Assam History MCQ Set-5

In this set, we have compiled the sixth set of Assam History GK MCQ. This set of Assam History for APSC, Assam Police recruitment, Junior Assistant and other government job recruitment examinations in Assam may be useful for you. Read the questions and answers below.

Q.1 In which of the following Mlechchha dynasty’s inscription, the explanation for the term “Mlechchha can be found?

A. Ulubari, Darrang copper plate inscription

B. Parbatiya copper plate inscription

C. Deopani image inscription

C. Hayunthal copper plate inscription

Answer: D) Hayunthal copper plate inscription

Explanation: Though illegible, Hajjaravarman explains the word “Mlechchha” at the Hayunthal copper plate inscription

Q.2 During rule of which of the following Mlechchha king, Parbatiya Copper Plate inscription of Tezpur was made?

A. Tyagasimha

B. Vanamalavermadeva

C. Hajjaravarman

D. Vajradeva

Answer: B) Vanamalavermadeva

Explanation: During the rule of Mlechchha king Vanamalavermadeva; Tezpur, Prabatiya, and Kaliabor copper plate inscriptions were constructed.

Q.3 Which of the following copper plate inscriptions were made during the rule of Mlechchha king Balavarman III?

A. Uttarbarbil, Karbi Anglong

B. Ulubari, Darrang

C. Sutatgaon, Nagaon

D. All of these

Answer: D) All of these

Explanation:  During the rule of Balavarman  III, Uttarbarbil ( Karbi Anglong), Ulubari ( Darrang), and Sutargaon (Nagaon) Copper plate inscriptions were made.

Q.4 Who was the composer and writer of the Nidhanpur Copperplate Inscription?

A. Vasuvarma

B. Divakarprabha

C. Kaliya

D. Dattakarapurna

Answer: A. Vasuvarma

Note: The Nidhanpur Copperplate Inscription was discovered by a Muslim cultivator in Nidhanpur village, near Sylhet, presently Bangladesh, on 29th December 1912 during a processing of building buffalo shed.

Q.5 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

Answer: B. He was identified as the kingpin of the plot to install Kandarpeswar as king

Q.6 Which of the following archeologist found the seal of Bhaskar Varman during the excavation of the ruins of Nalanda in 1917-1918?

A. Dr. Richard Meadow

B. Dr. David B. Spooner

C. R. D. Banerji

D. None of these

Answer: B. Dr. David B. Spooner

Note: In connection with Harsha Vardhan & Xuanzang, Kumar Bhaskar Varman visited ancient Buddhist University at Nalanda, where his seal along with fragmentary seal of Harsha was found by archeologist Dr. David B. Spooner along with his team during excavation in 1917-1918.

Q.7 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

Answer: C. Conspiracy of train derailment

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

Q.8 During the regime of which of the following Varman King, Davaka was absorbed with the Kamarupa Kingdom?

A. Kalyan Varman

B. Bala Varman

C. Mahendra Varman

D. Bhaskar Varman

Answer: A. Kalyan Varman

Note: Though historian Kanak Lal Barua claimed that Davaka was absorbed with the Kamarupa Kingdom by 6th to 7th century, later historians like B. N. Puri (1968), and P.C. Choudhury (1959) claimed that Davaka was absorbed with Kamarupa kingdom much earlier during Kalyan Varman (422-446).

Q.9 Which of the following Varman King was said to have master the self and well versed in the philosophy of the supreme self?

A. Mahendra Varman

B. Bala Varman

C. Kalyan Varman

D. Bhaskar Varman

Answer: A. Mahendra Varman

Note: It is mentioned in the Nagendranath Vasu’s The Social History of Kamarupa that Mahendra Varman master the self like king Janaka, i.e. become self-realized and worked towards stability of the country.

Q.10 Umachal rock inscription, depicting Balarama was constructed by which of the following Varman King?

A. Bhaskar Varman

B. Surendra Varman

C. Kalyan Varman

D. Bala Varman

Answer: B. Surendra Varman

Note: In the Umachal Rock inscription, it is written that the cave temple of the illustrious Balabhadra (Balarama) was constructed by Surendra Varman. Nowadays, a temple for Balabhadra is present in the north eastern slope of the Nilachal Hills, behind the Kamakhya temple.

 

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