Top 50 Important Assam GK Questions for Competitive Exams

Fifty frequently tested Assam General Knowledge questions with answers, grouped by topic for quick revision

Assam-specific General Knowledge carries significant weightage in APSC CCE, ADRE, Assam Police, and other state-level recruitment exams, and it is often the section where well-prepared candidates gain the clearest edge. This collection brings together fifty important questions across History, Geography, State Symbols, Culture, and Polity and Institutions. Read each question, try answering before looking at the answer, and revisit the ones you get wrong until the facts stick.

Section 1: History and Freedom Movement

Q1. Who founded the Ahom kingdom in Assam, and in which year did he enter the region?
Answer: Sukaphaa, who entered Assam in 1228.

Q2. In which year was the Battle of Saraighat fought, and who led the Ahom forces?
Answer: The battle was fought in 1671, and the Ahom forces were led by Lachit Borphukan against the Mughals.

Q3. On which date is Lachit Divas observed every year?
Answer: 24 November, the birth anniversary of Lachit Borphukan.

Q4. Which treaty of 1826 brought Assam under British control?
Answer: The Treaty of Yandabo, which ended the First Anglo-Burmese War.

Q5. Which Chinese traveler visited Kamarupa during the reign of Bhaskaravarman?
Answer: Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang).

Q6. Who founded the Koch dynasty in Assam?
Answer: Biswa Singha.

Q7. Who was Chilarai, associated with the Koch kingdom?
Answer: He was the famous general of Koch king Naranarayana.

Q8. When was the Assam Accord signed, and what did it end?
Answer: It was signed on 15 August 1985 and ended the Assam Movement (1979-1985).

Q9. In which year was Assam made a separate Chief Commissioner's Province under British rule?
Answer: 1874.

Q10. The Moamoria Rebellion was an uprising against which ruling power?
Answer: The Ahom monarchy, in the late eighteenth century.

Q11. Which famous devotional work was composed by Srimanta Sankardeva?
Answer: Kirtan Ghosha.

Q12. Who was the first Chief Minister of Assam after independence?
Answer: Gopinath Bordoloi.

Q13. Who is regarded as the first Indian tea planter, later executed for his role in the 1857 revolt?
Answer: Maniram Dewan.

Q14. Who is credited with discovering the native tea plant of Assam in 1823?
Answer: Robert Bruce.

Section 2: Geography and Natural Features

Q15. What is the capital of Assam?
Answer: Dispur.

Q16. Which is the longest river flowing through Assam?
Answer: The Brahmaputra.

Q17. Which is the largest tributary of the Brahmaputra in Assam?
Answer: The Subansiri.

Q18. Which is the largest river island in the world, located in the Brahmaputra?
Answer: Majuli.

Q19. Which island in the Brahmaputra at Guwahati is known as the smallest inhabited river island in the world?
Answer: Umananda (Peacock Island).

Q20. Which is the largest district of Assam by area?
Answer: Karbi Anglong.

Q21. Which national park in Assam is famous for the one-horned rhinoceros and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Answer: Kaziranga National Park, inscribed in 1985.

Q22. Which national park in Assam is both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Tiger Reserve?
Answer: Manas National Park.

Q23. Which national park in Assam is known for its feral horses?
Answer: Dibru-Saikhowa National Park.

Q24. Which two countries share an international border with Assam?
Answer: Bhutan and Bangladesh.

Q25. Which town in Assam is known as the Oil City, where oil was discovered in 1889?
Answer: Digboi.

Q26. Which is the largest tea-producing state in India?
Answer: Assam.

Q27. Which rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra near Dibrugarh was opened in December 2018?
Answer: The Bogibeel Bridge.

Q28. Which bridge over the Lohit river, inaugurated in 2017, was India's longest bridge at the time?
Answer: The Dhola-Sadiya Bridge, also called the Bhupen Hazarika Setu.

Section 3: State Symbols

Q29. What is the state animal of Assam?
Answer: The one-horned rhinoceros.

Q30. What is the state bird of Assam?
Answer: The white-winged wood duck (locally called Deuhanh).

Q31. What is the state flower of Assam?
Answer: The Foxtail Orchid (Kopou Phul).

Q32. What is the state tree of Assam?
Answer: The Hollong.

Section 4: Culture, Festivals, and Personalities

Q33. Name the three Bihu festivals celebrated in Assam.
Answer: Rongali (Bohag) Bihu, Kongali (Kati) Bihu, and Bhogali (Magh) Bihu.

Q34. Which Bihu marks the Assamese New Year and the beginning of the agricultural season?
Answer: Rongali (Bohag) Bihu, celebrated in April.

Q35. Which Bihu is the harvest festival celebrated in January?
Answer: Bhogali (Magh) Bihu.

Q36. At which temple is the Ambubachi Mela held?
Answer: The Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati.

Q37. Ali-Aye-Ligang is a spring festival of which community?
Answer: The Mising community.

Q38. Bwisagu is the main festival of which community?
Answer: The Bodo community.

Q39. Which golden-yellow silk is unique to Assam, and which town is famous for silk weaving?
Answer: Muga silk, with Sualkuchi being the well-known weaving town.

Q40. In which year was Sattriya recognized as a classical dance form by the Sangeet Natak Akademi?
Answer: 2000.

Q41. What is a Namghar in Assamese culture?
Answer: A community prayer hall associated with the Neo-Vaishnavite tradition of Sankardeva.

Q42. In which year was Dr. Bhupen Hazarika honored with the Bharat Ratna?
Answer: 2019, awarded posthumously.

Q43. Who directed the first Assamese film, Joymoti, and in which year was it released?
Answer: Jyotiprasad Agarwala, in 1935.

Q44. Which personality is known as Kalaguru in Assam?
Answer: Bishnu Prasad Rabha.

Q45. Which Assamese literary figure is known as Sahityarathi and wrote the state song O Mur Apunar Dex?
Answer: Lakshminath Bezbaroa.

Section 5: Polity and Institutions

Q46. Which High Court has jurisdiction over Assam?
Answer: The Gauhati High Court.

Q47. How many seats does the Assam Legislative Assembly have, and how many Lok Sabha seats does Assam send to Parliament?
Answer: 126 Assembly seats and 14 Lok Sabha seats.

Q48. Name the autonomous councils in Assam functioning under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
Answer: The Bodoland Territorial Council (Bodoland Territorial Region), the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council, and the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council.

Q49. Where is the headquarters of the Northeast Frontier Railway located?
Answer: Maligaon, Guwahati.

Q50. In which year was IIT Guwahati established?
Answer: 1994.

How to Use These Questions Effectively

• Attempt each question first without looking at the answer, then mark the ones you missed for a second round.
• Group related facts together while revising, for example all state symbols in one sitting and all festival-community pairings in another.
• Expand each fact into your own notes, adding the surrounding context, since exam questions often approach the same fact from a different angle.
• Pair this list with previous years' APSC and ADRE papers to see how frequently these topics recur.
• Verify figures that can change over time, such as the number of districts or recent administrative changes, from a current official source before the exam.

This question bank is intended as a revision aid for competitive exam aspirants and should be read alongside standard Assam-specific study material and the latest official sources.