The first recipient of Padma Bhushan Award in West Bengal was Jnan Chandra Ghosh for his contribution in the field of
A. Civil Service
B. Science and Engineering
C. Arts
D. Social Work
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The first recipient of Jnanpith Award from West Bengal in 1966 was
A. Tarashankar Bandopadhyay
B. Ashapoorna Devi
C. Mahasweta Devi
D. None of the above
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The first recipient of Ananda Puraskar was
A. Taslima Nasreen
B. Subhash Mukhopadhyay
C. Nirendranath Chakravarty
D. None of the above
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The famous Bankim Puraskar was constituted in the year ........... in the name of .............. .
A. 1975, Bankim Chandra
B. 1970, Bankim Chandra
C. 1975, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
D. None of the above
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Satyendra Memorial Award is given to the writers for contribution to
A. Bengali Literature
B. Bengali Science Literature
C. Literature on Social Science
D. None of the above
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Nazrul Award is given to honour the work of artists for spreading the work of Nazrul among the masses by the
A. Nazrul Akademy
B. University of Calcutta
C. State Government
D. None of the above
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Name the filmmaker who got 'Bharat Ratna Award' in 1992.
A. Mrinal Sen
B. Satyajit Roy
C. Tapan Sinha
D. Ritwik Ghatak
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Name the author who got Sahitya Akademi Award in 1957 for his book 'Sagar Theke Phera'.
A. Premendra Mitra
B. Subhash Mukhopadhyay
C. Jibanananda Das
D. None of the above
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First Vidyasagar Puraskar (1980) was won by
A. Annada Shankar Roy
B. Lila Majumdar
C. Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
D. Both (A) and (B)
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Consider the following statements about Bankim Puruskar.
1. Highest award in Bengali Fiction
2. Instituted in 1975
3. First award to Satinath Bhaduri
Which is not associated with the award?
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C. V. Raman got Nobel Prize in 1930 in the field of
A. Mathematics
B. Physics
C. Chemistry
D. None of these
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Banga Bibhushan Samman Award carries a cash award of how many rupees?
A. Rs. 3 lakh
B. Rs. 1 lakh
C. Rs. 4 lakh
D. Rs. 2 lakh
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Anandabazar Patrika gave awards in memory of
A. Prafulla Kumar Sarkar
B. Suresh Chandra Majumdar
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Amartya Sen
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Ananda Puraskar was started in
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Who was the founder of Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals?
A. Upendranath Brahmachari
B. Meghnad Saha
C. Satyendranath Bose
D. Prafulla Chandra Ray
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Who was the first student to receive a dual degree from Calcutta University?
A. Michael Madhusudan Datta
B. Sukumar Ray
C. Ashutosh Mukherjee
D. Aurobindo Ghosh
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Who was responsible to start Bhakti Movement in Bengal?
A. Ramanajam
B. Chaitanyadev
C. Sankaracharya
D. None of them
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Who was popularly known as Maharshi?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Debendranath Tagore
C. Raja Rammohan Roy
D. Ramakrishna
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Who is known as the Father of Revolutionary Thoughts in India?
A. Bipin Chandra Pal
B. Bhagat Singh
C. Lokmanya Tilak
D. None of them
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Who is known as the 'Maker of Modern India' and 'Father of Modern India'?
A. Rabindranath Tagore
B. Maharshi Debendranath Tagore
C. Raja Rammohan Roy
D. None of them
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