Assam GK Questions Answers
11. How many districts are there in Assam?
- A) 20
- B) 28
- C) 32
- D) 35
Answer: 35
12. Who was the first Assamese to receive the Jnanpith Award?
- A) Homen Borgohain
- B) Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
- C) Mamoni Raisom Goswami
- D) Nilmani Phookan
Answer: Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
13. How many bridges span the Brahmaputra River in Assam?
- A) 3
- B) 4
- C) 6
- D) 8
Answer: 6
14. Who was the first President of Assam Sahitya Sabha?
- A) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- B) Padmanath Gohain Baruah
- C) Anandaram Dhekial Phukan
- D) Gunabhiram Barua
Answer: Padmanath Gohain Baruah
15. Who was the first editor of the Assamese magazine 'Jonaki'?
- A) Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- B) Chandra Kumar Agarwala
- C) Hemchandra Barua
- D) Gunabhiram Barua
Answer: Chandra Kumar Agarwala
16. Who is known as the father of Assamese prose literature?
- A) Bhattadeva
- B) Sankardev
- C) Madhavdev
- D) Anirudhdev
Answer: Bhattadeva
17. In which year was Lachit Borphukan born?
- A) 1616
- B) 1622
- C) 1630
- D) 1635
Answer: 1622
18. Which place is known as the heart of Assamese neo-Vaishnavite culture?
- A) Nagaon
- B) Majuli
- C) Tezpur
- D) Dibrugarh
Answer: Majuli
19. Who was the first recipient of the Asom Ratna award?
- A) Bhupen Hazarika
- B) Gopinath Bordoloi
- C) Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- D) Bishnu Prasad Rabha
Answer: Bhupen Hazarika
20. Who was the first British Commissioner of Assam?
- A) Francis Jenkins
- B) David Scott
- C) Henry Hopkinson
- D) Thomas Campbell Robertson
Answer: David Scott