States PCS: West Bengal GK Questions for WBPSC Examinations
1. Who was called the Father of Indian Rock Art?
[A] Robert Redfield
[B] R. P. Chanda
[C] Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar
[D] Braj Basi Lal
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Correct Answer: C [Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar ]
Notes:
Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar was an Indian archeologist who is credited with the discovery of the Bhimbetka rock caves in 1957. In 2003, UNESCO inscribed the Bhimbetka rock caves as a World Heritage Site. He is called the Father of Indian Rock Art.
2. Where is the ruins of Shashanka’s Karnasuvarna found in Bengal?
[A] Burdwan
[B] Rajbaridanga
[C] Padma
[D] Midnapore
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Correct Answer: B [Rajbaridanga]
Notes:
Shashanka, the powerful ruler of Guada, had his capital at Karnasuvarna, the ruins of which have been discovered recently at Rajbaridanga (near the modern railway station Chiruti), six miles southwest of Behrampur, headquarters of Murshidabad district.
3. Who wrote Pavanaduta?
[A] Krishnachandra
[B] Varahamihira
[C] Dhoyi
[D] Abahatta
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Correct Answer: C [Dhoyi]
Notes:
Dhoyin or Dhoyi was a 12th century Sanskrit-language poet from present-day India, who composed the Pavanad?ta. He was a court poet of the Sena king Lakshmana Sena, who ruled Gauda in what is now Bengal.
4. Which region did the Chandra Dynasty rule?
[A] Anga & Vanga
[B] Vanga & Samatata
[C] Samatata & Kalinga
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Vanga & Samatata]
Notes:
Chandra Dynasty ruled in south-eastern Bengal (vanga and samatata) for about a century and a half from the beginning of the 10th century AD. Discovery of quite a few copperplates of the rulers of this dynasty now affords the reconstruction of a connected history of this dynasty and the history of the south-eastern part of Bengal is now much more clear than about 50/60 years ago.
5. Paramesvara Paramabhattaraka Maharajadhiraja was the title of–
[A] Harshavardhana
[B] Ballalasena
[C] Dharmapala
[D] Shashanka
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Correct Answer: C [Dharmapala ]
Notes:
Dharmapala was the second ruler of the Pala empire of Bengal region in the Indian
sub-continent. He was the son and successor of Gopala. He adopted the title
Paramesvara Paramabhattaraka Maharajadhiraja.
6. Who wrote Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi?
[A] Al-Sadr
[B] Muhammad Kaina Nawaz
[C] Sheikh Al-Hussaini
[D] Yahya bin Ahmad
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Correct Answer: D [Yahya bin Ahmad]
Notes:
Yahya bin Ahmad in his Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi mentioned that Dasharathadeva (referred as Danuj Rai of Sonargaon by Yahya) made an alliance with Ghiyas-ud-Din Balban in 1281.
7. Who became Sarvabhaumapandita in Jalaluddin’s court?
[A] Brihaspati Mishra
[B] Vaishnavirai
[C] Ganeshacharya
[D] Mandihini
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Correct Answer: A [Brihaspati Mishra]
Notes:
According to the Padachandrika, a commentary on the Amarakosha in Sanskrit, Brihaspati Mishra, a Brahmin from Kulingram (present-day Bardhaman district), was promoted by Sultan Jalaluddin to the position of the Sarvabhaumapandita (Court Scholar).
8. Who was the ruler of Pratapgarh kingdom?
[A] Kalindi Sheikh
[B] Sherbahadur
[C] Bazid
[D] Majidi
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Correct Answer: C [Bazid]
Notes:
In the northeastern Barak Valley, the ruler Bazid of the Pratapgarh Kingdom declared himself as a Sultan on par with the Bengali Sultan. This invited the retribution of Alauddin Hussain Shah, who dispatched Surwar Khan (a convert to Islam from Hinduism) to suppress the newly formed sultanate in Pratapgarh.
9. Paisa was
[A] Silver coins
[B] Copper coins
[C] Gold coins
[D] Bronze coins
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Correct Answer: B [Copper coins]
Notes:
Copper coins, diring Sher Shah Suri’s time, were called Paisa and were also minted by his government.
10. Who wrote Parijathapaharanam?
[A] Nirkumbha
[B] Nandi Thimmana
[C] Hatimara Kamudi
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Nandi Thimmana]
Notes:
Nandi Thimmana (15th and 16th centuries CE) was a poet and one of the Astadiggajas in the court of the king Krishnadevaraya. He is often called Mukku Thimmana (Thimmana of the nose) after his celebrated poem on a woman’s nose. He wrote Parijathapaharanam.
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