Assam History MCQ Set-9

In this set, we have compiled the ninth set of Assam History GK MCQ for APSC, Assam Police recruitment, Junior Assistant and other government job recruitment examinations in Assam.

Q.1 Which among the following is CORRECT about the Nidhanpur copperplate inscription?

I. It provides family tree of the Varman Dynasty

II. Details of lands granted to Brahmins by the Varman Dynasty

III. List of wars by Varman Dynasty

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

Note: The copper plates of Nidhanpur inscription were discovered on 29 December 1912, in the village of Nidhanpur in Panchakhanda near what is now Sylhet in Bangladesh.

Q.2 Which of the following legendary dynasty precedes the Varman dynasty?

A. Pala Dynasty

B. Bhauma Dynasty

C. Danava Dynasty

D. None of these

Answer: B. Bhauma Dynasty

Q.3 Princess Amrita Prabha, who had eventually chosen the prince of Kashmir Meghavahana as her groom, was the daughter of which of the Varman King?

A. Bhaskar Varman

B. Bala Varman

C. Mahendra Varman

D. Kalyan Varman

Answer: B. Bala Varman

Q.4 Which of the following are common language during the Varman dynasty?

A. Pali & Sanskrit

B. Assamese & Sanskrit

C. Sanskrit and Kamrupi Prakit

D. Pali and Kamrupi Prakit

Abswer: C. Sanskrit and Kamrupi Prakit

Q.5 Nagajari-Khanikargaon rock inscription belongs to the period of which dynasty?

A. Varman dynasty

B. Pala dynasty

C. Mlechchha dynasty

D. None of these

Answer: A. Varman dynasty

Note: Nagajari-Khanikargaon rock inscription is a 5th-century land-grant inscription discovered in 1972 in Nagajari area of Golaghat district. The inscription was written in Eastern Brahmi script.

Q.6 Which among the following is CORRECT about the Umachal Rock Inscription?

I. It is the earliest epigraphic source discovered in Assam

II. The script of this inscription is in the eastern variety of the Gupta script and the language is Sanskrit prose

III. The inscription depicts Balarama

A. Only I is correct

B. Only II is correct

C. Only III is correct

D. I, II & III all correct

Answer: D. I, II & III all correct

Q.7 Which of the following Varman King performed Ashvamedha or horse sacrifice to throw off the imperial yoke of Gupta empire?

A. Bhaskar Varman

B. Bala Varman

C. Mahendra Varman

D. Samudra Varman

Answer: C. Mahendra Varman

Q.8 Susthitavarman formed alliance with the Maukhari dynasty to fight against which of the following?

A. Mlechchha dynasty

B. Gaur king

C. Gupta Empire

D. None of these

Answer: B. Gaur king

Q.9 Who among the following was the founder of the Varman dynasty?

A. Bhaskar Varman

B. Pushya Varman

C. Mahendra Varman

D. Samudra Varman

Answer: B. Pushya Varman

Q.10 Who among the following was the first Kamrupa king to claim descent  from the Mythological king Narakasura, Bhagadatta and Vajaradatta?

A. Bhaskar Varman

B. Pushya Varman

C. Saumdra Varman

D. Bhuti Varman

Answer: A. Bhaskar Varman

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