States PCS: Assam GK Questions for Assam Public Service Commission Exams

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UalUal is a sand clock-shaped wooden grinding tool used by Bodo people of Assam. It is carved from tree trunks and used to grind grains. The tool has wooden ends reinforced with metal rings for durability. This traditional tool enables preparation of food by grinding rice and other grains.

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Barechahariya Bhaona was created by Sankardev. It is a 200-year-old Assamese drama festival performed in Jamugurihat, Sonitpur. The festival dramatizes the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and Puranas using traditional music and Brajabuli script in Namghars and Sattras.

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Moner Phool is a 2016 Koch Rajbongshi language children’s drama film directed by Robin Chandra Roy. The film was produced by R C R production and featured actors such as Suman, Tikli, Bishal, and Jublee.

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Syed Abdul Malik was a notable Assamese writer. He authored the novel “Aghari Atmar Kahani”. Assamese literature includes works by Indira Goswami and Homen Borgohain as well. Kanchan Baruah is also an Assamese author but did not write this novel.

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Jatindranath Duwara wrote “Asomiya Sahityar Buranji,” a historical account of Assamese literature. He was an influential Assamese writer and historian. The book discusses the development of Assamese language and literature through different periods. Lakshminath Bezbaroa and Hemchandra Barua were prominent Assamese literary figures but did not author this work. Bhupen Hazarika was known for his contributions to music and culture, not literary historiography.

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Nirupama Borgohain was born in Guwahati in 1932. She is an Assamese journalist and novelist who received the Sahitya Akademi Award for her novel Abhiyatri. She studied at Cotton College and Calcutta University and also used the pen name Neelima Devi.

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Aji is an Assamese newspaper launched in March 2000 in Guwahati, Assam. The founding chief editor was Ajit Kumar Bhuyan.

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The Brahmaputra River divides the Kocha dialect spoken north of it and the Rongdani and Maitori dialects spoken south in Assam’s Goalpara district. Rabha is a Sino-Tibetan language with dialectal variations geographically separated by this river in Northeast India.

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Dipika Chanda is a 15th-century Kamrupi literary work associated with Purushottama Gajapati of Odisha. Kamrupi literature includes manuscripts on astrology, tantra, medicine, history, and arithmetic. Purushottama Gajapati was a significant ruler during the 15th century, linked to this text.

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Early Assamese was written in Eastern Nagari script. It was used during the 14th to 16th century in the Kamata kingdom and Brahmaputra valley. Notable writers like Madhava Kandali used this script. Eastern Nagari script is also the basis of modern Assamese and Bengali scripts.