Assam GK : Set- 2
Q36. Who was the first Borpatra Gohain of the Ahom Kingdom ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Šā§Ŧ. āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦā§°āĻĒāĻžāϤā§ā§° āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Burhagohain (āĻŦā§āĻĸāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻāĻ) (b) Koncheng (āĻāύāĻā§āĻ) (c) Borgohain (āĻŦā§°āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻāĻ) (d) Lachit Barphukan (āϞāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§āĻāύ)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Koncheng (āĻāύāĻā§āĻ)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Koncheng was appointed as the first Borpatra Gohain to strengthen the Ahom administrative system along with Burhagohain and Borgohain. āĻāύāĻā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦā§°āĻĒāĻžāϤā§ā§° āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q37. What was the usual shape of Koch coins ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Šā§. āĻā§āĻ ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžā§° āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Square (āĻāϤā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ) (b) Oval (āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋ) (c) Round (āĻā§āϞ) (d) Rectangular (āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāĻāĻžā§°)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Round (āĻā§āϞ)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Koch kingdom used mostly round-shaped silver and copper coins. āĻā§āĻ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāϤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒ āĻā§°ā§ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻā§āϞ āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q38. How many kings ruled during the Ahom period ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Šā§Ž. āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ āϝā§āĻāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāύ ā§°āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) 30 (b) 32 (c) 40 (d) 42
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) 40
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Approximately 40 Ahom kings ruled from Sukaphaa (1228) to Purandar Singha. āϏā§āĻāĻžāĻĢāĻž (ā§§ā§¨ā§¨ā§Ž)ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āύā§āĻĻā§° āϏāĻŋāĻāĻšāϞ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻāύ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q39. Which Ahom king made weaving compulsory ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Šā§¯. āĻā§āύ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝāϤāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Gadadhar Singha (āĻāĻĻāĻžāϧ⧰ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš) (b) Mumai Tamuli Borbarua (āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§āϞ⧠āĻŦā§°āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž)
(c) Pratap Singha (āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻžāĻĒ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš) (d) Rudra Singha (ā§°ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Mumai Tamuli Borbarua (āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§āϞ⧠āĻŦā§°āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Mumai Tamuli Borbarua encouraged weaving among households for self-dependence. āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ āϤāĻžāĻŽā§āϞ⧠āĻŦā§°āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ āĻāϤā§āĻŽāύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§°āĻļā§āϞāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ āĻā§āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q40. Assamese Brahmins are considered to belong to which racial group ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ēā§Ļ. āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻšā§āĻŽāĻŖāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻā§āύ āύā§āϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻā§° āĻ āύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻāϤ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Mongoloid (āĻŽāĻāĻā§āϞā§āϝāĻŧ) (b) Caucasian (āĻāĻā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧ) (c) Australoid (āĻ āώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϞā§āϝāĻŧ) (d) Dravidian (āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Caucasian (āĻāĻā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧ)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Traditional anthropological classifications place Assamese Brahmins under the Caucasoid group. āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāϤ āύā§āϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻļā§ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāύ āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻšā§āĻŽāĻŖāϏāĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻāϤ āĻ āύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q41. Bukani Pithia is a traditional dress of which community ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ēā§§. āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒā§āĻāĻžāĻ ?
(a) Mising (āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ) (b) Koch Rajbanshi (āĻā§āĻ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļā§) (c) Sonowal Kachari (āϏā§āĻŖā§ā§ąāĻžāϞ āĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§) (d) Tiwa (āϤāĻŋā§ąāĻž)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Koch Rajbanshi (āĻā§āĻ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļā§)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Bukani and Pithia are traditional garments commonly worn by Koch Rajbanshi women. āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻā§āĻ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŦāĻāĻļā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāϤ āĻĒā§āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Q42. The main deity of the Rabha community is known as — āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ē⧍. ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĻā§ā§ąāϤāĻž āĻā§āύ ?
(a) Basudev (āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻĻā§ā§ą) (b) Rishi (āĻāώāĻŋ) (c) Bathou (āĻŦāĻžāĻĨā§) (d) Sangkari (āĻļāĻāĻā§°ā§)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Rishi (āĻāώāĻŋ)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Rabha community worships “Rishi” as their supreme ancestral deity. ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§āϝāĻŧā§ “āĻāώāĻŋ”āĻ āϤā§āĻāĻāϞā§āĻā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāϤ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĻā§ā§ąāϤāĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Q43. Which tribe celebrates the Rongker festival ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ēā§Š. ā§°āĻāĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą āĻā§āύ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°ā§ ?
(a) Mising (āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ) (b) Karbi (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāĻŋ) (c) Tiwa (āϤāĻŋā§ąāĻž) (d) Dimasa (āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻž)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Karbi (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāĻŋ)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Rongker is a traditional Karbi festival celebrated for community welfare and prosperity. ā§°āĻāĻā§ā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāĻŋ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāϤ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą, āϝ’āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻā§° āĻŽāĻāĻāϞ āĻāĻžāĻŽāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q44. The Bushu festival is celebrated by — āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ēā§Ē. āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą āĻā§āύ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°ā§ ?
(a) Tiwa (āϤāĻŋā§ąāĻž) (b) Mising (āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ) (c) Dimasa (āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻž) (d) Deori (āĻĻā§āĻā§°ā§)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Dimasa (āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻž)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Bushu Dima is a major harvest festival of the Dimasa community. āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻļāϏā§āϝ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąāĨ¤
Q45. Balkhu/Balkhuwa festival belongs to which community ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ēā§Ģ. āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻā§/āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą āĻā§āύ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° ?
(a) Rabha (ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž) (b) Bodo (āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧā§) (c) Tiwa (āϤāĻŋā§ąāĻž) (d) Khamti (āĻāĻžāĻŽāϤāĻŋ)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (a) Rabha (ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Balkhu/Balkhuwa is a traditional thanksgiving festival of the Rabha tribe. āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻā§/āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻā§ā§ąāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāϤ āĻā§āϤāĻā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąāĨ¤
Q46. Deodhani dance is associated with which deity ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ēā§Ŧ. āĻĻā§āĻāϧāύ⧠āύā§āϤā§āϝ āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§ā§ąā§ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?
(a) Shiva (āĻļāĻŋā§ą) (b) Kamakhya (āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž) (c) Manasa/Maroi (āĻŽāύāϏāĻž/āĻŽā§°ā§) (d) Batuk Bhairav (āĻŦāĻā§āĻ āĻā§ā§°ā§ą)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Manasa/Maroi (āĻŽāύāϏāĻž/āĻŽā§°ā§)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Deodhani is a trance dance performed in honour of snake goddess Manasa (Maroi). āĻĻā§āĻāϧāύ⧠āύā§āϤā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻĒā§° āĻĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻŽāύāϏāĻž (āĻŽā§°ā§)ā§° āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Q47. Satasal faith is associated with which tribe ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ēā§. āϏāĻžāϤāϏāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻā§āύ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?
(a) Karbi (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻŦāĻŋ) (b) Tiwa (āϤāĻŋā§ąāĻž) (c) Garo (āĻāĻžā§°ā§) (d) Tai people (āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) Tai people (āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Satasal faith is a folk religious practice observed among some Tai communities. āϏāĻžāϤāϏāĻžāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° āϞā§āĻāϧ⧰ā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤
Q48. Who translated the Bible into Assamese ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ēā§Ž. āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āϞ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Hemchandra Barua (āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž) (b) Atmaram Sharma (āĻāϤā§āĻŽāĻžā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻļā§°ā§āĻŽāĻž) (c) Miles Bronson (āĻŽāĻžāĻāϞāĻ āĻŦā§ā§°āύāĻāύ) (d) Nidhiram Barooah (āύāĻŋāϧāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Atmaram Sharma (āĻāϤā§āĻŽāĻžā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻļā§°ā§āĻŽāĻž)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Atmaram Sharma worked on translating the Bible into Assamese. āĻāϤā§āĻŽāĻžā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻļā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŦā§āϞ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻā§°āĻžā§° āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
Q49. Assam Biswa Unnati Sabha was formed in — āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ē⧝. āĻ āϏāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻāύā§āύāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻž āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) 1980 (b) 1988 (c) 1992 (d) 1975
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 1988
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Q50. Hayagriva Madhava Temple is located on which hill ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ ā§Ģā§Ļ. āĻšāϝāĻŧāĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ą āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§ą āĻŽāύā§āĻĻāĻŋā§° āĻā§āύ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?
(a) Nilachal Hill (āύā§āϞāĻžāĻāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°) (b) Charaideo Hill (āĻā§°āĻžāĻāĻĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°) (c) Manikut Hill (āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°) (d) Sandhyachal Hill (āϏāύā§āϧā§āϝāĻžāĻāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Manikut Hill (āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°)
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The ancient Hayagriva Madhava Temple is situated at Hajo atop Manikut Hill. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ą āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§ą āĻŽāύā§āĻĻāĻŋā§° āĻšāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžā§°ā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤