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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-7 section-3

Each section contains 100 MCQs on West Bengal .
61
When was Midnapore Canal commenced in the state?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
Midnapore canal was commenced in 1871 to link Cuttacj and Calcutta.
62
West Bengal Horticulture Development department develops hybrid vegetables and spices under what name?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
West Bengal Horticulture Development department develops hybrid vegetables and spices under the name 'IPSHA'. It has developed new hybrid vegetables (IPSHA cabbage, carrot, coriander), IPSHA spices, etc.
63
The Teesta Barrage Project is linked with which other major river to irrigate the districts of North and South Dinajpur and Malda?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Mahananda barrage and Dauk barrage are linked with Teesta barrage to irrigate the districts of Cooch Behar, Darjeeeling, Jalpaiguri, North and South Dinajpur and Malda.
64
The Taipur irrigation project benefits which among the following districts of West Bengal?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Taipur Irrigation Project benefits the Darjeeling district of West Bengal.
65
The most ideal region for cultivation of tea in the West Bengal is
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Tea grows well in the hill slopes of Darjeeling, Terai and Duars of West Bengal. Tea plants need well drained loamy soil, hot and humid temperatures ranging between 25 degrees to 32 degrees and rainfall of 150-350 cm.
66
The leading potato cultivating districts are given under. Which of the following districts is not one of them?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option B
Solution:
Potato is a Rabi crop grown majorly in three districts namely Hooghly, Midnapore and Bardhaman. About 75% of potato production comes from these three districts.
67
The enterprise which provides infrastructure to the entrepreneurs in floriculture is
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option A
Solution:
West Bengal government has set up floriculture park at Mungpoo in Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It provides the infrastructure to entrepreneurs like cold storage facilities, grading and packaging room.
68
The Damodar Valley Coporation (DVC) is
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is represented by both Central and State Government of West Bengal and Jharkhand. The project irrigates five districts of Bengal namely Bardhaman, Hooghly, Howrah, Bankura and Purulia.
69
Pulses in West Bengal are mostly grown in the districts of
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Pulses in West Bengal are mostly grown in the districts of Murshidabad, Nadia, Malda, Midnapore, North and South Parganas, North and South Dinajpur, Birbhum and Bardhaman.
70
In which year the West Bengal government launched the scheme to provide paddy drying machines under 'Amar Dhan Amar Chatal' Scheme?
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Answer & Solution
Answer: Option D
Solution:
Amar Dhan Amar Chatal' was launched in 2015 by the West Bengal government. In this scheme, sheds are set up and paddy drying machines are provided to farmers across the state to protect the procured paddy from getting damaged before it is sent to the rice mills.