States PCS: West Bengal GK Questions for WBPSC Examinations

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Both of the statements are correct:

1. The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) project is funded by the World Bank: This statement is correct. The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) is a railway project in India that aims to create a dedicated freight corridor between Ludhiana in Punjab and Dankuni in West Bengal. The project is funded by the World Bank, which provides financial assistance for its implementation.
2. The freight corridor extends from Dankuni in West Bengal to Ludhiana in Punjab: This statement is also correct. The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) spans from Dankuni, near Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, to Ludhiana in the state of Punjab. It is designed to improve freight transportation capacity and efficiency by providing a dedicated railway corridor exclusively for freight trains.

Thus, both statements accurately describe the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) project, its funding source by the World Bank, and its extension from Dankuni in West Bengal to Ludhiana in Punjab.

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Hieun Tsang, the Chinese pilgrim, visited India during the reign of Harshavardhana with an aim of securing authentic Buddhist scripts. The Kannauj assembly (643 AD) was held in the honour of Hieun Tsang and to popularise Mahayana sect of Buddhism.

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In Kashmir, the Sena dynasty also likely built a temple knows as Sankara Gaureshwara.

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Lakshamanasena’s reign was famous for remarkable literary activities. His Chief Minister and Chief Judge was Halayudha Mishra, who wrote the Brahmanasarvasva.

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A devotee of Shiva, Pushyabhuti became involved in a tantric ritual at a cremation ground, under the influence of Bhairavacharya, a teacher from “the South”.

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The Bengal Delta is essentially the result of so many rivers coming from the
east, north and west and pouring their alluvial deposit into the sea. Ibn Batuta, the fourteenth-century Moroccan traveller described Bengal as a ‘land with abundance’.

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The Kayasthas, Sadgopas and Kaibartas are the typical indigenous castes of Bengal and
have some resemblance with the people of Bihar. The Kayasthas are also very close to all
the middle castes of Bengal such as Sadgopas, Kaibartas and Podas (Paundra Kshatriyas).

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Of prime importance and interest is the beginning of the basic techniques of drawing, modelling, sculpture, and painting, as well as the earliest manifestations of dancing, music, the use of masks, ceremonies, and the organization of society into patterns that were apparently fairly complex.

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Next to Shalvan Vihara and Ananda Vihara, the third most important and extensive monastic establishment in Mainamati is the bhoja vihara, situated almost in the centre of the Kotbari area adjacent to Bard. A huge water tank lies on its east. Excavations have revealed the outlines of a square monastery with a large cruciform shrine in the centre of its open courtyard, very similar to Shalvan Vihara and Ananda Vihara.

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In Bengal, the most prominent Baro-Bhuyan confederacy was led by Isa Khan of Sonargaon in the 16th century, which emerged during the disintegration of the Bengal Sultanate in the region, as a resistance to the Mughal expansion.