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ASSAM TOPICS
PERFECT PRELIMS 2025

ASSAM HISTORY

1. Consider the following statements about the rulers of Varman dynasty. Which of the
following statements is/are correct?
1. Pushyavarman was the founder of Varman Dynasty
2. Balavarman annexed Davaka and sent a diplomatic mission to China
3. Mahendravarman was the first Kamarupa ruler to perform Aswamedha Yajna.
4. Bhaskarvarman was the first Kamarupa ruler to donate lands to Brahmins.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1, 2 and 3 only
b. 2, 3 and 4 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 2 and 4 only

Answer : c
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RULERS OF VARMAN DYNASTY

 Pushyavarman – Founder
 Samudravarman
 Balavarman – his daughter Amritaprabha was married to Meghavahana of Kashmir.
 Kalyanvarman – Annexed Davaka. Sent a diplomatic mission to China
 Ganapativarman
 Mahendravarman – the first Kamarupa ruler to perform Aswamedha Yajna
 Narayanvarman
 Bhutivarman – Conqured Pundravardhan and donated land to 200 Brahmin families.
 Chandramukhavarman
 Sthitavarman
 Susthitavarman – defeated by Mahasenagupta. Lost possession of Pundravardhana
 Suparisthitavarman
 Bhaskarvarman – Bhaskarabda (594 AD). Kumara Raja. Alliance with Harshavardhan. Hiuen Tsang’s visit.

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2. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Tyagsingha was the founder of Salastambha dynasty.
2. Capital of Salastambha dynasty was Harupeswar.
3. City of Durjaya was built by Vanamalavarman
4. Sri Harsha of Salastambha dynasty was referred to as Gaudradi-Kalinga-Kosalapati in
Pashupati epigraph of Jayadeva-II.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1, 2 and 3 only
b. 2, 3 and 4 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 2 and 4 only

Answer : d
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SALASTAMBHA DYNASTY / MLECHCHA DYNASTY

SALASTAMBHA (c. 655 - 675 AD)
- Shifted the capital Hatakeswara or Haruppeswara (present Tezpur area). Capital was named after the name
of his tutelary deity Hataka or Hetuka Sulin.

SRI HARSHADEVA (c. 725 – 750 AD)

- He was described as Gaudradi-Kalinga-Kosala-pati in the Pashupati epigraph of the Nepal Lichchavi king
Jayadeva II with whom Harsha had a marriage alliance.
HARJARAVARMAN (c. 815 – 835 AD)
- The first Kamarupa kings to assume high-sounding epithets like Maharaja-dhiraja Parameswara parama
bhattaraka.
- Harajara built a temple for Hetuka Sulin in Haruppeswara. Excavated Harjarapukhuri in Tezpur.

VANAMALAVARMAN (c. 835 – 865 AD)

JAYAMALA (c. 865 – 885 AD)
TYAGSINGHA (c. 970 – 990 AD)

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3. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Brahmapala was the first elected ruler of Kamarupa.
2. Kalika Puran was composed under the patronage of Dharmapala
3. Gopala was the son of a Rashtrakuta princess
4. Kamarupangar was made capital of Pala Dynasty during the rule of Jayapala

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1, 2 and 3 only
b. 2, 3 and 4 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 2 and 4 only

Answer : a
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BRAHMAPALA (c. 990-1010 AD)

- First elected ruler of Kamarupa
RATNAPALA (c. 1010 - 1040 AD)
- Beautified and well fortified the city of Hadapyaka
and renamed it as ‘Durjaya’ or the ‘impregnable
one’
INDRAPALA (c. 1040 - 1065 AD)
- Marriage alliance with the Rashtrakutas (Rajyadevi)
- Believed to use thirty two Birudas (personal titles)
GOPALA (c. 1065 - 1085 AD)
- His mother was a Rashtrakuta princes
HARSHAPALA (c. 1085 - 1095 AD)
PALA DYNASTY
DHARMAPALA (c. 1095 - 1120 AD)
- Kalika Puran was written under his patronage
- Shifted his capital city to Kamarupanagar (North
Guwahati)
JAYAPALA (c. 1120 - 1038 AD)
- Defeated by king Ramapala of Bengal
- Ramapala did not occupy Karaupa proper, only
snatched away her possessions in North Bengal
and placed this territory under Tingyadeva.

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4. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. When Sukapha reached Assam in the 13th century, the most powerful dynasties in
Assam were Chutiyas, Koch and Kacharis.
2. Koch ruler Naranarayan is referred to as the Vikramaditya of Assam.
3. Last ruler of Chutiya dynasty was Nitipal.
4. Kachari ruler Satrudaman defeated Ahoms and assumed the title Pratap Narayan.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1, 2 and 3 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 2, 3 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 only

Answer : c
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CHUTIYA DYNASTY KOCH DYNASTY

- Birpal / Gayapal was the founder of Chutiya
kingdom.
- Chutiya kingdom was annexed to Ahom Kingdom by
Suhungmung in 1523 AD and Nitipal was killed.
KACHARI DYNASTY
- The Kacharis were conquered by the Koches in 1562
- Kamalnarayan (aka Gosain Kamal) was appointed
governor.
- At the beginning of the 17th century, Kachari ruler Naranarayan : Vikramaditya
Satrudaman (Jasa Narayan) invaded Jaintia and
defeated its king and to commemorate this victory,
he took the title Asimardan.
- Satrudaman defeated the Ahoms and took the title
Pratap Narayan.
- He changed the name of his capital from Maibong to
Kirtipur.
- Bisu (Biswa Singha) founded the Koch Kingdom in
1527 AD. Biswa Singha died in 1540 AD.
- He was succeeded by his son Naranarayan.
Naranarayan made his brother Chilarai commander-
in-chief.
- The Koch army under Naranarayan and Chilarai
conquered the whole of the north-eastern India
within a brief period of about 4 years (1562-65).
of Assam
 Sankaradeva and Madhavdev
 Prurshottam Vidyabagish
 Ram Saraswati
 Ananta Kandali
 Sridhar Bakul Kayastha

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5. Arrange the following external invasions of Assam in chronological order [APSC CCE 2022]
1. Invasion of Bakhtiyar Khilji
2. Invasion of Turbak
3. Invasion of Mir Jumla
4. Invasion of Sikandar Shah

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1-2-3-4
b. 1-4-2-3
c. 2-1-4-3
d. 1-2-4-3

Answer : b
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Muslim invasions
- Mohammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji (1205-06) - Prithu
- Giyasuddin Iwaz Khilji (1227) - Prithu
- Ikhtiyar-Uddin YuzbakTughril Khan (1257) - Sandhya
- Sikandar Shah (1362) – Indranarayan
- Barbak Shah – Chakradhvaj Khen
- Alauddin Hussain Shah (1498) – Nilambar
- Turbak (1532) - Suhungmung
- Mir Jumla (1662) – Jayadhvaj Singha

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6. Which statements regarding the office of the Barbarua and Barphukan are correct? [APSC CCE 2022]
1. The posts of Barbarua and Barphukan were created during the 16th century to control the newly
acquired territory of the Ahom Kingdom.
2. The posts aided to decentralization of power.
3. They were as much agent of the central government as autonomous heads of the areas under their
jurisdiction.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1, 2 and 3 only

Answer : b
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SUSHENGPHA (1603 – 41)

 Langi Gohain
 Pratap Singha
 Burha Raja
 Budhi Swarganarayan
 Gajapati ( Sushengpha was renowned for his
love of elephants. It was said that he was the
proud owner of a thousand elephants, thereby
earning this name).

- Two new posts were introduced

- Barbarua: bestowed upon him the newly conquered land east of Koliabor. His primary duty was to assist
the king in carrying out reformative measures for the welfare of the subject. First Barbarua – Momai
Tamuli (Sukoti)
- Barphukan: Governor of all the newly conquered land west of Kaliabor and the overall commander of the
assault forces. First Barphukan – Langi Panisia.

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7. Which of the following statements about Rudra Singha is/are correct?

1. He abolished the custom of beheading a man before ascending the Singarighar and substituted a buffalo
for the occasion.
2. He adopted a policy of divide and rule towards the Sattras.
3. Kaviraj Chakravarty was his court poet.
4. He planned to form a confederacy of the Hindu rajas to free eastern India from the Muslim rule.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1, 3 and 4 only
b. 2, 3 and 4 only
c. 1, 2 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 only

Answer : d
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RUDRA SINGHA (1696-1714)

• Abolished the custom of beheading a man before ascending the Singarighar and substituted a buffalo for
the occasion.
• Policy of divide and rule – Synod of Garhgaon (1702) – it debarred the Sudra Mahantas from initiating the
Brahmanas.
• There were a number of poets and scholars in his court. The most notable was Kabiraj Chakravarty who
composed the famous drama Sankha-Chuda-Badha, and had also translated the Abhijnanam Sakuntalam
and Brahma Vaivarta Purana into Assamese.
• He planned to form a confederacy of the Hindu rajas to free eastern India from the Muslim rule. However,
he died before execution of this plan.
• Rudra Singha’s inclination towards Sakta Hinduism increased as he grew older and at last he decided to
formally embrace that religion. A Sakta Brahmin priest Krishnaram Nyayavagish was summoned from
Bengal for this purpose. But the king died before having his initiation. He however instructed his sons to
accept the Bengali priest as their religious preceptor and establish him on the Nilachala hill, for which the
priest came to be known as Parvatiya Gohain.
• Rudrasingha was desirous that more brick structures should be constructed in the kingdom. He had a
khanikar or mason named Ghahasyam brought all the way from Kochbehar to train up a band of assistants.

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8. Match the following from List I and List II

List I List II
1. 1828 a. Annexation of Cachar
2. 1838 b. Annexation of lower Assam
3. 1832 c. Annexation of Jaintia kingdom
4. 1835 d. Annexation of Upper Assam

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
b. 1-d, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b
c. 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c
d. 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a

Answer : a
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o East India Company annexed the lower Assam upto

Biswanath in 1828.
o In 1833 British signed the treaty of Gauhati and Upper
Assam was handed over to Purandar Singha. But after
5 years, in 1838, Upper Assam was annexed by the
British.
o Govinda Chandra was assassinated in 1830 (caused by
Gambhir Singh of Manipur). He did not have any male
heir. Cachar was annexed in 1832.
o Tularam revolted but he was suppressed and ceded
some territory. Tularam died in 1850. In 1854 North
Cachar was annexed.
o Ram Singh dies in 1832. He was succeeded by his
seventeen year old grand nephew Rajendra Singh.
Jayantia was annexed in 1835.
o Taking advantage of some internal strife in Muttock
kingdom, in December 1839, entire Muttock territory
was annexed by the British.

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9. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

1. Patharughat Uprising took place on 28 January, 1896

2. Patharughat Uprising is also known as Doli Ron
3. Assistant Commissioner Lt. Singer lost his life during this uprising.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1, 2 and 3 only

Answer : c
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1894: Patharughat
- About 2000 rayats assembled in front of the rest house of Anderson, the Dy. Commissioner of Darrang, to
lodge their protest against the enhanced rates of assessment. (January 28: Krishak Swahid Divas)
- Anderson asked them to disperse.
- Rayats began to throw sticks and clods of earth to Anderson.
- Police open fired, which brought death to and severe injury to many rayats.

Assam's Jallianwala Bagh

Doli Ron

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10. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Assam Association was founded in 1903 by a group of intellectuals led by Manik Chandra Barua
2. The first president of Assam Association was Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua
3. The Association became defunct with the formation of the Assam Provincial Congress in 1921.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1, 2 and 3 only

Answer : d
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Assam Association
- Founded in 1903 by a group of intellectuals led by Manik Chandra Barua
- Headquarters - Guwahati
- First session – Dibrugarh in 1905.
- First president – Raja Prabhat Chandra Barua
- Vice President – Jagannath Barua
- General Secretary – Manik Chandra Barua
- The Association became defunct with the formation of the Assam
Provincial Congress in 1921.

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Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. First session of Assam Chattra Sammilan was convened at Gauhati in 1916.

2. The first President of Assam Chattra Sammilan was Chandrakumar Agarwala.
3. Acharya P. C. Ray presided over the fourth session (Tezpur) of Assam Chattra Sammilan.

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1, 2 and 3 only
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