States PCS: West Bengal GK Questions for WBPSC Examinations

Notes:
As per the National Highway Authority of India, the total length of national
highways in West Bengal is 3664.5 km (till November, 2018). The longest national
highway in the state is NH34 with the length of 438.3 km.

Notes:
There are five tram depots: Rajabazar, Gariahat, Tollygunge, Kalighat and Khidirpur. Rajabazar and Tollygunge depots are the largest in terms of tracks and area, respectively.

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Khudiram Bose was born in 3rd December, 1889 at Habibpur village in West Midnapore
district. He was one of the youngest
revolutionaries and the first martyr of Bengal.

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Bina Das was the person who tried to
assassinate the Bengal Governor and a former England Cricket Captain, Stanley Jackson, in the University of
Calcutta, at the Convocation Hall. In 1942, she participated in the Quit India Movement.

Notes:
In the 20th century, Jagadish Chandra Bose invented crescograph. A crescograph is a device for measuring growth in plants. He died on 23rd November, 1937.

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Upendranath
Brahmachari was born on 19th December, 1873 in Bardhaman district of West Bengal. He was an Indian scientist and a leading medical practitioner of
his time.

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Panchanan Karmakar is known as the Gutenberg of Bengal because he cut the first-ever fonts and type of Bengali language and thus contributed in developing Bengali printing press. He belonged to the family of calligraphists and was a goldsmith by profession.

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Brita dance is usually performed after a recovery from a crisis, like a life threatening disease or getting a child as a show of thanks to the Gods. In this dance, the dancer wears a mask and dances waving a sword. Kali Nach is a dance dedicated to the Goddess Kali. This dance is performed with the dancer wearing a black mask portraying the Goddess kali with her characteristic
protruding blood-red tongue. The dancer hold a falchion in one hand and a human skull in the other. The drum is the main musical instrument for this dance.

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Gaudiya Nritya comprises of ‘Chhau’ which is a heroic dance, ‘Nachni’ which is
romantic, and ‘Kushan’ which depicts stories of Lav and Kush from Ramayana and ‘Kirtan’ which is devotional. Dr Mahua Mukherjee of Rabindra Bharati University has revived this old classical dance form.

Notes:
The first Bengali talkie Jamai Shashthi (a short film) was released on 11th April, 1931 at Crown Cinema Hall in Kolkata. The first Bengali
talkie as full-length feature film Dena Paona was released on 30th December, 1931 at Chitra Cinema Hall in Kolkata. New Theatres’ landmark films were Debaki
Bose’s Chandidas (1932) Pramathesh Barua’s Debdas (1935), Mukti (1937), etc.