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West Bengal GK MCQ Question and Answer with easy explanations. West Bengal State GK MCQ section provides you all type of GK mcq questions with explanations. West BengalState GK MCQ is important for exams like State PCS, IBPS, SCC, UPSC, NEET etc. Page-5 section-4

Each section contains 100 MCQs on West Bengal .
41
Which two State Government companies are formed after spliting West Bengal State Electricity Board?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
WBSEB was formed on 1st May, 1955 and dissolved on 31st March 2007. It has now been reconstructed and split into two companies namely West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL).
42
Which renewable energy source lights up the villages of Kumirmari, Gosaba, Muriganga, Amlamethi in Sagar block of West Bengal?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
The villages in West Bengal which are covered under solar energy programme are Purba Radhapur (East Midanapore), Kumirmari and Amlamethi in Gosaba block (South 24 Parganas), Muriganga and Gobindapur in Sagar block (South 24 Parganas).
43
Which place in South 24 Parganas is developed for the bio-energy plant by WBGEDCL?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
Three biogas power plants are running in Gosaba, Chhoto Mollakhali and Herembo Gopalpur in South 24 Parganas district.
44
Which of the following districts in West Bengal has good potential to set up wind mills?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Two projects of wind farms are running under Ganga Sagar and Beguakhali in Sagar Island in South 24 Parganas. WBREDA has also developed two wind-solar hybrid power plants in Manasdwip and Natendrapur of South 24 Parganas.
45
Which of the following agencies handles the management issues regarding minerals in West Bengal?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The wholly state owned agency, the West Bengal Mineral Development and Trading Corporation Limited was incorporated in the year 1973. It handles all the issues regarding minerals in the state. It undertakes all the exploration and extraction of non-coal and coal minerals.
46
Which among the following is not a power generation company operating in West Bengal?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The various organisations maintaining thermal power plants are West Bengal State Electricity Board, West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL), West Bengal Electricity Development Corporation Limited (WBEDCL), NTPC, Durgapur Project Limited, Calutte Electricity Supply Corporation, Dishergarh Power Supply Corporation LImited and Damodar Valley Corporation.
47
Which among the following has set-up Aditya solar shops for promotion of solar equipment at location like Alipore, South 24 Parganas, Siliguri and Bardhaman.
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (WBREDA) has set-up Aditya solar shops for promotion of solar equipment at location like Alipore, South 24 Parganas, Siliguri and Bardhaman.
48
Which among the following districts is covered under Sabar Ghore Alo scheme to provide 100% electricity in the backward districts of Bengal?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
11 backward districts are covered under Sarba Griha Deep Prakalpa (Sabar Ghare Alo). These are North and South Dinajpur, East and West Midnapore, Malda, Murshidabad, Purulia, Birbhum, Bankura, Jalpaiguri and South 24 Parganas.
49
Where was the first iron ore factory set up in West Bengal?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
The first iron-ore factory of West Bengal was set-up at Kulti in Bardhaman.
50
West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) was formed on
Discuss
Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
WBSEB was formed on 1st May, 1955 and dissolved on 31st March 2007. It has now been reconstructed and split into two companies namely West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL).