General Studies (India & West Bengal)

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General Studies (India & West Bengal) — solved practice questions

8 Clerkship Aptitude & General Studies questions with step-by-step solutions. Attempt each, then reveal the answer.

1. Q1easy

   What is the capital of West Bengal?

   • AHowrah
   • BKolkata
   • CSiliguri
   • DDurgapur
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   Correct answer: (B) Kolkata

   Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is the capital of West Bengal and a major metropolitan city on the Hooghly river.

2. Q2easy

   The river that flows through Kolkata is a distributary of the Ganga known as the:

   • ADamodar
   • BTeesta
   • CHooghly
   • DMahananda
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   Correct answer: (C) Hooghly

   The Hooghly (Hugli) is a distributary of the Ganga on whose banks Kolkata and Howrah stand.

3. Q3easy

   Which is the biggest festival of West Bengal, celebrated widely in autumn?

   • AOnam
   • BDurga Puja
   • CBihu
   • DPongal
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   Correct answer: (B) Durga Puja

   Durga Puja is the largest and most important festival of West Bengal; it has been inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

4. Q4medium

   The Sundarbans, famous for the Royal Bengal Tiger, are located in which part of West Bengal?

   • ANorthern hills
   • BWestern plateau
   • CSouthern delta
   • DCentral plains
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   Correct answer: (C) Southern delta

   The Sundarbans form a large mangrove delta in the south of West Bengal, along the Bay of Bengal, and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

5. Q5easy

   Who wrote the Indian national anthem 'Jana Gana Mana'?

   • ABankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
   • BRabindranath Tagore
   • CKazi Nazrul Islam
   • DSarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
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   Correct answer: (B) Rabindranath Tagore

   Rabindranath Tagore, born in Kolkata, wrote 'Jana Gana Mana' and was the first Indian and Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1913).

6. Q6easy

   The famous hill station of Darjeeling in West Bengal is well known for its:

   • ACoffee
   • BTea
   • CCotton
   • DRubber
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   Correct answer: (B) Tea

   Darjeeling is world-famous for its tea gardens and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

7. Q7medium

   Which physicist from Bengal is remembered for the 'Boson' particle, named in his honour?

   • AC. V. Raman
   • BSatyendra Nath Bose
   • CMeghnad Saha
   • DHomi Bhabha
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   Correct answer: (B) Satyendra Nath Bose

   Satyendra Nath Bose, a Bengali physicist, worked with Einstein on Bose-Einstein statistics; the class of particles called bosons is named after him.

8. Q8medium

   How many fundamental rights are currently guaranteed by the Constitution of India?

   • AFive
   • BSix
   • CSeven
   • DNine
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   Correct answer: (B) Six

   There are six fundamental rights after the Right to Property was removed in 1978: equality, freedom, against exploitation, freedom of religion, cultural & educational rights, and constitutional remedies.

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