Assam Geography

Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is in Jorhat district of Assam. It is famous for the hoolock gibbon, India's only ape species, and also supports the endangered Bengal slow loris.

Tezpur Litchi is associated with the GI-tagged litchi from Assam. A Geographical Indication identifies goods whose qualities or reputation are linked to a particular geographical origin.

Assam Medical College at Dibrugarh traces its institutional history to the Berry White Medical School and was upgraded as Assam Medical College in 1947. It is widely regarded as the oldest medical college in North-East India.

Chandubi Lake is traditionally associated with the great Assam earthquake of 1897, dated 12 June 1897. The earthquake caused major land subsidence and landscape changes in the region.

Assam is the second-largest North-Eastern state by area, after Arunachal Pradesh. Assam covers about 78,438 sq km.

The headquarters of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is at Maligaon, Guwahati. NFR is one of the zones of Indian Railways serving the North-East and adjoining areas.

Rudra Singha constructed the stone bridge over the Namdang River, an important surviving example of Ahom-era engineering.

Bogibeel Bridge is a major rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra near Dibrugarh and Bogibeel; it was inaugurated in 2018.

The Ganges river dolphin, locally called Xihu, is Assam’s state aquatic animal and is associated with the Brahmaputra river system.

Dhaka served as the capital of the Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam after the partition of Bengal in 1905.

Chiknabari (Chkengram) in the Goalpara region is identified by the source as the village associated with Haria Mandal, father of Biswa Singha.

Tezpur is known for Agnigarh, the Bhairabi Temple and Mahabhairav Temple, making it an important historical-cultural centre of Assam.

Orang National Park is the smallest among the listed Assam national parks by area in the source set; it is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra.

Jatinga is in Dima Hasao district. The area became famous for seasonal bird disorientation and unusual bird mortality, historically described as “bird suicide”.

The capital of Assam was shifted from Shillong to Dispur during the tenure of Chief Minister Sarat Chandra Singha. Shillong became the capital of Meghalaya after Meghalaya attained statehood in 1972.

None of the listed major geographical lines passes through Assam. The state lies north of the Tropic of Cancer; therefore the correct option is None of the above.

Tocklai Tea Research Institute at Jorhat is one of the world’s major centres of tea research and has played a foundational role in the scientific development of Assam’s tea industry.

Dibrugarh has the highest number of tea gardens among Assam districts in the source. It is one of Assam’s major tea-producing areas and is closely associated with the state’s tea industry.

The Jia Bharali River is known as the Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh. After entering Assam, it is called Jia Bharali and joins the Brahmaputra.

The Navagraha Temple is situated on the crest of Chitrachal Hill in Guwahati. It is a historic temple complex associated with the nine planetary deities.