More Questions on Assam
- Q. Who among the following was the first female judge of Guwahati High Court?
A)Parul Das
B)Meenakshi Phukan
C)Kanaklata Barua
D)Meera Sharma
Answer: Meera Sharma
- Q. Which paramilitary force in India has been recognised as the oldest one?
A)Assam Rifles
B)Border Security Force
C)CRPF
D)Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Answer: Assam Rifles
- Q. The rare white-winged duck (Deohanh) is found in which of the following National Park of Assam?
A)Manas
B)Dibru Saikhowa
C)Kaziranga National Park
D)Nameri
Answer: Nameri
- Q. Which one of the following was the first capital of Ahom Kingdom in Assam?
A)Jorhat
B)Sivsagar
C)Charaideo
D)Garhgaon
Answer: Charaideo
- Q. What is the area of Assam?
A)88,438 sq. km.
B)98,000 sq. km.
C)78,438 sq. km.
D)None of these
Answer: 78,438 sq. km.
- Q. The Battle of Mehargarh was fought between
A)The British and the Burmese
B)Purandhar Singh and the Burmese
C)The Burmese and Ruchinath Buragohain
D)The Burmese and Chandrakanta Singh
Answer: The Burmese and Chandrakanta Singh
- Q. Which one of the following books is the most important literary source for the study of early history of Assam?
A)The Mahabharata
B)The Kalika Purana
C)The Arthashastra
D)The Harshas Charita
Answer: The Kalika Purana
- Q. Who was the first Assamese to receive the ‘Sahitya Academy Award’?
A)Birinchi Kumar Barua
B)Jatindranath Duarah
C)Mohin Bora
D)Bhupen Hazarika
Answer: Jatindranath Duarah
- Q. According to 2011 census, total number of scheduled castes population of Assam is
A)12,87,491
B)33,08,570
C)22,31,321
D)None of these
Answer: 22,31,321
- Q. A famous musical instrument of Assam ‘GOGONA’ is made of which material?
A)Buffalo horn
B)Bamboo
C)Cane
D)Teak wood
Answer: Bamboo
- Q. In which year Assam Pradesh Congress Committee was founded?
A)1912
B)1917
C)1909
D)1921
Answer: 1921
- Q. Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) was constituted in
A)1950
B)1960
C)1958
D)1970
Answer: 1958
- Q. In which of the following Assamese cities, a road was named as “Azad Hind Ali” as a mark of respect to the INA Jawans?
A)Guwahati
B)Diphu
C)Digboi
D)Jorhat
Answer: Jorhat
- Q. According to 2011 census, percentage of Urban Population is Assam is
A)16.90%
B)14.10%
C)13.90%
D)None of these
Answer: 14.10%
- Q. Who among the following has written ‘Asomiya Sahityar Buranji’?
A)Gunabhiram Barua
B)Nathan Brown
C)Devendranath Bezbarua
D)Jatindranath Duara
Answer: Devendranath Bezbarua
- Q. The autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi ‘My Experiments with Truth’ has been translated in Assamese by
A)Jyotiprasad Agarwala
B)Omeo Kumar Das
C)Abdul Malik
D)None of the above
Answer: Omeo Kumar Das
- Q. In which year Bhupen Hazarika was awarded with Dadasaheb Phalke Award?
A)1993
B)1997
C)1992
D)2003
Answer: 1992
- Q. In Assamese society the custom of ‘Suwaguritola’ is associated with
A)A cultural festival of Bihel
B)Durgapuja festival
C)Assamese Ankiya Bhaona
D)Assamese marriage
Answer: Assamese marriage
- Q. In which year Chief Commissionership was introduced in Assam?
A)1875
B)1873
C)1876
D)1874
Answer: 1874
- Q. There is only one fertiliser plant in Assam which is located at
A)Gangtok in Sikkim
B)Nangpo in Meghalaya
C)Tuli in Nagaland
D)Namrup in Assam
Answer: Namrup in Assam
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