700+ Assam History GK MCQ PDF (Chronologically) with Previous Year Questions (Part 8)

This is the eighth part of Assam History GK MCQ PDF series, you can check the previous part by clicking here.

In the previous parts we have discussed 500 questions on Pre-history Period, Ancient History and Medieval History of Assam. In this part(Part 8) of Assam History GK MCQ PDF Series we are going to discuss another 150 questions on History of Assam.

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Assam History Parts in Details

Era or Parts of Assam History	Time Period
Ancient History of Assam	400 CE to 1200 CE
Medieval History of Assam	1200 CE to 1826 CE
Modern History of Assam	1826 to 1947
Post-Independence History of Assam	1947 to till date

Assam History GK MCQ PDF – Part 8(Chronologically)

Modern History of Assam or Colonial Assam(1826 to 1947)

700. Upper Assam was annexed to British Empire in the year
A. 1826
B. 1837
C. 1838
D. 1842
Answer: C. 1838

701. When was the Assam Tea company established?
A. 1826
B. 1830
C. 1835
D. 1839
Answer: D. 1839

702. 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

703. 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

704. When did the Assam Tea Company begin its commercial production?
A. 1837
B. 1839
C. 1840
D. 1845
Answer: C. 1840

705. 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)
706. When was the region of Matak & Sadiya annexed by British?
A. 1826
B. 1828
C. 1839
D. 1842
Answer: D. 1842

707. 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

708. The first Assamese magazine Orunodoi was published in the year
A. 1836
B. 1846
C. 1872
D. 1882
Answer: B. 1846

709. The Association “Gyan Pradayini Sabha” was initiated byA. 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

710. 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

711. 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

712. 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

713. Who was the leader of the 1857 revolt in Assam?
A. Lachit Barphukan
B. Pioli Baruah
C. Maniram Dewan
D. Kanaklata
Answer: C. Maniram Dewan

714. Subedar Sheikh Bhikun and Subedar Nur Mahammad is known for:
A. Leading the Sepoy Mutiny in Assam
B. Joining the conspiracy to bring Kandarpeswar to the throne.
C. Revolting against the annexation of Sylhet to Chief Commissioner’s
province of Assam
D. None of these
Answer: B. Joining the conspiracy to bring Kandarpeswar to the throne.

715. Who was popular among the people of Upper Assam as ‘Kalita Raja‘?
A. Lachit Barphukan
B. Pioli Baruah
C. Maniram Dewan
D. Kanaklata
Answer: C. Maniram Dewan

716. When was Maniram Dewan publicly hanged for his involvement in the
rebellion against the British?
A. 20 Feb. 1857
B. 26 Feb. 1858
C. 28 Feb. 1859
D. 1st March 1870
Answer: 26 Feb. 1858

717. Who was hanged publicly with Maniram Dewan?
A. Piyali Phukan
B. Piyali Baruah
C. Dutiram Barua
D. None of these
Answer: B. Piyali Baruah

718. Which of the following was the CORRECT reason for hanging Maniram
Dewan?
A. He was hanged because he was a leader of Sepoy-mutiny.
B. He was identified as the kingpin of the plot to bring Kandarpeswar to the
throne.
C. He was the first India to grow tea commercially without British
permission.
D. None of these
Answer: B. He was identified as the kingpin of the plot to bring Kandarpeswar
to the throne.

719. Which of the following is INCORRECT about Maniram Dewan
A. Maniram Dewan was the first person to establish tea gardens in Assam.
B. Maniram Dewan was a borbhandar (Prime Minister) of Purandar Singha.
C. Maniram Dewan was the only martyr in India who was hanged during the
phase of sepoy mutiny.
D. Maniram Dewan was hanged by the British for conspiring against them
during the 1857 uprising.
Answer: C. Maniram Dewan was the only martyr in India who was hanged
during the phase of sepoy mutiny.

720. Which one of the following sites is linked to the Sepoy Mutiny?
A. Madan Kamdev
B. Surya Pahar
C. Northbrook Gate
D. Malegarh Ruins
Answer: D. Malegarh Ruins

721. The waste land rule was passed under which one of the following
commissioners?
A. David Scott
B. Thomas Campbell Robertson
C. Francis Jenkins
D. Henry Hopkinson
Answer: C. Francis Jenkins

722. The first Peasant uprising in Assam against the British rule was?
A. Phulaguri Dhawa
B. Patharughat Raijmel
C. Battle of Itakhuli
D. Rangiya Raijmel
Answer: A. Phulaguri Dhawa

723. India’s first Peasant movement against the British rule was:
A. Malabar rebellion
B. Bardoli Satyagraha
C. Phulaguri Dhawa
D. Jorhat Raijmel
Answer: C. Phulaguri Dhawa

724. The Phulaguri uprising took place in the year
A. 1848
B. 1852
C. 1861
D. 1869
Answer: C. 1861

725. The reason behind the peasants of Nagaon gathered at Phulaguri for a raij
mel (peoples’ assembly) was:
A. To protest against taxes on Tea
B. To protest against taxes on Rice
C. To protest against British Occupation
D. To protest against taxes on Betel-nut and paan
Answer: D. To protest against taxes on Betel-nut and paan (Tamul – Pan)

726. What was the name of the British officer who was killed during Phulaguri
uprising?
A. Lt. Dawson
B. Lt. Robert
C. Lt. Singer
D. Lt. Brook
Answer: C. Lt. Singer

727. The first oil well of Asia was drilled at
A. Digboi
B. Geleki
C. Lakwa
D. Naharkatia
Answer: A. Digboi

728. The first oil well at Digboi was dug in the year
A. 1866
B. 1883
C. 1889
D. 1901
Answer: A. 1866
729. In which year the first dictionary in Assamese language was publised
A. 1861
B. 1867
C. 1901
D. 1903
Answer: B. 1867
(The first Assamese dictionary was compiled by Dr. Miles Bronson, an
American Baptist Missionary.)

730. Which of the following period is called “The Dark Age of Assamese
Language”?
A. 1826-1830
B. 1830-1835
C. 1836-1863
D. 1836-1873
Answer: D. 1836-1873

731. Assam became Chief Commissioner’s Province in the year
A. 1858
B. 1874
C. 1876
D. 1857
Answer: B. 1874

732. Assam was tagged with which province during the colonial rule?
A. Bengal
B. Bihar
C. Sylhet
D. North East
Answer: C. Sylhet

733. When was Sylhet added to the Chief Commissioner’s Province in Assam
region?
A. 1858
B. 1874
C. 1876
D. 1857
Answer: B. 1874

734. What was the capital of the Province ‘Eastern Bengal and Assam‘?
A. Shillong
B. Rangpur
C. Chittagong
D. Dacca
Answer: D. Dacca

735. 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
Answer: D. 1874

736. 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
Answer: B. Sarbajanik Sabha of Jorhat

737. The Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha was founded in the year
A. 1884
B. 1885
C. 1886
D. 1889
Answer: A. 1884

738. 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
Answer: A. Jagannath Barooah

739. 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
Answer: D. Nobin Chandra Bordoloi

740. In which year oil was discovered in Digboi?
A. 1866
B. 1883
C. 1889
D. 1901
Answer: C. 1889

741. India (and Asia) obtained its first refinery in Digboi in the year
A. 1866
B. 1883
C. 1889
D. 1901
Answer: D. 1901

742. 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
Answer: A. 28 January 1894

743. Where did the “Patharughatar Ron” take place?
A. Nagaon
B. Sivasagar
C. Goalpara
D. Darrang
Answer: D. Darrang

744. 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
Answer: B. Enhanced revenue collection by British through tax

745. 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
Answer: B. Patharughatar Ran

746. 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
Answer: D. Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha

747. In which of the following year Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha
was formed?
A. 1889
B. 1888
C. 1887
D. 1886
Answer: B. 1888

748. 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
Answer: D. Shivaram Sharma Bordoloi

749. Which of following marked the dawn of Romanticism in Assamese
literature?
A. Orunodoi
B. Prantik
C. Jonaki
D. Goriyoshi
Answer: C. Jonaki

750. In which year Assamese magazine ‘Jonaki’ was first published?
A. 1887
B. 1889
C. 1890
D. 1896
Answer: B. 1889

751. Who was the first editor of the Assamese magazine Jonaki?
A. Lakshminath Bezbaruah
B. Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
C. Anandachandra Agarwala
D. Chandrakumar Agarwala
Answer: D. Chandrakumar Agarwala

752. 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
Answer: A. Dr. Hoemle

753. Assam Association was formed in the year
A. 1900
B. 1903
C. 1905
D. 1910
Answer: B. 1903

754. Who formed Assam Association / who was the first secretary of Assam
Association?
A. Gopinath Bordoloi
B. Raja Prabhat Chandra Baruah
C. Jagannath Baruah
D. Manik Chandra Baruah
Answer: D. Manik Chandra Baruah

755. Who was the first elected president of the Assam Association?
A. Gopinath Bordoloi
B. Raja Prabhat Chandra Baruah
C. Jagannath Baruah
D. Manik Chandra Baruah
Answer: B. Raja Prabhat Chandra Baruah

756. Where did the first session of the Assam Association held?
A. Guwahati
B. Jorhat
C. Dibrugarh
D. Tezpur
Answer: C. Dibrugah

757. Which one is INCORRECT about the Assam Association?
A. It was formed in 1903.
B. First session of the Assam Association was held in Dibrugarh in 1905.
C. Assam Association was merged with Assam Pradesh Congress
Committee in 1921.
D. Gopinath Bordoloi was the founding president of Assam Association
Answer: D. Gopinath Bordoloi was the founding president of Assam
Association.
(Prabhat Chandra Baruah was elected as the president; Jagannath Baruah was
Vice-president and Manik Chandra Baruah as elected as General Secretary
when Assam Association was formed.)

758. From which of the following event, peasants from East Bengal began
settling down in the riverine tracts (char) of the Brahmaputra valley as
encouraged by the British to increase agricultural production?
A. Swadeshi Movement (1918-1947)
B. Partition of Bengal (1905)
C. When Bengali was replaced as the official language in 1937
D. None of these
Answer: B. Partition of Bengal (1905)

759. In 1905, the Swadeshi Movement in Assam was led by
A. Gopinath Bordoloi
B. Tarun Ram Phukan
C. Bishnu Prasad Rabha
D. Ambikagiri Raychoudhury
Answer: D. Ambikagiri Raychoudhury

760. The Assam Association was replaced with the name of
A. Provincial Congress Organisation
B. Assam Congress Association
C. Assam Jatiya MahaSabha
D. Assam Sahitya Sabha
Answer: A. Provincial Congress Organisation

761. ‘Asom Chatra Sanmilan’ was formed on
A. November 25, 1917
B. December 25, 1921
C. December 25, 1916
D. November 25, 1933
Answer: C. December 25, 1916

762. The first session of ‘Asom Chatra Sanmilan‘ was held in
A. Guwahati
B. Twzpur
C. Jorhat
D. Dibrugarh
Answer: A. Guwahati

763. Who was the first president of the first session of ‘Asom Chatra
Sanmilan‘?
A. Lakshminath Bezbaruah
B. Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
C. Anandachandra Agarwala
D. Chandrakumar Agarwala
Answer: A. Lakshminath Bezbaruah

764. The Asam Sahitya Sabha was founded in
A. July 1917
B. January 1917
C. December 1917
D. December 1929
Answer: C. December 1917

765. First conference of Asam Sahitya Sabha was held at
A. Guwahati
B. Tezpur
C. Jorhat
D. Sivasagar
Answer: D. Sivasagar

766. Who was the first president of Asam Sahitya Sabha?
A. Tarun Ram Phukan
B. Kuladhar Chaliha
C. Padmanath Gohain Baruah
D. Laxminath Bezbaruah
Answer: C. Padmanath Gohain Baruah

767. The headquarter of Assam Sahitya Sabha is situated at
A. Jorhat
B. Sivasagar
C. Guwahati
D. Tinsukia
Answer: A. Jorhat
(Assam Sahitya Sabha was formed in December, 1917 and its headquarter is in
Jorhat)

768. When was the dyarchy system introduced in Assam Province?
A. 1917
B. 1918
C. 1919
D. 1920
Answer: C. 1919
(A dyarchy is a government of two men, In Assam, certain responsibilities such
as agriculture, health, education, and local government, were transferred to
elected ministers)

769. Who was a minister of Assam under the dyarchy system?
A. Promode Chandra Dutta
B. Gopinath Bordoloi
C. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
D. Bishnu ram Medhi
Answer: A. Promode Chandra Dutta

770. Who was NOT an Indian minister under the dyarchy scheme?
A. Rai Bahadur Promode Chandra Dutta
B. Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla
C. Gopinath Bordoloi
D. Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: C. Gopinath Bordoloi

771. The first ever delegation of Assamese leaders to the 1921 Nagpur session
of the Indian National Congress was led by
A. Ambikagiri Raichoudhari
B. Kuladhar Chaliha
C. Chandranath Sharma
D. Nabin Chandra Bardoloi
Answer: D. Nabin Chandra Bordoloi

772. Assam was given the status of a province under a Governor in the year
A. 1912
B. 1921
C. 1826
D. 1947
Answer: B. 1921

773. When did Mahatma Gandhi first visit Assam?
A. 1826
B. 1842
C. 1845
D. 1921
Answer: D. 1921
(4 times Gandhi visited Assam – 1921, 1926, 1934 and in 1946)

774. Where and when did Gandhiji first visit Assam?
A. Golakganj on 18th August 1921
B. Karimganj on 18th August 1921
C. Rangia on 18th August 1921
D. Pandu on 18th August 1921
Answer: A. Golakganj on 18th August 1921

775. In which of the following year, Mahatma Gandhi didn’t visit Assam?
A. 1921
B. 1926
C. 1929
D. 1934
Answer: C. 1929

776. When did the Assam Association merge with the Assam Provincial
Congress Committee?
Or – When was Assam Provincial Congress Committee formed?
A. 1905
B. 1911
C. 1919
D. 1921
Answer: D. 1921

777. Who was the first selected president of the Assam Pradesh Congress
Committee?
A. Tarun Ram Phukan
B. Chabilal Upadhyaya
C. Nabin Chandra Bordoloi
[132]
D. Bimala Prasad Chaliha
Answer: B. Chabilal Upadhyaya

778. Who was the first elected president of the Assam Pradesh Congress
Committee?
A. Tarun Ram Phukan
B. Kuladhar Chaliha
C. Nabin Chandra Bordoloi
D. Bimala Prasad Chaliha
Answer: B. Kuladhar Chaliha

779. First woman in Assam to be killed for participating in the Noncooperation Movement was
A. Mongri
B. Pushpalata Das
C. Bhanuati Talukdar
D. Chandraprabha Saikiani
Answer: A. Mongri

780. Who was the first woman martyr in the history of Assam’s freedom
struggle?
A. Kanakalata Baruah
B. Bhogeswari Phukanani
C. Numli Nath
D. Malati Mem
Answer: D. Malati Mem (Mongri)

781. Who was Malati Mem alias Mungri?
A. First woman graduate of Assam.
B. First woman I.A.S. of Assam.
C. First woman martyr of Assam.
D. First woman representative of Assam to the Legislative council of the
state.
Answer: C. First woman martyr of Assam.

782. Who among the following was called ‘Sarojini of Assam’ by Gandhiji?
A. Chandraprava Saikiani
B. Bhugeswari Phukanani
C. Bhanumati Talukdar
D. Pushpalata Das
Answer: C. Bhanumati Talukdar

783. Who was popularly known as “Voluntariny Baai”?
A. Chandraprava Saikiani
B. Bhugeswari Phukanani
C. Bhanumati Talukdar
D. Pushpalata Das
Answer: C. Bhanumati Talukdar

784. Who had conferred Gopinath Bordoloi with the title “Lokapriya”?
A. Jayram Das Daulatram
B. Saiyid Fazal Ali
C. Vishnu Sahay
D. Braj Kumar Nehru
Answer: A. Jayram Das Daulatram

785. In which year Gopinath Bordoloi was arrested for taking part in the
freedom movement?
A. 1915
B. 1918
C. 1920
D. 1922
Answer: D. 1922

786. When was the Swaraj Party formed in Assam and who took the
leadership?
A. 26th September 1921 by Sir Sayed Sadullah.
B. 29th January 1922 by Gopinath Bordoloi.
C. 25th July 1923 by Tarun Ram Phukan.
D. 15th August 1947 by Bishnu Ram Medhi.
Answer: C. 25th July 1923 by Tarun Ram Phukan.

787. Who was the chief/President of the Swaraj Party in Assam?
A. Tarun Ram Phukan
B. Liladhar Baruah
C. Manik Chandra Baruah
D. Chandradhar Baruah
Answer: A. Tarun Ram Phukan

788. Who among the following was the first leader from Assam to be elected
to the Congress Working Committee?
A. MD. Tayebulla
B. Tarun Ram Phukan
C. Kuladhar Chaliha
D. Bhola Nath Barua
Answer: B. Tarun Ram Phukan

789. In Guwahati the 41st INC session was held at
A. Pandav Nagar (Pandu)
B. Jawahar Nagar
C. Jalukabri
[134]
D. Dispur
Answer: A. Pandav Nagar (Pandu)

790. Assam hosted Indian National Congress session for the first time at
Pandu in the year
A. 1921
B. 1926
C. 1930
D. 1932
Answer: B. 1926

791. The opening song of the Pandu Session of the Indian National Congress
‘Aji Bondo Ki Sondere’ was composed by
A. Bhupen Hazarika
B. Tarunnam Phukne
C. Laxminath Bezbaruah
D. Ambikagiri Rai Chaudhary
Answer: D. Ambikagiri Rai Chaudhary

792. Who founded the “Sangrakshini Sabha”?
A. Bhupen Hazarika
B. Tarunnam Phukne
C. Laxminath Bezbaruah
D. Ambikagiri Rai Chaudhary
Answer: D. Ambikagiri Rai Chaudhary

793. In which year “O Mor Aponar Desh” was officially adopted as the state
song of Assam?
A. 1927
B. 1932
C. 1937
D. 1929
Answer: A. 1927

794. Who among the following from Assam joined the famous Dandi march?
A. Liladhar Barua
B. Nabin Ch. Bordoloi
C. Tarun Ram Phukan
D. Kuladhar Chaliha
Answer: A. Liladhar Barua

795. Who organized “Mrityu Bahini” in Assam for fighting against the British
during India‘s independence movement?
A. Chandraprabha Saikiani
B. Kanaklata Barua
C. Pushpalata Das
D. Padumi Nath
Answer: C. Pushpalata Das

796. Which one is the only Assamese who represented India in the Round
Table Conference held at London in 1930?
A. Chandradhar Barua
B. Tarun Ram Phukan
C. Gopinath Bordoloi
D. Krishna Nath Sarmah
Answer: A. Chandradhar Barua

797. All Assam Ryot Sabha was formed in the year
A. 1933
B. 1935
C. 1945
D. 1947
Answer: A. 1933

798. All Assam Ryot Sabha was formed in 1933 under his guidance of
A. Nabin Chandra Bordoloi
B. Gopinath Bardoloi
C. Kuladhar Chaliha
D. Thanuram Phukan
Answer: A. Nabin Chandra Bardoloi

799. Provincial Self-Autonomy was introduced to Assam in the year
A. 1935
B. 1937
C. 1940
D. 1941
Answer: A. 1935

800. Which of the following act made Assam an autonomous province?
A. 1935 Government of India Act.
B. Charter Act. 1853
C. Indian Council Act. (1861)
D. Rowlatt Act (1919)
Answer: A. 1935 Government of India Act.

801. In which year Sir Shadulla’s ministry was formed?
A. 1951
B. 1950
C. 1937
D. 1947
Answer: C. 1937

802. Who was the Chief Minister of Assam during the Japanese invasion in
India?
A. Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla
B. Gopinath Bordoloi
C. Governor was ruling at that time
D. Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: A. Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla

803. The Assam Public Service Commission came into effect on:
A. 1st March, 1937
B. 1st March, 1950
C. 1st April, 1937
D. 1st April, 1950
Answer: C. 1st April, 1937

804. The Tribal League in Assam was founded in the year
A. 1921
B. 1924
C. 1929
D. 1937
Answer: D. 1937

805. Who was the only representative from Assam as well as Northeast India
to the drafting committee of the Indian constitution?
A. Syed Muhammad Saadulla
B. Bishnuram Medhi
C. Gopinath Bordoloi
D. Liladhar Baruah
Answer: A. Syed Muhammad Saadulla

806. Who was a cabinet minister in the Gopinath Bordoloi‘s Ministry in 1938?
A. Sir Syed Muhammad Saadulla
B. Rai Bahadur Promode Chandra Dutta
C. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
D. Bishnuram Medhi
Answer: C. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

807. Kanaklata Barua became the first martyr of which one of the following
national movements?
A. Non-Cooperation Movement
B. Civil Disobedience Movement
C. Quit India Movement
D. Swadeshi Movement
Answer: C. Quit India Movement (1942)

808. During the Quit India Movement, Kanaklata Barua and Mukunda Kakati
were shot dead by the British Police at
A. Gohpur
B. Tezpur
C. Sotiya
D. Nagaon
Answer: A. Gohpur

809. Kushal Konwar was hanged in the charge of:
A. Non-cooperation movement & Satyagraha in Golaghat.
B. Quit India Movement.
C. Conspiracy & train derailment near Sarupathar, Golaghat.
D. Sipoy Mutiny.
Answer: C. Conspiracy & train derailment near Sarupathar, Golaghat.
(In 15th June 1943 Kushal Konwar was hanged in Jorhat jail)

810. Who was the only martyr in India to be hanged during the Quit India
movement?
A. Kanaklata Barua
B. Mukunda Kakati
C. Bhagat Singh
D. Kushal Konwar
Answer: D. Kushal Konwar

811. “He alone can be a true satyagrahi who knows the art of living and
dying.”
The above statement of Mahatma Gandhi is related with:
A. Kanaklata Barua
B. Mukunda Kakati
C. Maniram Dewan
D. Kushal Konwar
Answer: D. Kushal Konwar

812. Bhogeswari Phukanani died during the
E. Non-Cooperation Movement
F. Civil Disobedience Movement
G. Quit India Movement
H. Swadeshi Movement
Answer: C. Quit India Movement

813. Who was the governor of Assam during the Quit India Movement?
A. Robert Neil Reid
B. Sir Akbar Hydari
C. Andrew Gourlay Clow
D. None of these
Answer: C. Andrew Gourlay Clow

814. The Satradhikar who played an active role in social reform and freedom
movement of India was
A. Auniatiya Satradhikar (Pitambar Dev Goswami)
B. Bengenatiya Satradhikar (Banamali Dev Goswami)
C. Kamalabari Satradhikar (Dr. Narayan Dev Goswami)
D. Dakhinpatiya Satradhikar (Ramakanta Dev Goswami)
Answer: A. Auniatiya Satradhikar (Pitambar Dev Goswami)
(Auniatiya Satradhikar Pitambar Dev Goswami was a social reformer and a
freedom fighter.)

815. Shanti Sena force was formed in Assam before the
A. Civil Disobedience Movement
B. Non-cooperation movement
C. Khilafat Movement
D. Quit India Movement
Answer: D. Quit India Movement

816. Who among the following was the Governor of Assam at the time of
India’s independence?
A. Sir Akbar Hydari
B. Fakruddin Ali Ahmed
C. L. P. Singh
D. Tarun Ram Phukan
Answer: A. Sir Akbar Hydari

817. Who was the last Governor of pre-independent Assam?
A. A.C. Chatterjee
B. Sir Akbar Hydari
C. Mutaguchi Renya
D. None of these
Answer: B. Sir Akbar Hydari

818. In which of the following year Sylhet was transferred to East Pakistan?
A. 1946
B. 1947
C. 1948
D. 1950
Answer: B. 1947

819. Which district was separated from Assam and given to Pakistan in 1947?
A. Chittagong
B. Khulna
C. Sylhet
D. Sholashahar
Answer: C. Sylhet
APSC Prelims Previous year Questions from Modern History of Assam
Colonial Assam (1826–1947)

820. Who did not belong to Jonaki Yug? (APSC Prelims 1998)
A. Lakshminath Bezbaruah
B. Chandrakumar Agarwalla
C. Hemchandra Goswami
D. None of the above
Answer: D. None of the above

821. The first rebellion against the British rule in Assam in 1828 was led by
(APSC Prelims 2000)
A. Piyali Phukan
B. Maniram Dewan
C. Gomdhar Konwar
D. Piyali Barua
Answer: C. Gomdhar Konwar

822. Which district was separated from Assam and given to Pakistan?
(APSC Prelims 2000)
A. Chittagong
B. Khulna
C. Sylhet
D. Shala Shakar
Answer: C. Sylhet

823. Under the Mountbatten Plan, a referendum in Assam was to be held in the
district of (APSC Prelims 2000, 2013)
A. Sivasagar
B. Lakhimpur
C. Golaghat
D. Sylhet
Answer: D. Sylhet

824. A pioneer lady responsible for forming the “Mrityu Bahini” in Assam in
connection with the freedom struggle of the country as (APSC Prelims 2000)
A. Chandraprabha Saikiani
B. Pushpalata Das
C. Rani Gaidinliu
D. None of them
Answer: B. Pushpalata Das

825. The “Shanti Sena Force” was formed in Assam during the Independence
Movement before the commencement of the (APSC Prelims 2013)
A. Quit India Movement
B. Civil Disobedience Movement
C. Non-Cooperation Movement
D. Ahom Association
Answer: A. Quit India Movement

826. When was Assam Provincial Congress formed? (APSC Prelims 2013)
A. 1920
B. 1921
C. 1922
D. 1923
Answer: B. 1921

827. The author of Asomiya Sahityar Buranji is (APSC Prelims 2013)
A. Nathan Brown
B. Jatindranath Duwara
C. Debendranath Bezbarua
D. Gunabhiram Barua
Answer: C. Debendranath Bezbarua

828. The Assam region was separated from the Bengal Presidency in
(APSC Prelims 2013)
A. 1874
B. 1889
C. 1861
D. 1826
Answer: A. 1874

829. The British-made aerodrome at Barnagar, Sarbhog, was set ablaze under
the leadership of Brajanath Sarma in (APSC Prelims 2013)
A. August 1942
B. August 1842
C. September 1942
D. August 1941
Answer: A. August 1942

830. Who was hanged with Maniram Dewan? (APSC Prelims 2017)
A. Dutiram Barua
B. Pioli Barua
C. Pioli Phukan
D. Farmud Ali
Answer: B. Pioli Barua

831. Year 1894 is related to (APSC Prelims 2017)
A. Phulaguri Dhawa
B. Rangia Revolt
C. Patharughat Revolt
D. None of the above
Answer: C. Patharughat Revolt

832. 1836 CE was crucial in case of Assamese language and literature because
(APSC Prelims 2017)
A. Assamese was reinstated as an official language of Assam
B. Bengali was introduced as an official language of Assam
C. First Assamese novel was published
D. First magazine was published from Calcutta
Answer: B. Bengali was introduced as an official language of Assam

APSC Mains Previous Year Questions From Modern History of Assam or Colonial Assam(1826 to 1947)

What are the effects of the British rule in Assam?(APSC Main 2015, 2016)
Name two tea gardens of Mniram Dewan? (APSC Main 2016, 2017)
What are the main recommendations of the Cabinet Mission Plan?
Describe Assam‘s fight against the grouping system?(APSC Main 2016)
What is your understanding of the grouping system initiated by the
British and its connection with Assam? Briefly discuss the role of Gopinath Bordoloi in this regard? (APSC Main 2014)
Discuss the major causes for the balkanisation of the erstwhile Assam?(APSC Main 2011)

Assam after Independence (1947 and Onwards)

833. Assam became a constituent state of India in the year
A. 1947
B. 1948
C. 1949
D. 1950
Answer: D. 1950

834. Who was the first Chief Minister of Assam?
A. Bishnuram Medhi
B. Tarun Ram Phukan
C. Gopinath Bordoloi
D. None of the Above
Answer: C. Gopinath Bordoloi

835. After the demise of the 1st Chief Minister of Assam, Gopinath Bordoloi
in 1950, the second Chief Minister was
A. B. P. Chaliha
B. R. Medhi
C. Sarat Chandra Singha
D. M. M. Choudhury
Answer: B. B. R. Medhi

836. Guwahati University was established in the year
A. 1947
B. 1948
C. 1949
D. 1950
Answer: B. 1948

837. The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) Regulation was
promulgated in exercise of the powers in which year?
A. 1947
B. 1950
C. 1951
D. 1960
Answer: C. 1951

838. The North-Eastern frontier Railway (NFR) was set up in the year
A. 1958
B. 1956
C. 1962
D. 1969
Answer: A. 1958

839. Assam Language Bill was passed in the year
A. 1940
B. 1950
C. 1960
D. 1970
Answer: C. 1960

840. Which state was separated from Assam in 1963?
A. Nagaland
B. Meghalaya
C. Tripura
D. Manipur
Answer: A. Nagaland

841. Rani Gaidula, a famous character of Indian independence movement,
belonged to which tribe?
A. The Lalung tribes of Assam
B. The Naga tribes of Assam
C. The kachari tribes of Assam
D. The karbi tribes of Assam
Answer: B. The Naga tribes of Assam

842. In which year the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) was formed?
A. 1962
B. 1967
C. 1987
D. 1979
Answer: B. 1967

843. When was Mizoram separated from Assam?
A. 1954
B. 1972
C. 1948
D. 1964
Answer: B. 1972

844. In which year, the capital of Assam was shifted from Shillong to Dispur?
A. 1950
B. 1955
C. 1971
D. 1973
Answer: D. 1973

845. In 1973 the captial of Assam was shifted from Shillong to Dispur, Who
was the chief minister of Assam at that time?
A. Sarat Chandra Singha
B. Prafulla Mahanta
C. Golap Baruha
D. Bimala Prashad Chaliha
Answer: A. Sarat Chandra Singha

846. In which year the Assam movement started?
A. 1947
B. 1979
C. 1981
D. 1985
Answer: B. 1979

847. The antiforeign campaigns were spearheaded by the All Assam Students‘
Union, which was led by
A. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
B. Samujjal Bhattacharya
C. Dipanka Kumar Nath
D. Sankor Jyoti Baruah
Answer: A. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

848. Census work in Assam was not conducted in the year
A. 1971
B. 1981
C. 1991
D. 1961
Answer: B. 1981

849. The historic Assam Accord was signed on
A. 15th August, 1985
B. 26th January, 1986
C. 15th August, 1986
D. 15th August, 1990
Answer: A. 15th August, 1985

850. A committee to implement clause 6 of the Assam Accord was led by
A. Justice BK Sarma
B. Justice Ranjan Gogoi
C. Justice PK Goswami
D. Justice Madan B Lokur
Answer: A. Justice BK Sarma

851. Which party came to power in Assam in 1985?
A. Janata
B. Asom Gana Parishad
C. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
D. Congress
Answer: B. Asom Gana Parishad

852. Which of the following cultural institution was born as a result of the
Assam Accord?
A. Rock Garden
B. Assam state museum
C. Rabindra Bhawan
D. Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra
Answer: D. Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra

853. Which refinery was established due to “Assam accord”?
A. Guwahati
B. Bongaigaon
C. Numaligarh
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D. Digboi
Answer: C. Numaligarh

854. Who was the prime minister of India at the time of signing the Assam
Accord?
A. Indira Gandhi
B. Deve Gowda
C. AB Vajpayee
D. Rajiv Gandhi
Answer: D. Rajiv Gandhi

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