1. In 1830, who among the following attempted to organize a confederacy of Assam tribes to wrest back the country from the hands of East-India Company?
A. Koncheng Bar patra Gohain
B. Atan Buragohain
C. Piali Barphukan
D. Laluk Barphukan
Answer: C. Piali Barphukan
2. In which year Dhananjoy Burhagohain, Piyali Phukan and Jiuram Medhi rose a revolt against British occupation in Assam?
A. 1830
B. 1832
C. 1835
D. 1857
Answer: A. 1830
3. Piyali Phukan was hanged in the year
A. June 25, 1830
B. July 26, 1830
C. August 26, 1830
D. August 25, 1830
Answer: B. July 26, 1830
4. The year 1836 was crucial in case of Assamese language & literature because:
A. Bengali Language was imposed over Assamese as the British took over Assam.
B. Assamese novels were translated to English for the first time.
C. Assam Sahitya Sabha was formed.
D. Oronodoi was published.
Answer: A. Bengali Language was imposed over Assamese as the British took over Assam.
5. Cachar was placed under the Commissionerate of Dacca in
A. 1836
B. 1837
C. 1839
D. 1840
Answer: A. 1836
6. When was the first tea garden established in India?
A. 1834
B. 1835
C. 1837
D. 1840
Answer: C. 1837
7. Where was the first Tea garden established in India?
A. Namrup, Dibrugarh
B. Chabua, Dibrugarh
C. Sonari, Charaideo
D. Margherita, Tinsukia
Answer: B. Chabua, Dibrugarh
8. Upper Assam was annexed to British Empire in the year
A. 1826
B. 1837
C. 1838
D. 1842
Answer: C. 1838
9. When was the Assam Tea company established?
A. 1826
B. 1830
C. 1835
D. 1839
Answer: D. 1839
10. Who was called the first tea planter of Assam?
A. Maniram Dewan
B. Nicholas Dodd Beatson Bell
C. Gomdhar Konwar
D. Hōne Heke
Answer: A. Maniram Dewan
11. Who was the first Indian to grow tea commercially?
A. Piyali Barua
B. Purnananda Buragohain
C. Maniram Dewan
D. None of these
Answer: C. Maniram Dewan
12. When did the Assam Tea Company begin its commercial production?
A. 1837
B. 1839
C. 1840
D. 1845
Answer: C. 1840
13. Which one is CORRECT about the tea production in Assam during the Colonial period of Assam?
A. First tea garden was established in Assam in 1858.
B. Assam Tea Company began commercial production in 1858.
C. First Tea garden was established in Chabua, Dibrugarh.
D. All of these.
Answer: C. First Tea garden was established in Chabua, Dibrugarh
[First tea garden was established in 1837 and the Assam Tea Company began commercial production in 1840]
14. When was the region of Matak & Sadiya annexed by British?
A. 1826
B. 1828
C. 1839
D. 1842
Answer: D. 1842
15. The first Assamese periodical was first published by American Baptist
Missionaries in the year
A. 1886
B. 1846
C. 1885
D. 1871
Answer: B. 1846
16. The first Assamese magazine Orunodoi was published in the year
A. 1836
B. 1846
C. 1872
D. 1882
Answer: B. 1846
17. The Association ―Gyan Pradayini Sabha‖ was initiated by- A. Anandaram Dhekial Phukan and Gunabhiram Barua
B. Anandaram Dhekial Phukan and Devicharan Barua
C. Jagannath Barua and Gunabhiram Barua
D. Jagannath Barua and Manik Chandra Barooah.
Answer: A. Anandaram Dhekial Phukan and Gunabhiram Baruah
18. Who among the following was sent to Andaman for the plan to bring Kandarpeswar to the throne?
A. Sheikh Formud Ali
B. Kamala Baruah
C. Bahadur Gaon Burha
D. Both A & C
Answer: D. Both A & C
19. In Assam the period from 1826 to 1858 CE is known as:
A. British Rule
B. Manor Din
C. Company Raj
D. Governtment Rule
Answer: C. Company Raj
20. Which of the following Act transferred power from the English East India Company to the British Crown?
A. The Government of India Act 1858
B. Government of Indian Act 1919
C. Indian Council Act 1861
D. Government of India Act 1935
Answer: A. The Government of India Act 1858