1. The first paper mill of India was set up in 1830AD in __
Serampore
2. Permanent settlement system introduced in __
1793
3. Hindu college was founded in __
1817
4. First Bengali newspaper Samachar Darpan published in __
1818
5. Scottish church college founded in __
1830
6. Kolkata medical college founded in __
1835
7. Bethune college was founded in __
1849
8. University of Calcutta was founded in __
1857
9. The Calcutta high court being the oldest high court is established in __
1862
10. Partition of Bengal happened in __
1905
11. In which year the metro rail system of Kolkata started to run?
1994
12. Anand puraskar is an award for Bengali literature awarded annually by which group?
ABP group
13. Which was the most revolutionary secret organization of Bengal?
Anushilan Samiti: founded by Pramath Nath Mitra in 1902.
14. Who was the first student to receive a dual degree from Calcutta University?
Ashutosh mukherjee
15. Wb govt passed resolution to change state name to __
Bangla
16. Basumati, the oldest Bengali Daily paper was edited by ___
Barinder Kumar Ghosh.He was a younger brother of Aurobindo Ghosh.
17. Which Bengali writer suggested the adoption of Hindi as India’s National Language?
Bhudeva Mukherjee
18. Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It was established in the year __
Calcutta High Court was established on 1 July 1862 under the High Court’s Act, 1861. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman
19. Which philosopher from Bengal is nicknamed mahaprabhu?
Chaitanya
20. Who inspired the young Bengal Movement in the 19th century ?
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809 –was assistant headmaster of Hindu College, Kolkata, a radical thinker and one of the first Indian educators