own ?
(A) Tripura
(B) Meghalaya
(C) Manipur
(D) Sikkim
Answer: Sikkim
Q64. The first magazine in India was published from which place in West Bengal ?
(A) Siliguri
(B) Shantiniketan
(C) Kolkata
(D) Howrah
Answer: Kolkata
Q65. Pujali,the area with fully functional geographical information system is located in which district of West Bengal ?
(A) North 24 Parganas
(B) Kolkata
(C) Hooghly
(D) South 24 Parganas
Answer: South 24 Parganas
Q66.Murshidabad comes under which portal division of West Bengal ?
(A) Kolkata division
(B) South Bengal division
(C) North Bengal division
(D) None of the above
Answer: Kolkata division
Q67. Kolkata radio station was the ………………. station set up in India ?
(A) Second
(B) First
(C) Third
(D) Fifth
Answer: Second
Q68. In which Samachar Darpan i.e. first Bengali language newspaper was started ?
(A) 1920
(B) 1818
(C) 1790
(D) 1856
Answer: 1818
Q69. General Post Office at Kolkata was part of which British structure ?
(A) Dalhousie Square
(B) Fort William
(C) Victoria Memorial
(D) Postal Museum
Answer: Fort William
Q70. DD Bangla telecasts programs in regional language other than Bengali ?
(A) Punjabi
(B) Santhali
(C) Bhojpuri
(D) Gujrati
Answer: Santhali
Q71. Bengali Little Magazine Movement is believed to start with the starting of which popular magazine ?
(A) Krittibas
(B) Kallol
(C) Sandesh
(D) Kaurab
Answer: Kallol
Q72. Balurghat radio station is located in which district of West Bengal ?
(A) South 24 Parganas
(B) West Midnapore
(C) South Dinajpur
(D) Hooghly
Answer: South Dinajpur
Q73. Apart from Bengali and English which other language newspapers were also published for the first time from West Bengal ?
(A) Urdu and Oriya
(B) Hindi and Assamese
(C) Urdu and Assamese
(D) Hindi and Urdu
Answer: Hindi and Urdu
Q74. Amrita Bazar Patrika group started which other newspaper from West Bengal in 1937 ?
(A) Jugantar
(B) Tattobodhini
(C) Som Prakash
(D) Bengalee
Answer: Jugantar
Q75. Who was the first Governor of West Bengal
(A) Shekhar Dutta
(B) Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
(C) Padmaja Naidu
(D) D. Y. Patil
Answer: Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
Q76. Who was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal ?
(A) Jyoti Basu
(B) Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
(C) Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee
(D) Mohsina Kidwai
Answer: Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
Q77. Who is the Chairman of Victoria Memorial Hall and Indian Museum ?
(A) Chief Minister
(B) Elected member of the organisation
(C) Governor
(D) None of the above
Answer: Governor
Q78. What is the nature of West Bengal Legislature ?
(A) Bicameral
(B) Unicameral
(C) Unique
(D) Uni-federal
Answer: Unicameral
Q79. West Bengal Vidhan Sabha comprises how many members of Legislative Assembly ?
(A) 292
(B) 295
(C) 294
(D) 296
Answer: 295
Q80. West Bengal Legislative Assembly came into existence on
(A) 18th January, 1862
(B) 1st December, 2000
(C) 18th October, 2000
(D) 5th November, 2000
Answer: 18th January, 1862
Q81. Two houses of the Legislature : The Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly were created under the
(A) Government of India Act, 1935
(B) Indian Council Act of, 1861
(C) Government of India Act, 1945
(D) None of the above
Answer: Government of India Act, 1935
Q82. The Tripartite Agreement was signed on
(A) 22nd August, 1998
(B) 22nd August, 1989
(C) 22nd August, 1990
(D) 22nd August, 1988
Answer: 22nd August, 1988
Q83. The Head of the State of West Bengal is
(A) Chief Minister
(B) Governor
(C) President
(D) None of the above
Answer: Governor
Q84. The first West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the general election was constituted in
(A) 1955
(B) 1952
(C) 1861
(D) 1951
Answer: 1952
Q85. The first speaker of West Bengal assembly is
(A) Sir Azizul Haque
(B) Mr. Syed Nausher Ali
(C) Mr. Nurul Amin
(D) None of the above
Answer: Sir Azizul Haque
Q86. The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council was administered in
(A) 1998
(B) 1988
(C) 1987
(D) 1989
Answer: 1988
Q87. Name the longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal.
(A) Jyoti Basu
(B) Bidhan Chandra Roy
(C) Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
(D) Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee
Answer: Jyoti Basu
Q88. Legislative council of West Bengal was abolished in 1969 due to the West Bengal Legislative Council (Abolition) Act of
(A) 1969
(B) 1965
(C) 1960
(D) 1955
Answer: 1969
Q89. Legislative Council of Bengal was constituted under which Act ?
(A) Indian Council Act of 1861
(B) Government of India Act, 1915
(C) Indian Council Act of 1862
(D) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: Indian Council Act of 1861
Q90. How many constituencies are nominated from the Anglo-Indian Community in Legislative Assembly of West Bengal ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
Answer: 1
Q91. First woman Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee became the Chief Minister of West Bengal in
(A) 2011
(B) 2010
(C) 2012
(D) 2013
Answer: 2011
Q92. Eligibility requirements for the post of Governor is specified in which article of the Constitution ?
(A) Article 152 and 157
(B) Article 157 and 159
(C) Article 157 and 158
(D) Article 156 and 158
Answer: Article 157 and 158
Q93. DGHC has three sub-divisions under its authority. Which of the following is not one of the three sub-divisions ?
(A) Darjeeling
(B) West Dinajpur
(C) Kalimpong
(D) Kurseong
Answer: West Dinajpur
Q94. Who was the first Chief Justice of West Bengal High Court ?
(A) Sir Banes Peacock
(B) A. K. Patnaik
(C) W. A. Shishak
(D) Phani Bhusan Chakravartti
Answer: Sir Banes Peacock
Q95. Who is the longest serving Chief Justice of West Bengal ?
(A) Amarendranath Sen
(B) Sankar Prasad Mitra
(C) Anandamoy Bhattacharjee
(D) None of the above
Answer: Sankar Prasad Mitra
Q96. West Bengal High Court was established on
(A) 1st July, 1862
(B) 1st November, 1863
(C) 1st December, 1864
(D) 1 st December, 1865
Answer: 1st July, 1862
Q97. Under the Industrial Disputes Act of 1947, which of the following courts have been set up in West Bengal ?
(A) Criminal Court
(B) Civil Court
(C) Labour Court
(D) District Court
Answer: Labour Court
Q98. The Lowest Subordinate Court in a district for the civil cases is
(A) Senior Civil Judge Court
(B) Junior Civil Judge Court
(C) Middle Civil Judge Court
(D) None of the above
Answer: Junior Civil Judge Court
Q99. The Labour Court of West Bengal provides speedy justice to the
(A) Issues of suspension of labours from work
(B) Legal dimensions of strike
(C) Welfare of labours, fixing of wages, duration of duty, etc
(D) All of the above
Answer: All of the above
Q100. The Highest Subordinate Court in a district for the criminal cases is
(A) First Class Judicial Magistrate Court
(B) Senior criminal Judicial Court
(C) Chief Judicial Magistrate Court
(D) None of the above
Answer: Chief Judicial Magistrate Court