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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-1 section-9

Each section contains 100 MCQs on West Bengal .
1
The name of monthly literary magazine published by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The name of monthly literary magazine published by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is Bangadarshan.
2
The most popular hagiography of Chaitanyadev Chaitanyacharitamrita was written by
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
The most popular hagiography Chaitanyacharitamrita was written by Krishnadas Kaviraja. It focuses on the acts (charita) and on the meaning (amrita) of the acts of Chaitanya.
3
The first major Bengali poet to write Vaishnava lyrics was
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
The first major Bengali poet to write Vaishnava lyrics was Chandidas. He is also known for his humanist declaration "Sabar upare manish satya, tahar upare nai".
4
The first available evidence of the ancient Bengali literature 'Charyapada' was discovered by linguist Harprashad Shastri in the year
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Answer: Option A
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The first available evidence of the ancient Bengali literature 'Charyapada' was discovered by linguist Harprashad Shastri, written on palm leaves, in the Nepal Royal Court Library, in the year 1907.
5
The Bengali language has been originated from which of the following languages?
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Answer: Option D
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Bengali language has been derived from Magadhi, prakrit, Pali and Sanskrit. However, besides these, Bengali has been enriched by borrowing words from several other languages such as Persian, Hindi, Urdu, English, Portugese, Greek, Arabic, Dutch, Turkish, French, Japanese, Malay and Burmese.
6
The Bengali dialect spoken in Santhal Paragana division and Kolhan division in Jharkhand is known as
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Answer: Option A
Solution:
Jharkhandi dialect is spoken in Santhal pargana division and Kolhan division in Jharkhand and its nearby Bengali spoken regions.
7
The author of Padatik is
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The author of Padatik is Subhash Mukhopadhyay.
8
The author of Kadambari was
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
Banabhatta translated Kadambari in Bengali.
9
The author of 'Neel Darpan' was
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
A great drama namely, Nil Darpan (The Indigo Mirror) based on Indigo revolt (1859) was written by Dinabandhu Mitra and became very popular in the 19th century.
10
Sri Krishna Vijaya, which is chiefly a translation of the 10th and 11th cantos of the Bhagavata Purana, composed between
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Maladhar Basu's Sri Krishna Vijaya which is chiefly a translation of the 10th and 11th sections of the Bhagvata Purana was composed between 1473 and 1480 CE.