Grade-3 Higher Secondary

The Olympic flag has five interlaced rings: blue, yellow, black, green and red. Purple is not an Olympic ring colour. The flag was designed in 1913 and first used at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.

Lima is the capital of Peru. It was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535.

The headquarters of the National Stock Exchange of India is in Mumbai, Maharashtra. NSE was incorporated in 1992 and began trading in 1994.

A USB Flash Drive is a portable storage device used to store and transfer files between computers.

The Satpura and Vindhya ranges form an important physiographic boundary between northern India’s Indo-Gangetic Plains and the Deccan Plateau.

The Narmada does not originate in the Himalayas. It rises at Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh, whereas the other three rivers originate in the Himalayan region.

Water has its maximum density at about 4°C. This anomalous expansion of water is important for aquatic life in cold regions.

Economics studies the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services and the allocation of scarce resources.

Plutonium is a radioactive transuranium element with atomic number 94. Its isotopes are radioactive.

Standard indoor volleyball has six players per team on the court at one time.

Assam shares interstate boundaries with seven states: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya and West Bengal. It also borders Bhutan and Bangladesh internationally.

Ajanta Neog was the Finance Minister of Assam on 1 January 2022. She joined the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led ministry in May 2021.

As on the date asked, Assam had 35 districts. Bajali was created in 2020 and Tamulpur in 2021, taking the total to 35 at that time.

Among the options, Bhutan shares an international border with Assam. Assam also shares an international border with Bangladesh.

The Bhupen Hazarika Setu, also called Dhola–Sadiya Bridge, is the easternmost bridge among the options. It crosses the Lohit River in eastern Assam.

The Kushiyara River is part of the Barak river system and is associated with Assam’s Barak Valley region.

The Hollong (Dipterocarpus macrocarpus) is the State Tree of Assam and is an important evergreen forest tree of the region.

Hajo is a major pilgrimage centre of Assam. Poa Mecca and the Hayagriva Madhava Temple are both located at Hajo.

The Tocklai Tea Research Institute is located at Jorhat. Tocklai was established in 1911 and is associated with the Tea Research Association.

Joymoti, directed by Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, is regarded as the first Assamese talkie. It was released in 1935.