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Wb geography - Test Set 1

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  1. Question 1

    WBCS Mains 2016]
    Lowest literacy rate found in West Bengal is in
    1. Purba Medinipur
    2. Cooch Bihar
    3. Uttar Dinajpur
    4. Malda
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  2. Question 2

    WBCS Prelims 2022
    Which of the following districts of West Bengal had the highest child sex ratio in 2011?
    1. Darjeeling
    2. Howrah
    3. Kolkata
    4. Malda
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  3. Question 3

    WBCS Prelims 2017
    Which one of the following is not an administrative division of West Bengal?
    1. Jalpaiguri
    2. Malda
    3. Kolkata
    4. Bardhaman
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  4. Question 4

    WBCS Prelims 2019
    Mention the name of the state with a larger boundary with West Bengal among the following states of India.
    1. Jharkhand
    2. Bihar
    3. Orissa
    4. Assam
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  5. Question 5

    WBCS Prelims 2012
    ‘Tin Bigha Corridor’ links
    1. India and Pakistan
    2. India and China
    3. India and Bhutan
    4. India and Bangladesh
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  6. Question 6

    WBCS Mains 2017
    Which one of the following is not a tidal river of West Bengal?
    1. Hooghly
    2. Icchamati
    3. Ajay
    4. Rupnarayan
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  7. Question 7

    WBCS Prelims 2021
    The Sundarban is declared as a ‘Ramsar site’ in_______
    1. 1987
    2. 1972
    3. 2018
    4. 2019
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  8. Question 8

    WBCS Prelims 2019]
    Jalpaiguri town is located in the bank of________
    1. Tista and Karala River
    2. Tista and Jaldhaka River
    3. Jaldhaka and Raidhak river
    4. Tista and Raidhak river
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  9. Question 9

    WBCS Prelims 2019
    Rammam hydroelectric power is located in ______ .
    1. Purulia
    2. Bankura
    3. Jalpaiguri
    4. Darjeeling
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  10. Question 10

    WBCS Prelims 2015
    West Bengal gets most of its rainfall from:
    1. South West Monsoon
    2. Bay of Bengal branch of Indian Monsoon
    3. Northeast Monsoon
    4. Arabian Sea branch of Indian Monsoon
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  11. Question 11

    WBCS Prelims 2014
    In the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, temperate forests occur at an elevation of:
    1. 1000 mts
    2. 1200 mts
    3. 1500 mts
    4. 2000 mts
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  12. Question 12

    WBCS Prelims 2012
    Joint Forest Management was first successful in West Bengal in:
    1. Paljhari village of Medinipur district
    2. Bhula village ol Bankura district
    3. Natunbandh village of Bankura district
    4. Arabari village Medinipur district
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  13. Question 13

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    Select from the following rice-producing districts in West Bengal in ascending order:
    1. Medinipur, East Burdwan, Murshidabad
    2. Murshidabad, Medinipur, East Burdwan
    3. Bankura, Murshidabad, East Burdwan
    4. Bankura, Murshidabad, Medinipur
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  14. Question 14

    WBCS Prelims 2020
    ‘Gangani’ region of West Bengal has which type of soil’?
    1. Alluvial Soil
    2. Saline Soil
    3. Laterite Soil
    4. Terai Soil
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  15. Question 15

    WBCS Prelims 2011
    In West Bengal Plantation Agriculture is found in_____ .
    1. Malda district
    2. Darjeeling district
    3. Bankura district
    4. Howrah district
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  16. Question 16

    WBCS Prelims 2021
    Mica producing district of West Bengal is:
    1. Bankura
    2. Paschim Burdwan
    3. Birbhum
    4. Purulia
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  17. Question 17

    WBCS Prelims 2019
    Dhaniakhali is famous for:
    1. Tant industry
    2. Paper industry
    3. Jute industry
    4. Leather industry
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  18. Question 18

    WBCS Prelims 2006
    Downstream industries are coming up at _______
    1. Kolkata
    2. Asansol
    3. Medinipur
    4. Haldia
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  19. Question 19

    WBCS Prelims 2006
    Adra of Purulia District is known for ________ .
    1. Fishing Industry
    2. Railway Junction
    3. District headquarter
    4. Health Resort
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  20. Question 20

    WBCS Prelims 2003]
    The highest railway station in the world is situated in Ghoom near Darjeeling at an altitude of________ .
    1. 2225 mt.
    2. 3000 mt.
    3. 8848 mt.
    4. 2000 mt.
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