Assam Art & Culture MCQ Set-4

Practice Assam Art and Culture GK MCQ for competitive examinations such as APSC CCE, UPSC, Other APSC Recruitment examination, Assam Police Recruitment, Junior Assistant recruitment by Government of Assam or any other government job recruitment examination in Assam and rest of the India.

Q.1 Bohuwa dance is a traditional event of which of the following community of Assam?

A. Bodo

B. Chutia

C. Tiwa-Lalung

D. Sonowal Kachari

Answer: D. Sonowal Kachari

Note: Bohuwa dance, the traditional of Sonowal Kacharis, is celebrated every two years in Dibrugarh, Assam.

Q.2 Which among the following is INCORRECT about Azan Fakir?

I. He came to Assam from modern day Saudi Arabia

II. He was settled in Gorgaon, Sivsagar

III. He composed Zikirs, and these have striking similarities with borgeets

IV. He was also known as Hazrat Shah Miran

A. Only I

B. Only II

C. Only III

D. Only IV

Answer: A. Only I

Note: Azan Fakir came to Assam from modern day Baghdad, Iraq.

Q.3 Hajarat Ajan Pir Dargaah is located in which of the following location of Assam?

A. Dispur, Guwahati

B. Sarupathar, Golaghat

C. Bilasiripara, Dhubri

D. Horaguri Chapori, Sivsagar

Answer: D. Horaguri Chapori, Sivsagar

Q.4 Which of the following is the first DAILY newspaper in Assamese language?

A. Orunudoi

B. Asomiya Pratidin

C. Dainik Janmabhumi

D. Dainik Batori

Answer: D. Dainik Batori

Q.5 Who among the following Assamese person directed the film Devdas (1937)?

A. Pramathesh Barua

B. Jyoti Prasad Agarwala

C. Phani Sarma

D. Bhupen Hazarika

Answer: A. Pramathesh Barua

Q.6 Who among the following is considered as the father of Assamese prose?

A. Madhav Kandali

B. Haravara Vipra

C. Hem Saraswati

D. Bhattadeva

Answer: D. Bhattadeva

Q.7 Which among the following is CORRECT about Bathouism?

I. Bathouism is the worshiping of forefathers

II. Bathouism is the worshipping of idols

III. Bathouism is the worshipping of tree

A. Only I

B. Only II

C. Only III

D. Both II & III

Answer: A. Only I

Note: Bathouism is the ethnic religion of the Bodo people or Kachari people of Assam.

Q.8 “Serja” a musical instrument is used by which of the following ethnic group of Assam?

A. Mishing

B. Dimasa

C. Bodo

D. Sonowal Kachari

Answer: C. Bodo

Note: Serja is a violin-like instrument used by Bodo people of Assam.

Q.9 Which among the following is INCORRECT about the “Ali Ai Ligang”, the primary festival of Mising community of Assam?

I. The festival begins with Ahu paddy cultivation

II. It is a festival associated with agriculture

III. The festival begins in the first Wednesday of ‘March every year

A. Only I

B. Only II

C. Only III

D. None of these

Answer: C. Only III

Note: The Ali Ai Ligang festival of Mising community of Assam begins in the first Wednesday of ‘Gimur Polo’ or February every year.

Q.10 “Ahbang” a verse of hymns to praise and worship god or goddess is related to which of the following ethnic community of Assam?

A. Mising

B. Bodo

C. Chutia

D. Dimasa

Answer: A. Mising

Note: Ahbang is sung by the Mibu (priest) at rituals of worship by the Mising community of Assam.

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