Modern Assam History General Knowledge-Set 1

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1. In which year, the capital of Assam moved from Shillong to Dispur?

A) 1950
B) 1955
C) 1971
D) 1973

... Answer is D)
The Capital was shifted in 1973"

2. The Assam Sahitya Sabha was first founded in the year?

A) 1902
B) 1912
C) 1917
D) 1921

... Answer is C)
1917.

3. Who was the first Chief Minister of Assam?

A) Bishnu Ram Medhi
B) Tarun Ram Phkan
C) Gopinath Bordoloi
D) Bimala Prasad Chaliha

... Answer is C)
Gopinath Bordoloi.

4. The place where the first conference of Assam Sahitya Sabha was held?

A) Kamrup
B) Sivasagar
C) Barpeta
D) Dhubri

... Answer is B)
The first Sahitya Sabha was held at "Sivasagar"

5. The first Assamese Film Joymoti was released in the year

A) 1922
B) 1935
C) 1938
D) 1942

... Answer is B)
The film Joymoti was released in the year "1935"

6. Who was the first President of Assam Sahitya Sabha?

A) Lakhminath Bezbarua
B) Padmanath Gohain Baruah
C) Hemchandra Goswami
D) Rajanikanta Bordoloi

... Answer is B)
The first President of Assam Sahitya Sabha was "Padmanath Gohain Baruah"

7. Orunodoi, the first Assamese-language magazine publish in which year?

A) 1846
B) 1883
C) 1857
D) 1853

... Answer is A)
Orunodoi was first published from Sivasagar in the year "1846"

8. The Autobiography "The Story of My Experiments With Truth" of Mahatma Gandhi was first translated into Assamese by?

A) Saurabh Kumar Chaliha
B) Nalini wala Devi
C) Omeo Kumar Das
D) Rupa Bora

... Answer is C)
The Autobiography was first translated into Assamese by "Omeo Kumar Das"

9. Who was known as "Upanyas Samrat" in Assamese literature?

A) Srimanta Sankardev
B) Lakhminath Bezbarua
C) Devakanta Barua
D) Rajanikanta Bordoloi

... Answer is D)
The first Upanyas was "Miri Jiyori" and published in 1894

10. From which year Sahitya Academy Awards was started?

A) 1949
B) 1951
C) 1954
D) 1962

... Answer is C)
The first Sahitya Academy Awards wins by R.K. Narayan in the year "1954"

11. Who published the first book on Assamese Grammer?

A) Lakhminath Bezbarua
B) Rajanikanta Bordoloi
C) Ananda Ram Dhekial Phukan
D) Nathan Brown

... Answer is D)
Nathan Brown published in the year "1848"

12. Who was the first editor of the Assamese magazine "Jonaki"?

A) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
B) Hemchandra Goswami
C) Ananda Chandra Agarwala
D) Jyoti Prasad Agarwala

... Answer is A)
Jonaki was pubished from Kolkata in the year 1889 and first editor was "Chandra Kumar Agarwala"

13. Who translated Srimanta Sankardev's "Gunamala" into Hindi?

A) Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
B) Kanchan Barua
C) Bhabendra Nath Saikia
D) Devi Prasad Bargodia

... Answer is D)
Gunamala translated into Hindi by "Devi Prasad Bargodia"

14. Late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika won the National Award for the Best Music Director for which of the following Movie?

A) Rudali
B) Chameli Memsab
C) Sokuntala
D) None of above

... Answer is B)
In the year 1976, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika won Best Music Director National Award for the movie"Chameli Memsab"

15. "Me-Dam-Me-Phi" festival is related to which of the following community?

A) Boro
B) Naga
C) Missing
D) Tai-Ahom

... Answer is D)
Me-Dam-Me-Phi is celebrated every year on 31 January.This festival is related to "Tai-Ahom"

16. Who was the Prime Minister of India during the Signing of Assam Accord?

A) Indira Gandhi
B) Rajib Gandhi
C) P.V. Narasingha Rao
D) V.P.Singh

... Answer is B)
Then-Prime Minister of India was "Rajib Gandhi"

17. When was the Assam Province British India created?

A) 1911
B) 1905
C) 1935
D) 1919

... Answer is A)
The Assam Province was created in the year"1911"

18. When was the North-Eastern Area (Reorganization)Act passed?

A) 1971
B) 1977
C) 1989
D) 1969

... Answer is A)
1971

19. During the freedom struggle, the "Mrityu Bahini" was formed by

A) Cnandraprabha Saikiani
B) Puspalata Das
C) Rani Gaidinlieu
D) Kanaklata Barua

... Answer is B)
"Puspalata Das"

20. Gandhiji's first visit to Assam was in the year

A) 1918
B) 1842
C) 1845
D) 1921

... Answer is D)
1921