Assam General Knowledge 100 Questions and Answers

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Assam, known as the gateway to Northeast India, is famous for its tea gardens, vibrant culture, and rich biodiversity. The state has a unique heritage and a significant role in India’s history and geography. This article presents 100 general knowledge questions about Assam, covering its culture, geography, history, and traditions, making it a perfect resource for learners and quiz enthusiasts.

Assam General Knowledge Quiz

1. What is the capital of Assam?
a) Guwahati
b) Dispur
c) Tezpur
d) Dibrugarh
Answer: Dispur

2. Which river is known as the lifeline of Assam?
a) Ganga
b) Brahmaputra
c) Barak
d) Teesta
Answer: Brahmaputra

3. Which festival in Assam is celebrated to mark the Assamese New Year?
a) Bihu
b) Durga Puja
c) Rongali Bihu
d) Magh Bihu
Answer: Rongali Bihu

4. Which national park in Assam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
a) Kaziranga National Park
b) Manas National Park
c) Orang National Park
d) Both a and b
Answer: Both a and b

5. Which dance form is traditionally performed in Assam?
a) Sattriya
b) Bihu
c) Bhangra
d) Kathakali
Answer: Bihu

6. Which city is known as the “Tea City of India”?
a) Guwahati
b) Dibrugarh
c) Jorhat
d) Silchar
Answer: Dibrugarh

7. Which tribe is one of the largest in Assam?
a) Bodo
b) Khasi
c) Garo
d) Santhal
Answer: Bodo

8. Which wildlife sanctuary in Assam is famous for migratory birds?
a) Deepor Beel
b) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
c) Nameri Wildlife Sanctuary
d) Barail Wildlife Sanctuary
Answer: Deepor Beel

9. What is the official language of Assam?
a) Bengali
b) Assamese
c) Hindi
d) English
Answer: Assamese

10. Which Assam festival is dedicated to the agricultural cycle?
a) Magh Bihu
b) Durga Puja
c) Ambubachi Mela
d) Janmashtami
Answer: Magh Bihu

11. Which district in Assam is the largest by area?
a) Karbi Anglong
b) Dibrugarh
c) Lakhimpur
d) Jorhat
Answer: Karbi Anglong

12. Which city in Assam hosts the Ambubachi Mela?
a) Dispur
b) Guwahati
c) Tezpur
d) Dibrugarh
Answer: Guwahati

13. Which Assam national park is known for its one-horned rhinoceroses?
a) Kaziranga National Park
b) Manas National Park
c) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
d) Orang National Park
Answer: Kaziranga National Park

14. What is Assam’s state flower?
a) Foxtail Orchid
b) Lotus
c) Sunflower
d) Jasmine
Answer: Foxtail Orchid

15. Which Assamese literary figure was the first to win the Jnanpith Award?
a) Lakshminath Bezbaroa
b) Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
c) Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
d) Mamoni Raisom Goswami
Answer: Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya

16. Which river island in Assam is the largest in the world?
a) Majuli
b) Umananda
c) Choraikhowa
d) Biswanath
Answer: Majuli

17. Which Assam temple is famous for its Shakti worship?
a) Kamakhya Temple
b) Umananda Temple
c) Basistha Temple
d) Navagraha Temple
Answer: Kamakhya Temple

18. Which district in Assam is famous for its silk production?
a) Sivasagar
b) Kamrup
c) Barpeta
d) Jorhat
Answer: Sivasagar

19. What is the state animal of Assam?
a) Asian Elephant
b) One-Horned Rhinoceros
c) Royal Bengal Tiger
d) Red Panda
Answer: One-Horned Rhinoceros

20. Which Assam-based movement was a precursor to the Indian independence struggle?
a) Assam Movement
b) Quit India Movement
c) Swadeshi Movement
d) None of the above
Answer: Assam Movement

21. Which Assam city is called the “Gateway to Northeast India”?
a) Guwahati
b) Dibrugarh
c) Tezpur
d) Silchar
Answer: Guwahati

22. Which Assam festival celebrates the river Brahmaputra?
a) Brahmaputra Pushkar
b) Namami Brahmaputra
c) Bihu Festival
d) Ambubachi Mela
Answer: Namami Brahmaputra

23. Which Assam village is famous for its mask-making tradition?
a) Majuli
b) Tezpur
c) Sualkuchi
d) Charaideo
Answer: Majuli

24. What is the state bird of Assam?
a) White-winged Duck
b) Hornbill
c) Kingfisher
d) Great Indian Bustard
Answer: White-winged Duck

25. Which Assamese leader played a significant role in the Assam Accord?
a) Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
b) Gopinath Bordoloi
c) Tarun Gogoi
d) Hiteswar Saikia
Answer: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

26. Which Assamese musical instrument is used during Bihu celebrations?
a) Dhol
b) Taal
c) Pepa
d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above

27. Which tea garden in Assam is the largest in the world?
a) Monabarie Tea Estate
b) Toklai Tea Estate
c) Naharkatia Tea Estate
d) Tinsukia Tea Estate
Answer: Monabarie Tea Estate

28. Which Assamese king is known for constructing the Rang Ghar?
a) Rudra Singha
b) Swargadeo Pratap Singha
c) Swargadeo Rudra Singha
d) Swargadeo Rajeshwar Singha
Answer: Swargadeo Rudra Singha

29. Which Assamese city is known for its silk village, Sualkuchi?
a) Guwahati
b) Nalbari
c) Barpeta
d) Sualkuchi
Answer: Sualkuchi

30. Which national park in Assam is located in the floodplains of the Brahmaputra River?
a) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
b) Manas National Park
c) Orang National Park
d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above

31. What is the state dance of Assam?
a) Bihu Dance
b) Sattriya Dance
c) Jhumur Dance
d) Ojapali Dance
Answer: Sattriya Dance

32. Which Assamese kingdom was known for resisting Mughal invasions?
a) Ahom Kingdom
b) Chutiya Kingdom
c) Dimasa Kingdom
d) Kachari Kingdom
Answer: Ahom Kingdom

33. Which Assamese poet is known as the “Bard of Brahmaputra”?
a) Bhupen Hazarika
b) Parvati Prasad Barua
c) Lakshminath Bezbaroa
d) Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
Answer: Bhupen Hazarika

34. Which district in Assam is home to the Haflong Hill Station?
a) Dima Hasao
b) Cachar
c) Karimganj
d) Hailakandi
Answer: Dima Hasao

35. Which Assamese king founded the capital city of Rangpur?
a) Rudra Singha
b) Gadadhar Singha
c) Rajeswar Singha
d) Pratap Singha
Answer: Rudra Singha

36. Which Assamese city is home to the Basistha Temple?
a) Guwahati
b) Tezpur
c) Dibrugarh
d) Nalbari
Answer: Guwahati

37. Which wildlife sanctuary in Assam is known for its Golden Langurs?
a) Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary
b) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
c) Manas National Park
d) Kaziranga National Park
Answer: Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary

38. Which Assamese district is known for the historic Sivasagar tanks?
a) Sivasagar
b) Jorhat
c) Golaghat
d) Lakhimpur
Answer: Sivasagar

39. Which Assamese movement is known for its literary contributions?
a) Jonaki Era
b) Swadeshi Movement
c) Assam Movement
d) Quit India Movement
Answer: Jonaki Era

40. Which Assamese festival marks the end of the harvest season?
a) Magh Bihu
b) Rongali Bihu
c) Kati Bihu
d) Ambubachi Mela
Answer: Magh Bihu

41. Which Assamese district is home to the Umananda Island?
a) Kamrup
b) Nalbari
c) Sivasagar
d) Barpeta
Answer: Kamrup

42. Which Assamese reformer is known as the “Father of Assamese Renaissance”?
a) Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
b) Lakshminath Bezbaroa
c) Gopinath Bordoloi
d) Bhupen Hazarika
Answer: Anandaram Dhekial Phukan

43. Which Assamese district is home to the Dhola-Sadiya Bridge?
a) Tinsukia
b) Dibrugarh
c) Sivasagar
d) Lakhimpur
Answer: Tinsukia

44. Which Assamese traditional art form involves puppetry?
a) Kathputli
b) Bhaona
c) Ojapali
d) Jhumur
Answer: Bhaona

45. Which Assamese folk song is associated with Bihu celebrations?
a) Bihugeet
b) Kamrupi Lokgeet
c) Jhumur Geet
d) Goalparia Geet
Answer: Bihugeet

46. Which Assamese district is known for the historic Charaideo Maidam?
a) Sivasagar
b) Jorhat
c) Dibrugarh
d) Golaghat
Answer: Sivasagar

47. Which Assamese festival celebrates female fertility?
a) Ambubachi Mela
b) Magh Bihu
c) Rongali Bihu
d) Kati Bihu
Answer: Ambubachi Mela

48. Which Assamese leader was the first Chief Minister of Assam?
a) Gopinath Bordoloi
b) Tarun Gogoi
c) Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
d) Hiteswar Saikia
Answer: Gopinath Bordoloi

49. Which Assamese river is also known as the “Red River”?
a) Brahmaputra
b) Barak
c) Subansiri
d) Dhansiri
Answer: Brahmaputra

50. Which Assamese district is home to the Bogibeel Bridge?
a) Dibrugarh
b) Lakhimpur
c) Tinsukia
d) Sivasagar
Answer: Dibrugarh

51. Which Assamese festival marks the lighting of earthen lamps to ward off evil spirits?
a) Kati Bihu
b) Magh Bihu
c) Rongali Bihu
d) Ambubachi Mela
Answer: Kati Bihu

52. Which Assamese wildlife sanctuary is located near the Brahmaputra River?
a) Orang National Park
b) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
c) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above

53. Which Assamese temple is known as the “Peacock Island Temple”?
a) Umananda Temple
b) Kamakhya Temple
c) Basistha Temple
d) Mahabhairav Temple
Answer: Umananda Temple

54. Which Assamese king shifted the Ahom capital to Rangpur?
a) Rudra Singha
b) Gadadhar Singha
c) Sukapha
d) Jayadhwaj Singha
Answer: Rudra Singha

55. Which Assamese river is a major tributary of the Brahmaputra?
a) Subansiri
b) Manas
c) Dhansiri
d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above

56. Which Assamese national park is located in the Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts?
a) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
b) Manas National Park
c) Kaziranga National Park
d) Orang National Park
Answer: Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

57. Which Assamese hill station is also known as the “Switzerland of the East”?
a) Haflong
b) Tezpur
c) Diphu
d) Jorhat
Answer: Haflong

58. Which Assamese ruler established the Charaideo Maidam burial mounds?
a) Sukapha
b) Rudra Singha
c) Jayadhwaj Singha
d) Gadadhar Singha
Answer: Sukapha

59. Which Assamese district is known for its historical Talatal Ghar monument?
a) Sivasagar
b) Jorhat
c) Dibrugarh
d) Golaghat
Answer: Sivasagar

60. Which Assamese wildlife sanctuary is home to pygmy hogs?
a) Manas National Park
b) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
c) Kaziranga National Park
d) Nameri National Park
Answer: Manas National Park

61. Which Assamese poet is known as the “Militant Poet”?
a) Ambikagiri Raichoudhury
b) Bhupen Hazarika
c) Lakshminath Bezbaroa
d) Hem Barua
Answer: Ambikagiri Raichoudhury

62. Which Assamese city is known for its oil refineries?
a) Digboi
b) Duliajan
c) Bongaigaon
d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above

63. Which Assamese town is famous for the Mahabhairav Temple?
a) Tezpur
b) Sivasagar
c) Jorhat
d) Nalbari
Answer: Tezpur

64. Which Assamese district is known for its tea research center?
a) Jorhat
b) Dibrugarh
c) Tinsukia
d) Sivasagar
Answer: Jorhat

65. Which Assamese national park is located in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas?
a) Manas National Park
b) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
c) Nameri National Park
d) Kaziranga National Park
Answer: Nameri National Park

66. Which Assamese district is famous for the Agnigarh Hill?
a) Tezpur
b) Dibrugarh
c) Lakhimpur
d) Jorhat
Answer: Tezpur

67. Which Assamese silk is known as “Golden Silk”?
a) Muga Silk
b) Eri Silk
c) Pat Silk
d) Tussar Silk
Answer: Muga Silk

68. Which Assamese festival is celebrated to honor the goddess Kamakhya?
a) Ambubachi Mela
b) Magh Bihu
c) Rongali Bihu
d) Kati Bihu
Answer: Ambubachi Mela

69. Which Assamese city is known for the Saraighat Bridge?
a) Guwahati
b) Dibrugarh
c) Tezpur
d) Jorhat
Answer: Guwahati

70. Which Assamese saint and social reformer introduced Neo-Vaishnavism?
a) Srimanta Sankardev
b) Madhavdev
c) Gopal Ata
d) Aniruddha Dev
Answer: Srimanta Sankardev

71. Which Assamese wildlife sanctuary is famous for wild water buffaloes?
a) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
b) Manas National Park
c) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
d) Orang National Park
Answer: Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary

72. Which Assamese king shifted the Ahom capital to Jorhat?
a) Gaurinath Singha
b) Rudra Singha
c) Pratap Singha
d) Gadadhar Singha
Answer: Gaurinath Singha

73. Which Assamese district is home to the historic Rang Ghar amphitheater?
a) Sivasagar
b) Jorhat
c) Golaghat
d) Dibrugarh
Answer: Sivasagar

74. Which Assamese bridge is the longest rail-cum-road bridge in India?
a) Bogibeel Bridge
b) Saraighat Bridge
c) Dhola-Sadiya Bridge
d) Kolia Bhomora Setu
Answer: Bogibeel Bridge

75. Which Assamese district is known for the Burhi Dihing River?
a) Dibrugarh
b) Tinsukia
c) Sivasagar
d) Jorhat
Answer: Dibrugarh

76. Which Assamese festival is celebrated with buffalo fights?
a) Magh Bihu
b) Rongali Bihu
c) Ambubachi Mela
d) Kati Bihu
Answer: Magh Bihu

77. Which Assamese district is famous for its oil town, Digboi?
a) Tinsukia
b) Dibrugarh
c) Jorhat
d) Sivasagar
Answer: Tinsukia

78. Which Assamese hill station is a popular tourist destination for its natural beauty?
a) Haflong
b) Tezpur
c) Jorhat
d) Guwahati
Answer: Haflong

79. Which Assamese poet wrote the famous song “O Mur Apunar Desh”?
a) Lakshminath Bezbaroa
b) Bhupen Hazarika
c) Hemchandra Barua
d) Ambikagiri Raichoudhury
Answer: Lakshminath Bezbaroa

80. Which Assamese district is known for its aromatic Joha rice?
a) Jorhat
b) Nagaon
c) Barpeta
d) Sivasagar
Answer: Jorhat

81. Which Assamese sanctuary is known for its wild horses?
a) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
b) Manas National Park
c) Nameri National Park
d) Orang National Park
Answer: Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

82. Which Assamese district is home to the Kolia Bhomora Setu?
a) Sonitpur
b) Jorhat
c) Tezpur
d) Nagaon
Answer: Sonitpur

83. Which Assamese king is credited with unifying the Ahom Kingdom?
a) Sukapha
b) Rudra Singha
c) Pratap Singha
d) Gadadhar Singha
Answer: Sukapha

84. Which Assamese national park is known as the “Mini Kaziranga”?
a) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
b) Manas National Park
c) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
d) Nameri National Park
Answer: Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary

85. Which Assamese musical instrument is crafted from bamboo?
a) Pepa
b) Xutuli
c) Bahi
d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above

86. Which Assamese festival is associated with the harvest season?
a) Rongali Bihu
b) Magh Bihu
c) Kati Bihu
d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above

87. Which Assamese district is famous for the Kaziranga National Park?
a) Golaghat
b) Jorhat
c) Nagaon
d) Both a and c
Answer: Both a and c

88. Which Assamese poet is known as the “Nightingale of Assam”?
a) Parvati Prasad Barua
b) Mamoni Raisom Goswami
c) Nabakanta Barua
d) Kanaklata Barua
Answer: Parvati Prasad Barua

89. Which Assamese river is also called the “Sorrow of Assam”?
a) Brahmaputra
b) Barak
c) Dhansiri
d) Kopili
Answer: Kopili

90. Which Assamese hill is believed to be the site of ancient Vedic rituals?
a) Nilachal Hill
b) Agnigarh Hill
c) Sarania Hill
d) Barail Hills
Answer: Nilachal Hill

91. Which Assamese district is famous for its silk production, especially Eri and Muga silk?
a) Sivasagar
b) Kamrup
c) Nalbari
d) Barpeta
Answer: Sivasagar

92. Which Assamese writer won the Sahitya Akademi Award for the novel “The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker”?
a) Mamoni Raisom Goswami
b) Indira Goswami
c) Homen Borgohain
d) Arupa Patangia Kalita
Answer: Mamoni Raisom Goswami

93. Which Assamese town is known for its historic Auniati Satra?
a) Majuli
b) Jorhat
c) Sivasagar
d) Tezpur
Answer: Majuli

94. Which Assamese city is home to the Sukreswar Temple?
a) Guwahati
b) Jorhat
c) Sivasagar
d) Tezpur
Answer: Guwahati

95. Which Assamese dance form is a classical dance recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi?
a) Sattriya Dance
b) Bihu Dance
c) Ojapali Dance
d) Jhumur Dance
Answer: Sattriya Dance

96. Which Assamese district is known for the historic Rangpur Palace?
a) Sivasagar
b) Jorhat
c) Dibrugarh
d) Tinsukia
Answer: Sivasagar

97. Which Assamese sanctuary is a haven for migratory birds?
a) Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary
b) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
c) Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
d) Nameri National Park
Answer: Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary

98. Which Assamese festival is celebrated with colorful masks and Bhaona performances?
a) Doul Utsav
b) Magh Bihu
c) Rongali Bihu
d) Ambubachi Mela
Answer: Doul Utsav

99. Which Assamese district is known for the Tipam Hillocks?
a) Tinsukia
b) Dibrugarh
c) Jorhat
d) Golaghat
Answer: Tinsukia

100. Which Assamese bridge is the longest river bridge in India?
a) Dhola-Sadiya Bridge
b) Bogibeel Bridge
c) Saraighat Bridge
d) Kolia Bhomora Setu
Answer: Dhola-Sadiya Bridge

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