Prepare effectively for Assam government competitive exams like APSC, ADRE, TET, B.Ed , and various other recruitment tests with the Top 100 Assam History MCQs. This comprehensive collection covers Assam’s history all updated and curated to boost your exam success
1. Which Ahom king commissioned the construction of Talatal Ghar?
Answer: B) Rajeswar Singha
Explanation: Talatal Ghar at Rangpur was built as a seven‑storeyed palace with two underground floors for military purposes.
2. Who was the first Assamese woman to act in a film?
Answer: A) Aideu Handique
Explanation: She acted in Jyoti Prasad Agarwala’s Joymoti (1935), making her the first Assamese film actress.
3. The Kachari kingdom’s last capital before annexation by the British was?
Answer: B) Khaspur
Explanation: The Kachari kingdom shifted from Maibang to Khaspur before it came under British control.
4. Which Ahom ruler fought the Mughal general Mir Jumla?
Answer: A) Jayadhwaj Singha
Explanation: In 1662–63, Mir Jumla invaded Assam but later signed the Treaty of Ghiladhari with the Ahoms.
5. The “Borphukanar Bungalow” in Guwahati was built during whose reign?
Answer: B) Pramatta Singha
Explanation: Served as the official residence of the Borphukan, the Ahom viceroy of Lower Assam.
6. Who founded the “Asam Sahitya Mandir” to promote Assamese books?
Answer: C) Hemchandra Goswami
Explanation: Pioneered modern Assamese printing and literary societies.
7. The “Battle of Dichoi River” (1532) was fought between the Ahoms and?
Answer: B) Kacharis
Explanation: Ahoms defeated the Kacharis, pushing them further south.
8. Who was popularly called the “Napoleon of Assam” for his military tactics?
Answer: B) Bir Chilarai
Explanation: Koch general Chilarai earned the title for his swift conquests.
9. Which Assamese writer is known for the work “Buranji Tungkho” (History of Assam)?
Answer: A) S.K. Bhuyan
Explanation: Compiled and translated several historical Buranjis into Assamese.
10. In which year was the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA), earlier part of Assam, separated and renamed Arunachal Pradesh?
Answer: A) 1972
Explanation: NEFA became a Union Territory in 1972 and was renamed Arunachal Pradesh.
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