26. Which of the following cultural institutions was born out of the Assam Accord:
A) Rock Garden
B) Assam State Museum
C) Srimanta Shankardev Kalakhetra
Answer: C) Srimanta Shankardev Kalakhetra.
27. The first Assamese magazine to have introduced cartoon was?
A) Bahi
B) Jonaki
C) Bijuli
Answer: A) Bahi
28. Which of the following Upanishads is written in prose?
A) Isa
B) Katha
C) Brihadaranyaka
Answer: C) Brihadaranyaka.
29. What is the name of the book that compares Bhaskaravarman with grandfather Bhishma?
A) Mahabharata
B) Harshacharita
C) Kalika Puran
Answer: B) Harshacharita.
30. The gifts that were sent by Bhaskar Varman to Harshavardhan include?
A) Cane articles
B) Kiving birds
C) Tiger’s teeth
Answer: A) Cane articles.
31. What ancient scripture was composed in ancient Kamrupa to glorify the Goddess Kamakhya?
A) Rigveda
B) Upanishads
C) Kalika Purana
Answer: C) Kalika Purana
32. Who among the following was the first secretary of the Asom Sahitya Sabha?
A) Padmanath Gohain Baruah
B) Sarat Chandra Goswami
C) Chandradhar Barua
Answer: B) Sarat Chandra Goswami(the first conference of the Assam Sahitya Sabha was held in Sivsagar in 1917 under the presidentship of Padmanath Gohain Barua)
33. Bhortaal Dance mainly originated from which place in Assam?
A) Goalpara
B) Borpeta
C) Patshala
Answer: B) Barpeta.
34. Pratima Barua Pandey is best known for which of the following?
A) Borgeet
B) GoalpariyaLokgeet
C) Rabha Sangeet
Answer: B) GoalpariyaLokgeet
35. The name of Bathou in Bodo means?
A) Power
B) Five Principles
C) Believe
Answer: B) Five Principles (Bathou consists of five principles or elements namely, Bar (Air), San (Sun), Ha (Earth), Or (Fire), and Okhrang (Sky))
36. Serja is a musical instrument of which of the following ethnic groups?
A) Karbis
B) Mishings
C) Bodos
Answer: C) Bodos
37. The first Assamese sonnet, “Priyatamar Sithi” was written by?
A) LaxminathBazbarua
B) Nabakanta Barua
C) Hemchandra Goswami
Answer: C) Hemchandra Goswami.
38. Nangeli Geet’ is a folk song of which locality?
A) Darrang
B) Goalpara
C) Kamrup
Answer: A) Darrang.
39. Tusu puja is observed by which community?
A) Mishings
B) Bodos
C) Tea Tribes
Answer: C) Tea Tribes.
40. Dhoop Khel is played between two teams of How many members?
A) 11 Members
B) 10 Members
C) 12 Members
Answer: A) 11 Members.
41. Which of the following is not a type of Folk Song?
A) Sathar Geet
B) Borgeet
C) Lalilang Geet
Answer: B) Borgeet.
42. Dhapa Kurtal, a cymbals belongs to –
A) Hajong
B) Karbi
C) Rabha
Answer: A) Hajong.
43. Who among the following is known as the father of Assamese Prose?
A) Hema Saraswati
B) Madhav kandali
C) Bhattadeva
Answer: C) Bhattadeva.
44. The first film directed by Dr. Bhupen Hazarika is?
A) Era Bator Sur
B) Indramaloti
C) Piyali Phukan
Answer: A) Era Bator Sur
45. The first “Ankia Nat” written by Srimanta Sankardev is?
A) Rukminiharan
B) Kaliyadaman
C) Chinha Yatra
Answer: C) Chinha Yatra.
46. Which of the following Assamese singers was awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 2014?
A) Zubeen Garg
B) Bhupen Hazarika
C) Parveen Sultana
Answer: C) Parveen Sultana.
47. Which of the following is considered a royal deity of the Ahom Community?
A) Kundi
B) Somdeu
C) Hemphu
Answer: B) Somdeu
48. Jonbil Fair is held at which district of Assam?
A) Marigaon
B) Sivasagar
C) Dhemaji
Answer: A) Marigaon.
49. Which of the following instruments is not used in Bhaona?
A) Dhol
B) Tal
C) Khol
Answer: A) Dhol.
50. Which Assamese poet is known as the “Sunrise Bard of Assam”?
A) LaksminathBezbaroa
B) Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
C) Syed Abdul Malik
Answer: C) Syed Abdul Malik
51. Which district is famous for Ivory carving in Assam?
A) Goalpara
B) Barpeta
C) Dhubri
Answer: B) Barpeta.
