Assam History MCQ Set- 18

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This set of Colonial Assam GK of Assam History GK MCQ Set- 18 contains 10 multiple choice questions. One mark for each. No negative marking for incorrect answer.

1. Which of the following is the correct reason of the hanging of 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 install Kandarpeswar as king

c) He was the first India to grow tea commercially without British permission

d) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

2. Kushal Konwar, the only martyr who was hanged during the period of the Quit India Movement, was hanged on the charge of:

a) Prime Activist of Quit India Movement

b) Conspiracy to kill then Governor of Assam

c) Conspiracy of train derailment

d) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

15 June 1943 Kushal Konwar was hanged in Jorhat jail on the charge of conspiracy that derailed train near Sarupather, Golaghat.

3. Who was the Chief Minister of Colonial Assam during the Japanese invasion to India?

a) Gopinath Bordoloi

b) Sri Syed Muhammad Saadulla

c) No chief minister was present as governor was ruling at that time

d) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

4. Which one is incorrect about the Naga Hills district of Colonial Assam?

a) The district was made part of Assam province in 1912

b) The district was formed in 1866

c) Its HQ was located in Kohima

d) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

Its HQ was located in Samaguting

5. 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

Correct! Wrong!

Prabhat Chandra Baruah was elected as the president, Jagannath Baruah was Vice-president and Manik Chandra Baruah as elected as Genral Secretary when Assam Association was formed.

6. Hemkosh is the first dictionary of Assamese language: Choose was the correct one:

a) The statement is true

b) The statement is false, Hemkosh was the second dictionary of Assamese language

c) Can't be determined

d) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

Hemkosh was the first Assamese language based dictionary on Sanskrit spelling. Assamese and English dictionary by Miles Bronson was the first dictionary of Assamese language.

7. In 1828, Kachari kingdom was annexed under which of the following doctrine?

a) Doctrine of Lapse

b) Doctrine of Administrative law

c) Doctrine of Laches

d) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

8. 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) None of these

Correct! Wrong!

9. 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

Correct! Wrong!

10. Which one is correct about the tea production in Assam during Colonial 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

Correct! Wrong!

First tea garden was established in 1837 and the Assam Tea Company began commercial production in 1840.

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Assam History MCQ Set- 18

1. Which of the following is the correct reason of the hanging of Maniram Dewan?

2. Kushal Konwar, the only martyr who was hanged during the period of the Quit India Movement, was hanged on the charge of:

3. Who was the Chief Minister of Colonial Assam during the Japanese invasion to India?

4. Which one is incorrect about the Naga Hills district of Colonial Assam?

5. Which one is incorrect about the Assam Association?

6. Hemkosh is the first dictionary of Assamese language: Choose was the correct one:

7. In 1828, Kachari kingdom was annexed under which of the following doctrine?

8. Patharughatar Ran or Battle of Patharughat was the consequence of:

9. 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?

10. Which one is correct about the tea production in Assam during Colonial Assam?