West Bengal Quiz

West Bengal Quiz Questions

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1. Which water body is to the south of West Bengal?
a) Gulf of Kutch
b) Bay of Bengal
c) Gulf of Cambay
d) Red Sea

2. Which state is to the north of West Bengal?
a) Sikkim
b) Orissa
c) Nagaland
d) Haryana

3. Which city in West Bengal was a Danish Colony?
a) Darjeeling
b) Jalpaiguri
c) Serampore
d) Murshidabad

4. Where did the Portuguese have a factory in West Bengal?
a) Barrackpore
b) Asansol
c) Jadavpur
d) Hooghly

5. When did the Dutch cede Chinsura to the British?
a) 1756
b) 1845
c) 1763
d) 1804

6. When did the French vacate Chandernagor?
a) 1949
b) 1961
c) 1975
d) 1954

7. Which coalition came to power in West Bengal in 1977?
a) NDA
b) UNPA
c) Left Front
d) National Front

8. Who founded Calcutta?
a) Robert Clive
b) Job Charnock
c) Hector Monroe
d) Arthur Wellesley

9. Who was Bengal’s first governor general?
a) John Shore
b) Charles Cornwallis
c) Richard Wellesley
d) Warren Hastings

10. Who was West Bengal’s chief minister in 1980?
a) Siddharth Shankar Ray
b) Asoke Sen
c) Jyoti Basu
d) Ajoy Bose

West Bengal Quiz Questions and Answers

1. Which water body is to the south of West Bengal?
b) Bay of Bengal

2. Which state is to the north of West Bengal?
a) Sikkim

3. Which city in West Bengal was a Danish Colony?
c) Serampore

4. Where did the Portuguese have a factory in West Bengal?
d) Hooghly

5. When did the Dutch cede Chinsura to the British?
b) 1845

6. When did the French vacate Chandernagore?
a) 1949

7. Which coalition came to power in West Bengal in 1977?
c) Left Front

8. Who founded Calcutta?
b) Job Charnock

9. Who was Bengal’s first governor general?
d) Warren Hastings

10. Who was West Bengal’s chief minister in 1980?
c) Jyoti Basu