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Question In which year, the Nobel Prize in Literature was given to Rabindranath Tagore Type multiple_choice Option 1903 incorrect Option 1913 correct Option 1915 incorrect Option 1917 incorrect Solution Poet Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his collection Gitanjali published in London in 1912.

Question Who is known as the founder of the Indian Statistical Institute Type multiple_choice Option Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis correct Option Bidhan Chandra Roy incorrect Option Meghnad Saha incorrect Option Jagdish Chandra Bose incorrect Solution Founded by Professor P.C. Mahalanobis in Kolkata on 17th December, 1931, the institute gained the status of an Institution of National

Question Who is the first Indian woman to swim the English Channel twice Type multiple_choice Option Bula Choudhury correct Option Arati Saha incorrect Option Poulomi Ghatak incorrect Option Ankita Das incorrect Solution Bula Choudhury (born 2 January 1970, Hugli, India) is an Indian former swimmer. She is an Arjuna awardee, Padma shri awardee, former India

Question The University of Calcutta was founded in Type multiple_choice Option 1850 incorrect Option 1857 correct Option 1890 incorrect Option 1901 incorrect Solution The University of is a public collegiate state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established on 24 January 1857 and is the oldest multidisciplinary university.

Question Who is the first Chancellor of Calcutta University Type multiple_choice Option Sir James William Colvile incorrect Option Joddu Nath Bose incorrect Option Lord Canning correct Option Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay incorrect Solution The first Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the Calcutta University were Governor General Lord Canning and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sir William

Question In which year, Jyoti Basu became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time Type multiple_choice Option 1971 incorrect Option 1975 incorrect Option 1977 correct Option 1980 incorrect Solution Jyoti Basu, renowned as an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician, emerged as a prominent figure within the Communist movement in India.