Name the lawyer who successfully defended Aurobindo Ghosh in Alipore bomb case.
A. Motilal Nehru
B. Chittaranjan Das
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. None of them
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Name the freedom fighter who is known as Bagha Jatin.
A. Jatindranath Mukherjee
B. Jatin Ghosh
C. Jatin Sen
D. None of them
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Name the founder(s) of five eminent cities of West Bengal, viz Durgapur, Kalyani, Bidhannagar, Ashoknagar and Habra.
A. Prafull Chandra Roy
B. Bidhan Chandra Roy
C. Jyoti Basu
D. Both (A) and (B)
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Name the author of the book, 'The political Economy of Hunger'.
A. Amartya Sen
B. Sumit Sarkar
C. Irfan Habib
D. None of them
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Meghnad Saha, the astrophysicist, was best known for
A. Microwave optics
B. Quantum mechanics
C. Chemical and physical conditions in stars
D. None of the above
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Matangini Hazra was a freedom fighter from
A. East Midnapore
B. Purulia
C. Birbhum
D. Murshidabad
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Mamta Banerjee founded the party All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) in
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Khudiram Bose was
A. a youngest revolutionary
B. an active member of Jugantar group
C. hanged by the British Government
D. All of the above
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Kalpana Datta was a famous revolutionary who
A. took part in Chittagong Armoury Raid case
B. joined the Communist Party of India
C. married Communist leader Puran Chand Joshi
D. All of the above
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His birthday is celebrated as National Youth Day. Name the personality.
A. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
B. Swami Vivekananda
C. Khudiram Bose
D. None of them
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Consider the following statements about Chittaranjan Das.
1. He is popularly known as 'Deshbandhu'.
2. He brought out a newspaper called 'Forward' and later changed its name to 'Liberty'.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Both 1 and 2
C. Only 2
D. None of these
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Consider the following statements about Bidhan Chandra Roy.
1. He was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal.
2. He was awarded with Bharat Ratna in the year 1961.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both 1 and 2
D. None of these
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Chittaranjan Das is popularly known as
A. Bangabandhu
B. Deshbandhu
C. Bangasakha
D. None of them
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Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the Chief Minister of West Bengal from
A. 2000-2011
B. 2003-2011
C. 2002-2011
D. 2005-2011
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Amartya Sen was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Economics in the year 1998 for his contribution in the field of
A. market analysis
B. macroeconomics
C. welfare economics
D. microeconomics
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A crescograph is a device for
A. measuring growth in plants
B. measuring rainfall in a season
C. measuring eye pressure
D. None of the above
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Who are the target group in the 'Amar Dhan Amar Chatal' scheme run by West Bengal Government?
A. Weavers
B. Carpenters
C. Construction workers
D. Farmers
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Which scheme provides loans on easy terms to unemployed youths to buy automobiles for commercial use?
A. Utkarsh Bangla
B. Gatidhara
C. Sabujshree
D. Yuvashree
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Which scheme provides funds to build houses to economically backward people?
A. Prandhara
B. Nija Griha Nija Bhumi
C. Amar Dhan Amar Chatal
D. Geetanjali
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Which scheme aims to empower girls by teaching them self-defence techniques?
A. Muktir Alo
B. Shishu Sathi
C. SAHAI
D. Sukanya Scheme
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