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QuizList Description: Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of 78,438 km2 (30,285 sq mi). The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west. Assamese and Boro are the official languages of Assam, while Bengali is an additional official language in the Barak Valley. History of Assam consists of various histories of tribes - Ahom, Bodo, Kachari, Rabha, etc. Lets explore history of Assam in the form of MCQ Quiz.
Export to PDFQ1. Billeswar Devalaya of Nalbari bulit by which Ahom King?
Q1. Billeswar Devalaya of Nalbari bulit by which Ahom King?
Answer: (A) Siva Singh
Siva Singh
Q2. Who was the founding ruler of the legendary Bhauma dynasty of Pragjyotisha-Kamrupa?
Q2. Who was the founding ruler of the legendary Bhauma dynasty of Pragjyotisha-Kamrupa?
Answer: (D) Narakasura
Narakasura was the founding ruler of the legendary Bhauma dynasty of Pragjyotisha.
Q3. IBN-Batuta, the celebrated traveller, visited Assam in the
Q3. IBN-Batuta, the celebrated traveller, visited Assam in the
Answer: (C) fourteenth century
fourteenth century
Q4. Who was the first ruler of Assam?
Q4. Who was the first ruler of Assam?
Answer: (A) Mahiranga
Mahiranga (Mirong) Danava
Q5. Who translated Ramayana into Assamese
language?
Q5. Who translated Ramayana into Assamese
language?
Answer: (C) Madhava Kandali
Kaviraja Madhava Kandali was a Pre-Shankara era Assamese poet. His Saptakanda Ramayana is considered the earliest translation of the Ramayana into an Indo-Aryan language, Assamese.
Q6. Who tried the case of Maniram Dewan?
Q6. Who tried the case of Maniram Dewan?
Answer: (D) Charles Holroyd
Maniram was taken into custody at Calcutta and brought to Jorhat to stand trial. Altogether 30 individuals were tried by Captain Charles Holroyd, district officer of Sibsagar, appointed special commissioner to preside over the `Conspiracy Case'.
Q7. When was Maniram Dewan hanged?
Q7. When was Maniram Dewan hanged?
Answer: (C) 26th February 1858
Maniram Dewan and Piyali Barua were charged with treason. On 26 February 1858, they were both hanged by the British in public at Jorhat. Their capital punishment shocked the entire Assam valley, which had not witnessed such public executions for a long time.
Q8. Who was the first editor of the Assamese magazine Jonaki?
Q8. Who was the first editor of the Assamese magazine Jonaki?
Answer: (A) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
Chandra Kumar Agarwala was the first editor of the Assamese magazine Jonaki, which began publishing in 1889. Agarwala was also a founder member of the literary organization Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha, along with his friends Lakshminath Bezbarua and Hemchandra Goswami.
Q9. What was the time period of ancient Assam history?
Q9. What was the time period of ancient Assam history?
Answer: (B) AD 350-1206
AD 350-1206
Q10. Who was the founder of Varman Dynasty?
Q10. Who was the founder of Varman Dynasty?
Answer: (B) Pushyavarman
Pushyavarman, a contemporary of Samudragupta. He took the title of Maharajadhiraj.
Q11. To whom did Laluk Sola Borphukan surrender Guwahati
Q11. To whom did Laluk Sola Borphukan surrender Guwahati
Answer: (D) Prince Azam Tara
Prince Azam Tara
Q12. When did the Phulaguri Dhawa take place?
Q12. When did the Phulaguri Dhawa take place?
Answer: (C) 1861
1861
Q13. Who was the last ruler of Pala Dynasty in Kamrupa?
Q13. Who was the last ruler of Pala Dynasty in Kamrupa?
Answer: (A) Jaypala
Jaypala
Q14. In which year, Malladev (Nara Narayan) acquired the title Narayan?
Q14. In which year, Malladev (Nara Narayan) acquired the title Narayan?
Answer: (D) 1540
Malladev ascended the throne in 1540, in the same year that his father had died, and acquired the title Narayana, which was to become the dynastic title of his succeeding kings.
Q15. Who was hanged along with Maniram Dewan?
Q15. Who was hanged along with Maniram Dewan?
Answer: (A) Piyali Barua
Maniram Dewan and Piyali Barua were charged with treason. On 26 February 1858, they were both hanged by the British in public at Jorhat. Their capital punishment shocked the entire Assam valley, which had not witnessed such public executions for a long time.
Q16. The shape of Ahom coins were
Q16. The shape of Ahom coins were
Answer: (C) Octagonal
Octagonal
Q17. In which year Assamese Megazine Jonaki was published?
Q17. In which year Assamese Megazine Jonaki was published?
Answer: (B) 1889
1889
Q18. Which Assamese personality joined the Dandi March?
Q18. Which Assamese personality joined the Dandi March?
Answer: (D) Leeladhar Barua
Liladhar Baruah and Mahadev Desai are two Assamese people who participated in the Dandi March in 1930. The Dandi March, also known as the Salt March, was a 24-day nonviolent act of civil disobedience led by Mohandas Gandhi against British rule in India.
Q19. Who was the chief deity of the Ahoms?
Q19. Who was the chief deity of the Ahoms?
Answer: (B) Somdev
The ahoms followed their own religious beliefs right from the time they began to rule in Assam. Their chief deity was Somdev.
Q20. The construction of Talatal Ghar was started by?
Q20. The construction of Talatal Ghar was started by?
Answer: (D) Rudra Singha
King Rudra Singha had shifted his capital from Garhgaon to Rangpur in 1707 (then known as Tengabari). He started the construction of the Talatal Ghar, but it was initially built of semi-permanent materials.