Option “C” is correct. Patharighat, previously known as Patharughat, is a place in Assam, India. It is one of the revenue circles in Darrang district. The place is famous for the event of 1894, popularly known as Patharughatar Ran (Battle of Patharughat).
32.
In which year Chief Commissionership was introduced in Assam?
a.
1876
b.
1875
c.
1873
d.
Option “D” is correct. On 6th February 1874, Assam, including Sylhet, was severed from Bengal to form the Assam Chief-Commissionership, also known as the ‘North-East Frontier’. Shillong was chosen as the capital of the Non-Regulation Province of Assam in September 1874. The Lushai Hills were transferred to Assam in 1897.
33.
In which year the Assam region was separated from the Bengal Presidency as North-East Frontier?
a.
1826
b.
1889
c.
1874
d.
1861
Option “C” is correct. At the end of the First Burmese war in 1826, the whole of Assam gradually came under the British rule. In 1874, Assam was detached from the administrative control of Bengal and was made into a separate Chief Commissionership.
34.
In which year the first newspaper of Assam ‘Orunodoi’ was published?
a.
1899
b.
1824
c.
1830
d.
1846
Option “D” is correct. A monthly news magazine called Orunodoi, a first for Assam was published from Sivasagar in January 1846, with an American Baptist missionary, Nathan Brown, as its first editor. The publication ushered in a new era in Assamese journalism and literature.
35.
In which year the first Printing Press was established in Assam?
a.
1838
b.
1830
c.
1846
d.
1844
Option “D” is correct.
36.
Which of the following is the largest circulated Assamese magazine?
a.
Sarathi
b.
Goriyashl
c.
Bismoi
d.
Option “C” is correct.
37.
Who established the Koch kingdom in Assam?
a.
Malladeva
b.
c.
Birpal
d.
Option “B” is correct. The Koch dynasty ruled parts of eastern Indian subcontinent in present day Assam and Bengal. Biswa Singha established power in the erstwhile Kamata kingdom which had emerged from the decaying Kamarupa kingdom.
38.
The Assamese Ramayana by Madhab Kandali is unique in which of the following context?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Option “B” is correct. Madhava Kandali is credited with the task of translating Valmiki’s Ramayana into the Assamese language as early as the 14th century.
39.
The autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi ‘My Experiments with Truth’ has been translated in Assamese by-
a.
b.
c.
d.
Option “C” is correct. Omeo Kumar Das, popularly addressed as Lok Nayak, was an Indian social worker, Gandhian, educationist, writer and a former minister at the Government of Assam. He held various ministerial portfolios such as Education, Labour and Food and Civil Supplies, during various periods, in the state of Assam. He translated The Story of My Experiments with Truth, the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, into Assamese language and contributed to the implementation of Tea Plantation Worker’s Provident Fund in the state.
40.
The book ‘Discovery of Assam’ was written by-
a.
b.
c.
d.
Option “A” is correct. The book ‘Discovery of Assam’ was written by Satis Chandra Kakati.