States PCS: West Bengal GK Questions for WBPSC Examinations

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Bamabodhini Patrika a monthly journal edited by Umeshchandra Dutta (1840-1907) from 1863. He along with some other young Brahmo activists established the Bamabodhini Sabha in 1863.

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Accommodating Muslim leaders of different political persuasions, the Nikhil Banga Praja Samiti was formed in 1929 with Sir abdur rahim as its president and with five vice presidents, of whom ak fazlul huq was the first.

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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 first line of Eastern Bengal Railway was from Calcutta to Kushtia in 1862. It was decided in 1865 to extend the line to Goalundo Ghat. The extension opened on 31 December 1870. By 1902, it was extended north to as far as Dhubri in Assam.

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In Eastern mountain region of West Bengal that is divided by Teesta River, Richila (3121 m) is the highest peak.

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Four kilometres from the Kangshabati dam near Midnapore is the ancient town of Ambikanagar, once an important place of pilgrimage for Jains. The village was named after the Jain goddess Ambika and it was later that Ambika came to be worshipped here as a Brahmanical goddess. However, a flood destroyed most of what remained in 1898.

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The advantages of Pharmaceutical industries in Bengal can be listed in– The potential market with a target large population in the eastern and north eastern states. Also there is successful implementation of land reforms, the rural economy has developed resulting increase of purchasing power. Prime medical facility in Kolkata, Durgapur and Siliguri for patient from neighbouring countries, especially Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan can easily be provided. Biotech Policy is declared by Governmentof India, moreover the Country’s main Patent office in Kolkata.

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West Bengal, particularly Kolkata and its suburbs has developed tremendously into a highly successful Leather & Leather Goods Export Hub from India within a short span of three decades. These are because of– Easy availability of good quality raw materials in considerable quantity, Strong tannery and leather processing base, Ample availability of skilled labour, Duty free import of raw material for manufacturing of finished products etc.

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More and more businesses are coming to Kolkata to set up their offices, including International Giants such as IBM, Accenture, Cognizant, Texas Instruments, Cisco Systems, Intel Asia Electronics Inc, Deloitte, Sun Microsystems, Honeywell, PwC, HSBC Global Resourcing, Capgemini, Atos Origin, Foster Wheeler, Siemens, Novell. Leading the way in growth have been the Kolkata based companies such ITC Infotech, RS Software, IKF Technologies, Indus Net Technologies, Metalogic Systems, Ushacomm, WDC, Ontrack Systems, BNKe Solutions, Web Spiders, Intrasoft Technologies etc.

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Manufacturing of paper in India started at Serampore in Hooghly district of West Bengal. So, it is the pioneer in paper production in India. West Bengal is the second largest state in India on the basis of production capacity (about 20%) of paper after
Maharashtra.