Assam

21.	The Kamakhya Temple is located on which Hill top?
a.	Jogini Hill
b.	Nilanchal Hill
c.	Sandhya chal Hill
d.	Chitrachal Hill Option “B” is correct. The Kamakhya Temple is located at the top of the Nilanchal Hills at an altitude of 800 feet above the sea level, in the state of Assam, in India. The Kamakhya Temple situated in the guwahati city is an important place in the tourism map of North-East India.

22.	In which of the following cities ‘Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary’ is located?
a.	Kokrajhar
b.	Jorhat
c.	Dibrugarh
d.	Chirang Option “B” is correct.

23.	Which tribe of Assam celebrates an agro-based festival ‘Ali-Aai-Ligang’?
a.	Khasis
b.	Mishing
c.	Naga
d.	Bodo Option “B” is correct.Most of the tribal festivals celebrated in Assam are springtime festivals related to the cultivation or harvest. The Festival of Ali-Aai-Ligang in Assam is a spring festival celebrated by the Mishing Tribe of people. It especially began with Ahu paddy cultivation.

24.	Who was the first Assamese to receive the ‘Sahitya Academy Award’?
a.	Mohin Bora
b.	Birinchi Kumar Barua
c.	Jatindranath Duarah
d.	Bhupen Hazarika Option “C” is correct. Jatindranath Duarah was the first Assamese to win Sahitya Academy award. Jatindranath Dowara is one of the eminent Assamese poets. He is popularly known as Bonphulor Kobi in Assam. In 1955, Jatindranath Dowara was awarded with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his book Bon Phul (poetry).

25.	In 640 AD. Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visited Assam (Kamrupa). The king who gave him warm reception was-
a.	Kumar Rudra Barmana
b.	Swargadeo Rudra Singha
c.	Kumar Bhaskara Barmana
d.	Bhagadatta Option “C” is correct. Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang visited Kamrupa in 640 AD. He met Kamrupa King Bhaskara Barmana in Gauda and got an invitation to visit his kingdom. So, Hiuen-Tsang came to Assam and attended the court of King Bhaskara Barmana. His accounts on Kamrupa are valuable sources of the history of Assam.

26.	In which of the following year the Ahom invasion of Assam took place?
a.	1810 AD
b.	1011 AD
c.	1538 AD
d.	1228 AD Option “D” is correct.

27.	The Assam Police Day is observed on-
a.	8^th September
b.	13^th January
c.	4^th April
d.	1^st October Option “D” is correct.The Assam Police Day is observed in remembrance of IPS K. R. Choudhary, who took over as Assam Police Chief on 1^st October in 1951.

28.	In which year Bhupen Hazarika was awarded with Dadasaheb Phalke Award?
a.	1992
b.	1993
c.	1997
d.	2003 Option “A” is correct. Bhupen Hazarika received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1975, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987), Padma Shri (1977) and Padma Bhushan (2001), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1992), the highest award for cinema in India and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (2008), the highest award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

29.	The first One Day International Cricket match was played in Assam in which year?
a.	1985
b.	1982
c.	1981
d.	1983 Option “D” is correct. The first One day International Cricket (ODI) match in Assam state of India was played on 17^th December, 1983. It was played between India and West Indies. The venue was Nehru Stadium, Guwahati. West Indies won the ODI cricket match by 6 wickets.

30.	The Guwahati Stock Exchange was established in Assam in which of the following years?
a.	1984
b.	1989
c.	1987
d.	1983 Option “D” is correct. Guwahati Stock Exchange (GSE) is a defunct stock exchange located in Gauhati, Assam. It was incorporated on 29^th November 1983 and it was recognised by the Government of India on 1^st May 1984 and was permitted to be closed by market regulator SEBI in January 2015.

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