General Knowledge(Gk) Question on famous personality of west bengal

Who is the recepient of India’s highest literary ‘Jnanpith Award’ 2016?

Answer : Shankha Ghosh who is a famous Bengali poet has been selected for 2016 Jnanpith Award.

1.Who is the present governor of west bengal as of 2016-2017?

Answer : Kesarinath Tripathi

Who is the current acting Chief Justice of Kolkata High Court as of December 2016?

Answer : Mr. Girish Chandra Gupta

Who was the first Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court?

Answer : Barnes Peacock

* Who was the first Indian Chief Justice in Calcutta High Court?

Answer : Phani Bhusan Chakravarty

2. Who is the present finance minister of west bengal?

solve : Amit Mitra

3. Who is the first chief minister of west bengal?

solve : Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

4. Who is the present chief minister of west bengal?

solve : Miss Mamata Banerjee

5. Who is the youngest martyre of india’s fight for freedom ?

solve : Khsudiram Bose

* Who wrote the famous Geetgovindam ?

solve : Jayadeva

6. Who is the first Indian and Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in literature?

solve : Rabindranath Tagore 1913(west bengal)

* Who is the longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal?

Answer : Jyoti Basu from 1977-2000(23 Yrs)

7. Who is the first indian to receive the miss universe award ?

solve : Sushmita Sen, In 1994 (west bengal)

8. Which famous person founded Kolkata the capital of west bengal?

solve : Job Charnock founded kolkata in the year of 1690

9. In which year Netaji Subhash Chandra Boseleft india ?

solve : 17th Jan, 1941

10. ‘Jana Gana Mana’ The National Anthem of India written by which great person?

solve : Rabindranath Tagore(west bengal)

11. Which first indian footballer from west bengal awarded with “Padmasree”  ?

solve : Goshtha Paul

* Who is the current sports minister of west bengal as of 2016-2017?

Answer : Arup Biswas

12. Who is the first indian to cross the English Channel ?

solve : Mihir Sen (west bengal)