General Knowledge - Assam Polity (134+ MCQs) Practice Tests

Q: Who presented the Assam Official Language Bill to make Assamese as the sole official language of Assam?

Correct Answer: Bimala Prasad Chaliha - Chief Minister Bimala Prasad Chaliha introduced the Assam Official Language Bill in the Assembly on 10 October 1960.

Q: Which state was separated from Assam in 1963?

Correct Answer: Nagaland - Nagaland was carved out of Assam and became a state in 1963.

Q: In which year the All Assam Students Union (AASU) established as a formal organisation and adopted its Constitution?

Correct Answer: 1967 - The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) formally established itself and adopted its Constitution in August 1967.

Q: Which of the following years the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) was formed?

Correct Answer: 1967 - The All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) was established in 1967.

Q: When was the Northeastern (Reorganisation Areas) Act passed?

Correct Answer: 1971 - The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act was passed on 30 December 1971.

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21. Who presented the Assam Official Language Bill to make Assamese as the sole official language of Assam?

Answer: Bimala Prasad Chaliha

Gopinath Bordoloi

Bishnu Ram Medhi

Sarat Chandra Singha

Bimala Prasad Chaliha

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Chief Minister Bimala Prasad Chaliha introduced the Assam Official Language Bill in the Assembly on 10 October 1960.

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22. Which state was separated from Assam in 1963?

Answer: Nagaland

Nagaland

Meghalaya

Tripura

Manipur

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Nagaland was carved out of Assam and became a state in 1963.

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23. In which year the All Assam Students Union (AASU) established as a formal organisation and adopted its Constitution?

Answer: 1967

1962

1967

1987

1979

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The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) formally established itself and adopted its Constitution in August 1967.

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24. Which of the following years the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) was formed?

Answer: 1967

1962

1967

1987

1979

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The All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) was established in 1967.

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25. When was the Northeastern (Reorganisation Areas) Act passed?

Answer: 1971

1963

1971

1974

1985

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The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act was passed on 30 December 1971.

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26. What is the date for expelling illegal migrants under clause 5.8 of the Assam Accord?

Answer: March 24, 1971

March 15, 1951

March 24, 1951

March 24, 1971

March 31, 1971

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Under Clause 5.8 of the Assam Accord, persons who entered Assam on or after 25 March 1971 are to be detected, deleted and expelled according to law.

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27. When was Mizoram separated from Assam?

Answer: 1972

1954

1972

1948

1964

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Mizoram became a Union Territory in 1972 and a full state on 20 February 1987.

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28. In which year, the capital of Assam shifted from Shillong to Dispur?

Answer: 1973

1950

1955

1971

1973

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Assam's capital shifted from Shillong to Dispur; the first Assembly Budget Session at Dispur was held on 16 March 1973.

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29. In the 1978 election, Golap Borborah was the first non-congress CM of Assam; he is the CM of which political Party?

Answer: Janata Party

Janata Party

Ganashakti

Assam Gana Parishad

AJP

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Golap Borbora of the Janata Party became Assam's first non-Congress Chief Minister after the 1978 Assembly election.

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30. Census work in Assam was not conducted in

Answer: 1981

1971

1981

1991

1961

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The 1981 Census could not be conducted in Assam because of disturbed conditions.

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31. Which of the following is INCORRECT about the first president's rule in Assam?

Answer: Hiteswar Saikia was the CM when the first president's rule was declared.

On 12 December 1979 for the first time, Assam was under the president's rule.

Jogen Hazarika was the CM when the first president's rule was declared.

On 6 December 1980, the president‟s rule was cancelled.

Hiteswar Saikia was the CM when the first president's rule was declared.

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The first President's Rule in Assam was imposed during the Assam Agitation amid serious law-and-order problems.

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32. The historic Assam Accord was signed on

Answer: 15th August 1985

15th August 1985

26th January 1986

15th August 1986

15th August 1990

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The Assam Accord was signed on 15 August 1985 between the Government of India, Government of Assam and leaders of the Assam Movement.

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33. Which clause of the Assam Accord deals with constitutional protections to the people of Assam?

Answer: Clause 6

Clause 4

Clause 5

Clause 6

Clause 7

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Clause 6 of the Assam Accord provides constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards for the cultural, social and linguistic identity of the Assamese people.

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34. A committee to implement clause 6 of the Assam Accord is being led by

Answer: Justice BK Sarma

Justice BK Sarma

Justice Ranjan Gogoi

Justice PK Goswami

Justice Madan B Lokur

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The Clause 6 committee was headed by retired High Court judge Biplab Kumar Sarma.

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35. Which party came to power in Assam in 1985?

Answer: Asom Gana Parishad

Janata

Asom Gana Parishad

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Congress

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Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) was launched at Golaghat on 14 October 1985.

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36. Which of the following cultural institutions was born out of the Assam Accord?

Answer: Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra

Rock Garden

Assam state museum

Rabindra Bhawan

Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra

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The project for Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra was linked with Clause 6 of the Assam Accord.

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37. Who was the prime minister of India during the signing of the Assam Accord?

Answer: Rajiv Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

Deve Gowda

AB Vajpayee

Rajiv Gandhi

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The Assam Accord was signed in the presence of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on 15 August 1985.

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38. Which refinery was established due to the "Assam Accord"?

Answer: Numaligarh

Guwahati

Bongaigaon

Numaligarh

Digboi

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Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) is known as the Assam Accord Refinery.

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39. Which one is INCORRECT about Syeda Anwara Taimur?

Answer: She was Finance Minister of Assam from 1983 to 1985

She is the only female Chief Minister of Assam

She is the first Muslim Chief Minister of any Indian state

She is the only Muslim Chief Minister of Assam

She was Finance Minister of Assam from 1983 to 1985

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Syeda Anwara Taimur served as Assam's PWD Minister from 1983–1985.

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40. The capacity of the Assam Assembly is

Answer: 126

125

126

127

129

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The Assam Legislative Assembly has 126 elected members, representing single-member constituencies.

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Assam Polity

21. Who presented the Assam Official Language Bill to make Assamese as the sole official language of Assam?

22. Which state was separated from Assam in 1963?

23. In which year the All Assam Students Union (AASU) established as a formal organisation and adopted its Constitution?

24. Which of the following years the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) was formed?

25. When was the Northeastern (Reorganisation Areas) Act passed?

26. What is the date for expelling illegal migrants under clause 5.8 of the Assam Accord?

27. When was Mizoram separated from Assam?

28. In which year, the capital of Assam shifted from Shillong to Dispur?

29. In the 1978 election, Golap Borborah was the first non-congress CM of Assam; he is the CM of which political Party?

30. Census work in Assam was not conducted in

31. Which of the following is INCORRECT about the first president's rule in Assam?

32. The historic Assam Accord was signed on

33. Which clause of the Assam Accord deals with constitutional protections to the people of Assam?

34. A committee to implement clause 6 of the Assam Accord is being led by

35. Which party came to power in Assam in 1985?

36. Which of the following cultural institutions was born out of the Assam Accord?

37. Who was the prime minister of India during the signing of the Assam Accord?

38. Which refinery was established due to the "Assam Accord"?

39. Which one is INCORRECT about Syeda Anwara Taimur?

40. The capacity of the Assam Assembly is

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