Assam Art & Culture MCQ Set-1

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Q.1 Harivara Vipra was the court poet of which of the following Kamata King?

A. Durlabh Narayan

B. Nara Narayan

C. Dharma Narayan

D. Mahindra Narayan

Answer: A. Durlabh Narayan

Note: Harivara Vipra, the court poet of Kamata king Durlabh Narayan provides first date-able examples of Assamese literature.

Q.2 “Lava-Kuxar Yuddha” and “Vavruvahanar Yuddha”  was authored by which of the following poet during of Kamata kingdom?

A. Hema Saraswati

B. Harivara Vipra

C. Rudra Kandali

D. None of these

Answer: B. Harivara Vipra

Q.3 “Biyah-gowa”, one of the tradition of Oja-Pali tells stories from which of the following epic?

A. Ramayana

B. Mahabharata

C. Panchatantra

D. None of these

Answer: B. Mahabharata

Note: Oja-palis follow two different traditions: biyah-gowa which tells stories from the Mahabharata and Maroi, which tells stories on the snake goddess Manasa.

Q.4 Who among the following is known as the father of Assamese Prose?

A. Bhattadeva

B. Madhav Kandali

C. Harivara Vipra

D. Hema Saraswati

Answer: Bhattadeva

Note: Bhattadeva, the father of Assamese prose had written three books on Vaishnavism: Katha Geeta, Katha Bhagawat and Katha Ratnawali.

Q.5 “Guru Charita” and “Sankara Charita”, written by Bhusana Dvij is what kind of literary work?

A. Poetry Collection

B. Choral Songs

C. Biography

D. None of these

Answer: C. Biography

Note: The “Charita” or “Charit Puthi” written in ancient East India were biographies.

Q.6 “Charya” or “Charyapada” written by Luipa is related to which of the following religion?

A. Hinduism

B. Buddhism

C. Zoroastrianism

D. None of these

Answer: B. Buddhism

Note: Luipa or Lauhityapada or Luichandra or Luidhar was a mahasiddha siddhacharya from eastern India. Historian such as K.L. Baura, Dimbeswar Neog hold the view that his vocabulary and diction are clearly old Assamese, He has written 4 nos of Charyas. During the Pala Empire in Ancient Assam, Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, “Charyapada” a collection of mystical poems or songs of realization in the Vajrayana tradition of Buddhism were written.

Q.7 Which among the following is CORRECT about the the narrative poem “Devajit” of Madhava Kandali?

I. It tells the superiority of Krishna over the other avatars of Vishnu

II. It is based on the romantic life of Krishna

III. The poem tells the essence of the Bhagavad Gita

A. Only I is correct

B. Only II is correct

C. Only III is correct

D. Both I & II

Answer: A. Only I is correct

Q.8 Who among the following has written the “Kitabat Manjari”, a poetical treatise on arithmetic, surveying and bookkeeping?

A. Bakul Kayastha

B. Durgabar Kayastha

C. Hem Saraswati

D. None of these

Answer: A. Bakul Kayastha

Note: Bakul Kayastha, a mathematician from Kamarupa was known for masterpiece in the field of mathematics named “Kitabat Manjari”, written in 1434, and “Lilavati”.

Q.9 Who among the following was the editor of “Asamar Padya Buranji” or A metrical chronicle of Assam?

A. Harakanta Baruah

B. Surya Kumar Bhuyan

C. Hemchandra Goswami

D. None of these

Answer: B. Surya Kumar Bhuyan

Note: “Asamar Padya Buranji”, edited by S. K. Bhuyan, is a metrical chronicle of Assam in verse consisting of Dutiram Hazarika’s “Kali-bharat buranji” and Bisweswar Vaidyadhipa’s “Belimarar buranji”.

Q.10 Literary work “Bhakti-pradip” deals with sole devotion Krishna was written by which among the following?

A. Sankardeva

B. Madhavdeva

C. Ratna Kandali

D. Bhattadeva

Answer: A. Sankardeva

Note: “Bhakti-pradip” a literary work of Srimanta Sankardeva in the non-Bhagavata group deals with sole deovtion of Lord Krishna and it has 313 verses.

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