Assam GK 2: Very Frequently Asked : āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāϏāĻŽā§āĻš āĻā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžā§° āĻāĻšā§
1. āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĄā§āĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āύāϞāĻŋāύā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻā§ā§ąā§ (Nalinibala Devi) āĻā§āϤāĻŋ / Work: āĻ āϞāĻāĻžāύāύā§āĻĻāĻž (1968)
Explanation: āύāϞāĻŋāύā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āĻ āĻāĻžāĻĄā§āĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻā§āϤ⧠⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Ž āĻāύāϤ ‘āĻ āϞāĻāĻžāύāύā§āĻĻāĻž’ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§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§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž I.P.S. āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first woman IPS officer from Assam ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: ā§āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ āĻšāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž (Yamin Hazarika)
Explanation: ā§āĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ āĻšāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž I.P.S. āĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻžāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻā§°āĻā§āώ⧠āϏā§ā§ąāĻžāϤ āϝā§āĻāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻ āϏāĻŽāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻā§°āĻā§āώ⧠āύā§āϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒāĻĨ āĻŽā§āĻāϞāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§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§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻŖāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first trained pilot from Assam ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāύā§āĻĻ āĻĻāĻžāϏ (Mahananda Das)
Explanation: āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāύā§āĻĻ āĻĻāĻžāϏ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻŖāĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻžāϞāĻāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϞāύ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ Mahananda Das was the first trained pilot from Assam, pioneering aviation training among Assamese people.
4. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻāύ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž FIFA ā§°ā§āĻĢāĻžā§°ā§ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese FIFA referee ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§āϞ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ (Babul Bermiz)
Explanation: āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§āϞ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž FIFA ā§°ā§āĻĢāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ āĻĢā§āĻāĻŦāϞāϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Babul Bermiz was the first Assamese FIFA referee, representing Assam at the international level of football officiating.
5. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻāĻžāĻš āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§āĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese tea planter ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻāĻāύā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦāĻāϰāĻž (Jagannath Bokra)
Explanation: āĻāĻāύā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦāĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻžāĻš āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§āĻāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻš āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āϞāϝāĻŧāĨ¤Jagannath Bokra was the first Assamese tea planter, associated with the early stages of tea cultivation in Assam.
6. āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏāĻžā§ā§āĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāĻžāĻš āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻāύ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese to cultivate tea commercially ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§ā§ąāĻžāύ (Maniram Dewan)
Explanation: āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§ā§ąāĻžāύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏāĻžā§āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāĻžāĻš āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻžāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻā§āϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāĻžāĻš āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻā§° āĻĒāĻĨāĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§°ā§āĻļāĻāĨ¤ 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§āĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĢā§āύ ā§°ā§āĻā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese gramophone record artist ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĢā§āϞā§āϞ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž (Prafulla Chandra Barua)
Explanation: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĢā§āϞā§āϞ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĢā§āύ ā§°ā§āĻā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϤāĻ ā§°ā§āĻā§°ā§āĻĄ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻāύāĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§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 āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻŦāϏāύā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāϏ (Basanta Das)
Explanation: āĻŦāϏāύā§āϤ āĻĻāĻžāϏ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻ āϏāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāϏāĻāĻžā§° āϏāĻāϏāĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻž āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ Basanta Das was the first Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly, playing a key role in establishing legislative procedures.
9. ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese film director to receive the President’s Award ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āύāĻŋāĻĒ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž (Nip Barua)
Explanation: āύāĻŋāĻĒ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§ā§°āĻ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§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§āĻž āĻāĻĻā§āϝ āϞā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese prose writer ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻāĻā§āĻāĻĻā§ā§ą (Bhattadeva)
Explanation: āĻāĻā§āĻāĻĻā§ā§ąāĻ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻāĻĻā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ⧰ āĻāύāĻ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϝ ā§°āĻāύāĻžā§°ā§ āĻāĻĻā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝ⧰ āϏā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ Bhattadeva is regarded as the father of Assamese prose literature, initiating Assamese prose through devotional writings.
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11. āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻŦā§āϞāĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first actress of Assamese cinema ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻāĻāĻĻā§āĻ āϏāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ (Aideu Handique)
Explanation: āĻāĻāĻĻā§āĻ āϏāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻāĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŽāϤā§āϤ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāύ⧠āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻ
āĻāĻŋāύā§ā§° āϏā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Aideu Handique acted in Joymoti, the first Assamese feature film, and became the first actress of Assamese cinema.
12. āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ āĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰā§āϏāĻāĻžāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first Assamese woman Union Minister ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻŦā§°āĻāĻāĻā§ (Renuka Devi Barkataki)
Explanation: ā§°ā§āĻŖā§āĻāĻž āĻĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻŦā§°āĻāĻāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ āĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰā§āϏāĻāĻžāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Renuka Devi Barkataki was the first Assamese woman to serve in the Union Cabinet.
13. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ I.A.S. āĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻž āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first Assamese male IAS officer ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻ āĻā§āϝā§āϤ āĻļāĻāĻā§ā§āĻž (Achyut Saikia)
Explanation:āĻ āĻā§āϝā§āϤ āĻļāĻāĻā§ā§āĻžāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ I.A.S.āϤ āϝā§āĻāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āύāϤā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤ Achyut Saikia was the first Assamese man to join the Indian Administrative Service.
14. āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āϏā§āύāĻžāϤāĻ āĻā§āύ ? Who were the first Assamese women graduates ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āϏā§āĻāϞāϤāĻž āĻĻā§ā§ąā§°āĻž āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āϧāĻžāϞāϤāĻž āĻĻā§ā§ąā§°āĻž
Explanation: āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžā§° āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŖā§ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ Sukhalata and Sudhalata Duvara were pioneers of women’s higher education in Assam.
15. āϏāĻāĻā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāĻĄā§āĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first Assamese to receive the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻŽāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻĻā§ā§ą āĻŽāĻšāύā§āϤ (1961)
Explanation:āĻŽāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻĻā§ā§ą āĻŽāĻšāύā§āϤāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϤ-āύāĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻ āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ Mitradeva Mahanta received the award for his contribution to music and theatre.
16. āĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first Assamese featured on a postage stamp ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āϞāĻā§āώā§āĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž (1968)
Explanation: āϞāĻā§āώā§āĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻ ā§ąāĻĻāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§āĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ Lakshminath Bezbaroa was honoured on an Indian postage stamp for his literary contribution.
17. āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻšā§āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāώā§āĻā§° āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first headmaster of a government high school in Assam ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻā§āĻļā§ą āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻĢā§āĻāύ
Explanation: āĻā§āĻļā§ą āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻĢā§āĻāύ⧠āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāϧā§āύāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧠āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžā§° āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ Keshab Nath Phukan played a key role in shaping modern school education in Assam.
18. āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first Vice-Chancellor of Gauhati University ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻā§āώā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āϏāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ (1948)
Explanation: : āĻā§āώā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āϏāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻāύ⧰ āĻļā§āĻā§āώāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻļāϤ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻž āϞā§āĨ¤ Krishnakanta Handiqui laid the academic foundation of Gauhati University.
19. āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§ āĻāĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§° āϏāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first Assamese President of the Indian National Congress ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻĻā§ā§ąāĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž (1975)
Explanation: āĻĻā§ā§ąāĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžāĻ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ ā§°āĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽāĻ āĻā§ā§°ā§ąāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ Debakanta Barua became INC President, representing Assam at the national level.
20. āĻ āϞāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϞ⧠āϝā§āĻā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻ ā§°ā§āĻāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first Assamese woman to qualify for the Olympics ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āϞāĻžāĻāϞāĻŋāύāĻž āĻŦā§°āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻāĻ
Explanation: āϞāĻžāĻāϞāĻŋāύāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻ āϞāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āϝā§āĻā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻ ā§°ā§āĻāύ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ Lovlina Borgohain qualified for the Olympics in boxing, creating history for Assam.
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21. āĻŽāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžā§° ā§ąā§°ā§āϞā§āĻĄāϤ āĻ
āĻāĻļāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻŦāĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first Assamese bodybuilder to participate in Mr. World ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻšā§°āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻāĻ
Explanation:āĻšā§°āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§ā§ āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ āĻŦāĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻāϤ āĻ āϏāĻŽāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ Harkanta Borgohain represented Assam in the Mr. World bodybuilding competition.
22. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϞāύāϤ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĻĻ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āĻž āĻā§āύ ? Who was the first Assamese martyr of India’s freedom movement ?
āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ / Ans: āĻĒāĻŋā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻāύ
Explanation: āĻĒāĻŋā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻāύ⧠āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻŖ āĻāĻšā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāϤ āĻ āĻŽā§° āĻšā§āĨ¤ Piyali Phukan sacrificed his life for India’s freedom and became Assam’s first martyr.
23. āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻĒā§āώāĻāϤāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who patronised Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva ?
A) āύ⧰āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖ / Nara Narayana B) āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĢāĻž / Sukaphaa C) ā§°ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš / Rudra Singha D) āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāϤā§āϤ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš / Pramatta Singha
Ans: A) āύ⧰āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖ / Nara Narayana
Explanation: King Nara Narayana of the Koch Kingdom gave patronage to Srimanta Sankardeva. Sankardeva presented his Vaishnavite religious and cultural ideas under his patronage.
āĻā§āĻ ā§°āĻāĻž āύ⧰āύāĻžā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŖā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąāĻ āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻĒā§āώāĻāϤāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻĒā§āώāĻāϤāĻžāϤ āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§ āĻŦā§āώā§āĻŖā§ą āϧ⧰ā§āĻŽ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻžāĻāϏā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
24. āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§ąāĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ āĻ'āϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ? Where did Sankardeva and Madhavdeva meet ?
A) āĻŦā§āϞāĻā§ā§°āĻŋ / Belaguri B) āĻŦā§°āĻĒā§āĻāĻž / Barpeta C) āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϞ⧠/ Majuli D) āϧā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ / Dhuwahat
Ans: A) āĻŦā§āϞāĻā§ā§°āĻŋ / Belaguri
Explanation: Srimanta Sankardeva and Madhavdeva met at Belaguri. This historic meeting marked the beginning of their close spiritual relationship.
āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§ąāĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ āĻŦā§āϞāĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ⧠āϤā§āĻāĻāϞā§āĻā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻā§ā§° āĻāϧā§āϝāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§° āϏā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
25. āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻā§āύāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻāĻ ‘āĻāĻĒāύā§āϝāĻžāϏ āϏāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻ’ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ? Which Assamese litterateur is known as the ‘Novel Samrat’ ?
A) āϞāĻā§āώā§āĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž / Lakshminath Bezbaroa B) ā§°āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞ⧠/ Rajanikanta Bordoloi C) āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ / Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya D) āĻšā§āĻŽā§āύ āĻŦā§°āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻāĻŋ / Homen Borgohain
Ans: B) ā§°āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞ⧠/ Rajanikanta Bordoloi
Explanation: Rajanikanta Bordoloi is popularly known as the ‘Upanyas Samrat’ (Emperor of Novels) in Assamese literature. He wrote several important historical and social novels.
ā§°āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞā§āĻ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝāϤ ‘āĻāĻĒāύā§āϝāĻžāϏ āϏāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻ’ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāύāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻāύ⧠āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĒāύā§āϝāĻžāϏ ā§°āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
26. āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋā§°āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ? In which year was Kaziranga declared a National Park ?
A) 1968 B) 1972 C) 1974 D) 1985
Ans: C) 1974
Explanation: Kaziranga was declared a National Park in 1974. It is famous worldwide for its population of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋā§°āĻāĻžāĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§ā§Ē āĻāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻā§°ā§ ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ UNESCO World Heritage Site āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
5. āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻĒā§āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the first Assamese recipient of the Jnanpith Award ?
A) āϞāĻā§āώā§āĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŦā§°ā§ā§ąāĻž / Lakshminath Bezbaroa B) ā§°āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦā§°āĻĻāϞ⧠/ Rajanikanta Bordoloi C) āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ / Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya D) āύā§āϞāĻŽāĻŖāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻāύ / Nilmani Phookan
Ans: C) āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ / Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
Explanation: Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya became the first Assamese Jnanpith Award winner in 1979. He received the award for his novel Mrityunjay.
āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻŽāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻ ā§§ā§¯ā§ā§¯ āĻāύāϤ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύāĻĒā§āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻĒāύā§āϝāĻžāϏ **‘āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝā§āĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧ’**ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
6. āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ āĻļāĻāĻā§°āĻĻā§ā§ąā§° āĻŽā§āϤā§āϝ⧠āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ? When did Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva die ?
A) 1565 B) 1568 C) 1570 D) 1572
Ans: B) 1568
Explanation: Srimanta Sankardeva passed away in 1568 at Cooch Behar (Koch Behar). He was one of the greatest religious and cultural figures of Assam.
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A) āĻā§ā§°ā§-āĻļāĻŋāώā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ / Guru-disciple relationship B) āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāύ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ / Manikanchan Sanyog
C) āĻŦā§āώā§āĻŖā§ą āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ / Vaishnava Milan D) āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ / Bhakti Sanyog
Ans: B) āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāύ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ / Manikanchan Sanyog
Explanation: The meeting and spiritual union of Sankardeva and Madhavdeva is famously known as ‘Manikanchan Sanyog’, symbolising the coming together of two great personalities of the Neo-Vaishnavite movement of Assam.
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