WEST BENGAL

*Formed on - January 26,1950
*Capital - Kolkata
*Major Languages - Bengali
*High Court - Kolkata High Court
*Official animal - Fishing Cat
*Official bird - White Throated Kingfisher
*State flower - Night Flowering Jasmine
*Official dance - Gambhira, Kir-tan
*Major Festivals - Durga Puja, Kali Puja
*Major rivers - Ganges, Damodar,Hoogly
*Major lakes - Rabindra Sarovar,Nalbel
*Airport - Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport (Dum Dum)
*Vangadesha and Gaudadesha were the old names of
Ans : West Bengal
*Leading producer of Rice and Jute 
Ans : West Bengal
*Kali Pooja is the famous festival of 
Ans : West Bengal 
*The Writers Building is the Secretariat building of
Ans : West Bengal 
*The Indian state having the largest area under Mangroves 
Ans : West Bengal 
*State having second place in population density among Indian states 
Ans : West Bengal 
*Historic place 'Plassey' is in 
Ans : West Bengal 
*The state where the Black hole tragedy was held in 1756
Ans : West Bengal
*Ghum Monastry is located in 
Ans : West Bengal 
*The agitation for the separation of Gorkha land is in the state of 
Ans : West Bengal
*Famous Farakka Barrage is in 
Ans : West Bengal
*Mayurakshi Irrigation Project is in 
Ans : West Bengal 
*Chittaranjan Locomotive works located in 
Ans : West Bengal
*Haldia Oil refinery is in 
Ans : West Bengal 
*Darjeeling, Siliguri etc are the famous hill stations of
Ans : West Bengal
*Santinikethan, Ayodhya hills, Hazarduari palace, Digha Beach are located in 
Ans : West Bengal
*Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is in 
Ans : West Bengal
*Victoria memorial, the famous art gallery is in
Ans : West Bengal
*Famous Daijeeling - Himalayan railway service nicknamed as Toy Train'is in
Ans : West Bengal
*The state having the longest period under Communist Rule under democracy
Ans : West Bengal
*The Indian state which shares longest boundary line with Bangladesh
Ans : West Bengal
*First Indian state to issue identity cards for trees in the state
Ans : West Bengal
*First state in India where the State Human Rights Commission was started
Ans : West Bengal
*First winner of Santhosh Trophy Tournament
Ans : West Bengal
*India's first papermill was established in 
Ans : West Bengal
*First Indian state to propose blood test before marriage
Ans : West Bengal

FROM DARJEELING TO EDEN GARDENS

*Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is situated at
Ans : Daijeeling
*Thunderbolt sceptre is the meaning of the word
Ans : Darjeeling
*First complete women court in India
Ans : Malda
*Central Glass and Ceramics Research Centre is located at
Ans : Jadavpur
*Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute is located at
Ans : Durgapur
*The country which assisted in the construction of Durgapur steel plant
Ans : Britain
*First Iron and Steel Plant in India
Ans : Kultii
*Famous coal mine in West Bengal
Ans : Asansol
*First coal mine in India
Ans : Ranigunj

HOWRAH BRIDGE

  
*Largest hanging bridge in India 
Ans : Howrah
*Howrah Bridge is on the river 
Ans : Hoogly
*The busiest bridge in India 
Ans : Howrah
*New name of Howrah bridge
Ans : RabindraSethu



*First open defecation free district in India 
Ans : Nadia
*First telegraph line in India
Ans : Calcutta - Diamond Harbour  
*The script of Santhali Language 
Ans : Ol child
*Earlier French colony located in West Bengal
Ans : Chandra Nagar
*The busiest bridge in India
Ans : Howrah
*The headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission
Ans : Belur
*India's first IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) was set up at
Ans : Kharagpur
*The IIT which has decided to include vastuvidya in its curriculum
Ans : IIT Kharagpur
*The Port which tops in the list of cleanliness prepared by the Ministry of Shipping (2017)
Ans : Haldia Port
*Siliguri corridor is known as
Ans : Chicken's Neck
*Railway station with all the three gauges (metre guage, narrow guage and broad guage) is situated at
Ans : Siliguri Railway Station
*First bank to introduce cheque system in India (1784)
Ans : Bengal bank
*The train service between Kolkata - Dhaka 
Ans : Maitri Express 
*The largest stadium in India
Ans : Yuvabharati (Salt Lake)
*The largest Cricket Stadium in India 
Ans : Eden Gardens
*Shom prakash newspaper was started by
Ans : Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
*Father of Bengali Prose Literature 
Ans : Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 
*Doctor's day is observed as the birthday of
Ans : B.C.Roy (July 1)
*Durgeshnandini was written by
Ans : Bankim Chandra
Chattopadhyay
*First Indian woman to cross English Channel
Ans : Arathy Saha
*First Asian to win Nobel Prize for Literature
Ans : Rabindranath Tagore
*The saint of gutters
Ans : Mother Teresa
*The person known as Deshabandhu
Ans : C.R.Das
*The magazine titled Narayana was started by
Ans : C.R.Das
*The Indian Freedom Fighter who is known as Tiger of Bengal
Ans : Bipin Chandra Pal 
*The Viceroy who termed himself as the Tiger of Bengal
Ans : Lord Wellesley
*The Indian Cricketer who is known as Tiger of Bengal
Ans : Saurav Ganguly

KOLKATA - CITY OF JOY

*Ancient name of Kolkata
Ans : Kaligarh
*The city known as the St. Petersburg of
East
Ans : Kolkata
*Calcutta was the capital of British India until
Ans : 1911
*The name Calcutta was changed to Kolkata in
Ans : January 2001
*Most number of INC sessions were held in Kolkata before Independence
Ans : Calcutta
*The Chief architect of Kolkata city
Ans : Job Charnok
*The Metro politan city which lies near Tropic of Cancer
Ans : Kolkata
*The place known as city of Palaces
Ans : Kolkata
*The place known as the Mecca of Indian football
Ans : Kolkata
*The place known as the Science City of India
Ans : Kolkata
*Kolkata is situated on the banks of the river
Ans : Hugli
*India's first Telegraph line (Kolkata to Diamond Harbour) and Telephone line were set up in
Ans : Kolkata
*India's first under ground Railway Station was established at
Ans : Kolkata
*India's first metro train service was established at
Ans : Kolkata
*India's first University was established at
Ans : Kolkata
*First Women College in Asia
Ans : Bethune College, Kolkata
*First girl school in India
Ans : St.Thomas Girl's School, Kolkata
*First High Court of India was established at
Ans : Kolkata (1862)
*First Green Bench was established in the
Ans : Kolkata High Court
*First Finger Print Bureau was established at
Ans : Kolkata.
*First Indian city which started commercial Cellular service
Ans : Kolkata
*First city in India to report Chikungunya
Ans : Kolkata
*India's first art gallery was established at (1814)
Ans : Kolkata
*The venue of first Science Congress
Ans : Kolkata (1914)
*The first Homoeopathic medical college in India was established at
Ans : Kolkata
*First Hockey Club in India
Ans : Kolkata
*First Santhosh Trophy Tournament was held at
Ans : Kolkata
*Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Ltd is at 
Ans : Kolkata
*Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics is at 
Ans : Kolkata
*All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health is at 
Ans : Kolkata
*Central Jute Technology Limited is situated at
Ans : Kolkata
*Satyajith Ray Film and Television institute is situated at
Ans : Kolkata
*Headquarters of Anthropological Survey of India
Ans : Kolkata
*Zoological Survey of India is situated at
Ans : Kolkata
*Cholera Research Centre is situated at
Ans : Kolkata
*Headquarters of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited is at
ansKolkata
*The only riverine port in India
Ans : Kolkata Port
*Asiatic Society was founded in Kolkata by Sir William Johns in
Ans : 1784
*Jorasanko Bhavan (ancestral home of Tagore) is situated in
Ans : Kolkata
*The biggest zoo in India
Ans : Zoological Garden in Kolkata
*Netaji Bhavan is situated at
Ans : Kolkata
*City having the most number of tax payers
Ans : Kolkata
*Victoria memorial, the famous art gallery was designed by
Ans : William Emerson
*The tributary of Ganges which flows in West Bengal
Ans : Hoogly
*Kolkata is on the bank of the river 
Ans : Hoogly
*Main tributary of Hoogly 
Ans : Damodar
*Sorrow of Bengal 
Ans : Damodar
*World's largest delta located In Ganga Brahmaputra Plains
Ans : Sundarbans Delta
*The stadium known as the Lord's of Asia Eden Gardens

MAJOR TRIBES OF WEST BENGAL

*Santal 
*Oraon  
*Kora 
*Tamang  
*Sabar

NATIONAL PARKS IN WEST BENGAL

*Sundarban Valley National park
*Buma National Park
*Neora Valley National Park
*Gorumara National Park
*Jaldapara National Park

TIGER RESERVE

*Sundarbans Tiger Reserve
*Buxa Tiger Reserve
*Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological  park is located in
Ans : Darjeeling
*Alipore Zoological Garden is situated 
Ans : Kolkata
*The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden is situated at 
Ans : Kolkata
*Largest Botanical Garden in India 
Ans : The Acharya Jagadish  Chandra Bose Botanical Garden

DAMODAR VALLEY PROJECT

*First multipurpose river valley project in India
Ans : Damodar Valley project  
*Damodar valley project was setup in 
Ans : 1948
*Damodar valley project is based on the model of
Ans : Tennesse Valley Authority,USA

MAJOR DANCE FORMS of WEST BENGAL

*Gambhira 
*Kirtan Dance 
*Kushan Dance 
*Alkap Dance 
*Chhau

MAJOR FESTIVALS OF WEST BENGAL

*Kalpataru Utsav
*Bhai Ponta
*Dolyatra
*Nazrul Jayanti
*Paush Parban
*Losar (Nepali/Tibet New Year)