1. When was Sylhet added to the Chief Commissioner’s Province in Assam region?
A. 1858
B. 1874
C. 1876
D. 1857
2. What was the capital of the Province Eastern Bengal and Assam‘?
A. Shillong
B. Rangpur
C. Chittagong
D. Dacca
3. In which year Assam region was separated from Bengal territory and was put under a Chief Commissioner?
Or
When was the Assam region separated from the Bengal Presidency?
A. 1856
B. 1857
C. 1858
D. 1874
4. Which of the following is the first political association of colonial Assam?
A. Assam Chatra Sanmilan
B. Sarbajanik Sabha of Jorhat
C. Phulaguri Dhawa
D. None of these
5. The Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha was founded in the year
A. 1884
B. 1885
C. 1886
D. 1889
6. The Association which first created a stir against the British rule among the Assamese was the ” Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha” which was founded by
Or
Who was the founder of ‘Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha’ in 1884?
A. Jagannath Barooah
B. Omeo Kumar Das
C. Tarun Ram Phukan
D. Pushpalata Das
7. Who was the first Assamese to join the Indian National Congress during its second session held in 1886?
A. Gopinath Bordoloi
B. Tarunram Phukan
C. Devicharan Baruah
D. Nobin Chandra Bordoloi
8. In which year oil was discovered in Digboi?
A. 1866
B. 1883
C. 1889
D. 1901
9. India (and Asia) obtained its first refinery in Digboi in the year
A. 1866
B. 1883
C. 1889
D. 1901
10. When did the peasant revolt of Patharughat take place
A. 28 January 1894
B. 30 January 1890
C. 1 January 1884
D. 28 January 1794
11. Where did the ―Patharughatar Ron‖ take place?
A. Nagaon
B. Sivasagar
C. Goalpara
D. Darrang
12. Patharughatar Ran or Battle of Patharughat was the consequence of:
A. British Monopoly over opium trade
B. Enhanced revenue collection by British through tax
C. Usury by money lenders
D. Against taxes on Betel-nut and paan
13. Which of the following is known as Assam’s Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
A. Phulaguri Dhawa
B. Patharughatar Ran
C. Itakhuli Raij Mel
D. Jorhat Sarvbajanik Sabha
14. What was the precursor of Assam Sahitya Sabha?
A. Asam Sahitya Sabha Patrika
B. Sivasagar Zila Sahitya Sabha
C. Assam Sanmilan
D. Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha
15. In which of the following year Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha was formed?
A. 1889
B. 1888
C. 1887
D. 1886
16. Who was the first Secretary of ‘Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha’?
A. Kunjalal Sharma
B. Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
C. Sayed Abdul Malik
D. Shivaram Sharma Bordoloi
17. Which of following marked the dawn of Romanticism in Assamese literature?
A. Orunodoi
B. Prantik
C. Jonaki
D. Goriyoshi
18. In which year Assamese magazine ‘Jonaki’ was first published?
A. 1887
B. 1889
C. 1890
D. 1896
19. Who was the first editor of the Assamese magazine Jonaki?
A. Lakshminath Bezbaruah
B. Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
C. Anandachandra Agarwala
D. Chandrakumar Agarwala
20. In 1897, who translated the “Bargaon copper-plate” of Ratna Pala?
A. Dr. Hoemle
B. Dr. S.K. Bhuyan
C. E.G. Glazie
D. M. Kosh