States PCS: West Bengal GK Questions for WBPSC Examinations

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Major-General Robert Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency.

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In 1931, an evening town edition, known as the Calcutta Evening News, was launched and the Mufassil edition continued to be known as the Bengalee. The two editions were, however, amalgamated into one from 1932 and were renamed as The Star of India .

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The poem Bharat Bhagya Bidhata was published in January 1912, under this title in the Tatwabodhini Patrika, which was the official publication of the Brahmo Samaj with Tagore then the Editor. However, it was largely unknown except to the readers of the Adi Brahmo Samaj journal, Tattwabodhini Patrika.

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Radhakanta Deb always showed a marked interest in promoting education, particularly English education among the Hindus; he also advocated female education. Radhakanta Deb was actively involved in the establishment and activities of the Calcutta School Book Society in 1817 and the Calcutta School Society in 1818.

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Shibnath wrote books in various genres such as poetry, novel, essay, biography etc. He has also translated and edited many books as well as authored reference books for research include Ramtanu Lahiri O Tatkalin Babga Samaj (1904), Atmacharita (1918), History of Brahma Samaj etc. Other notable books by him are Nirbasiter Bilap (1868), Puspamala (1875), Meja Bau (1880), Himadri-Kusum (1887), Puspavjali (1888), Yugantar (1895), Nayantara (1899) etc.

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Romesh Chunder Dutt (13 August 1848 – 30 November 1909) was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, writer and translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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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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Teesta is the largest river of Sikkim and second largest river of West Bengal after Ganges.

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Vivekananda Setu (also called Willingdon Bridge and Bally Bridge) is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. The famous Dakshineswar Temple is situated on the banks of the Hooghly River near the Bally Bridge. The bridge is one of four bridges & the second Oldest Bridge linking Howrah and Kolkata.

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Arabari or Arabari Forest Range, is the name of a forest range in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India. Conservation efforts were begun in 1972 by an Indian Forest Service officer Shri Ajit Kumar Banerjee. The dominant vegetation in the forest is of the hardwood sal, which is a coppiceable and commercially remunerative crop. The forest is categorized as part of the Upper Gangetic Plains moist deciduous forests.