Bangladesh Trivia
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59 free Bangladesh trivia questions with answers — geography quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Bangladesh packs 176 million people into a country smaller than Florida, most of it a river delta barely above sea level. It has the world's largest mangrove forest, the world's longest natural sea beach, the deadliest cyclone ever recorded and a national anthem written by a Nobel laureate. Its language movement gave the world International Mother Language Day, and its garment factories dress much of the planet. This quiz moves through geography (which three great rivers build the delta?), history (Plassey, Partition, the 1952 language martyrs, the nine-month war of 1971), national symbols (why is the red disc on the flag off-centre?), culture and food (jamdani, hilsa, panta bhat, Pohela Boishakh) and sport (kabaddi versus cricket, and Bangladesh's famous World Cup upsets). It runs from easy questions anyone can get to hard ones for people who know the region. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia and other reference pages before publishing.
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Q 01What is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh?
Dhaka
Dhaka is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh; its metropolitan area of more than 20 million people is among the most densely populated on Earth.
Q 02Bangladesh shares its only land borders with India and which other country?
Myanmar
It is otherwise almost entirely surrounded by India, and lies within a few dozen kilometres of Nepal, Bhutan and China.
Q 03With almost 176 million people, Bangladesh ranks where among the world's most populous countries?
Eighth
Eighth in the world by population, Bangladesh packs about 175 million people into an area smaller than the US state of Florida.
Q 04Before its independence in 1971, what was Bangladesh known as?
East Pakistan
As East Pakistan from 1947 to 1971, the territory was separated from its country's western wing by more than 1,000 miles of a neighbour's land.
Q 05Bangladesh celebrates Victory Day on which date, marking the surrender that ended the 1971 war?
16 December
On 16 December 1971 the eastern command of the occupying army surrendered in the capital, ending the Liberation War; roughly 93,000 troops laid down their arms.
Q 06Why is the red disc on Bangladesh's flag placed slightly off-centre toward the hoist?
So it looks centred when fluttering
So it looks centred when fluttering: the disc is shifted toward the hoist. The 1971 wartime flag also carried a yellow map inside the disc, dropped in 1972.
Q 07Which Nobel laureate wrote "Amar Sonar Bangla", the national anthem of Bangladesh?
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore wrote "Amar Sonar Bangla" in 1905, during the first partition of Bengal; its opening ten lines became the national anthem after independence.
Q 08Which is the national sport of Bangladesh, even though cricket is far more popular?
Kabaddi
Kabaddi, known locally as ha-du-du, was declared the national sport in 1972, the year after independence.
Q 09Which fish is the national fish of Bangladesh?
Hilsa (ilish)
Hilsa (ilish), a herring relative usually cooked with mustard, was granted Geographical Indication status in Bangladesh in 2017.
Q 10Which flower is the national flower of Bangladesh (and also of Sri Lanka)?
Water lily (shapla)
Water lily (shapla) grows wild in ponds and flooded fields across the country during the monsoon and appears on the national emblem.
Q 11Which is the national animal of Bangladesh?
Bengal tiger
The Bengal tiger is the national animal; those living in the mangrove delta are unusually small, with adult females weighing only about 75–80 kg.
Q 12The oriental magpie-robin, known locally as the doyel, is Bangladesh's national what?
Bird
A doyel monument stands in Dhaka near the university, and the bird appears on the two-taka coin.
Q 13Bangladesh contains most of which forest, the largest mangrove forest in the world?
The Sundarbans
The Sundarbans lies about 60% inside Bangladesh; that part has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997 and shelters tigers, saltwater crocodiles and fishing cats.
Q 21UNESCO adopted 21 February, the day Bangladesh honours its 1952 martyrs, as what worldwide observance in 1999?
International Mother Language Day
International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by UNESCO's General Conference in November 1999 and first observed in 2000, in tribute to linguistic rights everywhere.
Q 22Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's founding leader, is honoured with which title meaning "Friend of Bengal"?
Bangabandhu
Bangabandhu, 'Friend of Bengal', was conferred on him at a rally in the capital in 1969; he was assassinated with most of his family in an army coup in August 1975.
Q 23Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 7 March 1971 speech is listed on which UNESCO register?
Q 14Which island is the only coral island in Bangladesh?
St. Martin's Island
St. Martin's Island, about 9 km south of the tip of the Teknaf peninsula, is the only coral island in Bangladesh; locals call it Narikel Jinjira, 'coconut island'.
Q 15Which three great rivers meet to form the delta that makes up most of Bangladesh?
Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna
The Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna merge to build the world's largest river delta; the Brahmaputra's main channel through the country is called the Jamuna.
Q 16Which city in northwestern Bangladesh is nicknamed Silk City?
Rajshahi
Rajshahi, on the lower Ganges near the western border, is nicknamed Silk City for its mulberry-silk industry and is equally famous for its mangoes.
Q 17Which district is the northernmost in Bangladesh?
Panchagarh
Panchagarh is the northernmost district; its Tetulia upazila forms the country's northern tip, wedged against the narrow Siliguri corridor.
Q 18Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh's famous sea beach on the Bay of Bengal, stretches roughly how far?
About 120 km
About 120 km: the unbroken sandy beach at Cox's Bazar runs south from the town toward Teknaf, making it one of the longest natural sea beaches in the world.
Q 19Which 1970 storm, the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded, killed up to half a million in the Ganges Delta?
Bhola
The Bhola cyclone struck on 12 November 1970; anger at the central government's slow relief helped the Awami League sweep the election a month later and fed the independence movement.
Q 20Language Movement Day remembers students killed in 1952 for demanding Bengali instead of which language?
Urdu
Urdu had been imposed as the sole state language; on 21 February 1952 police fired on students protesting at the university in the capital, killing several.
Memory of the World
Memory of the World: UNESCO added the 7 March 1971 speech to that documentary-heritage register in 2017; it rallied Bengalis weeks before Operation Searchlight.
Q 24Which 1757 battle began British colonial rule over Bengal?
Plassey
At Plassey on 23 June 1757, Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah was defeated by British forces under Robert Clive after his own general Mir Jafar defected.
Q 25Under the Mughals, Bengal was famous worldwide as a producer of which luxury cotton fabric?
Muslin
Dhaka's muslin was so fine it was nicknamed "woven air"; the industry collapsed under British rule.
Q 26Jamdani, the fine cotton textile woven near Dhaka, was recognised by UNESCO in 2013 as what?
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Intangible Cultural Heritage: UNESCO inscribed jamdani weaving on its representative list in 2013; the cloth is hand-woven around Rupganj and Sonargaon on the Shitalakshya River.
Q 27Muhammad Yunus won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering what?
Microcredit
Microcredit: his experiment of lending tiny sums to the poor began in 1976 in the village of Jobra; in 2024 he became chief adviser of the interim government.
Q 28Which bank, founded by Muhammad Yunus, shared his 2006 Nobel Peace Prize?
Grameen
Grameen Bank, set up as an independent bank in 1983, lends tiny sums without collateral, mostly to rural women, and its model has been copied in dozens of countries.
Q 29Which American architect designed Bangladesh's national parliament building in Dhaka?
Louis Kahn
Louis Kahn designed the complex, commissioned in 1962 as a second capital for the country's then rulers; it opened in 1982, long after his death in 1974.
Q 30Bangladesh's Sixty Dome Mosque in Bagerhat, a World Heritage Site, actually has how many domes?
81
81: the roof carries 77 domes plus one on each of the four corner towers. The name refers to its sixty stone pillars; Khan Jahan Ali built it in the 15th century.