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Q1. Soumitra Chatterjee is best known for his collaborations with the film director

(A) Satyajit Ray
(B) Mrinal Sen
(C) Buddhadeb Dasgupta
(D) Tapan Sinha

Answer: Satyajit Ray

Q2. Salil Chaudhary was

(A) Composer
(B) Poet
(C) Playwright
(D) All of these

Answer: All of these

Q3. Sachin Dev composed music initially for

(A) Bengali theatre
(B) Bengali film
(C) Bengali street play
(D) None of the above

Answer: Bengali theatre

Q4. Sabitri Chatterjee acted in

(A) Marutirtha Hinglaj
(B) Harano Sur
(C) Indrani
(D) All of the above

Answer: Marutirtha Hinglaj

Q5. One of the notified directors of recent times, Rituparno Ghosh’s first film was

(A) Unishe April
(B) Hirer Aangti
(C) Phatikchand
(D) None of the above

Answer: Hirer Aangti

Q6. Name the singer who was a pioneer of film music in Bengal cinema and won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

(A) K. L. Saigal
(B) Sachin Dev Burman
(C) Pankaj Mallick
(D) None of them

Answer: Pankaj Mallick

Q7. Mrinal Sen made films in

(A) Bengali
(B) Oriya
(C) Telegu and Hindi
(D) All of these

Answer: All of these

Q8. For which film director Purnendu Pattrea got National and International Award ?

(A) Malancha
(B) Streer Patra
(C) Swapro Niye
(D) Chhera Tamsuk

Answer: Streer Patra

Q9. Who is considered as the ‘Father of Modern Bengali stage’ ?

(A) Girish Chandra Ghosh
(B) Ashish Chattopadhyay
(C) Sharat Chandra Bandopadhyay
(D) None of the above

Answer: Girish Chandra Ghosh

Q10. Well-known member(s) of IPTA is/are

(A) Prithviraj Kapoor
(B) Ritwik Ghatak
(C) Salil Chowdhury
(D) All of these

Answer: All of these

Q11. The play ‘Nil Darpan’ criticised the white planters for their exploitation on indigo cultivation. This play was produced by Dinabandhu Mitra in the year

(A) 1860
(B) 1873
(C) 1870
(D) 1850

Answer: 1860

Q12. Rabindra Sadan was opened in the year

(A) 1966
(B) 1967
(C) 1965
(D) 1968

Answer: 1967

Q13. Laal Durgo and Janatar Aphim were the great plays of

(A) Badal Sarkar
(B) Girish Chandra Ghosh
(C) Utpal Dutt
(D) None of them

Answer: Utpal Dutt

Q14. In 1947, ‘Little Theatre Group’ was founded by

(A) Badal Sarkar
(B) Bijon Bhattacharya
(C) Utpal Dutt
(D) Manoj Mitra

Answer: Utpal Dutt

Q15. Who wrote ‘Life Divine’ ?

(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Keshab Chandra Sen
(C) Sister Nivedita
(D) Aurobindo Ghosh

Answer: Aurobindo Ghosh

Q16. Who started the newspaper Shom Prakash ?

(A) Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Raja Rammohan Roy
(C) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(D) Surendranath Banerjee

Answer: Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar

Q17. Who is the national poet of Bangladesh ?

(A) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(B) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(C) Humayun Ahmed
(D) Nirmalendu Goon

Answer: Kazi Nazrul Islam

Q18. Who is the founder of Bengal Art School ?

(A) Abanindranath Tagore
(B) Nandalal Bose
(C) Jamini Roy
(D) None of the above

Answer: Abanindranath Tagore

Q19. Who is the author of the book ‘Eighteen Fifty Seven’ ?

(A) Surendranath Sen
(B) R. C. Majumdar
(C) Syed Ahmed Khan
(D) R. C. Bhandarkar

Answer: Surendranath Sen

Q20. Who is known as ‘Rebel Poet’ of Bengal ?

(A) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(B) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(C) Maladhar Basu
(D) Basu Chandidas

Answer: Kazi Nazrul Islam

Q21. Which among the following is considered as the second oldest work of Bengali literature after Charyapada ?

(A) Krittivasi Ramayan
(B) Vaishnava Padavali
(C) Sri Krishna Kirtana
(D) Sri Krishna Vijay

Answer: Sri Krishna Kirtana

Q22. Vande Mataram appeared in Bankim Chandra’s novel

(A) Anandamath
(B) Raj Singha
(C) Kapal Kundala
(D) None of these

Answer: Anandamath

Q23. The Ramayana under the title of ‘Sri Rama Panchali’, was translated by

(A) Maladhar Basu
(B) Chandidas
(C) Krittibas Ojha
(D) None of these

Answer: Krittibas Ojha

Q24. The name of monthly literary magazine published by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is

(A) Vande Mataram
(B) Bharatdarshan
(C) Bharatkosh
(D) Bangadarshan

Answer: Bangadarshan

Q25. The most popular hagiography of Chaitanyadev Chaitanyacharitamrita was written by

(A) Krishnadas Kaviraja
(B) Born Chandidas
(C) Murari Gupta
(D) Brindabandas

Answer: Krishnadas Kaviraja

Q26. The first major Bengali poet to write Vaishnava lyrics was

(A) Vidyapati
(B) Chandidas
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Maladhar Basu

Answer: Chandidas

Q27. The first available evidence of the ancient Bengali literature ‘Charyapada’ was discovered by linguist Harprashad Shastri in the year

(A) 1907
(B) 1901
(C) 1903
(D) 1910

Answer: 1907

Q28. The Bengali language has been originated from which of the following languages ?

(A) Sanskrit
(B) Prakrit
(C) Magadhi
(D) All of these

Answer: All of these

Q29. The Bengali dialect spoken in Santhal Paragana division and Kolhan division in Jharkhand is known as

(A) Rarhi dialect
(B) Jharkhandi dialect
(C) Rajbanshi dialect
(D) None of the above

Answer: Jharkhandi dialect

Q30. The author of Padatik is

(A) Sukanta Bhattacharya
(B) Kazi Nazrul Islam
(C) Arun Mitra
(D) Subhas Mukhopadhyay

Answer: Subhas Mukhopadhyay

Q31. The author of Kadambari was

(A) Khemendra
(B) Kalhana
(C) Bhababhuti
(D) Banabhatta

Answer: Banabhatta

Q32. The author of ‘Neel Darpan’ was

(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Dinabandhu Mitra
(C) Girish Chandra Ghosh
(D) Bipin Chandra Pal

Answer: Dinabandhu Mitra

Q33. Sri Krishna Kirtrana was written by

(A) Maladhar Basu
(B) Vidyapati
(C) Krittivas Ojha
(D) Boru Chandidas

Answer: Boru Chandidas

Q34. Sarat Chandra wrote

(A) Devdas
(B) Srikanta
(C) Pallisamaj
(D) All of these

Answer: All of these

Q35. Rajbanshi dialect is spoken in

(A) North Dinajpur
(B) Jalpaiguri
(C) Cooch Behar
(D) All of these

Answer: All of these

Q36. Rabindranath got Nobel Prize for Gitanjali in

(A) 1910
(B) 1912
(C) 1913
(D) 1914

Answer: 1913

Q37. Name the two standard styles in Bengali language

(A) Parishilito bhasa and Aparishilito bhasa
(B) Sadhubhasa and Chalitbhasa
(C) Suddhabhasa and Asuddhabhasa
(D) None of the above

Answer: Sadhubhasa and Chalitbhasa

Q38. Name the Bengali poet who introduced the Amitrakshar Chhanda or blank verse ?

(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Sudhindranath Dutt
(C) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(D) None of the above

Answer: Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Q39. Name one book written by Swami Vivekananda

(A) Kathamrita
(B) Kathamala
(C) Bartaman Bharat
(D) A Nation in Making

Answer: Bartaman Bharat

Q40. Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s greatest work Meghnad Badh Kabya was published in two parts in the year

(A) 1855
(B) 1865
(C) 1861
(D) 1845

Answer: 1861

Q41. Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s first epic ‘Tilottama Sambhab’ was published in the year

(A) 1850
(B) 1840
(C) 1860
(D) 1835

Answer: 1860

Q42. Charyapadas were written in

(A) Assam, West Bengal
(B) Odisha and Bihar
(C) Assam and Bihar
(D) Both (A) and (B)

Answer: Both (A) and (B)

Q43. Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay is the writter of

(A) Pather Panchali
(B) Debjan
(C) Adarsh Hindu Hotel
(D) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q44. Betaal Panchabinsati is written by

(A) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(B) Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
(C) Madhusudan Dutt
(D) Harish Chandra Mukherjee

Answer: Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar

Q45. Bengali language saw an increase in Sanskrit influence during

(A) Pre-Chaitanya era
(B) Chaitanya era
(C) Post-Chaitanya era
(D) None of the above

Answer: Chaitanya era

Q46. Bengali language can be classified into

(A) Two dialects
(B) Four dialects
(C) Five dialects
(D) Seven dialects

Answer: Five dialects

Q47. Chalachittachanchani’ is written by

(A) Sukumar Roy
(B) Rajsekhar Basu
(C) Satyajit Roy
(D) None of the above

Answer: Sukumar Roy

Q48. Which place of West Bengal has gained immense popularity for ‘Basantautsav’ ?

(A) Nabadwip
(B) Sagardwip
(C) Mayapur
(D) Shantiniketan

Answer: Shantiniketan

Q49. Which pair is incorrect ?

(A) Ganga Sagar Mela : South 24 Paragas
(B) Kenduli Mela : Birbhum
(C) Jalpesh Mela : Siliguri
(D) None of the above

Answer: Jalpesh Mela : Siliguri

Q50. Which festival is held on the day of ‘Chaitra Sankranti’ ?

(A) Charak puja
(B) Nabo Barsho
(C) Rathyatra
(D) None of these

Answer: Charak puja

Q51. Where does Poush Mela take place every year ?

(A) Milan mela Prangan
(B) Bardhaman mela ground
(C) Shantiniketan in Birbhum district
(D) None of the above

Answer: Shantiniketan in Birbhum district

Q52. What is the largest festival of the Muslims in West Bengal ?

(A) Eid-ul-Fitr
(B) Eid-ul-Zuha
(C) Muharram
(D) Eid-e-Milad

Answer: Eid-ul-Fitr

Q53. Vishnupur is famous for its

(A) Handicrafts
(B) Silk sarees
(C) Own school of Gharana of classical music
(D) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q54. The uniqueness of Diwali in West Bengal is the

(A) it is decorated with candles and diyas
(B) it is celebrated with music and dance
(C) it is celebrated with Kali puja, instead of Lakshmi puja
(D) None of the above

Answer: it is celebrated with Kali puja, instead of Lakshmi puja

Q55. The most important festival of West Bengal is

(A) Doljatra
(B) Durga Puja
(C) Nabobarsho
(D) Deepabali

Answer: Durga Puja

Q56. The devotees of Ganga Sagar Mela visit the temple of

(A) Kapil Muni
(B) Bharat Muni
(C) Gautam Muni
(D) Patanjali Muni

Answer: Kapil Muni

Q57. Rash Yatra is celebrated on the full moon day in

(A) Shrava month
(B) Baishakh month
(C) Kartik month
(D) Magh month

Answer: Kartik month

Q58. Name the place(s) famous for Jagadhatri Puja.

(A) Chandannagar
(B) Krishnanagar
(C) Bhadreswar
(D) All of these

Answer: All of these

Q59. Name the famous Rathyatra near Serampore.

(A) Mahesh
(B) Ranaghat
(C) Simurali
(D) Kalyani

Answer: Mahesh

Q60. Nabobarsho marks the beginning of new year in West Bengal as per the

(A) Hindu calendar
(B) Panjika of Hindus
(C) Gregorian calendar
(D) None of the the above

Answer: Hindu calendar

Q61. Kenduli Mela is famous for

(A) large number of Kirtanians
(B) gatherings of thousands of Bauls
(C) lots of shops of local handicrafts
(D) None of the above

Answer: gatherings of thousands of Bauls

Q62. Kenduli Mela is held in Birbhum district on the occasion of

(A) Nabobarsho
(B) Makar Sankranti
(C) Akshaya Tritiya
(D) Nag Panchami

Answer: Makar Sankranti

Q63. Kalabhat, Gobindobhog, Tulaipanji, Kataribhog are the names of

(A) unique varieties of rice
(B) unique varieties of pulao
(C) varieties of wheat
(D) None of the above

Answer: unique varieties of rice

Q64. Basantautsav means

(A) Festival of colour
(B) Festival of spring
(C) Dol Jatra
(D) All of the above

Answer: All of the above

Q65. When was the University of Calcutta founded ?

(A) 1854
(B) 1857
(C) 1860
(D) 1874

Answer: 1857

Q66. The Kolkata Medical College was set-up in the year

(A) 1830
(B) 1845
(C) 1835
(D) 1840

Answer: 1835

Q67. The Hindu College of Kolkata was established in the year

(A) 1813
(B) 1830
(C) 1820
(D) 1817

Answer: 1817

Q68. The Fort William College of Kolkata was established in the year

(A) 1800
(B) 1820
(C) 1810
(D) 1900

Answer: 1800

Q69. In which year, the West Bengal government launched the Swasthya Sathi Scheme ?

(A) 1998
(B) 2016
(C) 2012
(D) 2006

Answer: 2016

Q70. In which year, country’s first homeopathy college (in Kolkata) was opened ?

(A) 1947
(B) 1850
(C) 1881
(D) 1900

Answer: 1881

Q71. In which year was the first women’s college in India (Bethune College) set up in Calcutta ?

(A) 1879
(B) 1888
(C) 1900
(D) 1862

Answer: 1879

Q72. IIT Kharagpur was set-up in the year

(A) 1945
(B) 1941
(C) 1951
(D) 1952

Answer: 1951

Q73. Which tribal community in West Bengal follows the Buddhist religion ?

(A) Mal Paharia
(B) Bhuiya
(C) Munda
(D) Bhutiya

Answer: Bhutiya

Q74. The word ‘Munda’ means

(A) Headman of a village
(B) Priest of a village
(C) King of a tribal community
(D) None of the above

Answer: Headman of a village

Q75. Karam festival is celebrated among which tribal community of West Bengal ?

(A) Bhuiya
(B) Santhal
(C) Lohar
(D) Bhutiya

Answer: Santhal

Q76. Yuba Bharati Krirangan is the other name of which famous stadium located in Kolkata ?

(A) Eden Garden Stadium
(B) Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
(C) Netaji Indoor Stadium
(D) Salt Lake Stadium

Answer: Salt Lake Stadium

Q77. Who is the founder of the famous football club ‘Mohun Bagan Club’ ?

(A) Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikary
(B) Bharat Chettri
(C) Bhupendra Nath Bose
(D) None of them

Answer: Bhupendra Nath Bose

Q78. Who among the following crossed the English channel in 1959 ?

(A) Mihir Sen
(B) Arati Shah
(C) Bula Choudhary
(D) Arati Sinharoy

Answer: Arati Shah

Q79. Which was the first Indian club to win the Durand Cup in football in 1940.

(A) Mohammedan SC Club
(B) Royal Calcutta Golf Club
(C) Atletico De Kolkata
(D) Tollygunge Club

Answer: Mohammedan SC Club

Q80. Which prominent footballer from West Bengal is regarded as the Father of Indian Soccer ?

(A) Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikary
(B) Chuni Goswami
(C) Cyril Michi
(D) Mohammad Salim

Answer: Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikary

Q81. Which of the following clubs is considered as one of the oldest clubs in the world ?

(A) Tennis club
(B) Kho Kho club
(C) Polo club
(D) Calcutta Cricket and Football club

Answer: Calcutta Cricket and Football club

Q82. Which famous long distance swimmer from West Bengal was the first to cross the English Channel in 1958 ?

(A) Arati Shah
(B) Dibyendu Barua
(C) Mihir Sen
(D) Sailen Manna

Answer: Mihir Sen

Q83. The Rabindra Sarobar Stadium is located in which of the following districts of West Bengal ?

(A) Murshidabad
(B) Malda
(C) Kolkata
(D) Purulia

Answer: Kolkata

Q84. The Indian Football Association (IFA) of West Bengal was founded in the year

(A) 1890
(B) 1893
(C) 1830
(D) 1833

Answer: 1893

Q85. The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club was founded in the year

(A) 1700
(B) 1790
(C) 1792
(D) 1800

Answer: 1792

Q86. Who was the first recipient of Banga Bibhushan Award ?

(A) Amala Shankar
(B) Girija Shankar Roy
(C) Saumitra Chatterjee
(D) Samresh Majumdar

Answer: Amala Shankar

Q87. Who was the first Bengali person to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1954 ?

(A) Alok Sarkar
(B) Subodh Sarkar
(C) Subrata Mukherjee
(D) Jibanananda Das

Answer: Jibanananda Das

Q88. What is regarded as the highest literary award in West Bengal ?

(A) Rabindra Smriti Puraskar
(B) Bankim Puraskar
(C) Sahitya Academi Award
(D) Ananda Puraskar

Answer: Rabindra Smriti Puraskar

Q89. The Mahanayak Samman has been constituted for contribution in Bengali films. Which of the following personalities is it ?

(A) Soumitra Chatterjee
(B) Uttam Kumar
(C) Pramothesh Barua
(D) Mithun Chakraborty

Answer: Uttam Kumar

Q90. The highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna was instituted in which year ?

(A) 1954
(B) 1945
(C) 1955
(D) 1944

Answer: 1954

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