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West Bengal (WB) Special GK MCQ

58 West Bengal Special GK questions on Economics, Geography, History, Polity, in 3 sets of up to 20. Practise with the answer and explanation after each question, or take a set as a timed test. Questions are in English and Hindi. Useful for the West Bengal state PSC and other state-level exams.

Set 1Set 2Set 3

Sample questions

The first questions of Set 1. Open the set to answer them and see the explanations.

  1. Q1.Name the town that is located on the bank of Karola river.

    • A) Malda
    • B) Jalpaiguri
    • C) Darjeeling
    • D) Baharampur

  2. Q2.In West Bengal, silk industry is famous in

    • A) Murshidabad
    • B) Purulia
    • C) Nadia
    • D) Howrah

  3. Q3.Which of the following Indian states does not share the boundary with West Bengal?

    • A) Sikkim
    • B) Jharkhand
    • C) Chhattisgarh
    • D) Assam

  4. Q4.Jaldapara National Park is located in

    • A) Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts
    • B) Alipurduar district
    • C) Coochbehar and Jalpaiguri districts
    • D) Kalimpong district

  5. Q5.Consider the following pairs (District - Trees found in natural habitat): (I) Bankura - Sal (II) South 24 Parganas - Sundari (III) Coochbehar - Pine (IV) Purba Medinipur - Baobab How many of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

    • A) Only one
    • B) Only two
    • C) Only three
    • D) All four

  6. Q6.Toto, a primitive tribal group, is found in

    • A) Alipurduar district
    • B) Uttar Dinajpur and Malda districts
    • C) Jhargram district
    • D) Bankura and Jhargram districts

  7. Q7.Which one of the following is not located in West Bengal?

    • A) Singalila National Park
    • B) Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary
    • C) Namthing Pokhari Biodiversity Heritage Site
    • D) Manas Biosphere Reserve

  8. Q8.Which of the following cities is located closest to the Tropic of Cancer?

    • A) Durgapur
    • B) Baharampur
    • C) Krishnanagar
    • D) Chandannagore

  9. Q9.Which of the following are North-flowing rivers of West Bengal?

    • A) Tista, Jaldhaka, Raidak
    • B) Ganga, Brahmaputra
    • C) Tista, Ganga
    • D) Damodar, Ganga

  10. Q10.The primary objective behind the construction of the Farakka Barrage was to -

    • A) Raise the water flow of Lower Ganges / Hooghly
    • B) Redefine the Lower Ganges flow
    • C) Generation of power
    • D) Storage of excess water
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