Assam GK 2: Very Frequently Asked : āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžā§° āφāĻšā§‡


1. āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽā§€ āĻŦāρāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§Ÿā§€ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻ—ā§°āĻžāϕ⧀ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āύāϞāĻŋāύ⧀āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§€ (Nalinibala Devi) āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ / Work: āĻ…āϞāĻ•āĻžāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž (1968)


Explanation : āύāϞāĻŋāύ⧀āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§€ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽā§€ āĻŦāρāϟāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻ—ā§°āĻžāϕ⧀ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ž āϚāύāϤ ‘āĻ…āϞāĻ•āĻžāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž’ āĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ—ā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Nalinibala Devi was the first Assamese woman to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award, honored in 1968 for her poetry collection Alakananda.


2. āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻ—ā§°āĻžāϕ⧀ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž I.P.S. āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first woman IPS officer from Assam ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: ⧟āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ āĻšāĻžāϜ⧰āĻŋāĻ•āĻž (Yamin Hazarika)


Explanation : ā§ŸāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ āĻšāĻžāϜ⧰āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž I.P.S. āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āĻžāĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āφ⧰āĻ•ā§āώ⧀ āĻ¸ā§‡ā§ąāĻžāϤ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āφ⧰āĻ•ā§āώ⧀ āύ⧇āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒāĻĨ āĻŽā§āĻ•āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Yamin Hazarika was the first woman IPS officer from Assam, marking a major milestone for women’s participation in police services.


3. āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϜāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first trained pilot from Assam ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĻāĻžāϏ (Mahananda Das)


Explanation : āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĻāĻžāϏ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϚāĻžāϞāĻ•āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϚāϞāύ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āωāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāϞ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Mahananda Das was the first trained pilot from Assam, pioneering aviation training among Assamese people.


4. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϜāύ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž FIFA ⧰⧇āĻĢāĻžā§°ā§€ āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese FIFA referee ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧁āϞ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϜ (Babul Bermiz)


Explanation : āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧁āϞ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϜ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž FIFA ⧰⧇āĻĢāĻžā§°ā§€āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻŦāϞāϤ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Babul Bermiz was the first Assamese FIFA referee, representing Assam at the international level of football officiating.


5. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āϚāĻžāĻš āϖ⧇āϤāĻŋ⧟āĻ• āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese tea planter ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āϜāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦāĻ•āϰāĻž (Jagannath Bokra)


Explanation : āϜāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦāĻ•āϰāĻž āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϚāĻžāĻš āϖ⧇āϤāĻŋ⧟āĻ•āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻš āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϞāϝāĻŧāĨ¤Jagannath Bokra was the first Assamese tea planter, associated with the early stages of tea cultivation in Assam.


6. āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏāĻžā§Ÿā§€āĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āϚāĻžāĻš āϖ⧇āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāϜāύ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese to cultivate tea commercially ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§‡ā§ąāĻžāύ (Maniram Dewan)


Explanation : āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§‡ā§ąāĻžāύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏāĻžā§ŸāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āϚāĻžāĻš āϖ⧇āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻžāĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āϤ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϚāĻžāĻš āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§° āĻĒāĻĨāĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĨ¤ Maniram Dewan was the first Assamese to cultivate tea commercially and is regarded as a pioneer of Assam’s tea industry.


7. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§‹āĻĢā§‹āύ ⧰⧇āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese gramophone record artist ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĢ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϞ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž (Prafulla Chandra Barua)


Explanation : āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĢ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϞ āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§‹āĻĢā§‹āύ ⧰⧇āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤāĻ• ⧰⧇āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϜāύāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Prafulla Chandra Barua was the first Assamese gramophone record artist, helping to popularize Assamese music through recordings.


8. āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻ­āĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāϏ (Basanta Das)


Explanation : āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāϏ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻ­āĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώāĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāϏāĻ­āĻžā§° āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Basanta Das was the first Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly, playing a key role in establishing legislative procedures.


9. ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ• āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese film director to receive the President’s Award ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āύāĻŋāĻĒ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž (Nip Barua)


Explanation : āύāĻŋāĻĒ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ• āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ•āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻ• āϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ Nip Barua was the first Assamese film director to receive the President’s Award, bringing national recognition to Assamese cinema.


10. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻ—āĻĻā§āϝ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese prose writer ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻ­āĻŸā§āϟāĻĻā§‡ā§ą (Bhattadeva)


Explanation : āĻ­āĻŸā§āϟāĻĻā§‡ā§ąāĻ• āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻ—āĻĻā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧰ āϜāύāĻ• āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϜāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤ⧇āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ—āĻĻā§āϝ ā§°āϚāύāĻžā§°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻĻā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Bhattadeva is regarded as the father of Assamese prose literature, initiating Assamese prose through devotional writings.


11. āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āϜāĻ—āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āϕ⧋āύ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first actress of Assamese cinema ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āφāχāĻĻ⧇āω āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§ˆ (Aideu Handique)


Explanation : āφāχāĻĻ⧇āω āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§ˆā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻ•āĻĨāĻžāĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āϜ⧟āĻŽāϤ⧀āϤ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧟ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧟⧰ āϏ⧂āϚāύāĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
Aideu Handique acted in Joymoti, the first Assamese feature film, and became the first actress of Assamese cinema.


12. āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϏāĻ­āĻžāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āϕ⧋āύ ? Who was the first Assamese woman Union Minister ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: ⧰⧇āϪ⧁āĻ•āĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§€ āĻŦā§°āĻ•āϟāϕ⧀ (Renuka Devi Barkataki)


Explanation : ā§°ā§‡āϪ⧁āĻ•āĻž āĻĻā§‡ā§ąā§€ āĻŦā§°āĻ•āϟāĻ•ā§€ā§Ÿā§‡ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧀āϏāĻ­āĻžāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžā§° ā§°āĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
Renuka Devi Barkataki was the first Assamese woman to serve in the Union Cabinet.


13. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻĒ⧁⧰⧁āώ I.A.S. āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āĻž āϕ⧋āύ ? Who was the first Assamese male IAS officer ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻ…āĻšā§āϝ⧁āϤ āĻļāχāĻ•ā§€ā§ŸāĻž (Achyut Saikia)


Explanation : āĻ…āĻšā§āϝ⧁āϤ āĻļāχāĻ•ā§€ā§ŸāĻžāχ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻĒ⧁⧰⧁āώ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ I.A.S.āϤ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϞ⧇āĨ¤ Achyut Saikia was the first Assamese man to join the Indian Administrative Service.


14. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻ¸ā§āύāĻžāϤāĻ• āϕ⧋āύ ? Who were the first Assamese women graduates ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āϏ⧁āĻ–āϞāϤāĻž āĻĻā§ā§ąā§°āĻž āφ⧰⧁ āϏ⧁āϧāĻžāϞāϤāĻž āĻĻā§ā§ąā§°āĻž


Explanation : āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āĻ—ā§°āĻžāϕ⧀ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāχ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āĻ…āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻŖā§€ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Sukhalata and Sudhalata Duvara were pioneers of women’s higher education in Assam.


15. āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤ āύāĻžāϟāĻ• āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽā§€ āĻŦāρāϟāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āϕ⧋āύ ? Who was the first Assamese to receive the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻā§‡ā§ą āĻŽāĻšāĻ¨ā§āϤ (1961)


Explanation : āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻā§‡ā§ą āĻŽāĻšāĻ¨ā§āϤāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§€āϤ-āύāĻžāĻŸā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Mitradeva Mahanta received the award for his contribution to music and theatre.


16. āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āϟāĻŋāĻ•āϟāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āϕ⧋āύ ? Who was the first Assamese featured on a postage stamp ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦ⧇āϜāĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž (1968)


Explanation : āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽā§€āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦ⧇āϜāĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻ• āϟāĻŋāĻ•āϟāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ Lakshminath Bezbaroa was honoured on an Indian postage stamp for his literary contribution.


17. āϚ⧰āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§€ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻšā§‡āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻˇā§āϟ⧰ āϕ⧋āύ ? Who was the first headmaster of a government high school in Assam ?
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āϕ⧇āĻļā§ą āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻĢ⧁āĻ•āύ


Explanation : āϕ⧇āĻļā§ą āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻĢ⧁āĻ•āύ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āφāϧ⧁āύāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧟ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āϭ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Keshab Nath Phukan played a key role in shaping modern school education in Assam.


18. āĻ—ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻŸā§€ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧟⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āωāĻĒāĻžāϚāĻžā§°ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ ? Who was the first Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University ?
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŖāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§ˆ (1948)


Explanation : āĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŖāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§ˆā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧟āĻ–āύ⧰ āĻļ⧈āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϤ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϞ⧟āĨ¤ Krishnakanta Handiqui laid the academic foundation of Gauhati University.


19. āϜāĻžāĻ¤ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ•āĻ‚āĻ—ā§ā§°ā§‡āϛ⧰ āϏāĻ­āĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āϕ⧋āύ ? Who was the first Assamese President of the Indian National Congress ?
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻĻā§‡ā§ąāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž (1975)


Explanation : āĻĻā§‡ā§ąāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžāχ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€ā§Ÿ ā§°āĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻ• āĻ—ā§Œā§°ā§ąāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Debakanta Barua became INC President, representing Assam at the national level.


20. āĻ…āϞāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āϞ⧈ āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻ…ā§°ā§āϜāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āϕ⧋āύ ? Who was the first Assamese woman to qualify for the Olympics ?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āϞāĻžāĻ­āϞāĻŋāύāĻž āĻŦā§°āĻ—ā§‹āĻšāĻžāρāχ


Explanation : āϞāĻžāĻ­āϞāĻŋāύāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻ™āϤ āĻ…āϞāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ• āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻ…ā§°ā§āϜāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Lovlina Borgohain qualified for the Olympics in boxing, creating history for Assam.


21. āĻŽāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟāĻžā§° ā§ąā§°ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄāϤ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āĻŦāĻĄā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āϕ⧋āύ ? Who was the first Assamese bodybuilder to participate in Mr. World ?
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻšā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻ—ā§‹āĻšāĻžāρāχ


Explanation : āĻšā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻ—ā§‹āĻšāĻžāρāĻ‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻĄā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ™āϤ āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻ• āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ Harkanta Borgohain represented Assam in the Mr. World bodybuilding competition.


22. āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž āφāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§‹āϞāύāϤ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻšā§€āĻĻ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§€ā§ŸāĻž āϕ⧋āύ ? Who was the first Assamese martyr of India’s freedom movement?


āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻĒāĻŋ⧟āϞāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āĻ•āύ


Explanation : āĻĒāĻŋ⧟āϞāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āĻ•āύ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻŖ āφāĻšā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋ āχāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāϤ āĻ…āĻŽā§° āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ Piyali Phukan sacrificed his life for India’s freedom and became Assam’s first martyr.