Assam

1. Who among the following Assamese leader was a member in the Constitution Drafting Committee?
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The Assam Legislative Assembly elected Mohammad Sadullah to the Constituent Assembly of India in 1947 and the later elected him to the drafting committee. Thus he helped in the preparation of the Constitution of the Republic of India. He was the only member from the North-East India to be elected to the Drafting Committee.[/bg_collapse]

2. Who among the following was the first Assamese actress to win the Best Actress Award in the National Film Awards?
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Moloya Goswami was the first Assamese actress to win the National Film Award for Best Actress. Moloya Goswami was awarded for her performance in Assamese film Firingoti (1992). Firingoti, meaning Spark in English, was directed by Jahnu Barua.[/bg_collapse]

3. Who among the following was the first Assamese to be appointed as a judge in the Supreme Court of India?
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Parbati Kumar Goswami (born 1st January) was an Indian Jurist, acting Governor of Assam and Nagaland and former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. He was the first Assamese Justice in Supreme Court of India.[/bg_collapse]

4. Who was the first Assamese person to receive the title of ‘Sir’ from the British?
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5. Who was the first Chief Minister of Assam?
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Gopinath Bordoloi served as the first Chief Minister of Assam. Assam has had 14 chief ministers since 1946. Ten of these were members of the Indian National Congress, including Assam’s First Chief Minister Gopinath Bordoloi and India’s first female Muslim chief minister Anwara Taimur.[/bg_collapse]

6. The first female Music Director of an Assamese film was-
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7. The first Assamese film to win President’s Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was-
a. Shakuntala
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c.
d.

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In the 6th National Film Awards the 1958 film Ronga Police, directed by Nip Barua, became the first film to receive the president’s silver medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese.[/bg_collapse]

8. Which of the following land settlement systems was followed during British Period?
a. Zamindari
b. Zabti
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d. Mahalwari

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9. Which of the following is the only left tributary of Barak river?
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The River Sonai flows through the town of Sonai joining with Barak River near Dungripar Village of Sonai.[/bg_collapse]

10. Who among the following Assamese leader joined the famous Dandi March?
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Liladhar Baruah from Assam took part in ‘Dandi Yatra’ of Gandhi in 1930. The Salt March has also been known as the Dandi Yatra. It was carried out for 24 days. On the other hand, the Dandi Satyagraha was a legendary nonviolent act of civil disobedience led by Gandhi in rule of British-India.[/bg_collapse]