The History Of Bangladesh

What year did the Bengali Language Movement take place?

• a) 1950

• b) 1952

• c) 1971

• d) 1947

Who was the first ruler to officially adopt Bangla as the court language in Bengal?

• a) Sher Shah Suri

• b) Akbar the Great

• c) Alauddin Hussain Shah

• d) Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah

Which Bengali polymath was the key figure in the Bengal Renaissance during the 19th century?

• a) Rabindranath Tagore

• b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

• c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

• d) Swami Vivekananda

What was the name of the first printed book in the Bengali language?

• a) Vidyasundar

• b) Mangal Kavya

• c) Charyapada

• d) Chandimangal

Which event marked the beginning of the decline of the Bengal Sultanate?

• a) Battle of Plashi

• b) Battle of Tukaroi

• c) Battle of Rajmahal

• d) Battle of Panipat

Who was the founder of the Bengal Sultanate?

• a) Alauddin Hussain Shah

• b) Sikandar Shah

• c) Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah

• d) Muhammad bin Tughluq

Which year did East Bengal become part of Pakistan after the partition of India?

• a) 1947

• b) 1956

• c) 1971

• d) 1940

The Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked the beginning of British rule in Bengal. Who led the British forces in this battle?

• a) Robert Clive

• b) Warren Hastings

• c) Lord Cornwallis

• d) Siraj-ud-Daulah

What was the name of the first Bengali newspaper published in 1818?

• a) Samachar Darpan

• b) Bengal Gazette

• c) Sambad Prabhakar

• d) Samvad Kaumudi

Who was the first President of Bangladesh?

• a) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

• b) Ziaur Rahman

• c) Hussain Muhammad Ershad

• c) Hussain Muhammad Ershad