West Bengal General Knowledge
West Bengal GK
CAPITAL : Kolkata (Hoogly River)
ESTABLISHED : 26 January, 1950
CHIEF MINISTER : Mamata Benerjee (As on Nov 2017)
GOVERNOR : Kesharinath Tripathi (As on Nov 2017)
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RULING PARTY : All India Trinamool Congress
HIGH COURT : Kolkata
DISTRICTS : 23
LANGUAGES : Bengali, Hindi, English, Nepali,
POPULATION : 9, 13, 47, 736 (4th)
[Male = 4, 68, 09, 027 & Female = 4, 44, 67, 088]
M : F = 1000 : 947
AREA : 88, 752 sq km (14th)
Density: 1029 per sq km
LITERACY : 77. 08%
ASSEMBLY : 295
LOKSABHA : 42
RAJYASABHA : 16
BOUNDARY STATES: Bihar, Odisha, Sikkim, Assam, Jharkand, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Bay of Bengal
STATE ANIMAL : Fishing Cat
STATE BIRD : White Breasted Kingfisher
STATE TREE : Devil Tree
STATE FLOWER : Night – flowering Jasmine
STATE DANCE : Chau (folk dance), Jatra, Kathi, Baul dance, Keertana, GaudiyaNritya (classical dance), Gambhira
TRIBES : Santhalu
WEST BENGAL FESTIVALS : Charakh, Poila, Baishaki, Boi Mela, Durga Puja, Diwali, Vasant Panchami, Holi, Laxmi Puja, Id – Ul – Fitr
RIVERS : Damordar, Hugli, Bhagirathi, Mayurakshi, Kangsbati, Teesta, Torsha, Jaldhaka, Subarnarekha, Mahananda
POWER PLANTS :
Mayurakshi Hydro Power Plant
Farakka Thermal Power Plant
Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant
Barkeshwar Thermal Power Plant
Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Plant
Bandil Thermal Power Plant
PROJECTS/ DAMS : Farakka barrage, Damodar project,
NATIONAL PARKS : Sundarbans National Park (Tigers), Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary, Singalila National
SANCTUARIES
Neora Valley National Park
Buxa National Park
Ballavpur Wild Life Sanctuary
Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary
Haliday Island Wild Life Sanctuary
Lothian Island Wild Life Sanctuary
Mahananda Wild Life Sanctuary
Gorumar National Park
Sajnakhal Wildlife Sanctuary – Parganas
Rasikbil Bird Sanctuary – Coochbehal
INDUSTRIES : Durgapur Iron & Steel, Engineering, Automobiles, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Ceramics, Jute, Cotton textiles, Locomotives, Fertilizers,
MAIN CITIES : Kharagpur, Sheharanpur, Raniganj, Barakpur, Chitterajan, Beluru, Asansol, Howrah, Durgapur, Jadhavpur, Bardhaman, Siliguri, Murshidabad, Sealdah, Bandel,
AIRPORTS :
Dum Dum International Airport – Kolkata, Kalaikunda, Panagarh, Malda, Barrakpore, Behala, Balurghat, Nataji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport – Kolkata, Bagdora Airport – Siliguri,
IMPORTANT PERSONS: Swami Vivekananda, Ravindranath Tagore, Pranab Mukerjee, Jyotibasu, Asha poornima devi
MISCELLANEOUS : West Bengal General Knowledge
The Gate way of Eastern India = Siligiri
Demand for new state = Gurkhaland
City of Palaces = Kolkata
Botanical survey of India = Kolkata
Zoological Survey of India = Kolkata
Jadhavapur Central University = Jadhavpur
Kolkata Central University = Kolkata
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) = Kolkata
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology = Kolkata
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute = Jadhavpur
Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute = Durgapur
Birla Industrial Technological Museum = Kolkata
Indian Jute Industries Research Association = Kolkata
All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health = Kolkata
Central Drug Laboratory = Kolkata
Chittaranjan Cancer Research Centre = Kolkata
School of Trophical Medicine = Kolkata
International Institute of Hotel Management = Kolkata
Badogra Airport = Badogra
Eden Gardens (Cricket) = Kolkata
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