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1. When did the first Anglo-Burmese War take place?
A) 1824
B) 1825
C) 1826
D) 1858
Answer: B) 1825
2. Which treaty ended the first Anglo-Burmese War?
A) Treaty of Yandaboo
B) Treaty of Tilsit
C) Treaty of Purandar
D) Treaty of Bassein
Answer: A) Treaty of Yandaboo
3. On which date was the Treaty of Yandaboo signed?
A) 15 August 1825
B) 24 February 1826
C) 16 October 1905
D) 26 January 1948
Answer: B) 24 February 1826
4. The period from 1826 to 1858 in Assam is known as:
A) Mughal Rule
B) Ahom Rule
C) Company Raj
D) Direct Crown Rule
Answer: C) Company Raj
5. India came under the direct rule of the British Crown in 1858 based on which proclamation?
A) Queen’s Proclamation
B) King’s Proclamation
C) Victoria Decree
D) Cabinet Mission Act
Answer: A) Queen’s Proclamation
6. Who initiated the Gyan Pradayini Sabha in 1857?
A) Manik Chandra Baruah and Jagannath Barua
B) Anandaram Dhekiyal Phukan and Gunaviram Barua
C) Hemchandra Barua and Lakshminath Bezbarua
D) Gopinath Bordoloi and Tarunram Phukan
Answer: B) Anandaram Dhekiyal Phukan and Gunaviram Barua
7. In which year was the Assamese language officially re-established in schools, offices, and courts?
A) 1836
B) 1872
C) 1873
D) 1888
Answer: C) 1873
8. Where was the Assamese Literary Society formed in 1872?
A) Guwahati
B) Dibrugarh
C) Calcutta
D) Shillong
Answer: C) Calcutta
9. Who established the Assamese Literary Society in 1872?
A) Devicharan Barua and Gangagovinda Phukan
B) Chandrakumar Agarwala and Hemchandra Goswami
C) Jagannath Barua and Manik Chandra Baruah
D) Padmanath Gohain Barua and Nabinchandra Bordoloi
Answer: A) Devicharan Barua and Gangagovinda Phukan
10. In which year was the Asomiya Bhasa Unnati Sadhini Sabha (ABUSS) formed?
A) 1872
B) 1884
C) 1888
D) 1893
Answer: C) 1888
SEBA Class 10 History Chapter 4 MCQ
11. Which journal was published as the mouthpiece of the ABUSS?
A) Orunodoi
B) Jonaki
C) Milan
D) Hemkosh
Answer: B) Jonaki
12. Who was the first editor of the journal Jonaki?
A) Lakshminath Bezbarua
B) Hemchandra Goswami
C) Chandrakumar Agarwala
D) Ambikagiri Raychoudhury
Answer: C) Chandrakumar Agarwala
13. Whose famous literary work (magnum opus) is Hemkosh?
A) Hemchandra Barua
B) Kanaklal Barua
C) Ramakanta Barkakati
D) Chandrakumar Agarwala
Answer: A) Hemchandra Barua
14. When and where was the first session of the Asam Chatra Sanmilan held?
A) 1905 at Dibrugarh
B) 1916 at Guwahati
C) 1921 at Jorhat
D) 1926 at Pandu
Answer: B) 1916 at Guwahati
15. Who was elected as the first President of the Asam Chatra Sanmilan?
A) Chandranath Sarma
B) Lakshminath Bezbarua
C) Padmanath Gohain Barua
D) Krishna Kanta Handique
Answer: B) Lakshminath Bezbarua
16. What was the name of the mouthpiece (magazine) of the Asam Chatra Sanmilan?
A) Jonaki
B) Milan
C) Orunodoi
D) Bandini Bharat
Answer: B) Milan
17. Who founded the Ahom Sabha in 1893?
A) Jagannath Barua
B) Manik Chandra Baruah
C) Padmanath Gohain Barua
D) Nabin Chandra Bordoloi
Answer: C) Padmanath Gohain Barua
18. In which year was the Ahom Sabha renamed as the Ahom Association?
A) 1893
B) 1903
C) 1910
D) 1921
Answer: C) 1910
19. Who founded the Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha in 1884?
A) Jagannath Barua
B) Raja Naranarayan Simha
C) Manik Chandra Baruah
D) Devicharan Barua
Answer: A) Jagannath Barua
20. Who founded the Assam Association in 1903?
A) Jagannath Barua
B) Manik Chandra Baruah
C) Kuladhar Chaliha
D) Tarunram Phukan
Answer: B) Manik Chandra Baruah
Role of Assam in Freedom Movement Multiple Choice Questions SEBA 2026-27
21. In which year did the Assam Association officially merge with the Indian National Congress?
A) 1905
B) 1916
C) 1921
D) 1926
Answer: C) 1921
22. Who became the first officially elected President of the Assam Provincial Congress Committee (APCC) in 1930?
A) Kuladhar Chaliha
B) Tarunram Phukan
C) Bishnuram Medhi
D) Gopinath Bordoloi
Answer: C) Bishnuram Medhi
23. Where was the 41st All India Congress Committee session hosted in Assam in 1926?
A) Guwahati
B) Dibrugarh
C) Pandu
D) Jorhat
Answer: C) Pandu
24. Who was the first Premier (Chief Minister) of Assam after the 1946 elections?
A) Bishnuram Medhi
B) Gopinath Bordoloi
C) Tarunram Phukan
D) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Answer: B) Gopinath Bordoloi
25. On which date was the partition of Bengal implemented, creating the new province of ‘Eastern Bengal and Assam’?
A) 15 August 1905
B) 16 October 1905
C) 7 September 1906
D) 31 July 1906
Answer: B) 16 October 1905
26. Who became the first Lieutenant Governor of the newly formed province of ‘Eastern Bengal and Assam’?
A) Lord Northbrook
B) J. B. Fuller
C) R. J. Cunningham
D) Lord Montagu
Answer: B) J. B. Fuller
27. What was the new capital of the province of ‘Eastern Bengal and Assam’?
A) Shillong
B) Guwahati
C) Dhaka
D) Calcutta
Answer: C) Dhaka
28. Who wrote the revolutionary drama named Bandini Bharat?
A) Lakshminath Bezbarua
B) Jyotiprasad Agarwala
C) Ambikagiri Raychoudhury
D) Chandrakumar Agarwala
Answer: C) Ambikagiri Raychoudhury
29. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi first visit Assam to propagate non-cooperation?
A) 1920
B) 1921
C) 1930
D) 1942
Answer: B) 1921
30. What was the name of the first national school established at Guwahati in February 1921?
A) Tilak Memorial School
B) Gandhi National High School
C) Cotton Collegiate School
D) Cunningham Memorial School
Answer: A) Tilak Memorial School
Class 10 Social Science History Chapter 4 MCQ Solutions
31. Who issued the notorious ‘Cunningham Circular’ in May 1930?
A) J. B. Fuller
B) R. J. Cunningham
C) Lord Northbrook
D) Lord Chelmsford
Answer: B) R. J. Cunningham
32. What was the primary instruction given under the Cunningham Circular?
A) Students must wear khadi clothes
B) Students and parents must give written undertakings not to join political activities
C) Students must pay double the school fees
D) Schools must be closed down immediately
Answer: B) Students and parents must give written undertakings not to join political activities
33. Who was the only martyr to be hanged in India during the Quit India Movement?
A) Kanaklata Barua
B) Kushal Konwar
C) Chandranath Sarma
D) Matlib Mazumdar
Answer: B) Kushal Konwar
34. Name the 14-year-old girl who was shot dead by police at Gohpur during the Quit India Movement.
A) Aruna Asaf Ali
B) Sucheta Kripalani
C) Kanaklata Barua
D) Sarojini Naidu
Answer: C) Kanaklata Barua
35. In which year was Gauhati University formally established?
A) 1946
B) 1947
C) 1948
D) 1969
Answer: C) 1948 (26 January)
36. Where is the Assam Medical College situated?
A) Guwahati
B) Jorhat
C) Dibrugarh
D) Silchar
Answer: C) Dibrugarh
37. From which older medical institution did the Assam Medical College originate?
A) Berry White School of Medicine
B) Ayurvedic College Jalukbari
C) Assam Veterinary College
D) Calcutta Medical Institute
Answer: A) Berry White School of Medicine
38. In which year was the Assam Agricultural University established?
A) 1948
B) 1960
C) 1969
D) 1975
Answer: C) 1969
39. Where was the Assam Agricultural College originally established in 1948 before becoming part of the Agricultural University?
A) Nagaon
B) Jorhat
C) Khanapara
D) Silchar
Answer: B) Jorhat
40. Under which group did the Cabinet Mission propose to integrate Assam and the Northeast in 1946?
A) Group A
B) Group B
C) Group C
D) Group D
Answer: C) Group C
SEBA Class 10 History Cunningham Circular Kushal Konwar Kanaklata Objective Questions
41. Which prominent leader strongly opposed the inclusion of Assam in ‘Group C’?
A) Tarunram Phukan
B) Gopinath Bordoloi
C) Bishnuram Medhi
D) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Answer: B) Gopinath Bordoloi
42. Which sabha was established in the late 19th century specifically to resolve the problems faced by peasants in Darrang district?
A) Tezpur Ryot Sabha
B) Nagaon Ryot Sabha
C) Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha
D) Ahom Sabha
Answer: A) Tezpur Ryot Sabha
43. The first session of the All Assam Ryot Sabha was held near Tilikiyam in Jorhat on 8 April 1933 under whose presidency?
A) Nabinchandra Bordoloi
B) Gopinath Bordoloi
C) Chobilal Upadhyay
D) Kuladhar Chaliha
Answer: A) Nabinchandra Bordoloi
44. Who was the founder President of the Jorhat Sarbajanik Sabha?
A) Jagannath Barua
B) Raja Naranarayan Simha
C) Manik Chandra Baruah
D) Devicharan Barua
Answer: B) Raja Naranarayan Simha
45. When was the Assam Association formally established?
A) 1884
B) 1893
C) 1903
D) 1916
Answer: C) 1903
46. Who was elected as the first President of the Assam Association in its 1905 session at Dibrugarh?
A) Raja Prabhat Chandra Baruah
B) Jagannath Barua
C) Manik Chandra Baruah
D) Chobilal Upadhyay
Answer: A) Raja Prabhat Chandra Baruah
47. Which movement led to a massive drop in abkari opium consumption in Assam from 1,615 maunds in 1920-21 to 993 maunds in 1922-23?
A) Swadeshi Movement
B) Non-Cooperation Movement
C) Civil Disobedience Movement
D) Quit India Movement
Answer: B) Non-Cooperation Movement
48. In May 1921, tea garden labourers of which valley went on strike demanding a wage increase under the slogan ‘Gandhi Maharaj Ki Jai’?
A) Brahmaputra Valley
B) Barak Valley
C) Chargola and Longai valley
D) Surma Valley
Answer: C) Chargola and Longai valley
49. Which medical college was established in the year 1968?
A) Assam Medical College
B) Gauhati Medical College
C) Silchar Medical College
D) Berry White Medical College
Answer: C) Silchar Medical College
Assam Board HSLC Class 10 History Chapter 4 Solved MCQ PDF
50. What was the primary objective of forming the Asam Chatra Sanmilan?
A) To launch violent revolutions against the British
B) To enrich the mother tongue and encourage cultural exchange among students
C) To manage tea gardens and local trade
D) To organize separate electorates for different communities
Answer: B) To enrich the mother tongue and encourage cultural exchange among students
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