1. Which of the following Chief Minister of West Bengal has the longest serving tenure?
Jyoti Basu from Communist Party of India (Marxist) has the longest serving tenure of 23 years from 1977 to 2000.
2. Who said that British established a robber state in Bengal between 1765 and 1772 ?
K. M. Panikkar
3. Wb Govt has announced to remove annual family income ceiling in which scheme?
Kanyashree scheme.
4. Which scheme the United Nations today accorded its highest award for public service to the West Bengal government for the scheme initiated to empower the girl child with education?
Kanyashree scheme. The award was presented at the World Public Service Forum by UN Assistant Secretary General at a ceremony in Hague in Netherlands.
5. Allahabad bank, United bank of India and UCO bank have headquarter in __
Kolkata
6. Who among the following was known as Bengal’s Greata Garbo?
Legendary actress Suchitra Sen, who was popularly known as Bengal’s Greata Garbo, died at the age of 82. Sen began her career with the Bengali film “Shesh Kothay” in 1952
7. The annulment of Partition of Bengal was done by __?
Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy of India (1910-
8. Last independent nawab of Bengal who was defeated by British India was __
Mir Qasim
9. Who among the following is known as Father of Muslim Renaissance in Bengal?
Nawab Abdul Latif Khan
10. What is regarded as highest literary award in west Bengal?
Rabindra puraskar
11. On the suggestion of Rabindra Nath Tagore, the date of partition of Bengal (October 16, was celebrated as__?
Rakhi Bandhan Day
12. West Bengal is the largest producer of which food crops?
Rice
13. Scheme to ensure safe future for young women is __
Rupashree
14. Who was the Nawab of Bengal when the incident of “Black Hole” took place ?
Sirajuddaula
15. “The Bengalee” Newspaper was started by which among the following activists in 1879?
Surendranath Banerjee
16. Which schemes have won the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) awards under the aegis of the United Nations?
The schemes are "Utkarsh Bangla" and "Sabooj Sathi".
17. The famous ‘Gangasagar Mela’ is held at which island of West Bengal?
The six-day fair Ganga Sagar Mela is a religious festival and second biggest fair of India after Kumbha Mela of India celebrated on Sagardwip (Sagar Island) in West Bengal state of India.
18. Which organisation has recently established official ties with UNESCO for promoting peace and non-violence?
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has established an ‘official relationship’ with the Ramakrishna Mission in the areas of inter-cultural dialogue
19. Bangladesh bhawan is inaugurated at __
Viswa bharati university
20. Amartya sen was awarded noble prize in economics in 1998 for his contribution in the field of __
Welfare economics
21. Which district of West Bengal has been declared country’s first open defecation free district?
West Bengal’s Nadia district became the first open defecation free district in the country.