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 Bhagirathi–Hooghly 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 Durgapur–Asansol 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) Asansol–Durgapur
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