More Questions on Assam
- Q. The ancient name of Assam as mentioned in epics Ramayana and Mahabharata is
A)Kamrup
B)Ahom
C)Indraprastha
D)Pragjyotisha
Answer: Pragjyotisha
- Q. The total area of Assam is
A)77,901 km2
B)78,438 km2
C)79,012 km2
D)80,645 km2
Answer: 78,438 km2
- Q. In 640 AD. Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visited Assam (Kamrupa). The king who gave him warm reception was
A)Swargadeo Rudra Singha
B)Kumar Bhaskara Barmana
C)Kumar Rudra Barmana
D)Bhagadatta
Answer: Kumar Bhaskara Barmana
- Q. Who among the following is known as the ‘Father of Assamese Prose’?
A)Sankardeva
B)Bhattadeva
C)Madhab Kandali
D)Hem Barua
Answer: Bhattadeva
- Q. Which tribe of Assam celebrates an agro-based festival ‘Ali-Aai-Ligang’?
A)Mishing
B)Naga
C)Khasis
D)Bodo
Answer: Mishing
- Q. Who has written the first Assamese romantic poem Bon Kunwori?
A)Mahendranath Dekaphukan
B)Chandra Kumar Agarwala
C)Benudhar Rajkhowa
D)Dimbeshwar Neog
Answer: Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- Q. Who among the following was the President of the Swaraj Party in Assam during freedom movement?
A)Bishnuram Medhi
B)Gopinath Bordoloi
C)Maniram Devan
D)Tarun Ram Phukan
Answer: Tarun Ram Phukan
- Q. The first President of the ‘Assam Pradesh Congress Committee’ was
A)Nabin Chandra Bordoloi
B)Kuladhar Chaliha
C)Gopinath Bordoloi
D)Tarun Ram Phukan
Answer: Kuladhar Chaliha
- Q. The first female Music Director of an Assamese film was
A)Eli Ahmed
B)Bhupen Hazarika
C)Aideo Handique
D)Manisha Hazarika
Answer: Manisha Hazarika
- Q. At which place the Nameri Wildlife Sanctuary is located?
A)Dibrugarh
B)Sonitpur district
C)Lakhimpur district
D)Tinusukia district
Answer: Sonitpur district
- Q. The famous ‘Rang Ghar’ was constructed in Assam during the reign of
A)Rajeswar Singha
B)Siv Singha
C)Pramatta Singha
D)Rudra Singha
Answer: Pramatta Singha
- Q. Under the Assam Panchayat Act, 1994 which institution is excluded from ‘Panchyati Raj Bodies’?
A)Gaon Panchayat
B)Gaon Sabha
C)Zila Parishad
D)Anchalik Panchayat
Answer: Gaon Sabha
- Q. Who among the following led the first rebellion against the British rule in Assam in 1828?
A)Gomdhar Konwar
B)Piyali Baruah
C)Maniram Dewan
D)Piyali Phookan
Answer: Gomdhar Konwar
- Q. Which of the following Assamese cities has the largest dry fish market in Asia?
A)Dibrugarh
B)Jagiroad
C)Tinsukia
D)Tangla
Answer: Jagiroad
- Q. State tree of Assam is
A)Neem
B)Peepal
C)Hollong
D)None of these
Answer: Hollong
- Q. In which year Chief Commissionership was introduced in Assam?
A)1875
B)1873
C)1876
D)1874
Answer: 1874
- Q. Me-Dum-Me-Phi is famous
A)Dance
B)Music
C)Festival
D)None of these
Answer: Festival
- Q. The total area under forests in Assam is
A)30,541 sq. km.
B)20,891 sq. km.
C)28,105 sq. km.
D)None of these
Answer: 28,105 sq. km.
- Q. Capital of Ahom Kingdom was
A)Guwahati
B)Jorhat
C)Sibsagar
D)None of these
Answer: Sibsagar
- Q. State bird of Assam is
A)Hill Myna
B)White-winged Wood Duck
C)Asian Koel
D)None of these
Answer: White-winged Wood Duck
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