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.
11. Who founded Tattwabodhini Sabha in 1839?
[A] Dwarkanath Tagore
[B] Debendranath Tagore
[C] Jatirindranath Tagore
[D] Abanindranath Tagore
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Correct Answer: B [Debendranath Tagore]
Notes:
The founding member of Tattwabodhini Sabha was Debendranath Tagore, previously of the Brahmo Samaj, eldest son of influential entrepreneur Dwarkanath Tagore,
12. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was the founder of–
[A] Digdarshan
[B] Bangadarshan
[C] Samachar Darpan
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Bangadarshan]
Notes:
Bangadarshan was a Bengali literary magazine, founded by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1872, and resuscitated in 1901 under the editorship of Rabindranath Tagore.
13. Who, in 1812, wrote Itihasmala?
[A] William Carey
[B] Henry William
[C] James Augustus Hicky
[D] Annie Besant
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Correct Answer: A [William Carey]
Notes:
Itihasmala is a first collection of Bengali stories of folk culture in Modern India written by William Carey in 1812. This book was originally written in Bengali language.
14. “Indian League” was founded by–
[A] Anandamohan Bose
[B] Sisir Kumar Ghosh
[C] Dwarkanath Ganguly
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Sisir Kumar Ghosh]
Notes:
Anandamohan Bose was interested in politics from his student days. While in England, he founded “India Society” along with a few other Indians. He was also associated with “Indian League” founded by Sisir Kumar Ghosh. He was the secretary of “Indian Association” till 1884 and was its president throughout his lifetime.
15. Who is the founder of Calcutta?
[A] Job Charnock
[B] Akbar
[C] Robert Clive
[D] Siraj-Ud-Daulah
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Correct Answer: A [Job Charnock]
Notes:
Job Charnock (c1630-1692) was the founder of calcutta and one of the early dreamers of the British empire in India. Job Charnock joined the east india company as a junior merchant at the company’s kasimbazar factory in 1658. He was the chief of the company’s Hughli settlement when the Anglo-Mughal War of 1686-90 started.
16. The Black Hole of Calcutta was–
[A] A wall built around the city to prevent foreign forces
[B] The condition of Calcutta from years of ’76s famine in Bengal
[C] A dungeon in Fort William
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [A dungeon in Fort William]
Notes:
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a dungeon in Fort William, Calcutta, measuring 4.30?×?5.50 ?metres (14?×?18 ??feet), in which troops of Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, held British prisoners of war on the night of 20 June 1756.
17. Calcutta became the headquarters of the East India Company in the year of–
[A] 1717
[B] 1779
[C] 1777
[D] 1773
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Correct Answer: D [1773]
Notes:
Declared a presidency city, Calcutta became the headquarters of the East India Company by 1773. Richard Wellesley, Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William between 1797 and 1805, was largely responsible for the development of the city and its public architecture.
18. In which year Swami Vivekananda visited Chicago for the “Parliament of Religions”?
[A] 1793
[B] 1893
[C] 1895
[D] 1790
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Correct Answer: B [1893]
Notes:
Upin his first visit to West, Swami Vivekananda started his journey on 31 May 1893 and travelled through several countries, before reaching Chicago on 30 July 1893, where the “Parliament of Religions” took place in September 1893.
19. Which is the smallest district of West Bengal in terms of population?
[A] Sikkim
[B] Alipurduar
[C] Darjeeling
[D] Kalimpong
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Correct Answer: D [Kalimpong ]
Notes:
Kalimpong District with a population of 251,642 is the least populated district in West Bengal.
20. Which of the followings is the oldest and largest museum in India?
[A] Hajarduari Museum in Murshidabad
[B] Neheru Children’s Museum in Kolkata
[C] The Indian Museum in Kolkata
[D] Bara Imambara Museum in Bandel
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Correct Answer: C [The Indian Museum in Kolkata ]
Notes:
The Indian Museum in Kolkata is the ninth oldest museum in the world, the oldest and largest museum in India. It has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies and Mughal paintings. It was founded by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, in 1814.
