GK For APDCL EXAM

Assam State GK for any Assam Govt. Exam

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1. National Game held in Assam – 2007

2. Guawahati tea auction Centre - 1970

3. Total number of National Park in
Assam -5

4. Manchester of Assam – Sualkuchi

5. Largest dry fish market in Asia-
Jagirod

6. Total parliamentary constituency in
Assam- 14

7. Namghosa was written by-
Madhavdeva

8. Halodhia Soraie Bau Dhan Khai won
National best film award on-
1988(Jahnu Barua)

9. Sankardeva used – Brajavali
language


10. Which district was separated from
Assam and given to Pakistan in 1947 -
Sylhet

11Which Wildlife Sanctuary of Assam
is the home of golden langur-
Chakrashila(Kokrajhar)

12. According to 2011 census literacy
rate of Assam is ____?--73.18 %

13. Gibbon Wild Life Sanctuary is
located at– Jorhat

14.When did the British annex Assam?
–1826 (Yandabo Treaty)

15.The Brahmaputra Cracker and
Polymer Limited Industry is located at-
Lepetkata(Dibrugarh)

16.District with highest forest cover in
Assam- Karbi Anglong

17. Pani Dihing Bird Sanctuary is
located in which district- Sivasagar

18.Kanaklata was the first martyr of –
1942 Revolution in Assam

19. Assam’s rank in literacy in India is
– 26th

20.The first phase of Moamoria
Rebellion was started in—1769 (during
the time of Lakshmi Singha)

21. Assam Hindustan Fertilizers
Corporation is situated in_ Namrup

22.Which is the largest Coal mine of
Assam ?-- Jaipur-Makum

23.In which year, the capital of Assam
shifted from Shillong to Dispur? --1973

24. The Asam Sahitya Sabha was
founded in the year_1917

25. First Conference of Assam Sahitya
Sabha was in ---Sivsagar (Padmanath
Gohain Barua)

26. The Naranarayan Setu connects the
Pancharatna Town with which
city__Jogighopa

27. Srimanta Sankardev was born in the
year__1449

28. Guwahati University was
established in the year- 1948

29. The first Assamese film Joymoti
was released in the year--1935

30.The Abhiruchi Sports Day is
celebrated on—Sep 3

31. First Assamese novel—
Mirijiyori(Rajani Kanta Bordoloi)

32. “O Mur Apunar Desh” was first
published in the magazine--Bahi

33.The first Assamese magazine
Orunodoi was published in the year -
1846 (Sivsagar)

34.The first Assamese dictionary was
compiled by- Miles Bronson (1867,
Sivsagar)

35.The first Assamese to compile a
dictionary called Hemkosh was-
Hemchandra Barua

36. Who wrote the first Assamese
Grammar – Nathan Brown(1848)

37.Who is the first Assamese to
received “Jnanpith Award”? ---Birendra
Kumar Bhattacharya (Mrityunjoy)

38.The Phulaguri uprising was take
place in--1861

39. First Assamese Sonnet—
Priyotomar Sithi (Hemchandra
Goswami)

40.First Assamese Romantic Poem—
Bonkuwari(Chandra Kumar
Agarwala)

41 In which year Assamese magazine
‘Jonaki’ was first published?--1889

42. First Recipient of Sahitya Akademi
Award--Jatindranath Duwarah,
(Banphool), 1952

43. First women Chief Minister of
Assam- Syeda Anowara
Taimur(1980-81)

44.The Hayagriva Madhava Temple of
Hajo is located in which hill?—
Manikut Hill

45. “Hastividyarnava” was written by-
Sukumar Borkaith(About the
treatment of Elephant )

46.Which one is the first modern
Assamese play? Ramnavami

47.Who is known as ‘Dhwani Kavi‘?
Binandachandra Baruah

48.Who had a pen name ‘Rasna
Baruah--Birinchi Kumar Barua

49. ‘’Kathanibari Ghat’’ a collection
of short stories was written by – Mahim
Bora

50. Who translated Ramayana to
Assamese first- Madhav Kandali


Note: Constructed with the help of
various online-offline sources.

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