Bangladesh Quiz

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Bangladesh Quiz Questions

1) Which writer came to India after life became difficult for her in Bangladesh after her novel Lajja was published?
a) Anita Desai
b) Kiran Desai
c) Jhumpa Lahiri
d) Taslima Nasreen

2) When did Bangladesh become an independent country?
a) 1965
b) 1971
c) 1975
d) 1981

3) How was Bangladesh known when it was part of Pakistan?
a) Baluchistan
b) Sindh
c) East Pakistan
d) Baltistan

4) Which district of Bangladesh was part of Assam?
a) Chittagong
b) Dinajpur
c) Khulna
d) Sylhet

5) Which party won the elections in Pakistan in 1970 and was not allowed to form government?
a) Awami League
b) Muslim League
c) Justice Party
d) Pakistan People’s Party

6) To which Indian Lieutenant General did Pakistani Lieutenant General A. A. K. Niazi surrender?
a) J. F. R. Jacob
b) J. S. Aurora
c) Shankar Roychowdhury
d) S. F. Rodrigues

7) Who was assassinated on 15 August 1975?
a) Zia-ur-Rahman
b) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
c) Tikka Khan
d) Zia-ul-Haq

8) Who was defeated in the battle of Plassey?
a) Shah Alam II
b) Siraj-ud-Daulah
c) Aurangzeb
d) Mir Qasim

9) Which river of Bangladesh originates in Tibet?
a) Brahmaputra
b) Tista
c) Padma
d) Surma

10) Which is the second country to recognize Bangladesh?
a) Nepal
b) Bhutan
c) China
d) Pakistan

Bangladesh Quiz Questions with Answers

Sheikh Mujibur Rehman during the fifties (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1) Which writer came to India after life became difficult for her in Bangladesh after her novel Lajja was published?
d) Taslima Nasreen

2) When did Bangladesh become an independent country?
b) 1971

3) How was Bangladesh known when it was part of Pakistan?
c) East Pakistan

4) Which district of Bangladesh was part of Assam?
d) Sylhet

5) Which party won the elections in Pakistan in 1970 and was not allowed to form government?
a) Awami League

6) To which Indian Lieutenant General did Pakistani Lieutenant General A. A. K. Niazi surrender?
b) J. S. Aurora

7) Who was assassinated on 15 August 1975?
b) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

8) Who was defeated in the battle of Plassey?
b) Siraj-ud-Daulah

9) Which river of Bangladesh originates in Tibet?
a) Brahmaputra

10) Which is the second country to recognize Bangladesh?
b) Bhutan

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