States PCS: West Bengal GK Questions for WBPSC Examinations
For all West Bengal Public Service Commission (WBPSC) exams including WBCS, JE, AE, and other state-level competitive examinations.
1. Which of the following statements is/ are correct?
1. Assam shares a border with Bangladesh and Bhutan
2. West Bengal shares a border with Bhutan and Nepal
3. Meghalaya shares a border with Bangladesh and Bhutan
Choose the correct option from the codes given below :
[A] 1 only
[B] 1 & 2
[C] 2 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: B [1 & 2]
Notes:
Meghalaya shares a border only with Bangladesh (443 km) and the Indian state of Assam.
2. Which among the following matches of regions and their states are correct?
1. Baghelkhand- Madhya Pradesh
2. Kuttanad- Kerala
3. Rarh- West Bengal
4. Saurashtra- Gujarat
Choose the correct option from the codes given below :
[A] 1 & 2
[B] 1 & 4
[C] 2 & 4
[D] 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Correct Answer: D [1, 2, 3 & 4]
Notes:
Baghelkhand is situated in Madhya Pradesh. Kuttanad is situated in Kerala. Rarh is situated in West Bengal. Saurashtra is situated in Gujarat.
3. Which Sanskrit literature was based on Ramapala?
[A] Harshacharita
[B] Raktacharita
[C] Ramacharita
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Ramacharita]
Notes:
Ramapala, the last important Pala king, did much to strengthen the dynasty in Bengal and expanded its power in Assam and Orissa; he is the hero of a Sanskrit historical poem, the Ramacarita of Sandhyakara.
4. Who wrote Charyapada?
[A] Aryabhatta
[B] Banabhatta
[C] Abahatta
[D] Varahamihira
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Correct Answer: C [Abahatta]
Notes:
The Charyapada is a collection of mystical poems, songs of realization in the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism from the tantric tradition in Assam, Bengal, Bihar and Odisha. It was written between the 8th and 12th centuries in an Abahatta.
5. Where was the manuscript of Charyapada found first?
[A] Assam
[B] Bhutan
[C] Nepal
[D] Bengal
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Correct Answer: C [Nepal ]
Notes:
The manuscript of the Charyapada discovered by Haraprasad Shastri from Nepal consists of 47 padas (verses).
6. Who was the founder of Shunga Dynasty?
[A] Mihirbrahma Shunga
[B] Pushyamitra Shunga
[C] Birimabana Shunga
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Pushyamitra Shunga]
Notes:
The Shunga Empire (IAST: ?u?ga) was an ancient Indian dynasty from Magadha that controlled areas of the central and eastern Indian subcontinent from around 184 to 75 BCE. The dynasty was established by Pushyamitra Shunga, after taking the throne of the Maurya Empire.
7. Which are the twin capitals built in Bengal by Turkish Sultanate?
[A] Gaur & Pandua
[B] Patuliputra & Hedua
[C] Malda & Murshidabad
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Gaur & Pandua]
Notes:
Islam came to Bengal in the thirteenth century and a Turkish Sultanate
came to be established with its twin capitals at Gaur (also called
Laxmanavati, the capital of the Sen dynasty [c. 1095–1645], or Lakhnaoti)
and Pandua, both in Malda district of West Bengal.
8. How long Khilji ruled in Bengal?
[A] 1203 – 1213 CE.
[B] 1200 – 1210 CE
[C] 1210 – 1220 CE
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [1203 – 1213 CE.]
Notes:
Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji’s invasion to Bengal marked the advent of
Turk-Afghan rule in Bengal. Khilji’s rule in Bengal lasted from 1203 to 1213 CE.
9. Who did the Baro Bhuiyas resist and prevent from ruling Bengal?
[A] Mughals
[B] Turkish
[C] Sultans
[D] Nawabs
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Correct Answer: A [Mughals]
Notes:
The tradition of Baro-Bhuyan is peculiar to both Assam and Bengal and differ from the tradition of Bhuihar of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar— in Assam this phenomenon came into prominence in the 13th century when they resisted the invasion of Ghiyasuddin Iwaj Shah and in Bengal when they resisted Mughal rule in the 16th century.
10. Who introduced Zurbe Murshidabad?
[A] Bilal Garg
[B] Murshid Quli Khan
[C] Zuber Ali
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Murshid Quli Khan]
Notes:
Murshid Quli Khan changed the name of Makhsusabad to Murshidabad and as soon as Farrukhsiyar acknowledged his changing the name of Makhsusabad to Murshidabad he released Zurbe Murshedabad coin, in his own new mint.
