Knowledge Assam brings you the Top 500 Assam General Knowledge (GK) Questions and Answers carefully organized into five sets of 100 questions each. Designed for aspirants preparing for APSC, TET, NET, SLET, SSC, and other competitive exams, this free resource covers key topics such as Assamese culture, history, literature, geography, famous personalities, economy, and current affairs.
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Top 500 Assam GK Questions and Answers for Competitive Exams
Question 1: Who was the Ahom king who arrived at the border of Naga empire in 1228, established the Ahom kingdom in Assam, and died in 1268?
Answer: Chao Lung Sukapha.
Question 2: Who was the king of Kamrup when Hiuen Tsang visited Assam?
Answer: Kumar Bhaskar Varman.
Question 3: Who was the leader of Assam's independence movement, the first person to ride a bicycle in Guwahati, and was known as 'Deshbhakta'?
Answer: Tarun Ram Phukan.
Question 4: Who was the last Ahom king?
Answer: Chandrakanta Singha.
Question 5: In which year did the Assamese language receive recognition as the state language?
Answer: 1961.
Question 6: When was the railway service first introduced in Assam?
Answer: 1882.
Question 7: In which year did Mahatma Gandhi visit Assam?
Answer: 1921.
Question 8: Who was the first Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly?
Answer: Basanta Das.
Question 9: In which year was Assam Association formed?
Answer: 1905.
Question 10: In which year was tea discovered in Assam?
Answer: 1823.
Question 11: Who was the founder of the Ahom Empire in Assam?
Answer: Sukapha.
Question 12: In which year did the Muslims first attack Assam?
Answer: 1206.
Question 13: Who was the first martyr to die in the Assam Movement on December 10, 1979?
Answer: Khargeswar Talukdar.
Question 14: Who was the founder of the Chutiya Empire?
Answer: Birpal.
Question 15: Where is Assam's High Court located?
Answer: Guwahati.
Question 16: Who was Assam's first Chief Minister?
Answer: Gopinath Bordoloi.
Question 17: Who was the first Assamese woman to become a minister in the Central Cabinet?
Answer: Renuka Devi Barkataki.
Question 18: In which year was Charaideo, the capital of Ahom Empire, established?
Answer: 1253.
Question 19: Who was Assam's first woman Chief Minister?
Answer: Syeda Anwara Taimur.
Question 20: In which year did the last battle between Ahoms and Mughals take place?
Answer: 1681.
Question 21: In which year did the first destructive earthquake occur in Assam?
Answer: 1548.
Question 22: In which year did the Non-Cooperation Movement begin in Assam?
Answer: 1920.
Question 23: In which year was Guwahati High Court established?
Answer: 1948.
Question 24: In which year did the Battle of Saraighat take place?
Answer: 1671.
Question 25: When was Assam's famous temple 'Umananda' constructed?
Answer: 1694.
Question 26: From when did the world's oldest oil refinery 'Digboi Oil Refinery' become operational?
Answer: From 1901.
Question 27: When did the first ship service begin in Assam's waterways?
Answer: 1847.
Question 28: When were 'Telephone' and 'Telegraph' services introduced in Assam?
Answer: From 1866.
Question 29: When was President's Rule first implemented in Assam?
Answer: From 1979.
Question 30: When was the first session of Assam Sahitya Sabha held?
Answer: 1917.
Question 31: From which year did the 'Miyadi system' of land tenure begin in Assam?
Answer: From 1886.
Question 32: Which Ahom king constructed Joydol, Joysagar tank, and Rangmahal?
Answer: Swargadeo Rudra Singha.
Question 33: What is the name of the capital city where the Ahoms ruled for more than 600 years?
Answer: Sivasagar.
Question 34: Where is the last memorial pillar of the Ahoms located in Guwahati?
Answer: At Basisthashram.
Question 35: In which place of Assam was crude oil first discovered in India in 1889?
Answer: Digboi.
Question 36: Which Ahom king is also known as 'Lora Raja' (Child King)?
Answer: Ratnadwaj Singha or Sulikpha.
Question 37: Who was the leader of the opposition when Gopinath Bordoloi became Assam's first Chief Minister after independence?
Answer: Gourishankar Bhattacharya.
Question 38: Who was the first woman to become a member of Assam's Council of Ministers?
Answer: Smt. Padma Kumari Gohain.
Question 39: Who was the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly after independence?
Answer: Hareswar Goswami.
Question 40: Who was Assam's first Governor?
Answer: Akbar Hydari.
Question 41: Who is known as Assam's 'Kumar Raja'?
Answer: Bhaskar Varman.
Question 42: Who was Assam's first British Chief Commissioner?
Answer: Colonel Keating.
Question 43: When was the 'Inner Line Regulation' enforced?
Answer: 1873.
Question 44: Which princess of ancient Kamrup was married by the king of Kashmir?
Answer: Princess Amrit Prabha was married by King Meghavahana of Kashmir.
Question 45: Which three rivers' confluence is called the 'Sangam' of Brahmaputra River?
Answer: Dihing, Dibang, and Lohit rivers.
Question 46: In which year and where did the last battle between Ahoms and Mughals take place?
Answer: In 1681 at a place called Itakhuli.
Question 47: When was Guwahati University established?
Answer: 1948.
Question 48: Which was the first tea industry established by the British in India?
Answer: Chabua tea garden established by the East India Company.
Question 49: Who was the first Mughal invader to attack Assam?
Answer: Muhammad Ibn Bakhtiyar.
Question 50: Where and when was the first general session of Congress held in Assam?
Answer: In 1926 at Pandu in Guwahati.
Question 51: When was 'Assam Chhatra Sanmilani' formed and who was its first president?
Answer: In 1916. The president was Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
Question 52: Which famous Assamese film director first drew the Bihu flag?
Answer: Nip Barua.
Question 53: The word 'Assam' is derived from Sanskrit 'Asama'. What does it mean?
Answer: Incomparable.
Question 54: What was the percentage growth rate of Assam's population between 2001-2011?
Answer: +16.93.
Question 55: What is the name of the historically famous place in Sivasagar where Swargadeo Rajeswar Singha constructed a seven-storied palace in 1751?
Answer: Gargaon.
Question 56: What is the local name for the strong wind, rain, and hailstorm that occurs during summer in Assam?
Answer: Bordoisila.
Question 57: In which place of Assam is there a coal-fired thermal power station?
Answer: Bongaigaon.
Question 58: What is the name of the largest country in Africa by current population?
Answer: Nigeria.
Question 59: On which date is Earth Day observed?
Answer: April 22.
Question 60: Diego Garcia is an island located in which ocean of the world?
Answer: Indian Ocean.
Question 61: Which country is known as the 'Gift of the Nile'?
Answer: Egypt.
Question 62: Who was the first person to go to space?
Answer: Yuri Gagarin.
Question 63: What is the name of the country that produces the most coffee in the world?
Answer: Brazil.
Question 64: What is the name of the largest ocean in the world?
Answer: Pacific Ocean.
Question 65: What is the name of the largest continent in the world?
Answer: Asia.
Question 66: What is the name of the longest river in the world?
Answer: Nile River.
Question 67: What is the name of the widest river in the world?
Answer: Amazon.
Question 68: What is Assam's glorious silk?
Answer: Muga.
Question 69: What is Sualkuchi famous for?
Answer: Famous for pat and muga silk.
Question 70: What is Guwahati's Ambarikhetri excavation center famous for?
Answer: Pottery.
Question 71: What are Hajo and Sarthebari famous for?
Answer: Bell metal work.
Question 72: Where is the food supply center for pat-muga silkworms?
Answer: Sivasagar.
Question 73: When was 'Operation Toucher' implemented in Assam?
Answer: 1972.
Question 74: What are the names of Assam's two main handicraft items that attract tourists?
Answer: One-horned rhinoceros and replica of Kamakhya temple.
Question 75: What metal are kahi, sarai, bati, lota etc. made of?
Answer: Brass.
Question 76: Who received the Sukapha Award in 2006?
Answer: Ratan Thiyam.
Question 77: Who composed the song 'Chirochenehi Mor Bhasha Janani'?
Answer: Sahityacharya Mitradev Mahanta.
Question 78: The word 'tamul' (betel nut), essential in all Assamese social functions, is a contribution of which ethnic group?
Answer: Austric ethnic group.
Question 79: On which date and time in which year did Bishnu Rabha die?
Answer: He died on June 20, 1969 at 2:25 AM.
Question 80: Who is the third person among the trio known as 'Trinity of Jonaki Era', the other two being Chandra Kumar Agarwala and Hemchandra Goswami?
Answer: Lakshminath Bezbaroa.
Question 81: Which Assamese writer received the 'Sahitya Akademi' award in 2004?
Answer: Hirendra Nath Dutta (Book: Manuh Anukule).
Question 82: Who sang the song 'Jonakore Rati, Asomir Mati, Jiliki Jiliki Pore...' composed by Bhupen Hazarika?
Answer: Lata Mangeshkar.
Question 83: Which Assamese writer received the Kamalkumari Award in 2002?
Answer: Dr. Bhabendranath Saikia.
Question 84: In 1979, Dr. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya received the Jnanpith Award for which historical Assamese novel?
Answer: Mrityunjay.
Question 85: Which Assamese writer's pseudonym is 'Shilabhadra'?
Answer: Revati Mohan Dutta Choudhury.
Question 86: He wrote the famous novel 'Mirijiyari'. He is called the Emperor of Assamese novels. Who is he?
Answer: Rajani Kanta Bordoloi.
Question 87: One person received successively the All India 'Katha' award, Sahitya Akademi award, Assam Valley award, and Assam Publication award. Who is this eminent person?
Answer: Writer and journalist - Chandraprabha Saikia.
Question 88: What are the names of the two poetry collections written by 'Bihagi Kavi' Raghunath Choudhury?
Answer: Dahikatara and Keteki.
Question 89: By what pseudonym is Dr. Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi known?
Answer: Neela Baideu.
Question 90: "Studying books is the main means of acquiring knowledge." Whose statement is this?
Answer: Satyanath Bora's.
Question 91: On which novel by Homen Borgohain is a film based?
Answer: Halodhiya Choraye Baodhan Khay.
Question 92: A Jnanpith Award winning writer wrote the novel 'Dontal Hatir Uye Khowa Haoda' and based on this novel, the film 'Adahya' was made. What is the name of this writer?
Answer: Mamoni Raisom Goswami (Indira Goswami).
Question 93: What was the secret name of Mahapurush Sankardeva?
Answer: Gangadhar Kayastha.
Question 94: Which king of Kamrup participated in the Mahabharata war?
Answer: Bhagadatta.
Question 95: In which year was Guwahati High Court established?
Answer: 1948.
Question 96: Which poem by Chandra Kumar Agarwala belongs to the category of 'Malita'?
Answer: Tejimala.
Question 97: What was the ancient name of Assam?
Answer: Pragjyotishpur.
Question 98: What are the main languages of Assam?
Answer: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Hindi, English.
Question 99: How many oil refineries are there in Assam?
Answer: Four. They are - Digboi, Numaligarh, Guwahati, Bongaigaon.
Question 100: Who is the Emperor of Assamese novels?
Answer: Rajani Kanta Bordoloi.
Question 101: Who is called the "Kalaguru" (Art Guru) of Assam?
Answer: Bishnuprasad Rabha.
Question 102: Who is the revolutionary poet of Assam?
Answer: Prasannalal Choudhury.
Question 103: Who was Deshbhakta (Patriot)?
Answer: Tarunram Phukan.
Question 104: Who is the pride of Assam?
Answer: Hem Barua.
Question 105: Who is the "Agnikabi" (Fire Poet) of Assam?
Answer: Kamalakanta Bhattacharya.
Question 106: Who is Assam Keshari (Lion of Assam)?
Answer: Ambikagiri Raichoudhury.
Question 107: Who was the "Sangeet Surya" (Sun of Music) of Assam?
Answer: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.
Question 108: Who was the "Prachya Pandit" (Oriental Scholar) of Assam?
Answer: Krishnakanta Sandikai.
Question 109: What was the old name of present-day Guwahati?
Answer: Pragjyotishpur.
Question 110: At which railway station in Assam was Shah Rukh Khan's Hindi movie "Dil Se" shot?
Answer: Haflong.
Question 111: Where are Sanskrit colleges located in Assam?
Answer: Guwahati and Nalbari.
Question 112: Where is the Arabic language college located in Assam?
Answer: Rangia.
Question 113: Where is the World Health Center located in Assam?
Answer: Chabua.
Question 114: Where is the mental hospital located in Assam?
Answer: Tezpur.
Question 115: Where is the Army School located in Assam?
Answer: Goalpara.
Question 116: Where are schools for the blind located in Assam?
Answer: Guwahati, Nagaon, and Dibrugarh.
Question 117: Where is the school for weaving located in Assam?
Answer: Kahilipara, Guwahati.
Question 118: Where is the Forest School located in Assam?
Answer: Jalukbari, Guwahati.
Question 119: Where are natural gas projects located in Assam?
Answer: Namrup and Bongaigaon.
Question 120: Where is the chemical fertilizer factory located in Assam?
Answer: Namrup.
Question 121: Where is the cement factory located in Assam?
Answer: Bokajan.
Question 122: According to the 2011 census, what is the population of Assam?
Answer: 3,12,05,576 people.
Question 123: Where are paper mills located in Assam?
Answer: Jagiroad and Panchgram.
Question 124: Where is the jute mill located in Assam?
Answer: Silghat.
Question 125: Who wrote "Buranji Bibek Ratna"?
Answer: Maniram Dewan.
Question 126: Until which year did the "Orunodoi" newspaper continue?
Answer: 1880.
Question 127: Who translated "The Pilgrim's Progress" as "Yatrikar Yatra"?
Answer: Dr. Nathan Brown.
Question 128: Who wrote "Joseph's Story" and "Life of Jesus Christ"?
Answer: Dr. Nathan Brown.
Question 129: Who is the translator of "Phulmoni and Karuna"?
Answer: A.K. Gurney.
Question 130: Who is the translator of the Old Testament?
Answer: A.K. Gurney.
Question 131: From which language was the Old Testament translated?
Answer: Hebrew language.
Question 132: Whose works are "Description of Heaven", "Description of Hell", and "Description of Pilgrimage"?
Answer: Nidhilibai Farwell.
Question 133: What is "Padartha Sar" about?
Answer: Christian religious pamphlet.
Question 134: Who wrote "English Assamese Dictionary"?
Answer: Mrs. S.R. Ward.
Question 135: Whose work is "English Assamese Phrase Dictionary"?
Answer: Mrs. Cutter.
Question 136: Who is the author of "Description of England"?
Answer: Anandaram Dhekial Phukan.
Question 137: Who said, "As Ram Mohan Roy was to Bengal, Anandaram Dhekial Phukan was to Assam"?
Answer: Colonel Hopkinson.
Question 138: Who wrote "Kalibrat"?
Answer: Dutiram Hazarika.
Question 139: Whose works are "Acharya Sanghati" and "Utkal Khand"?
Answer: Dinanath Bezbaruah.
Question 140: Which language family does Assamese belong to?
Answer: Aryan.
Question 141: Who is the author of the first Assamese prose collection "Katha Geeta"?
Answer: Bhattadev.
Question 142: What language did Srimanta Sankardev use when writing his plays?
Answer: Brajawali.
Question 143: In which year and by whom was the Assamese language re-established in Assam?
Answer: In 1872 by Sir George Campbell.
Question 144: Which of Shakespeare's plays was the first to be translated into Assamese?
Answer: Comedy of Errors.
Question 145: Who is the "father figure" of Assamese short stories?
Answer: Lakshminath Bezbaruah.
Question 146: Which novel written in 1890 is considered the first Assamese novel?
Answer: "Bhanumati" by Padmanath Gohain Barua.
Question 147: What are the single-act plays invented by Sankardev called?
Answer: Ankiya Nat (One-act play).
Question 148: Which book was the first Assamese book to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award?
Answer: "Banphul".
Question 149: What is the name of the first Assamese feature film of Assam?
Answer: "Joymati" (1935).
Question 150: What is the name of the first Assamese color feature film of Assam?
Answer: "Bhaity" (1972).
Question 151: What is the name of the first Assamese children's magazine?
Answer: "Ghar Jeuti" (1927).
Question 152: What is the name of the first modern Assamese play?
Answer: "Ram Navami" (1857), by Gunabhiram Barua.
Question 153: What is the name of the first Assamese magazine?
Answer: "Orunodoi" (1848-1882).
Question 154: Who was the propagator of Vaishnavism in Assam?
Answer: Srimanta Sankardev.
Question 155: What is the name of the first book written in Assamese language?
Answer: "Prahlad Charit" by Hemsaraswati.
Question 156: What is the name of the first Assamese essay and who wrote it?
Answer: "Katha Geeta" by Bhattadev.
Question 157: Who wrote the first dictionary published in Assamese?
Answer: Miles Bronson.
Question 158: What is the name of the first historical Assamese novel?
Answer: "Bhanumati" by Padmanath Gohain Barua.
Question 159: What is the name of the first Assamese novel to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award?
Answer: "Iyaruingam" (1961) by Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya.
Question 160: What is the name of the first Assamese book to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award?
Answer: "Banphul" (1955) by Jatindra Nath Duwara.
Question 161: What is the name of the first Assamese book to receive the Jnanpith Award?
Answer: "Mrityunjay" (1979) by Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya.
Question 162: What is the name of the first Assamese children's novel?
Answer: "Patal Puri".
Question 163: Who was the first ICS and barrister of Assam?
Answer: Anandaram Barua.
Question 164: What is the name of the first Assamese person to become President of India?
Answer: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed.
Question 165: What is the name of the first Assamese Governor?
Answer: Vishnuram Medhi.
Question 166: What is the name of the first Assamese Election Commissioner?
Answer: Harishankar Brahma.
Question 167: What is the name of the first President of Assam Sahitya Sabha?
Answer: Padmanath Gohain Barua (1917).
Question 168: Who was the first Assamese person to win the Arjuna Award?
Answer: Bhogeshwar Barua.
Question 169: What is the name of the first woman Chief Minister of Assam?
Answer: Syeda Anwara Taimur.
Question 170: What is the name of the first person to receive PhD from Assam?
Answer: Maidul Islam Bora.
Question 171: What is the name of the first woman graduate of Assam?
Answer: Sudhalata Duwara.
Question 172: What is the name of the first Assamese poetry?
Answer: "Abhimanyubadh" (1857) by Ramakanta Choudhury.
Question 173: Who first translated the Ramayana into Assamese?
Answer: Madhab Kandali.
Question 174: What is the name of the first editor of Jonaki magazine?
Answer: Chandrakumar Agarwala.
Question 175: What is the name of the first Assamese folk play?
Answer: "Chihna Yatra" (1468) by Sankardev.
Question 176: What is the name of the first Assamese film to receive the Golden Lotus Award?
Answer: "Halodhiya Charaye Baodhan Khay" (1987) by Jahnu Barua.
Question 177: In which year was the last battle between the Ahoms and Mughals fought?
Answer: In 1682.
Question 178: In which year did the first destructive earthquake occur in Assam?
Answer: In 1548.
Question 179: In which year did the Non-Cooperation Movement begin in Assam?
Answer: In 1920.
Question 180: In which year was the Guwahati High Court established?
Answer: In 1948.
Question 181: In which year was the Battle of Saraighat fought?
Answer: In 1671.
Question 182: In which year did the first ship service begin on Assam's waterways?
Answer: In 1847.
Question 183: In which year did telephone and telegraph services begin in Assam?
Answer: In 1866.
Question 184: When was the first session of Assam Sahitya Sabha held?
Answer: In 1917.
Question 185: From which year did the "Madi system" of land tenure begin in Assam?
Answer: From 1886.
Question 186: When was the "Inner Line Act" implemented?
Answer: In 1873.
Question 187: In which year was tea discovered in Assam?
Answer: In 1823.
Question 188: Who was the founder of the Ahom kingdom in Assam?
Answer: Sukapha (1228).
Question 189: In which year did the Assamese language receive recognition as the state language?
Answer: In 1961.
Question 190: When was the first railway service introduced in Assam?
Answer: In 1882.
Question 191: Who was the founder of the Chutiya kingdom?
Answer: Birpal.
Question 192: In which year did Mahatma Gandhi come to Assam?
Answer: In 1921.
Question 193: Who was the first Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly?
Answer: Basanta Das.
Question 194: In which year was Assam Association formed?
Answer: In 1903.
Question 195: In which year did the Muslims first attack Assam?
Answer: In 1206.
Question 196: Who was the first martyr who died in the Assam Movement on December 10, 1979?
Answer: Khargeswar Talukdar.
Question 197: In which year was the Ahom kingdom's capital established at Charaideo?
Answer: In 1253.
Question 198: During whose reign and where was Queen Joymati punished and killed?
Answer: During the reign of Lora Raja Sulikpha. At Jerenga Pathar.
Question 199: In which year was the last battle between the Ahoms and Mughals fought?
Answer: In 1682.
Question 200: During whose reign did the Chinese traveler come to Assam?
Answer: During the reign of Bhaskaravarman.
Question 201: From when does the name 'Assam' originate?
Answer: From the reign of the Ahoms.
Question 202: What is the name of the last Ahom king?
Answer: Swargadeo Purandar Singha.
Question 203: Who was the greatest Ahom king?
Answer: Swargadeo Rudra Singha.
Question 204: Which community first wrote the history of Assam?
Answer: The Ahoms.
Question 205: Who first wrote a book of fairy tales in Assamese language?
Answer: Eliza Brown in 1850.
Question 206: What are the names of the poets of the pre-Sankari period?
Answer: Hem Saraswati, Kabiratna Saraswati, Rudra Kandali, Harihar Bipra, and Madhab Kandali.
Question 207: Who conferred the title 'Kalaguru' on Bishnuprasad Rabha and when?
Answer: Vice Chancellor of Kashi University, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, in 1940.
Question 208: Who wrote the book titled 'Dhanya Nar Tanu Bhal'?
Answer: Syed Abdul Malik wrote this novel based on Sankardev's life.
Question 209: Who wrote 'Kirtan Ghosa' and 'Namghosa'?
Answer: Mahapurush Sankardev wrote Kirtan Ghosa and Madhavdev wrote Namghosa.
Question 210: Which language group did the Ahoms originally belong to?
Answer: The Ahoms originally belonged to the Tai language group.
Question 211: What are the names of two missionaries who contributed to the development of Assamese language?
Answer: They are Miles Bronson and Nathan Brown.
Question 212: When was Mamoni Raisom Goswami born?
Answer: November 14, 1842.
Question 213: What is the class of literature based on the biographies of Vaishnava religious teachers called in Assamese language?
Answer: Charit Puthi (Biographical books).
Question 214: What is the name of the first Assamese book on musical practice?
Answer: Sangeet Kosh by Lakshminath Bezbaruah.
Question 215: What is another name for history?
Answer: Buranji.
Question 216: Who is the creator of true prose literature in Assamese language?
Answer: Bhattadev.
Question 217: Besides Assamese, what are the most widely spoken Indian languages in Assam?
Answer: Hindi, English, Bengali, Bodo, Karbi, etc.
Question 218: What is the name of the first printed Assamese book and the year of its publication?
Answer: 'Dharma-Pustak' in 1813 by Atmaram Sharma.
Question 219: When did the Assamese language originate?
Answer: In the 9th-10th century AD.
Question 220: Who are the three pillars of the Jonaki era?
Answer: Lakshminath Bezbaruah, Chandra Kumar Agarwala, and Hemchandra Goswami.
Question 221: What is the name of the first 'Digest' magazine published in Assamese language?
Answer: 'Sangam' edited by Tafazzul Ali.
Question 222: What are the main books of Assamese Vaishnava literature?
Answer: Kirtan Ghosa, Namghosa, Dasham, and Bhakti Ratnakar.
Question 223: What is the name of the first Assamese autobiography?
Answer: List of Assamese Books.
Question 224: Who translated 'Uttarakanda Ramayana' into Assamese?
Answer: Srimanta Sankardev.
Question 225: Who is the author of the play 'Sonit Kuwari'?
Answer: Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala.
Question 226: What is the name of the organization formed for the development of Assamese language, literature, and culture?
Answer: Assam Sahitya Sabha.
Question 227: Who translated the Ramayana into Assamese?
Answer: Madhab Kandali.
Question 228: Who is called the 'Walter Scott' of Assamese literature?
Answer: Rajanikanta Bordoloi.
Question 229: Who wrote almost the entire Mahabharata in Assamese?
Answer: Ram Saraswati.
Question 230: Who wrote the book titled 'Grammatical Notes of the Assamese Language'?
Answer: Nathan Brown.
Question 231: What is the name of the first Assamese play broadcast on radio?
Answer: Bin Baragi.
Question 232: Who is the author of 'Banphul', the first Assamese poetry collection to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award?
Answer: Jatindra Nath Duwara.
Question 233: In which year and by whom was the first Assamese dictionary written and published?
Answer: In 1867 by Miles Bronson.
Question 234: Who is the author of the first Assamese prose collection 'Katha Geeta'?
Answer: Bhattadev.
Question 235: Which book written by Anandaram Dhekial Phukan is the first Assamese textbook?
Answer: Assamiya Lorar Mitra.
Question 236: What is the name of the first person to introduce the Short Hand method in Assamese language writing?
Answer: Phani Sharma.
Question 237: What is the name of the first Assamese dictionary published by Assam Sahitya Sabha?
Answer: Chandrakanta Abhidhan.
Question 238: What is the principal language of Assam?
Answer: Assamese.
Question 239: What is the name of the first Assamese book translated into Hindi?
Answer: Chitra Bhagavat.
Question 240: Who is the 'father' of Assamese language and literature?
Answer: Srimanta Sankardev.
Question 241: Who is the father of Assamese short stories?
Answer: Lakshminath Bezbaruah.
Question 242: Where did Sankardev write his first Borgeet?
Answer: At Badrikashram.
Question 243: During whose reign was the Gohain Kamal Ali road constructed?
Answer: During the reign of Maharaja Naranarayan (from Koch Bihar to Narayanpur).
Question 244: Who conferred the title 'Kalaguru' on Bishnu Rabha?
Answer: The then Vice Chancellor of Kashi Hindu University, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
Question 245: From which glacier does the Brahmaputra River originate?
Answer: From 'Tam Chuk Kham Bar' (located slightly east of Manasarovar).
Question 246: Who built the Poa Makka at Hajo?
Answer: Giyasuddin Aulia.
Question 247: What is the name of the first bridge built over the Brahmaputra in Assam and when was it opened?
Answer: Saraighat Bridge. In 1962.
Question 248: Where was Assam's first people's court established?
Answer: At Hajo.
Question 249: What is the name of Assam's first printing press?
Answer: Mission Press, Sivasagar.
Question 250: Which place in Assam is famous for bell metal craft?
Answer: Sarthibari (Barpeta).
Question 251: Which Swargadeo built the Rangghar?
Answer: Pramatta Singha.
Question 252: Which Ahom king first adopted Hinduism?
Answer: Suhungmung.
Question 253: During whose reign was the Umananda temple built in the middle of the Brahmaputra River?
Answer: Gadadhar Singha; in 1694.
Question 254: What is the name of Mula Gabharu's husband?
Answer: Frachemmung Borgohain.
Question 255: Which Ahom king of Assam first introduced currency?
Answer: Swargadeo Rudra Singha.
Question 256: What is the real name of Naranarayan's brother, commander-in-chief Chilarai?
Answer: Sukladhwaj.
Question 257: Which famous foreign traveler is called 'Moksadev'?
Answer: Hiuen Tsang.
Question 258: In which year was the famous Battle of Saraighat fought?
Answer: In 1671.
Question 259: When did Assam come under British rule?
Answer: According to the terms of the Yandaboo Treaty of 1826.
Question 260: During whose reign did the first Moamoria rebellion occur?
Answer: Swargadeo Lakshmi Singha.
Question 261: In which year was Maniram Dewan hanged?
Answer: In 1858.
Question 262: Who wrote the book 'Hasti Vidyarṇava'?
Answer: Sukumar Barkaith.
Question 263: Who was the first President of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee?
Answer: Tarunram Phukan.
Question 264: In which year was Assam's capital shifted to Dispur?
Answer: In 1978.
Question 265: In which year did the students of Assam start the 'Assam Movement' demanding the expulsion of foreigners?
Answer: In 1979.
Question 266: In which year was President's Rule first imposed in Assam?
Answer: In 1979.
Question 267: In which year was Syed Abdullah's ministry formed?
Answer: In 1937 (before independence).
Question 268: Who was Assam's first tea planter?
Answer: Jagannath Barua (Jorhat).
Question 269: Who was the first Assamese martyr of the freedom struggle?
Answer: Piyoli Phukan.
Question 270: Which Chief Minister of Assam received the 'Kala Shiromani Award'?
Answer: Hiteswar Saikia (He received this honor in 1991).
Question 271: Who was the first person from Assam to occupy the Governor's position?
Answer: Vishnuram Medhi (of Tamil Nadu).
Question 272: In which year did the Congress government led by Tarun Gogoi come to power in Assam?
Answer: In 2001. (Second time in 2006).
Question 273: In 2005, under whose leadership was the executive committee of B.T.A.D. formed?
Answer: Hagrama Mahilary.
Question 274: What is the name of the group formed by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) for talks with the central government?
Answer: People's Consultative Group (P.C.G.).
Question 275: In which year did Lt. Gen. Ajay Singh assume office as Governor of Assam?
Answer: In 2003.
Question 276: What is the name of Assam's only woman Chief Minister?
Answer: Syeda Anwara Taimur.
Question 277: From which Upanishad is the Devanagari phrase 'Satyameva Jayate' below the Ashoka Chakra on India's national flag taken?
Answer: Mundaka.
Question 278: What are India's national bird and national animal?
Answer: Peacock and Tiger.
Question 279: Who is the head of India's administrative system?
Answer: The President.
Question 280: Who was India's first woman Governor?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu (Uttar Pradesh, 1947-48).
Question 281: Who was India's first woman I.P.S. officer?
Answer: Kiran Bedi (1972).
Question 282: From which date of which year was India's Constitution made effective?
Answer: From January 26, 1950.
Question 283: Who was the first Assamese person to receive the Arjuna Award?
Answer: Bhogeshwar Barua.
Question 284: What number President of India was Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed?
Answer: 5th.
Question 285: In which year was Gopinath Bordoloi honored with the Bharat Ratna Award?
Answer: In 1999.
Question 286: Who from Assam was first appointed as Election Commissioner of India?
Answer: Harishankar Brahma.
Question 287: Who is known as the Lion Man of Assam?
Answer: Radha Gobinda Barua.
Question 288: What number Chief Minister of Assam is Sarbananda Sonowal currently?
Answer: 14th.
Question 289: For which novel did Syed Abdul Malik receive the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1972?
Answer: Aghari Atmar Kahini.
Question 290: Who is also known as Luit Konwar?
Answer: Rudra Barua.
Question 291: Who received the Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese language in 2017?
Answer: Jayanta Madhab Bora.
Question 292: Who founded the Chutiya kingdom?
Answer: Bir Pal.
Question 293: Where did Sankardev write his first Borgeet?
Answer: At Badrikashram.
Question 294: Where did King Bhishmak rule?
Answer: In the Vidarbha kingdom. His capital was Kundil city.
Question 295: Which kingdom was Ghatotkacha a resident of?
Answer: Hidimbapur.
Question 296: From when did ship transportation begin on Assam's waterways?
Answer: From 1847 AD.
Question 297: From when did railway service begin in Assam?
Answer: From May 1, 1882 AD.
Question 298: When was telegraph service introduced in Assam?
Answer: From 1866 AD.
Question 299: From when was Assamese language introduced in Assam's schools and courts?
Answer: In 1871 AD under Governor Campbell's initiative.
Question 300: Who discovered the tea plant in Assam and when?
Answer: C.A. Bruce Sahib in 1823 AD.
Question 301: Who inaugurated the Bogibeel Bridge and when?
Answer: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25, 2018.
Question 302: What is the name of India's longest bridge?
Answer: Bhupen Hazarika Setu.
Question 303: What is the load-bearing capacity of Bhupen Hazarika Setu?
Answer: 60 tons.
Question 304: Which two places does Bhupen Hazarika Setu connect?
Answer: Dhola-Sadiya.
Question 305: When was Bhupen Hazarika Setu inaugurated?
Answer: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 26, 2017.
Question 306: When was Majuli subdivision formed as a full-fledged district?
Answer: On September 8, 2016.
Question 307: What is Assam's literacy rate?
Answer: 72.19 percent.
Question 308: Which district of Assam has the highest population?
Answer: Nagaon.
Question 309: Which district of Assam has the highest population density?
Answer: Kamrup.
Question 310: Which district of Assam has the highest literacy rate?
Answer: Kamrup Metropolitan.
Question 311: Which language family does Assamese belong to?
Answer: Aryan.
Question 312: In which year did Assamese language legally become the state official language?
Answer: In 1960.
Question 313: What is the name of the first Assamese play translated from Sanskrit?
Answer: Shakuntala, translated by Lambodar Bora.
Question 314: Who is called the 'Bihagi Kavi' (Bird Poet)?
Answer: Raghunath Choudhary.
Question 315: In which inscription do we find information about ancient Assam?
Answer: In the Allahabad Pillar inscription.
Question 316: Who was the founder of the Koch dynasty?
Answer: Vishwa Singha.
Question 317: Who rebuilt the Hayagriva Madhav temple?
Answer: Raghudev Narayan.
Question 318: Who founded the Barpeta Satra?
Answer: Madhavdev.
Question 319: When did Kanaklata become a martyr?
Answer: During the Quit India Movement.
Question 320: Who was the contemporary king of Kumar Bhaskar Varman?
Answer: Harshavardhan.
Question 321: Who wrote Namghosa?
Answer: Madhavdev.
Question 322: What is the name of Assam's smallest national park?
Answer: Orang National Park.
Question 323: What is the name of India's first newspaper?
Answer: Bengal Gazette.
Question 324: Where is NABARD's headquarters?
Answer: In Mumbai.
Question 325: Who is the author of the book "History of the Assam Rifles"?
Answer: L.W. Shakespeare.
Question 326: When did Mahatma Gandhi not come to Assam?
Answer: In 1942.
Question 327: Which of the following states is not a permanent member of the United Nations?
Answer: Japan.
Question 328: What is the full form of NEP?
Answer: National Education Policy.
Question 329: Where is Assam Women's University located?
Answer: Jorhat.
Question 330: Who established Hindu College in Calcutta?
Answer: Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
Question 331: Who conferred the title 'Rasraj' on Lakshminath Bezbaruah?
Answer: Assam Sahitya Sabha.
Question 332: Which river is Bhupen Hazarika Setu located over?
Answer: Over the Lohit River.
Question 333: In which district is Panidihing located?
Answer: Sivasagar district.
Question 334: During whose reign did the Lata Kanta war occur?
Answer: During the reign of Rajeshwar Singha.
Question 335: Which state's culture is Pongal?
Answer: Tamil Nadu.
Question 336: Which community celebrates Busu Dima?
Answer: The Dimasa people.
Question 337: On what basis were new states formed in 1956?
Answer: On the basis of language.
Question 338: Who represented Assam at the Round Table Conference?
Answer: Chandradhar Barua.
Question 339: Where is Hudum Puja performed in Assam?
Answer: Goalpara.
Question 340: Who founded the Mayamara Satra?
Answer: Aniruddha.
Question 341: Who wrote Belimar's history?
Answer: Bishweswar Baidyaadhip.
Question 342: Which ethnic group's festival is Hasong?
Answer: Rabha.
Question 343: In which year was the Koch kingdom established?
Answer: In 1515.
Question 344: Into how many parts can ancient Kamrup be divided?
Answer: Four parts.
Question 345: In which Upanishad is "Satyameva Jayate" mentioned?
Answer: Mundaka Upanishad.
Question 346: Who was the first Assamese to win a gold medal in Asian Games?
Answer: Bhogeshwar Barua.
Question 347: Who was the first Assamese tennis player to play in Asian Games?
Answer: Vidyut Goswami.
Question 348: Which city is known as the historical city of ancient Assam?
Answer: Sivasagar.
Question 349: Who wrote the poem 'Jayadrath Badh'?
Answer: Kabiratna Saraswati.
Question 350: What was the real name of Maharaja Naranarayan?
Answer: Malladev.
Question 351: Who rebuilt the Kamakhya temple?
Answer: Naranarayan.
Question 352: Who founded the Koch Hajo kingdom?
Answer: Raghudev.
Question 353: Whose son was Parikshit Narayan?
Answer: Raghudev's.
Question 354: Who translated Bhagavat from Sanskrit to Assamese?
Answer: Ananta Kandali.
Question 355: When was the Koch kingdom divided?
Answer: In 1581 AD.
Question 356: Which ethnic group were the Kacharis?
Answer: Mongolian.
Question 357: Who was the last king of the Kacharis?
Answer: Gobind Chandra.
Question 358: Where was the first capital of the Kacharis?
Answer: Dimapur.
Question 359: Who translated Valmiki's Ramayana into Assamese?
Answer: Madhab Kandali.
Question 360: In which year did the Chutiya kingdom fall?
Answer: In 1523.
Question 361: Where did the Ahoms live before coming to Assam?
Answer: In the Maulung kingdom.
Question 362: Which Ahom king was impressed by Sankardev's qualities and gave him rewards?
Answer: Suhungmung.
Question 363: Which king helped Sankardev in religious propagation?
Answer: Naranarayan.
Question 364: Who was the deity of Neo-Vaishnavism?
Answer: Krishna.
Question 365: What is the name of the bridge over the Brahmaputra connecting present-day Sonitpur and Nagaon districts?
Answer: Saraighat Bridge.
Question 366: In which year did the first Burmese attack on Assam occur?
Answer: In 1817.
Question 367: Where did Buddha first propagate his teachings?
Answer: At Sarnath.
Question 368: Who was the founder of the Varman dynasty in Kamrup?
Answer: Pushya Varman.
Question 369: Who wrote 'Harshacharit'?
Answer: Banabhatta.
Question 370: Which is Assam's tallest temple?
Answer: Shiva Dol.
Question 371: Who was Assam's king when the Burmese first attacked Assam?
Answer: Chandrakanta Singha.
Question 372: Who wrote Rajatarangini?
Answer: Kalhana.
Question 373: When was the annual session of the Indian National Congress held in Assam?
Answer: In 1926.
Question 374: Who was the first woman to sacrifice her life in the freedom movement?
Answer: Mungri.
Question 375: During whose reign were Ashwaklanta and Dirgheswari temples built?
Answer: During the reign of Swargadeo Shiva Singha.
Question 376: Which king built the Shiva Dol at Sivasagar?
Answer: Rajeshwar Singha.
Question 377: When was the Assam Accord signed?
Answer: On August 15, 1985.
Question 378: Which Ahom king was given the title 'Chilaraja'?
Answer: Sukladhwaj.
Question 379: In which year was the Ahom capital established at Gargaon?
Answer: In 1539.
Question 380: In which year was the Shen dynasty established?
Answer: In 1440.
Question 381: In which year was Kushal Konwar hanged?
Answer: In 1943.
Question 382: In which year was Assam separated from Bengal?
Answer: In 1874.
Question 383: From when did the Assamese language come back into practice?
Answer: From 1873.
Question 384: When was the first session of Assam Sahitya Sabha held?
Answer: In 1917.
Question 385: What was the name of the hall where the Ahom king held court?
Answer: Cholong Ghar.
Question 386: Who was the Mughal emperor during the Battle of Saraighat?
Answer: Aurangzeb.
Question 387: What is the name of the district in Assam that makes bamboo and cane products?
Answer: Nalbari.
Question 388: Where is copper ore found in Assam?
Answer: Dhubri.
Question 389: In which year was Assam's capital moved from Shillong to Dispur?
Answer: In 1974.
Question 390: In which year was the Asam Bilasini newspaper published?
Answer: In 1871.
Question 391: In which year was Assamese language recognized as the state language?
Answer: In 1961.
Question 392: Which Assamese film first received an 'A' certificate?
Answer: Marichika.
Question 393: What is the name of the first Assamese radio play broadcast by All India Radio, Guwahati?
Answer: Hridayar Proyojon.
Question 394: What is the name of Lakshminath Bezbaruah's posthumously published short story collection?
Answer: 'Kehokoli'.
Question 395: Which was the first Assamese novel to be made into a film?
Answer: 'Manomati' by novelist Rajanikanta Bordoloi.
Question 396: Which story by Bezbaruah deals with Freudian sexual psychology?
Answer: 'Patmugi'.
Question 397: What is the name of the novel written based on Bishnu Rabha's life?
Answer: Feringadao. Author - Medini Choudhury.
Question 398: What is the name of the oldest daily newspaper still being published continuously?
Answer: Janambhumi. First editor - Dulal Chandra Bhuiyan.
Question 399: What is the name of the first women's magazine in Assamese language?
Answer: Uruli. Editor - Nalinibala Devi.
Question 400: What is the name of the first Assamese mini magazine?
Answer: 'Bindu'. Editor - Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.
Question 401: Which poet's poem contains the lines - 'Death is also an art / A selfless sculpture carved on the hard stone of life...'?
Answer: Hiren Bhattacharya.
Question 402: Who was the first Principal of Cotton College established in 1901 during British rule?
Answer: Frederick William Sudmarch.
Question 403: Which Assamese freedom fighter woman's life is the novel "Abhiyatri" based on?
Answer: Chandraprabha Saikiani.
Question 404: Who wrote the poetry collection 'Binbaragi'?
Answer: Chandra Kumar Agarwala.
Question 405: For which book did the renowned thinker Dr. Hiren Gohain receive the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award?
Answer: For the book titled "Assamese National Life and Mahapurushiya Tradition".
Question 406: What does A.B.U.S.S. Sabha mean?
Answer: Assamese Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha (Society for the Development of Assamese Language).
Question 407: Who was the President of the Assam Sahitya Sabha session held at Chapar in 2007?
Answer: Kanak Sen Deka (elected for the second time).
Question 408: Who was the person who received the Assam Valley Award in 2006?
Answer: Nalinidhar Bhattacharya.
Question 409: Who was the person who received the Sukapha Award in 2006?
Answer: Ratan Thiyam.
Question 410: Who wrote the song 'Chira Chenehi Mor Bhasa Janani'?
Answer: Sahityacharya Mitradev Mahanta.
Question 411: What is the name of the first English daily newspaper published from Assam?
Answer: The Assam Tribune (Published from Guwahati by Radhagobinda Barua in 1946, first editor - Lakshminath Phukan).
Question 412: There is a stone near the Kirtan Ghar at Bardowa Satra in Nagaon district that has the footprint mark of Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev. What is this stone called?
Answer: "Padashila".
Question 413: Who was the first Governor from Assam?
Answer: Vishnuram Medhi (Madras 1957).
Question 414: Who was the first Chief Minister of independent Assam?
Answer: Bharat Ratna Gopinath Bordoloi.
Question 415: Which worthy son of Assam occupied the highest position in the nation?
Answer: Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1974-77).
Question 416: Who was the first woman doctor from Assam?
Answer: Dr. Ranjiprabha Saikia.
Question 417: Who received the "D.Litt" honor from London University?
Answer: Surya Kumar Bhuyan.
Question 418: In which year and from where was the magazine "Jonaki" first published? Who was the first editor?
Answer: From Calcutta in 1889. First editor - Chandra Kumar Agarwala.
Question 419: What is Jyotiprasad Agarwala's house named "Pokhi" known as?
Answer: Jyoti Bharati.
Question 420: What was the name of Bishnu Rabha's first wife?
Answer: Priyalata Dutta.
Question 421: When did the Fulurl massacre occur?
Answer: In 1861.
Question 422: When did the Rangia peasant rebellion occur?
Answer: In 1893.
Question 423: Where is Lachima located?
Answer: At Sarukhetri Mauza in North Kamrup.
Question 424: When did the Lachima peasant rebellion occur?
Answer: In 1894.
Question 425: When did the Patharughat peasant rebellion occur?
Answer: In 1894.
Question 426: Who led the Jaintia rebellion in 1861?
Answer: Ukiang Naba.
Question 427: Who led the tribal rebellion of North Cachar in 1881?
Answer: Shambhudhan Kachari.
Question 428: Who sentenced Tikendrajit to death?
Answer: The British government.
Question 429: In which year was J.W. Quinton killed?
Answer: In 1891.
Question 430: What change occurred in Assam's revenue collection method after British rule was established?
Answer: Tax collection was done through money or currency.
Question 431: In which year did Moffat Mills come to Assam?
Answer: In 1853.
Question 432: Who were the Kanias?
Answer: People from the Marwari community.
Question 433: Who led the 1857 rebellion in Assam?
Answer: Maniram Dewan.
Question 434: Which Ahom prince did the rebels of Assam want to restore to the Ahom throne in the 1857 rebellion?
Answer: Kandarpeshwar Singha.
Question 435: Which Bengali lawyer helped Maniram Dewan?
Answer: Madhumallik.
Question 436: Who had to hang with Maniram Dewan on the gallows?
Answer: Piyani Barua.
Question 437: Who judged Maniram Dewan?
Answer: Captain Holroyd.
Question 438: Mention two reasons for the failure of the 1857 rebellion in Assam.
Answer: a) The rebels of Assam did not get the necessary weapons and ammunition.
b) The activities of the rebels were not kept secret.
Question 439: In which years were ticket tax and income tax introduced?
Answer: a) 1858 - Ticket tax
b) 1860 - Income tax
Question 440: Who was Lieutenant Singer?
Answer: He was the Assistant Commissioner of Nagaon.
Question 441: Where is Hadira Chaki located?
Answer: At the confluence of Manas and Brahmaputra rivers.
Question 442: Who built the stone bridge in North Guwahati?
Answer: Kamrupa.
Question 443: Which city is known as Assam's Panchatirtha?
Answer: Kamrup.
Question 444: Who was the chairman of India's Constitution Drafting Committee?
Answer: Bheemrao Ambedkar.
Question 445: What is the name of Lakshminath Bezbaruah's autobiography?
Answer: Mor Jiban Sonwaran.
Question 446: From where to where does Gohain Kamal Ali go?
Answer: From Koch Bihar to Narayanpur.
Question 447: Who honored Dr. Bhupen Hazarika with the title "Sudhakanth"?
Answer: Anand Chandra Barua.
Question 448: In which district of Assam is the literacy rate the highest?
Answer: Kamrup (Metropolitan).
Question 449: Around which river did the Harappan civilization develop?
Answer: Indus River.
Question 450: Who wrote the novel "Halodhiya Charaye Baodhan Khay"?
Answer: Homen Borgohain.
Question 451: In which year was the Bengal partition annulled?
Answer: In 1911.
Question 452: Besides Assam, through which Indian state does the Brahmaputra River pass?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh.
Question 453: Where is Loktak Lake?
Answer: In Manipur.
Question 454: What is the name of the country to the west of Assam?
Answer: Bangladesh.
Question 455: Who was the founder of the Magadha Empire?
Answer: Chandragupta.
Question 456: What is Blaise Pascal associated with?
Answer: Calculator machine.
Question 457: Who was the first Assamese filmmaker?
Answer: Jyotiprasad Agarwala.
Question 458: Which kingdom was Sadhani the queen of?
Answer: Chutiya kingdom.
Question 459: Who applied the Doctrine of Lapse?
Answer: Lord Dalhousie.
Question 460: Who introduced railways, telegraph, postal stamps etc. in India?
Answer: Lord Dalhousie.
Question 461: When was the Queen's Proclamation announced?
Answer: On November 1, 1858.
Question 462: When was the First Battle of Panipat fought?
Answer: In 1526.
Question 463: Who was Humayun's father?
Answer: Babur.
Question 464: When was the Second Battle of Panipat fought?
Answer: In 1556.
Question 465: During whose reign was Rangghar built?
Answer: Pramatta Singha's.
Question 466: Where was Gautam Buddha born?
Answer: At Lumbini.
Question 467: Who built the Umananda temple?
Answer: Gadadhar Singha.
Question 468: Who did the Bengal partition?
Answer: Lord Curzon.
Question 469: Who was the first Turkish general to attack Assam?
Answer: Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar.
Question 470: Who was the first Muslim to attack Assam?
Answer: Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar.
Question 471: When did the Muslims attack Assam?
Answer: In 1206.
Question 472: Who was the last king of the Kamrup kingdom?
Answer: Sandhya.
Question 473: Which king built the stone bridge over the Namdang River?
Answer: Rudra Singha.
Question 474: Who built the Kareng Ghar at Gargaon?
Answer: Pramatta Singha.
Question 475: Who rebuilt the Kareng Ghar?
Answer: Rajeshwar Singha.
Question 476: Who built the present Talatal Ghar?
Answer: Rajeshwar Singha.
Question 477: Who was the greatest king of the Varman dynasty?
Answer: Bhaskar Varman.
Question 478: Who is called the Napoleon of India?
Answer: Samudra Gupta.
Question 479: Who was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress?
Answer: Annie Besant.
Question 480: When was the Battle of Patharughat fought?
Answer: In 1894.
Question 481: When did Mahatma Gandhi come to Assam?
Answer: In 1921.
Question 482: During whose reign did Hiuen Tsang come to Assam?
Answer: During Bhaskar Varman's reign.
Question 483: In which year was the railway line established in Assam?
Answer: In 1885.
Question 484: What is the international airport located in Assam in the Northeast known as?
Answer: Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport.
Question 485: In 2012, which person was awarded the President's Padma Vibhushan Award (posthumously)?
Answer: Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.
Question 486: Which Assamese film first won an international award? Who was the director of the film?
Answer: Sagaroloi Bahu Door. Director - Jahnu Barua.
Question 487: In which year did Doordarshan service become operational in Assam?
Answer: On November 19, 1982.
Question 488: Which Assamese film director first won the President's Medal?
Answer: Nip Barua.
Question 489: Which Assamese film first won the Best Music Direction award?
Answer: Chameli Memsaab.
Question 490: Who was the first Assamese person to win a Filmfare Award?
Answer: Vijay Choudhury.
Question 491: Which was the first film to win the National Regional Award in 1955?
Answer: Piyoli Phukan.
Question 492: Who was the first Assamese film actress?
Answer: Aideu Sandikoi.
Question 493: Which was the first Assamese comedy film?
Answer: Ito Sito Bahuto.
Question 494: Between which teams was the first one-day international cricket match held at Guwahati?
Answer: West Indies and India.
Question 495: Who was the first cricketer from Assam to be included in India 'A' team?
Answer: Javed Zaman.
Question 496: When is 'Assam Sports Day' celebrated?
Answer: On October 17.
Question 497: In which year was the first one-day international cricket match held at Guwahati?
Answer: In 1983.
Question 498: When is Army Day celebrated?
Answer: On January 15.
Question 499: When is Artists' Day celebrated?
Answer: On January 17.
Question 500: When is Assam Police Day celebrated?
Answer: On October 1.
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