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181 What was the first Assamese daily newspaper?
A Assam Bandhu
B Dainik Batori
C Natun Asamiya
D Orunodoi

Answer: Option [B]

The correct answer is Dainik Batori. The first Assamese daily newspaper, Dainik Batori was published from the Thengal Bhawan, 8 km from Jorhat town on August 12, 1935. Tea baron Shivaprasad Barua, egged on by nationalist zeal, published the paper from his residence at Thengal. Earlier, he had started the Sadinia Batori under his own editorship.

182 On the accounts of Hiuen Tsang it is mentioned that a famous port in the Bay of Bengal was under the control of Bhaskarvarma. Which was it?
A Tamralipi
B Dhaka
C Vishakhapattam
D Chittagaon ( Chattagram )

Answer: Option [A]

The correct answer is Tamralipi.

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183 What was the reason behind the issue of Nidhanpur Grant by Bhaskarvarman?
A Kamakhya temple
B Umananda temple
C Durga Devi
D Review the land grants of Bhutivarman

Answer: Option [D]

The correct answer is Review the land grants of Bhutivarman.

184 Hiuen Tsang visited Kamrupa during the reign of
A Samudra-varman
B Bhaskar-varman
C Vanamala-varman
D Narakasura

Answer: Option [B]

Hiuen Tsang visited Kamrupa during the reign of Bhaskar-varman. Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-Tsang (Xuanzang) visited Kamrupa in 640 AD. He met Kamrupa King Bhaskar Barman in Gauda and got an invitation to visit his kingdom. So, Hiuen-Tsang came to Assam and attended the court of King Bhaskar Barman. His accounts on Kamrupa are valuable sources of the history of Assam.

185 The ruins of the brick temple at Da-Parbatiya belong to
A Mauyryan period
B Vedic period
C Later Gupta period
D None of these

Answer: Option [C]

The ruins of the brick temple at Da-Parbatiya belong to Later Gupta period. The Later Gupta dynasty ruled the Magadha region in eastern India between the 6th and 7th centuries CE. The Later Guptas succeeded the imperial Guptas as the rulers of Magadha, but there is no evidence connecting the two dynasties; these appear to be two distinct families.

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