West Bengal MCQs

Question 1

Name the personality who along with Motilal Nehru and Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy founded the Swaraj Party.

Accepted Answer

Chittaranjan Das

Answer

Bipin Chandra Pal

Answer

Surendra Nath Banerjee

Answer

None of them

Question 2

Name the lawyer who successfully defended Aurobindo Ghosh in Alipore bomb case.

Accepted Answer

Chittaranjan Das

Answer

Motilal Nehru

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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None of them

Question 3

Name the freedom fighter who is known as Bagha Jatin.

Accepted Answer

Jatindranath Mukherjee

Answer

Jatin Ghosh

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Jatin Sen

Answer

None of them

Question 4

Name the founder(s) of five eminent cities of West Bengal, viz Durgapur, Kalyani, Bidhannagar, Ashoknagar and Habra.

Accepted Answer

Bidhan Chandra Roy

Answer

Prafull Chandra Roy

Answer

Jyoti Basu

Answer

Both (A) and (B)

Question 5

Name the author of the book, 'The political Economy of Hunger'.

Accepted Answer

Amartya Sen

Answer

Sumit Sarkar

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Irfan Habib

Answer

None of them

Question 6

Meghnad Saha, the astrophysicist, was best known for

Accepted Answer

Chemical and physical conditions in stars

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Microwave optics

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Quantum mechanics

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None of the above

Question 7

Matangini Hazra was a freedom fighter from

Accepted Answer

East Midnapore

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Purulia

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Birbhum

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Murshidabad

Question 8

Mamta Banerjee founded the party All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) in

Accepted Answer

1998

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1990

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1995

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2001

Question 9

Khudiram Bose was

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Answer

a youngest revolutionary

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an active member of Jugantar group

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hanged by the British Government