Assam Art & Culture MCQ Set-13

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Q.1 Who among the following was the first Assamese writer to be awarded with the Sahitya Akademi Award?

A. Padmanath Gohain Barua

B. Jatindra Nath Duwara

C. Ambikagiri Raichoudhury

D. Nabakanta Barua

Answer: B. Jatindra Nath Duwara

Note: Jatindra Nath Duwara was awarded with Sahitya Akademi Award for his potery collection Bonphool in the year 1955.

Q.2 Who among the following was the first winner of the Assam Valley Literary Award?

A. Bhabendra Nath Saikia

B. Homen Borgohain

C. Syed Abdul Malik

D. Nabakanta Barua

Answer: A. Bhabendra Nath Saikia

Note: The Assam Valley Literary Award was conceived in the year 1990 by Williamson Magor Education Trust to honour creative writers who have enhanced Assamese literature and Bhabendra Nath Saikia was the first awardee.

Q.3 Homen Borgohain was awarded Sahitya Akademi award for which of the following novel?

A. Pita Putra

B. Kushilab

C. Halodhiya Soraye Baudhan Khai

D. Saudor Puteke Nau Meli Jay

Answer: A. Pita Putra

Note: Homen Borgohain was awarded Sahitya Akademi award for his novel Pita Putra in the year 1978.

Q.4 In which of the following year, the Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Regional Government Film and Television Institute was established?

A. 2014

B. 2016

C. 1999

D. 2004

Answer: C. 1999

Note: The Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Regional Government Film and Television Institute, formerly known as Jyoti Chitraban Film & Television Institute, located in Changsari, Kamrup district was established in 1999.

Q.5 Which among the following tantric book was written in ancient Assam?

A. Yogini Tantra

B. Kalachakra Tantra

C. Hevakra Tantra

D. None of these

Answer: A. Yogini Tantra

Q.6 Mamoni Raisom Goswami was NOT awarded with which of the following award?

A. Sahitya Akademi Award

B. Jnanpith Award

C. Katha National Award for Literature

D. Padma Vibushan

Answer: D. Padma Vibhushan

Q.7 According to the epic Mahabharata, who among the following ruled Pragjyotishpura during the Kurukshetra War?

A. Narakasura

B. Bhagadatta

C. Vakradatta

D. Banasur

Answer: B. Bhagadatta

Q.8 Who among the following has written the “Kumar Harana”?

A. Sridhara Kandali

B. Madhav Kandali

C. Ratna Kandali

D. Ananta Kandali

Answer: A. Sridhara Kandali

Q.9 Which among the following is CORRECT about the festival Domahi?

I. It is a harvesting festival

II. It is celebrated in Kamrup and eastern Goalpara region of western Assam

III. Group singing is performed in this festival

A. Only I is correct

B. Only II is correct

C. Both I & II are correct

D. I, II & III all correct

Answer: C. Both I & II are correct

Q.10 The Assam State Museum was established by which of the following?

A. Government of Assam

B. Government of India

C. Assam Sahitya Sabha

D. Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti

Answer: D. Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti

Note: The Assam State Museum, previously Assam Provincial Museum was established by the Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiti in 1940. Kanaklal Barua was the founder and president. In the year 1953, it was taken over by the Government of Assam.

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