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What percentage of total area of Assam is under forest?
Answer: 34 %The correct answer is 34 %. The recorded forest area of Assam is 26,832 sq km accounting for 34.21% of its geographical area.
Answer: 34 %The correct answer is 34 %. The recorded forest area of Assam is 26,832 sq km accounting for 34.21% of its geographical area.
Answer: Kaziranga NPThe correct answer is Kaziranga NP. Kaziranga National Park was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. The park is home to large breeding populations of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer. Currently Swamp Deer are found in isolated pockets in their former range, and are restricted to a few well-protected Wild Life Sanctuaries and National Parks. In Assam, they are found in the Kaziranga National Park. The population was estimated about 750 before 1988.
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Answer: 398The correct answer is 398. Total area of Assam is 78,438 square km. Thus the population Density of Assam is 398 per square km which is higher than the national average of 382 per square km.
Answer: 430 km²The correct answer is 430 km². Kaziranga National Park lies partly in Golaghat District and partly in Nagaon District of Assam. It is the oldest park in Assam and covers an area of 430 sq km along the river Brahmaputra in the North and the Karbi Anglong hills in the South.
Answer: SikkimThe correct answer is Sikkim. Sikkim is not connected by the border of Assam. Assam is surrounded by Seven States: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, and West Bengal.
Answer: 1960Assamese was declared as the official language of Assam by passing Assamese Language Act of 1960. The Assam Sahitya Sabha demanded the use of Assamese as the official language in Assam. This was followed by political movements supporting it and also opposing it. The Assam Official Language Act was passed in 1960, recognizing Assamese as an official language in Assam, while also having provisions for the safeguard of linguistic minorities.
Answer: 1911The correct answer is 1911. Organised tea research began in 1911 with the setting up of the Tocklai Experimental Station. The TRA was formed in 1964, and in 2014, the center was renamed Tocklai Tea Research Institute.
Answer: Chanderdinga HillsThe correct answer is Chanderdinga Hills. In Chanderdinga Hills in Assam, iron ore deposits are found. The State of Assam is endowed with a number of mineral commodities such as crude oil, natural gas, coal, limestone, iron ore, silica sand, sillimanite, clay, and pyrochlore.
Answer: 900 kmThe length of this river is about 2,900 km. In India its length is about 900 km. It enters into India through a gorge in Arunachal Pradesh which name is Dihang.
Answer: MizoramThe correct answer is Mizoram. Assam is located in the northeastern part of the country and is bounded to the north by the kingdom of Bhutan and the state of Arunachal Pradesh, to the east by the states of Nagaland and Manipur, to the south by the states of Mizoram and Tripura, and to the west by Bangladesh and the states of Meghalaya and West Bengal.
Answer: 1972The correct answer is 1972. The capital of Assam was formerly Shillong (now the capital of Meghalaya), and later shifted to Dispur, a suburb of Guwahati, in 1972.
Answer:SinghasanThe correct answer is Singhasan. The highest is the Singhason Peak which is at about 1360 metres above the sea level.
Answer: Namcha BarwaThe correct answer is Namcha Barwa. Eastern Himalaya is a traditional designation for the portion of the Himalaya range between the eastern border of Bhutan, on the west, and the Great Bend of the Tsangpo River, on the east. The highest peak of this range is Namcha Barwa.
Answer: Dihing Patkai WLSThe correct answer is Dihing Patkai WLS. Tropical wet evergreen forests are predominantly found in Dihing Patkai WLS. Tropical Evergreen forests of India are found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Western Ghats, which fringe the Arabian Sea, the coastline of peninsular India, and the greater Assam region in the north-east. Small remnants of evergreen forest are found in Odisha state.
Answer: TripuraThe correct answer is Tripura. Assam shares Inter-State boundaries with Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya and West Bengal covering a length of over 2743.1KM. Since inception, Govt.
Length of Inter-state Boundary
- Assam-Nagaland - 512.1 Km
- Assam-Arunachal Pradesh - 804.1 Km
- Assam-Manipur - 204.1 Km
- Assam-Mizoram - 164.6 Km
- Assam-Tripura - 46.3 Km
- Assam-Meghalaya - 884.9 Km
- Assam-West Bengal - 127.0 Km
Answer: Indomalayan ecozoneThe correct answer is Indomalayan ecozone. Kaziranga National Park is located in the Indomalaya ecozone, and the dominant biomes of the region are Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests of the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome and a frequently flooded variant of the Teral-Duar savanna and grasslands of the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands biomes.
Answer: 1839The correct answer is 1839. A tea garden was started by the Government in 1833 in erstwhile Lakhimpur district. With the arrival in London of the fine quality tea from this garden in 1938,the commercial circle of the city took a keen interest in tea plantations in Assam and a company known as the Assam Company was formed in 1839 to take over the experimental holdings of the East India Company's Administration over the tea gardens established in Assam till then. This was the first company in India to undertake the commercial production of tea and was, in fact, the direct successor of the East India Company.
Answer: Pre-monsoon seasonThe correct answer is Pre-monsoon season. Bordoichila is the sever thunderstorms that occurs in Assam during pre-monsoon season (April–May). Bordoisila is a native Assamese word native to the state of Assam in India.
Answer: SecondArea of Arunachal Pradesh is 83,743 sq. km(bounded by Bhutan to the west, Myanmar to the east, China) and area of Assam is 78, 438 sq. km.
Answer: Dima HasaoThe correct answer is Dima Hasao. The mysterious bird phenomenon has made Jatinga, only nine km from the mountainous Haflong, the district headquarters of Dima Hasao in Assam, world-famous for the strange behavior of the migratory birds that take place during the months of September to November.
