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  1. Complete the sentence about Culture of Bangladesh with the correct year: The cinema of Bangladesh dates back to ______ when films began screening at the Crown Theatre in Dhaka.
  2. Complete the sentence about Culture of Bangladesh with the correct year: In ______, the East Bengal Cinematograph Society released the first full-length feature film in Bangladesh, titled the Last Kis…
  3. Complete the sentence about Culture of Bangladesh with the correct year: The first feature film in East Pakistan, Mukh O Mukhosh, was released in ______.
  4. Complete the sentence about Culture of Bangladesh with the correct year: Zahir Raihan was a prominent documentary-maker who was assassinated in ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Bengali language with the correct year: In ______, UNESCO recognised 21 February as International Mother Language Day in recognition of the language movement.
  6. Complete the sentence about Bengali literature with the correct year: If the emergence of the Bengali literature supposes to date back to roughly 650 AD, the development of Bengali literature claims t…
  7. Complete the sentence about Bengali literature with the correct year: The manuscript was discovered on a palm leaf in the Nepal Royal Court Library in ______ by the Bengali linguist Haraprasad Shastri…
  8. Complete the sentence about Kazi Nazrul Islam with the correct year: The ailing poet was taken to Bangladesh with the consent of the government of India on 24 May ______, at the invitation of the gove…
  9. Complete the sentence about Jibanananda Das with the correct year: In ______, Das was hit by a tram in Kolkata while crossing on a road, and was taken to a hospital, where he died eight days later.
  10. Complete the sentence about Jibanananda Das with the correct year: Das received the Rabindra-Memorial Award for Banalata Sen in ______.
  11. Complete the sentence about Humayun Ahmed with the correct year: The novel was published in ______ by the initiative of writer Ahmed Sofa under Khan Brother's Publishers.
  12. Complete the sentence about Taslima Nasrin with the correct year: In October ______, a radical fundamentalist group called the Council of Islamic Soldiers offered a bounty for her death.
  13. Complete the sentence about Begum Rokeya with the correct year: In ______, she founded the Muslim Women's Association, an organization that fought for women's education and employment.
  14. Complete the sentence about Begum Rokeya with the correct year: In ______, Rokeya was ranked number 6 in the BBC's poll of the Greatest Bengali of all time.
  15. Complete the sentence about Michael Madhusudan Dutt with the correct year: On 9 February ______, Madhusudan embraced Christianity at the Old Mission Church, in spite of the objections of his parents a…
  16. Complete the sentence about Michael Madhusudan Dutt with the correct year: In ______, he resumed his education at Bishop's College, where he stayed for three years.
  17. Complete the sentence about Michael Madhusudan Dutt with the correct year: Four years later, in ______, he became a Second Tutor in the Madras University High School.
  18. Complete the sentence about Michael Madhusudan Dutt with the correct year: The Captive Ladie was published in ______ and, like Derozio's The Fakeer of Jungheera, takes on the form of a long narrative…
  19. Complete the sentence about Sufia Kamal with the correct year: Sayyida Sufia Begum was born on 20 June ______, in her maternal home Rahat Manzil in Shayestabad, located in the Backergunge District of…
  20. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, she went to Kolkata with her mother where she came to meet with Begum Rokeya.
  21. Complete the sentence about Sufia Kamal with the correct year: A short story Shainik Badhu which Begum wrote was published in a local paper in ______.
  22. Complete the sentence about Sufia Kamal with the correct year: In ______, Sufia met Mahatma Gandhi, which inspired her to wear simple clothing.
  23. Complete the sentence about Sufia Kamal with the correct year: In ______ she became the first Bengali Muslim female to be a member of the Indian Women Federation.
  24. Complete the sentence about Syed Waliullah with the correct year: Waliullah was born on 15 August ______ at Sholashahar in Chittagong District to Nasim Ara Khatun and Syed Ahmadullah.
  25. Complete the sentence about Syed Waliullah with the correct year: Waliullah passed his matriculation examination in ______ from Kurigram High School.
  26. Complete the sentence about Syed Waliullah with the correct year: In ______, he started serving as the press attaché at the Pakistan missions in New Delhi, Sydney, Jakarta and London.
  27. Complete the sentence about Syed Waliullah with the correct year: In ______, he was appointed as the First Secretary at the Pakistan embassy in Paris.
  28. Complete the sentence about Syed Waliullah with the correct year: The novel was adapted to a Tanvir Mokammel film with the same title in ______.
  29. Complete the sentence about Bangladeshi cuisine with the correct year: Monda is a sweet yogurt patty from Muktagachhar, first made in ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about Biryani with the correct year: The Portuguese priest Sebastien Manrique described rice dishes on sale in the tent-city of the next Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as he travelled…
  31. Complete the sentence about Kacchi biryani with the correct year: In ______, when the Mughal Empire declined in Delhi, Hyderabad emerged as the center of South Asian culture, resulting in a mix of inn…
  32. Complete the sentence about Rasgulla with the correct year: The spongy, white rôśôgolla is believed to have been introduced in present-day West Bengal in ______ by the Kolkata-based confectioner Nobin…
  33. Complete the sentence about Rasgulla with the correct year: In ______, the Odisha state government constituted three committees to claim the rasgulla.
  34. Complete the sentence about Saree with the correct year: The history of sari-like drapery can be traced back to ancient India, between 2800 and ______ BCE, around the northwestern region of the Indian…
  35. Complete the sentence about Mangal Shobhajatra with the correct year: The procession of the festival was first observed in ______ at Jessore which was organized by Charupit a non government organizati…
  36. Complete the sentence about Mangal Shobhajatra with the correct year: In ______, Fine Arts Institute of University of Dhaka started a similar events.
  37. Complete the sentence about Rath Yatra with the correct year: The original historical Roth was burnt down by the Pakistan Army in ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Rath Yatra with the correct year: The Ratha Yatra festival has become a common sight in most major cities of the world since ______ through the ISKCON Hare Krishna movement…
  39. Complete the sentence about Baul with the correct year: In ______, the "Baul tradition of Bangladesh" was included in the list of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO…
  40. Complete the sentence about Rabindra Sangeet with the correct year: One of his Rabindra Sangeet called, Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata adopted as National anthem of India in ______.
  41. Complete the sentence about Rabindra Sangeet with the correct year: In ______, Amar Shonar Bangla became the national anthem of Bangladesh.
  42. Complete the sentence about Bangladeshi cinema with the correct year: Cinema was introduced in Bangladesh in ______ by the Bradford Bioscope Company, credited to have arranged the first film release i…
  43. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The first full-length film, The Last Kiss, was released in ______.
  44. Complete the sentence about Bangladeshi cinema with the correct year: Mukh O Mukhosh, the first Bengali-language full-length feature film, was produced in ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Zahir Raihan with the correct year: Mohammad Zahirullah was born on 19 August ______ in the village of Majupur in Sonagazi, Feni subdivision, then a part of the Bengal Pres…
  46. Complete the sentence about Zahir Raihan with the correct year: Along with literary works, Raihan started working as a journalist, when he joined Juger Alo in ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about Zahir Raihan with the correct year: In ______, he made Pakistan's first colour film, Sangam, and completed his first CinemaScope film, Bahana, the following year.
  48. Complete the sentence about Tareque Masud with the correct year: Masud died in a road accident on 13 August ______ while returning to Dhaka from Manikganj on the Dhaka-Aricha highway after visiting a…
  49. Complete the sentence about Tareque Masud with the correct year: In ______, he posthumously received Ekushey Padak, the second highest civilian award of Bangladesh.
  50. Complete the sentence about Tareque Masud with the correct year: In ______, New York University Asian/Pacific/American Institute, and South Asia Solidarity Initiative, hosted the first North American…
  51. Complete the sentence about Tareque Masud with the correct year: In ______, Tareque was a founding member of Bangladesh Short Film Forum, the leading platform for independent filmmakers in Bangladesh.
  52. Complete the sentence about Tareque Masud with the correct year: In ______, he organized the country's first International Short and Documentary Film Festival, which is held on a biannual basis to thi…
  53. Complete the sentence about Satyajit Ray with the correct year: In ______, he was awarded an honorary degree by Oxford University.
  54. Complete the sentence about Satyajit Ray with the correct year: The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian award, in ______.
  55. Complete the sentence about Satyajit Ray with the correct year: Satyajit Ray's grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was born in Masua village, Kishorganj, in ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Bangladeshi art with the correct year: The most significant development of Bangladeshi art took place during the Pala rule, which existed from 750 to ______ CE.
  57. Complete the sentence about Zainul Abedin with the correct year: Like many of his contemporaries, his paintings on the Bengal famine of ______ are viewed as his most characteristic works.
  58. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______, with help from a few colleagues, he founded an art institute in Dhaka.
  59. Complete the sentence about SM Sultan with the correct year: Eventually, he secured financial support from the local zamindar and went to Calcutta in ______.
  60. Complete the sentence about SM Sultan with the correct year: Sultan left art school after three years, in ______, and traveled around India.
  61. Complete the sentence about SM Sultan with the correct year: After a period living and painting in Kashmir, Sultan returned to his native Narail in ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Quamrul Hassan with the correct year: On 25 March ______, trenches were dug out late night at Hatirpul area under his leadership.
  63. Complete the sentence about Bangladeshi architecture with the correct year: In ______, much of Bengal came under the control of the Mughal Empire.
  64. Complete the sentence about Louis Kahn with the correct year: After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in ______.
  65. Complete the sentence about Louis Kahn with the correct year: From ______ until his death, he was a professor of architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania.
  66. Complete the sentence about Louis Kahn with the correct year: In ______, his family emigrated to the United States, as they feared that his father would be recalled into the military during the Russo…
  67. Complete the sentence about Louis Kahn with the correct year: After completing his Bachelor of Architecture in ______, Kahn worked as senior draftsman in the office of the city architect, John Molitor…
  68. Complete the sentence about Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with the correct year: The thana was formed in ______ from parts of Tejgaon, Kafrul and Mohammadpur thanas.
  69. Complete the sentence about Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with the correct year: None of its constituents was ever built and, in ______, it was replaced by the National Secretariat of Bangladesh.
  70. Complete the sentence about Cricket in Bangladesh with the correct year: Full ICC membership was achieved in ______ and the Bangladesh men's team played its inaugural Test match that year.
  71. Complete the sentence about Bangladesh national cricket team with the correct year: On 26 June ______, Bangladesh became the 10th Test-playing nation and played their inaugural Test match against Indi…
  72. Complete the sentence about Tamim Iqbal with the correct year: On 24 March ______, Tamim Iqbal suffered a heart attack during Match 24 of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League.
  73. Complete the sentence about Bangladesh Premier League with the correct year: On 18 January ______, the board entered a 6-year, 350-crore deal with Game on Sports Group to establish a franchise tournam…
  74. Complete the sentence about Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium with the correct year: The stadium hosted its first International T20 on 11 October ______, Bangladesh vs West Indies.
  75. Complete the sentence about Football in Bangladesh with the correct year: The Bangladesh Football Federation was founded in ______, a year after the country’s independence.
  76. Complete the sentence about Football in Bangladesh with the correct year: The national team made its official debut at the ______ Merdeka Cup in Malaysia.
  77. Complete the sentence about Football in Bangladesh with the correct year: A landmark moment came in ______, when Mohun Bagan AC won the IFA Shield with eight players from East Bengal in the squad.
  78. Complete the sentence about Bangladesh national football team with the correct year: The Bangladesh team debuted in ______ and has yet to qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals.
  79. Complete the sentence about Bangladesh national football team with the correct year: Prior to the independence of Bangladesh, the East Pakistan football team represented the region in national and int…
  80. Complete the sentence about Bangladesh national football team with the correct year: In July ______, Malaysia invited Bangladesh to take part in the Merdeka Cup.
  81. Complete the sentence about Dhaka Abahani with the correct year: The club has won eleven Dhaka League titles, which was the highest tier in Bangladesh until ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Dhaka Abahani with the correct year: In ______, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's eldest son, Sheikh Kamal, got involved with Abahani following his father's request.
  83. Complete the sentence about Hadudu with the correct year: Kabaddi was a demonstration sport in the inaugural edition of the Asian Games held in New Delhi in ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Hadudu with the correct year: The Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India was formed in ______ and kabaddi was designated the national sport of Bangladesh in the same year.
  85. Complete the sentence about Hadudu with the correct year: With the establishment of the Asian Amateur Kabaddi Federation, the first Asian Kabaddi Championship was organized in ______.
  86. Complete the sentence about Bangladesh at the Olympics with the correct year: Bangladesh has competed in every Summer Olympic Games since ______, but has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games…
  87. Complete the sentence about Bangladesh at the Olympics with the correct year: In ______, Bangladesh Olympic Association head Wali Ullah has stated that Bangladesh's weak economy and massive corruption…
  88. Complete the sentence about Niaz Murshed with the correct year: In ______, at the age of 21, he became the first South Asian to earn the grandmaster title.
  89. Complete the sentence about Niaz Murshed with the correct year: Joseph Higher Secondary School and HSC exam in ______ from Dhaka College.
  90. Complete the sentence about Niaz Murshed with the correct year: In ______, Murshed played in his first international competition at Kolkata, India.
  91. Complete the sentence about Niaz Murshed with the correct year: In ______, placed second in the zonal tournament, held in Sharjah, UAE the same year, earning the International Master title in the proc…
  92. Complete the sentence about Niaz Murshed with the correct year: In ______, FIDE awarded him the Grandmaster title, making him the first GM in South Asia.
  93. Complete the sentence about Rani Hamid with the correct year: Hamid was born Sayeda Jasimunnessa Khatun in Sylhet in ______.
  94. Complete the sentence about Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology with the correct year: According to a report on public instruction in Bengal, on 31 March ______, Dhaka Survey School ha…
  95. Complete the sentence about Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology with the correct year: As an acknowledgement of this contribution, the school was renamed to Ahsanullah School of Engine…
  96. Complete the sentence about Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology with the correct year: In ______, the government of East Bengal granted recognition to the engineering college.
  97. Complete the sentence about Rajshahi University with the correct year: The first proposal to establish a university came in ______, when Calcutta University created the Sadler Commission to assess the…
  98. Complete the sentence about Rajshahi University with the correct year: On 18 February ______, Shamsuzzoha, a professor, was killed by the police when he tried to prevent them from shooting at student…
  99. Complete the sentence with the correct year: During the Bangladesh Liberation War of ______, the campus was used as a base by the Pakistan Army.
  100. Complete the sentence about Rajshahi University with the correct year: After independence, a new Act regarding the administration of the university came into being, the Rajshahi University Act, ______…

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