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Practice Set 32

December 13, 2025
Questionnaire

1. Which river has the largest drainage basin within India?

A) Ganga

B) Godavari

C) Krishna

D) Brahmaputra

2. The river Damodar is known as the “Sorrow of Bengal” mainly due to

A) Low gradient

B) Seasonal floods

C) Glacial melt

D) Delta formation

3. Which river does NOT form a delta?

A) Narmada

B) Mahanadi

C) Godavari

D) Krishna 

4. The first Bengali woman freedom fighter imprisoned

A) Basanti Devi

B) Leela Roy

C) Matangini Hazra

D) Kadambini Ganguly

5. Which river flows through a rift valley?

A) Tapi

B) Krishna

C) Cauvery

D) Brahmani

6. The largest river island in the world is formed by

A) Ganga

B) Brahmaputra

C) Meghna

D) Irrawaddy

7. The BhagirathiHooghly is best described as

A) Tributary of Ganga

B) Distributary of Ganga

C) Independent river

D) Seasonal river

8. Which river drains into the Arabian Sea?

A) Luni

B) Sabarmati

C) Periyar

D) All of the above

9. The Chambal River is a tributary of

A) Yamuna

B) Ganga

C) Betwa

D) Ken

10. The only snow-fed river of West Bengal

A) Teesta

B) Torsa

C) Jaldhaka

D) Mahananda

11. The Buxa Duar is famous for

A) Tea gardens

B) Tiger reserve

C) Mountain pass

D) Coal mining

12. Which industry is footloose in nature?

A) Iron & Steel

B) Cement

C) IT industry

D) Jute

13. The Bokaro Steel Plant was set up with the help of

A) USA

B) UK

C) USSR

D) Germany

14. The raw material for aluminium industry is

A) Magnetite

B) Bauxite

C) Hematite

D) Limestone

15. Which city is known as the Manchester of India?

A) Mumbai

B) Surat

C) Ahmedabad

D) Coimbatore

16. The largest oil refinery in India is at

A) Mathura

B) Digboi

C) Jamnagar

D) Panipat

17. Which industry is most dependent on river water?

A) Automobile

B) Textile

C) Paper

D) Electronics

18. The DurgapurAsansol belt is famous for

A) IT industry

B) Coal & steel

C) Cotton textiles

D) Shipbuilding

19. Which industry is called a basic industry?

A) Fertilizer

B) Iron & Steel

C) Cement

D) Paper

20. The major factor for the decline of jute industry in India was

A) Labour unrest

B) Partition of Bengal

C) Power shortage

D) Competition from China

21. The concept of Single Citizenship in India is borrowed from

A) USA

B) UK

C) Canada

D) Ireland

22. Which Article deals with Equal pay for equal work?

A) Article 14

B) Article 16

C) Article 39(d)

D) Article 42

23. The first Bengali woman Chief Minister candidate (not CM)

A) Sarojini Naidu

B) Basanti Devi

C) Leela Roy

D) Sucheta Kriplani

24. Which Schedule of the Constitution deals with division of powers?

A) 7th

B) 8th

C) 9th

D) 10th

25. The Right to Education comes under

A) Fundamental Right

B) DPSP

C) Legal Right

D) Fundamental Duty

26. The largest plateau region of West Bengal

A) Chotanagpur fringe

B) Rarh region

C) Barind

D) Terai

27. The river Ajay flows into

A) Hooghly

B) Damodar

C) Bhagirathi

D) Rupnarayan

28. The first Governor-General of Bengal Presidency

A) Warren Hastings

B) Cornwallis

C) Clive

D) Wellesley

29. The President can declare Emergency due to financial instability under

A) Article 352

B) Article 356

C) Article 360

D) Article 368

30. Which Fundamental Right is available to citizens only?

A) Article 14

B) Article 19

C) Article 21

D) Article 22

31. Bande Mataram was first sung at

A) Surat Session

B) Calcutta Session

C) Benaras Session

D) Lucknow Session

32. The largest industrial belt of West Bengal

A) AsansolDurgapur

B) Kharagpur

C) Haldia

D) Siliguri

33. The first Bengali woman doctor

A) Kadambini Ganguly

B) Anandi Gopal

C) Rukhmabai

D) Sarala Devi

34. The largest irrigation project of West Bengal

A) Teesta Barrage

B) DVC

C) Farakka

D) Mayurakshi

35. The Bengal Renaissance began mainly due to

A) Zamindari system

B) English education

C) Missionary activities

D) Printing press

36. The largest wetland of West Bengal

A) Rasik Beel

B) East Kolkata Wetlands

C) Chupi Wetland

D) Patlakhawa

37. The largest forest area in West Bengal is in

A) Jalpaiguri

B) Alipurduar

C) Purulia

D) Bankura

38. The Hooghly River is a distributary of

A) Brahmaputra

B) Ganga

C) Teesta

D) Mahananda

39. The first Bengali woman graduate

A) Kadambini Ganguly

B) Chandramukhi Basu

C) Sarala Devi

D) Swarnakumari Devi

40. The longest river flowing entirely within West Bengal

A) Hooghly

B) Ajay

C) Damodar

D) Rupnarayan

41. The old name of Kolkata was

A) Calcutta

B) Sutanuti

C) Govindapur

D) All of the above

42. The first Bengali daily newspaper was

A) Samachar Darpan

B) Sambad Prabhakar

C) Tattvabodhini Patrika

D) Amrita Bazar Patrika

43. Which river is known as the “Sorrow of North Bengal”?

A) Teesta

B) Torsa

C) Jaldhaka

D) Raidak

44. Which enzyme is responsible for protein digestion in the stomach and works best in an acidic medium?

A) Trypsin

B) Pepsin

C) Rennin

D) Erepsin

45. The tissue that connects muscle to bone is

A) Ligament

B) Tendon

C) Cartilage

D) Fascia

46. Which of the following is present in DNA but absent in RNA?

A) Ribose sugar

B) Uracil

C) Deoxyribose sugar

D) Single-stranded structure

47. The primary function of mRNA is to

A) Carry amino acids

B) Form ribosomes

C) Carry genetic code from DNA to ribosome

D) Replicate DNA

48. The ancient port of Tamralipti is present-day

A) Tamluk

B) Haldia

C) Diamond Harbour

D) Sagar

49. The largest mangrove forest of West Bengal is

A) Lothian Island

B) Bakkhali

C) Sundarbans

D) Gosaba

50. The Chaitanya movement originated mainly in

A) Murshidabad

B) Navadvipa

C) Bishnupur

D) Burdwan