General Studies of West Bengal MCQs for WBPSC Exams Practice Test 1: West Bengal GK Objective Question Bank for WBPSC and other exams: West Bengal General Knowledge Questions for West Bengal Public Service Commission Exams 2025-26.
1. West Bengal has ___ administrative divisions?
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 7
(D) 6
Answer: A
2. The capital of the ancient Bengal was?
(A) Malda
(B) Devkot
(C) Gauda
(D) Pandua
Answer: C
3. Construction of the Farakka Bridge began in which year?
(A) 1970
(B) 1962
(C) 1975
(D) 1972
Answer: B
4. What is the name of the district shown in the picture?
(A) Jalpaiguri
(B) Cooch Behar
(C) Alipurduar
(D) Kalimpong
Answer: B
5. Who laid the foundation stone of the Mahajati Sadan?
(A) Subhas Chandra Bose
(B) Bidhan Chandra Roy
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(D) Nripendra Chandra Mitra
Answer: C
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6. Khudiram Bose died in which of the following year?
(A) 1889
(B) 1898
(C) 1918
(D) 1908
Answer: D
7. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu introduced which of the following religion/sect?
(A) Jainism
(B) Sikhism
(C) Vaishnavism
(D) Buddhism
Answer: C
8. Which district is located in the Malda division?
(A) North 24 Parganas district
(B) Purba Bardhaman district
(C) Paschim Medinipur district
(D) Dakshin Dinajpur district
Answer: D
9. Sultan Mahmud Shah announced the transfer of Bengal’s capital from Pandua to Gaur in which year?
(A) 1450
(B) 1445
(C) 1550
(D) 1545
Answer: A
10. P.N. Thakur was the pseudonym of?
(A) Rabindranath Tagore
(B) Bankim chandra Chatterjee
(C) Sunil Gangopadhyay
(D) Rasbihari Basu
Answer: D