West Bengal GK - GEOGRAPHY - Day 1
1. Lungs of
Kolkata = Maidan
o
with a total area of 988 acres, it is the largest
urban park in India
2. The capital
of India shifted from Kolkata to Delhi in 1911.
3. The East
India Company established its first factory in Hughli.
4. The first
floating market came up in Kolkata (Patuli area).
5. Acc. to P. C.
Mahalanobis, 7 castes were found in Bengal.
6. Second
planned city in India = Durgapur
o
First - Chandigarh
7. Durgapur
steel plant was established in 1955.
8. Total no. of
National Parks in WB = 6
o
Wild Life Sanctuary = 15
9. The Calcutta
High Court buildings were designed based on the Cloth Hall, in Belgium
(Europe).
10.
Sundarban is declared a "world heritage
site" for its Biodiversity.
11.
WB is the largest producer of Rice in
India.
12.
Panch Prayag in Uttrakhand
o
Alkananda + Dhauliganga = Vishnuprayag
o
Alkananda + Nandakini = Nandaprayag
o
Alkananda + Pindar = Karnaprayag
o
Alkananda + Mandakini = Rudraprayag
o
Alkananda + Bhagirathi = Devprayag
13.
Bankura district (Bishnupur) is famous for
Terracotta.
14.
Quartzite forms from Belepathor /
Sandstone.
15.
In WB, Purulia has the largest plateau area.
16.
Bansda National Park is in Gujarat.
17.
Damodar River originates from Chhotanagpur
Plateau.
18.
Jharkhand is sharing largest boundary with
WB.
19.
Cloves are extracted from flower buds.
o
লবঙ্গ আহরণ করা হয় ফুলের মুকুল থেকে.
20.
Alang town in Gujarat is famous for its
shipbreaking yards.
o গুজরাটের আলাং শহর জাহাজ à¦াঙার জন্য বিখ্যাত।