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Bengal Geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Singalila National Park | Darjeeling |
| Neora Valley National Park | Kalimpong |
| Gorumara National Park | Jalpaiguri |
| Jaldapara National Park | Alipurduar |
| Buxa National Park | Alipurduar |
| Sunderban National Park | South 24 Paraganas, 1984, UNESCO 1987 |
| Baikunthapur Forest | Darjeeling district and Jalpaiguri district. |
| Chilapata Forests | Alipurduar |
| Bankura Forest | Bankura |
| Arabari | Paschim Medinipur |
| Sundarbans | South and North 24 Parganas |
| East Kolkata wetlands | Ramsar Site |
| Bhur of Upper Ganga Plain | Undulating, aeolian sandy deposit |
| About 80% of the coal reserves of India | Damodar Valley |
| The first iron and steel industry of West Bengal | Kulti, 1870 |
| First jute industry | Either side of Hooghly River, 1855 |
| First cotton industry | Ghusuri at Howrah district (Cultivation of cotton does not take place in WB) |
| First tea industry | 1834 |
| Shipbuilding manufacturers | Titagarh Marines (Titagarh Wagons for railway built as well), Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Shalimar Works Ltd, Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers Limited |
| West Bengal N-S distance | 21°20' and 27°32' N; 620 Km |
| West Bengal E-W distance | 85°50'E and 89°50' E; 300 Km |
| West Bengal Area Rank | 13th in India |
| West Bengal Area | 88,752 sq. km; 2.7% of India |
| West Bengal Area (During partition) | 8,785 sq. kms. |
| Cooch Behar added | 1950 |
| Chandanagore, formerly a French possession added | 1954; Hoogly District |
| Puruliya sub-division Manbhum district and a part of Kishanganj sub-division of Purnea district | 1956; West Dinajpur |
| 24 Paraganas divided | 1986 |
| West Dinajpur divided | 1992 |
| Medinipur divided | 2002 |
| Bardhaman divided | 2017 |
| Alipurduar created | 2014 |
| Kalimpong created | 2017 |
| Jhargram | 2017 |
| Total subdivisions | 69 |
| Largest city | Kolkata |
| Population density | 1029/sq. km. |
| Total population of WB | 9.1 crore |
| Highest Sex Ratio | Darjeeling 971 |
| Lowest Sex Ratio | Kolkata 908 |
| Total blocks in WB | 341 |
| Number of Villages in WB | 40,782 |
| Narrowest part in WB | Chopra in North Dinajpur (9 km) |
| Largest international border with WB | Bangladesh; 2272 Km |
| Largest state boundary with WB | Jharkhand |
| Northern Mountain Range rock type | Sedimentary and metamorphic rock |
| Highest mountain | Sandakphu (3630 mt) |
| Teesta flows through | Kalimpong |
| Teesta divided North Bengal Plains | Western:Terai and Eastern:Duars |
| Highest mountain in Purulia | Ayodhya Hill |
| Shiwaliks in Jalpaiguri | Buxa-Jayanti Hills |
| Small monadnocks in Purulia | Tila |
| Narrow land mass in North Dinajpur N-S | Mahananda Corridor |
| Maldah is divided by this river E-W | Mahananda River |
| Eastern part of Malda | Barind; Old alluviam |
| Western part of Malda | New alluviam; River Kalindi meets with the Mahananda River |
| Northern part of river Kalindri | Tal |
| Beels | Small water bodies found in the Tal region |
| Southern part of Kalindi | Diara |
| Region created by the soil from the Deccan plateau | Rarh |
| Bhagirathi flows through | Murshidabad, Baharampur, Nabadwip, Chinsura, Chandannagar, Srirampur, Howrah, Kolkata, Diamond Harbour and Haldia |
| Sundari Tree (Scientific name) | Heritiera minor |
| Sal Tree (Scientific name) | Shorea robusta |
| The thunder storm (i.e. Norwester) | ‘Kal Baisakhi’ |
| State with the maximum road density | West Bengal |
| Durgapur Barrage started in | 1955 |
| Durgapur Barrage is built over | Damodar river (Bankura+Bardhaman) |
| Darjeeling Himalayan Railway started in | 1881 |
| Darjeeling Himalayan Railway UNESCO year | 1999 |
| Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is managed by | The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) |
| Dum dum airport started in | 1924 |
| Dum dum airport renamed in | 1995 |
| Domestic terminal started in | 1990 |
| Bagdogra Airport is in | Siliguri (Darjeeling 62%; Jalpaiguri 38%) |
| India’s first Aerotropolis and first privately managed airport | Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport |
| National Waterway (NW1) is between | Allahabad and Haldia |
| Trams started in | 1873; 1902 |
| Kharagpur Railway work-shop started in | 1900 |
| Chittaranjan is known for | Locomotive works |
| Adra of Purulia is famous for | Railway Junction |
| Haldia is a centre for | Petro-Chemical Industries |
| Silk industry is found in | Murshidabad |
| Rurh of India is in | Durgapur |
| Oldest coalfield of DVC | Raniganj (1774) |
| Proposed corridor to link Chopra and Jalpaiguri | Tetulia Corridor |
| Tin Bigha Corridor links | India and Bangladesh |
| Connects Kolkata to New Delhi | NH2 |
| Longest National Highway | NH7 |
| Kolkata and Siliguri is connected by | NH34 |
| Award given to West Bengal for maximum food grain production | “KRISHI KARMAN” |
| Total contribution to food production (%) | 8% |
| WB ranks first and second in production of | Rice and Potato |
| Kharif cropping season | July-October SW monsoon |
| Rabi cropping season | October-March |
| Zaid cropping season | March-June |
| Kharif crops | Millet and rice |
| Rabi crops or Rabi harvest | (Arabic word for spring); Wheat, Barley, Mustard |
| Zaid crops or Summer crops | Cucumber, Watermelon, Bitter gourd |
| Type of rice cultivation on residual or stored water in low-lying areas after the harvest of kharif rice | Boro rice |
| Literacy of WB | 77.08% |
| Female literacy rate in WB | 76% |
| Male literacy rate | 82% |
| Sex Ratio of WB | 950 |
| Highest HDI in WB | Kolkata |
| Lowest HDI in WB | Purulia |
| WB population to India | 7.55%, 4th in India |
| Coastal length of WB | 158 Km |
| Number of Municipalities in WB | 127 |
| Forest Cover in WB | 13% |
| West Bengal is comparable to | Hungary |
| First HDR report of WB | 2004 |
| Export processing zone in WB | Falta 1984 |
| Highest Population growth rate in WB | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Lowest Population growth rate in WB | Kolkata |
| Majority of Damodar basin is in | Jharkhand |
| Farakka Barrage started in | 1975 |
| India-Bangladesh Agreement over Ganga | 1996 |
| DVC is similar to | TVA (Tenesse Valley Authority) |
| DVC established in the year | 1948 |
| DVC handed to Bengal | 1964 |
| Highest Railway station of the world in Darjeeling | Ghoom Railway Station, 2225m |
| Midnapore Canal | 1866 |
| Massanjore Dam/Canada Dam | Mayurakshi River, Jharkhand |
| Purulia Pumped Storage Project | Ayodhya Hills |
| Rammam Hydroelectric Project | Darjeeling |
| Teesta Low Dam IV Hydroelectric Project | Darjeeling |
| Panchayati Raj in WB started in | 1980 |
| Boro Rice is predominantly cultivated in | Rarh |
| Pneumatophores are | Breathing roots of mangroves |
| Mangroves scientific name | Rhizophora mangle |
| Sal is found in | Bankura |
| Raniganj Coalfield is bounded by these two rivers | Ajoy in the north and Damodar in the south |
| Kolaghat Thermal Power Station is in | Purba Medinipur |
| Haripur Power Plant is in | Purba Medinipur |
| Type of renewable energy with the maximum potenital | Bio-Mass |
| Primary feedstock for Bio-Mass in WB | Rice Husk |
| River divides Malda and Murshidabad | Ganga |
| Mahananda river is snow-fed or spring-fed | Spring-fed |
| Northern most of the western tributaries | Mayurakshi/Mor |
| National share of Jute in WB | 82.5% |
| Durgapur Steel plant was established in collaboration with | UK |
| WB (in %) share of silk production | 9% |
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