States PCS: West Bengal GK Questions for WBPSC Examinations

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Due to conflict between Mir Qasim and Company rule, the Battle of Buxar was
fought on 23rd October, 1764 between the forces under the command of the British
East India Company.

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Lord Cornwallis introduced the
Permanent Settlement in Bengal in 1793. Permanent Settlement was an agreement between the British East
India Company and the landlords of
Bengal to settle the land revenue.

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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, was an Indian novelist, poet and journalist. He was the composer of Vande Mataram, originally in Sanskrit, personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring activists during the Indian Independence Movement.

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The original plan of Shome Prakash was mooted by Iswar Chandra Bidyasagar (1820-91). He was an Indian Bengali polymath and a key figure of the Bengal renaissance.

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On 13 November 1898, on the day of Kali Puja, at 16 Bosepara Lane in the Bagbazar area of Calcutta, Sister Niveditha started the school for girl’s education. The school was inaugurated by Sarada Devi, in the presence of Swami Vivekananda and some of the other disciples of Ramakrishna.

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Madhusudan Dutta’s most notable work in Bengali is Meghnad Badh Kavya, a tragic epic in nine cantos which was constructed in the Greek poetic tradition. Dutt also wrote poetry concerning the sorrows and afflictions of love as spoken by women. He was called as the father of Bengali sonnet.

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Indira Devi Chaudhurani (29 December 1873 – 12 August 1960) was an Indian literary figure, author and musician. She is noted for her work in scoring the music for a number of songs by her uncle Rabindranath, with whom she was particularly close, and the author’s letters to Indira were later published as Chinnapatra.

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Calcutta Tramways Company is a state-run company that operates trams and buses in and around Kolkata in West Bengal, India. The Kolkata tram is the only operating tramway in India and is the oldest electric tram in India, operating since 1902.

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Baithakkhana Paper Market is one of the largest paper markets in India. However, the letterpress business, once the largest printing process in the country and the pride of Bengal, has lost out to more modern systems.

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The Murshidabad city, which lends its name to the district, was the seat of power of the Nawabs of Bengal. A few years after Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula lost to the British at the Battle of Plassey, the capital of Bengal was moved to the newly founded city of Calcutta in 1970.