This guide compiles the most crucial multiple-choice questions (MCQs) for the Assam Direct Recruitment Exam (ADRE) 2024. It covers a wide range of topics including Assam’s geography, history, culture, and current affairs. The questions are designed to help candidates prepare effectively for the exam by focusing on key areas such as important sites, classical dances, historical figures, and significant events in Assam’s history
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Who is the first Chief Minister of Assam?
- A. Gopinath Bordoloi
- B. Bishnuram Medhi
- C. Tarun Gogoi
- D. Hiteswar Saikia
Answer: A. Gopinath Bordoloi
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Which river is known as the lifeline of Assam?
- A. Ganga
- B. Brahmaputra
- C. Yamuna
- D. Godavari
Answer: B. Brahmaputra
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When was Assam separated from Bengal?
- A. 1905
- B. 1911
- C. 1947
- D. 1950
Answer: B. 1911
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Who wrote the national anthem of India?
- A. Rabindranath Tagore
- B. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
- C. Sarojini Naidu
- D. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer: A. Rabindranath Tagore
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Which is the largest district in Assam by area?
- A. Karbi Anglong
- B. Dibrugarh
- C. Kamrup
- D. Nagaon
Answer: A. Karbi Anglong
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Who is known as the ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’?
- A. Bhupen Hazarika
- B. Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
- C. Bishnu Prasad Rabha
- D. Parvati Prasad Baruva
Answer: A. Bhupen Hazarika
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Which state shares the longest border with Assam?
- A. Arunachal Pradesh
- B. Nagaland
- C. Meghalaya
- D. West Bengal
Answer: A. Arunachal Pradesh
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What is the capital of Assam?
- A. Dispur
- B. Guwahati
- C. Jorhat
- D. Tezpur
Answer: A. Dispur
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Which festival is known as the harvest festival of Assam?
- A. Bihu
- B. Durga Puja
- C. Holi
- D. Diwali
Answer: A. Bihu
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Who was the first Assamese to win the Padma Shri award?
- A. Bhupen Hazarika
- B. Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
- C. Bishnu Prasad Rabha
- D. Parvati Prasad Baruva
Answer: A. Bhupen Hazarika
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Which national park in Assam is famous for one-horned rhinoceros?
- A. Kaziranga National Park
- B. Manas National Park
- C. Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
- D. Orang National Park
Answer: A. Kaziranga National Park
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When was the Assam Accord signed?
- A. 1979
- B. 1985
- C. 1990
- D. 1995
Answer: B. 1985
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Who is the author of the book ‘An Unfinished Autobiography’?
- A. Indira Gandhi
- B. Jawaharlal Nehru
- C. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
- D. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
Answer: D. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika
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Which Assamese film won the first National Film Award for Best Feature Film?
- A. Piyoli Phukan
- B. Chameli Memsaab
- C. Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
- D. Ronga Police
Answer: C. Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
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Who was the first Assamese woman to climb Mount Everest?
- A. Anshu Jamsenpa
- B. Tine Mena
- C. Malavath Purna
- D. Bachendri Pal
Answer: A. Anshu Jamsenpa
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Which is the official language of Assam?
- A. Bodo
- B. Bengali
- C. Assamese
- D. All of these
Answer: D. All of these
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Who was the first President of Assam Sahitya Sabha?
- A. Padmanath Gohain Baruah
- B. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- C. Hemchandra Goswami
- D. Chandrakumar Agarwala
Answer: A. Padmanath Gohain Baruah
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Which Assamese poet is known as the ‘Milton of Assam’?
- A. Madhav Kandali
- B. Hema Saraswati
- C. Ananda Chandra Barua
- D. Raghunath Choudhary
Answer: C. Ananda Chandra Barua
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Which is the largest tea-producing district in Assam?
- A. Dibrugarh
- B. Tinsukia
- C. Jorhat
- D. Sivasagar
Answer: A. Dibrugarh
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Who is the founder of the Ahom dynasty in Assam?
- A. Sukaphaa
- B. Rudra Singha
- C. Gadadhar Singha
- D. Pratap Singha
Answer: A. Sukaphaa
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Which Assamese festival marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year?
- A. Magh Bihu
- B. Bohag Bihu
- C. Kati Bihu
- D. Rongali Bihu
Answer: B. Bohag Bihu
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Who is the first Assamese to receive the Jnanpith Award?
- A. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
- B. Mamoni Raisom Goswami
- C. Hiren Bhattacharyya
- D. Nilmani Phookan
Answer: A. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
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Which wildlife sanctuary in Assam is known for its population of golden langurs?
- A. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- B. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary
- C. Nameri National Park
- D. Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
Answer: A. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
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Who was the first Governor of Assam?
- A. Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
- B. Bishnuram Medhi
- C. Jayant Nath Chaudhuri
- D. Prakasha
Answer: A. Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari
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Which Assamese novel is considered the first modern Assamese novel?
- A. Mamare Dhara Tarowal Aru Dukhan Upanyasa
- B. Jibonor Batot
- C. Mrityunjay
- D. Bhanumati
Answer: A. Mamare Dhara Tarowal Aru Dukhan Upanyasa
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- A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- B. Hemchandra Barua
- C. Ananda Ram Baruah
- D. Padmanath Gohain Baruah
- A. Sattriya
- B. Bihu
- C. Jhumur
- D. Bagurumba
- A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- B. Hemchandra Barua
- C. Ananda Ram Baruah
- D. Padmanath Gohain Baruah
- A. Rudra Singha
- B. Pramatta Singha
- C. Rajeswar Singha
- D. Siva Singha
- A. Parvati Prasad Baruva
- B. Nirmalprabha Bordoloi
- C. Nalini Bala Devi
- D. Hiren Bhattacharyya
- A. Gopinath Bordoloi
- B. Tarun Gogoi
- C. Hiteswar Saikia
- D. Bishnuram Medhi
- A. Magh Bihu
- B. Bohag Bihu
- C. Kati Bihu
- D. Rongali Bihu
- A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- B. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
- C. Mamoni Raisom Goswami
- D. Hiren Bhattacharyya
- A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- B. Hemchandra Barua
- C. Ananda Ram Baruah
- D. Padmanath Gohain Baruah
- A. Durga Puja
- B. Lakshmi Puja
- C. Kali Puja
- D. Saraswati Puja
- A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- B. Hemchandra Barua
- C. Ananda Ram Baruah
- D. Padmanath Gohain Baruah
- A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- B. Hemchandra Barua
- C. Ananda Ram Baruah
- D. Padmanath Gohain Baruah
- A. Magh Bihu
- B. Bohag Bihu
- C. Kati Bihu
- D. Rongali Bihu
- A. Bhupen Hazarika
- B. Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
- C. Bishnu Prasad Rabha
- D. Parvati Prasad Baruva
- A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
- B. Hemchandra Barua
- C. Ananda Ram Baruah
- D. Padmanath Gohain Baruah
- A) Mahatma Gandhi
- B) Jawaharlal Nehru
- C) B.R. Ambedkar
- D) Sardar Patel
- A) Sydney
- B) Melbourne
- C) Canberra
- D) Perth
- A) Gold
- B) Oxygen
- C) Osmium
- D) Oganesson
- A) Valmiki
- B) Ved Vyasa
- C) Kalidasa
- D) Tulsidas
- A) Earth
- B) Mars
- C) Jupiter
- D) Venus
- A) Heart
- B) Liver
- C) Skin
- D) Lungs
- A) Marie Curie
- B) Mother Teresa
- C) Rosalind Franklin
- D) Ada Lovelace
- A) China
- B) Japan
- C) South Korea
- D) Thailand
- A) Gold
- B) Iron
- C) Diamond
- D) Platinum
- A) Charlotte Brontë
- B) Emily Brontë
- C) Jane Austen
- D) Mary Shelley
26. Which Assamese personality is known as the ‘Father of Assamese Journalism’?
Answer: B. Hemchandra Barua
27. Which dance form is associated with the Sattras of Assam?
Answer: A. Sattriya
28. Who is the author of the book ‘Katha-Gita’?
Answer: A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
29. Which Assamese king is known for constructing the famous Rang Ghar?
Answer: B. Pramatta Singha
30. Which Assamese poet is known as the ‘Nightingale of Assam’?
Answer: C. Nalini Bala Devi
31. Which Assamese personality is known as the ‘Architect of Modern Assam’?
Answer: A. Gopinath Bordoloi
32. Which Assamese festival is celebrated to mark the end of the harvesting season?
Answer: A. Magh Bihu
33. Who was the first Assamese to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award?
Answer: B. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
34. Which Assamese personality is known as the ‘Father of Assamese Prose’?
Answer: C. Ananda Ram Baruah
35. Which Assamese festival is celebrated to worship the goddess of wealth?
Answer: B. Lakshmi Puja
36. Who is the author of the book ‘Asomiya Sahityar Buranji’?
Answer: A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
37. Which Assamese personality is known as the ‘Father of Assamese Drama’?
Answer: A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
38. Which Assamese festival is celebrated to mark the beginning of the sowing season?
Answer: C. Kati Bihu
39. Who was the first Assamese to receive the Padma Bhushan award?
Answer: A. Bhupen Hazarika
40. Which Assamese personality is known as the ‘Father of Assamese Poetry’?
Answer: A. Lakshminath Bezbaroa
41. Who is known as the ‘Father of the Indian Constitution’?
Answer: C) B.R. Ambedkar
42. What is the capital of Australia?
Answer: C) Canberra
43. Which element has the chemical symbol ‘O’?
Answer: B) Oxygen
44. Who wrote the epic ‘Mahabharata’?
Answer: B) Ved Vyasa
45. Which planet is known as the ‘Red Planet’?
Answer: B) Mars
46. What is the largest organ in the human body?
Answer: C) Skin
47. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Answer: A) Marie Curie
48. Which country is known as the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’?
Answer: B) Japan
49. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Answer: C) Diamond
50. Who is the author of ‘Pride and Prejudice’?
Answer: C) Jane Austen