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Which one National Park from West Bengal is also under UNESCO World Heritage Site

Question Which one National Park from West Bengal is also under UNESCO World Heritage Site Type multiple_choice Option Neora Valley National Park incorrect Option Buxa Tiger Reserve incorrect Option Sundarbans National Park correct Option Singalila National Park incorrect Solution The Sundarbans mangrove forest, spanning an extensive area of 140,000 hectares, is among the world’s largest […]

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Who was the first Indian to use the word Swaraj in 1906?

Q. Who was the first Indian to use the word Swaraj in 1906? (a) B. G. Tilak, at the Kolkata session of the Congress. (b) Dadabhai Naoroji, at the Kolkata session of the Congress. (c) Gopal Krishan Gokhale, at Mumbai in 1885. (d) Lala Lajpat Rai, in the first session of Indian National Congress. Ans:

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Who was the first person from West Bengal to win the Bharat Ratna Award

Question Who was the first person from West Bengal to win the Bharat Ratna Award Type multiple_choice Option Aruna Asaf Ali incorrect Option Ravi Shankar incorrect Option Satyajit Ray incorrect Option Bidhan Chandra Roy correct Solution Bidhan Chandra Roy, a distinguished Indian physician, educationist, philanthropist, freedom fighter, and politician, held the position of Chief Minister

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Who was the first Indian to raise the National Flag?

Q. Who was the first Indian to raise the National Flag? (a) Sardar Patel (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Annie Besant (d) Madam Cama Ans: (d) Madam Cama Explanation: The first Indian to raise the National Flag was Madam Cama (also known as Madame Bhikaji Cama). Madam Cama was a prominent Indian independence activist and a

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Satyajit Ray’s first film, Pather Panchali was released in the year

Question Satyajit Ray’s first film, Pather Panchali was released in the year Type multiple_choice Option 1951 incorrect Option 1955 correct Option 1958 incorrect Option 1962 incorrect Solution Pather Panchali (pronounced [pɔtʰer pãtʃali] transl. Song of the Little Road) is a 1955 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the

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Who was the political guru of the Father of the Nation?

Q. Who was the political guru of the Father of the Nation? (a) Madan Mohan Malviya (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (c) Dadabhai Naoroji (d) None of these Ans: (b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale Explanation: The political guru of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, was Gopal Krishna Gokhale. Gokhale was a prominent social and political

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In which year, the Nobel Prize in Literature was given to Rabindranath Tagore

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.

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Who is known as the founder of the Indian Statistical Institute

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

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Who exclaimed, ‘When the queen desires that none should die, when the governor declares that

Q. Who exclaimed, ‘When the queen desires that none should die, when the governor declares that all should live… will you kill yourselves by timidity and starvation’? (a) Bipin Chandra Pal (b) Dadabhai Naoroji (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Gokhale Ans: (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak Explanation: The person who exclaimed, “When the queen desires that

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India’s first pharmaceutical company Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals was established by

Question India’s first pharmaceutical company Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals was established by Type multiple_choice Option Surendranath Bose incorrect Option Meghnad Saha incorrect Option Satyendra Nath Bose incorrect Option Prafulla Chandra Roy correct Solution Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceutical Works Ltd. (BCPW) precursor of the present company, BENGAL CHEMICALS & PHARMACEUTICALS LTD. (BCPL) was established in 1901

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