West Bengal is one of the eastern states in India. The state is known for its rich cultural heritage and literature. Students preparing for government job exams in the state should read as many West Bengal General Knowledge Questions as possible. Go through this post to find the most important West Bengal GK Questions and Answer often asked in exams.
West Bengal GK Questions and Answers 2023
GK questions on West Bengal are provided below:
Question: From the below, which state did not share its border with West Bengal?
Meghalaya
Question: What is called the “lungs of Kolkata”?
Maidan
Question: In India, Doctors’ Day is celebrated on the memory of Bidhan Chandra Roy on?
1st July
Question: Who was the first Mayor of Calcutta Municipal Corporation?
Chittaranjan Das
Question: Who is known as the Father of the Bengali renaissance?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Question: Who founded the Fort William College?
Lord Wellesley
Question: In which year, the capital of India is shifted from Kolkata to Delhi?
1911
Question: Who was throned the Tripuri Kingdom in 1464?
Ratna Manikya I
Question: The novel Parineeta was written by?
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Question: Upon Turks invasion in Bengal, Gaur was renamed as–?
Lakhnauti
Question: As of 2020, how many times West Bengal won the Santosh trophy tournaments?
32
Question: Who wrote Brahmagupta?
Al-Biruni
Question: Who is the first player from the Indian subcontinent to play overseas?
Mohammed Salim
Question: What was the capital of Deva Dynasty?
Chittagaung
Question: Which King was unanimously elected to end the Matsyanyaya period in Bengal?
Shashanka
Question: Kanva kings were originally–?
Brahmins
Question: In which year, Jyoti Basu became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time?
1977
Question: Bengal’s oldest inscription is–?
Mahasthan Brahmi Inscription
Question: Who is known as the last independent Nawab of Bengal?
Siraj ud-Daulah
Question: Who wrote Brahmanasarvasva?
Halayudha Mishra
Question: Where the first factory was established by British East India Company?
Hughli
Question: The unique, first-of-its-kind, floating market has come up in which city of West Bengal?
Kolkata
Question: Who had written the Meghnad Badh Kavya?
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Question: How many districts are there in West Bengal?
23
Question: Which one is the first newspaper published in bengali language?
Samachar Darpan
Question: Which is the first newspaper of West Bengal?
Samachar Darpan
Question: Who was the author of the first Bengali novel “Durgeshnondini”?
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Question: Who was the final Sultan of Bengal?
Daud Khan Karrani
Question: Who was the first Indian Librarian in National Library of India?
Harinath De
Question: According to Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis, how many castes were found in Bengal?
7
Question: The Indian Science Congress Association is started in the year?
1914
Question: From which Lipi Anga Lipi and Bengali Lipi have been derived from?
Brahmic Lipi
Question: In which year Sundarbans National Park is designated as World Heritage Site?
1987
Question: During which time of dynasty, the famous Dhakeshwari temple was built?
Sena Dynasty
Question: In which year Mihir Sen cross the English Channel?
1959
Question: Who founded Gokhale Memorial Girls’ School at Kolkata in 1920?
Sarala Roy
Question: Who was the first Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court?
Sir Barnes Peacock
Question: Whose ascension began the Saka Era?
King Chashtana
Question: Total number of members in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is?
295
Question: Who was the first king of Gahadavala dynasty?
Chandradeva
Question: Who was the first speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly?
Saila Kumar Mukherjee
Question: Who ousted Hussain Shah Dynasty?
Sher Shah
Question: Which one is the second planned city of India after Chandigarh?
Durgapur
Question: In which year the Durgapur Steel Plant was established?
1955
Question: Who was the first Bengali literature to win the Sahitya Akademi Award?
Jibanananda Das
Question: Total number of National Parks in West Bengal is?
6
Question: Who had written the “Sri Krishna Vijaya”?
Maladhar Basu
Question: For which novel, Satinath Bhaduri conferred with “Rabindra Puraskar” award?
Jaagari
Question: Jibanananda Das received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 for the poetry book?
Shreshtha Kavita
Question: In which year Mahashweta Devi conferred with Ramon Magsaysay Award?
1997
Question: Name the organization formed by Surendranath Banerjee which merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886?
Indian Association
Question: The Visva-Bharati University was established by Rabindranath Tagore in the year?
1921
Question: Who started the “Young Bengal” movement?
Vivian Derozio
Question: Who had founded the Swadesh Bandhab Samiti to promote the consumption of indigenous products?
Ashwini Kumar Dutta
Question: After conquering Kolkata city in 1756, Siraj-ud-daulla renamed the city as?
Alinagar
Question: In which year, Satyajit Ray was conferred with Legion of Honour?
1987
Question: Which is the highest peak in West Bengal?
Sandakphu
Question: The Calcutta High Court building’s was designed based on the Cloth Hall, in _______?
Belgium
Question: Who was the first Police Commissioner of Kolkata?
- Wauchope
Question: Which one subdivision is not under Gorkhaland Territorial Administration?
Malbazar
Question: Who was the Nawab of Bengal at the time of Battle of Buxar?
Mir Qasim
Question: Who was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal?
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
Question: Which viceroy of India, declared the Bengal Partition in 1905?
Lord Curzon
Question: The famous novel Devdas was written by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay in the year?
1917
Question: When Kolkata Police was formed?
1866
Question: Total number of Districts in West Bengal is?
20
Question: Which one is the first Bengali novel?
Durgeshnandini
Question: The first newspaper of India Hickey’s Bengal Gazette was published in Calcutta in?
1780
Question: Which Governor General of India setup the National Library of India in Kolkata?
Lord Curzon
Question: Who was the captain of Indian football team when won the Gold Medal in the 1951 Asian Games?
Shailen Manna
Question: Total sanctioned judge strength in Calcutta High Court is?
63
Question: Which one is the is the second largest city in West Bengal?
Asansol
Question: Who is known as the pioneer of the blank verse in Bengali literature?
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Question: Total number of wildlife sanctuaries in West Bengal is?
15
Question: In which year Michael Madhusudan Dutt wrote the play Padmavati?
1860
Question: Who founded the Pagal Panth?
Karam Shah
Question: Which Nawab was tried to raise a modern and discipline Army on European lines?
Mir Qasim
Question: The Fakir-Sannyasi rebellion in Bengal was started in the year?
1760
Question: Which is recognised as state flower of West Bengal?
Night-flowering jasmine
Question: Total number of Women candidates elected in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly election is?
40
Question: Sundarban is declared as “World Heritage Site” for?
Biodiversity
Question: The Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology was established in the year?
1951
Question: The construction of Victoria Memorial was completed in the year?
1921
Question: Which footballer is also known as the “Indian Maradona”?
Krishanu Dey
Question: In India, West Bengal is the largest producer of?
Rice
Question: The Kolkata Metro service was started from the year?
1984
Question: Anandamath which was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was published in the year?
1882
Question: When the first electric tramcar was started in Kolkata?
1902
Question: When the first ODI was held in Eden Gardens?
1987
Question: Calcutta High Court was established in the year?
1862
Question: Total number of Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal is?
42
Question: The Durgapur Steel Plant was established with the help of?
UK
Question: Which Viceroy of India suggested the construction of Victoria Memorial in the memory of Queen Victoria?
Lord Curzon
Question: From which year the “Rabindra Puraskar” award was conferred to writers?
1950
Question: Who is the first Bengali writer to received the Jnanpith Award?
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay
Question: Who was offered Membership of the Royal Asiatic Society of Paris?
Michael Madhusudan Dutta
Question: Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2017 in Bengali Language?
Afsar Ahmed
Question: The Fort William College was established in the year?
1800
Question: Who was the first Governor of West Bengal after independence?
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
Question: Total number of Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal is?
16
