Assam GK MCQ Question and Answer | State Gk MCQ

Hollong (Dipterocarpus macrocarpus) is the State Tree of Assam. Hollong is a medium hardwood, timber tree. It grows naturally in forests of upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Hollong is a sacred tree for Moran community of Assam. Today Hollong is used in plywood industries.

Mahiranga (Mirong) Danava was the earliest King of Assam. According to ancient literature and mythology, present day Assam was a part of Pragjyotisha kingdom ruled by Danava dynasty. It was in Iron age. The first ruler of Danava dynasty was Mahiranga Danava. There is no archeological evidence to support the existence of Danava dynasty. But Danava dynasty and their rulers were mentioned in the Kalika Puran.

Mahendra Varman was the first king of Kamrupa who performed Ashwamedha Yagya.

The last of the Kachari Kings, Raja Gobind Chandra was assassinated by a group of seditious persons with the help of some of his personal attendents on 24^th April, 1830 at Haritikar.

Rice is the main food crop in Assam agriculture as it is the main diet in the state too. Those who are engaged in the agricultural department of Assam fully concentrates on cultivating rice as it falls under their main priority.

The Tocklai is a Tea Research Institute (formerly known as Tocklai Experimental Station) which was established in 1911, at a site near the River Tocklai in Jorhat, Assam.

Assam is situated in the North-East of India and is the largest northeastern state in terms of population while second in terms of area. Assam covers an area of 78,438 square km (30,285 square miles). The state is bordered by Bhutan and the state of Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west.

Guwahati is the gateway to one of the most exotic and fascinating regions of India in the North-east.
The name Guwahati is a combination of two words. Guwa meaning areca nut and Hat meaning market. It was once known as "Pragjyotishpura" or Light of the East.