Assam Current Affairs Quiz — Last 12 months
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
The illegal coal mine explosion of 5 February 2026 took place in which district of Meghalaya?
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Correct answer: B — East Jaintia Hills
The blast occurred in the Mynsngat–Thangsko area of East Jaintia Hills district.
Consider the following: 1. The National Green Tribunal banned rat-hole mining in Meghalaya by an order dated 17 April 2014. 2. The ex-gratia announced by the Prime Minister for victims of the East Jaintia Hills blast was paid from the National Disaster Response Fund. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. The ex-gratia (₹2 lakh per deceased, ₹50,000 per injured) was announced from the PM's National Relief Fund (PMNRF), not the NDRF.
Under which scheme are the six sports infrastructure projects whose foundation stones were laid on 3 February 2026 being implemented?
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Correct answer: A — Khelo India Scheme
The six projects, costing ₹82 crore, are under the Khelo India Scheme with SAI support.
From which swamp inside Kaziranga National Park did BSIP scientists extract the sediment core for their palaeoecological study (February 2026)?
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Correct answer: D — Sohola swamp
The sediment core was taken from the Sohola swamp inside Kaziranga National Park.
Swagat Satirtha Portal 2.0, launched on 2 February 2026, is meant for what purpose?
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Correct answer: A — Mutual transfers of Grade III and IV state employees
The portal facilitates mutual transfers of Grade III and IV Assam government employees.
How many employees benefited from mutual transfers under version 1.0 of Assam's Swagat Satirtha portal?
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Correct answer: C — 9,004
Version 1.0 approved 4,502 applications, benefiting 9,004 employees across 32 departments.
Consider the following about Swagat Satirtha Portal 2.0: 1. Chief Minister Sarma said Assam is the only state to have institutionalised mutual transfers through a fully digital mechanism. 2. Employees who got a transfer in the first round can apply again with higher priority. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. Earlier beneficiaries are barred; it is unsuccessful applicants from round one who get higher priority.
In January 2026 the foundation stone of a new Assam Legislative Assembly building was laid in which city, being developed as Assam's second capital?
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Correct answer: C — Dibrugarh
PIB: Amit Shah laid the foundation stone at Dibrugarh, which CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced in 2025 would be Assam's second capital.
The projects for which Amit Shah laid foundation stones / inaugurated in Dibrugarh on 30 January 2026 were worth approximately how much?
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Correct answer: B — ₹1,715 crore
PIB: Five projects at a total cost of about ₹1,715 crore; ₹692 crore was the MHA spend on 15 wetlands for flood control.
Under a January 2026 MoU, Assam Petro-Chemicals Ltd will set up a 150 TPD e-methanol plant at which port?
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Correct answer: A — Kandla (Deendayal Port)
PIB: APL signed an MoU with Deendayal Port Authority for a 150 TPD e-methanol plant at Kandla Port, Gujarat.
What is the approximate capital investment planned for APL's e-methanol project at Kandla (MoU of January 2026)?
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Correct answer: D — More than ₹1,200 crore
PIB: More than ₹1,200 crore will be invested; about 3,500 jobs are expected.
Assam's 'Mukhya Mantrir Eti Koli Duti Paat' scheme, launched in January 2026, provides one-time assistance of how much to each tea garden worker?
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Correct answer: D — ₹5,000
Assam Tribune, Economic Times and TOI: the scheme gives ₹5,000 to every tea garden worker, permanent or casual.
The Eti Koli Duti Paat scheme was launched to mark which milestone, and where was it launched?
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Correct answer: B — 200 years of Assam's tea industry; Doomdooma (Tinsukia)
Assam Tribune, ET and TOI: launched at Doomdooma in Tinsukia district as part of the celebration of 200 years of Assam's tea industry.
According to ICMR, India is which country globally to report successful integration of a Mobile Stroke Unit with emergency medical services for treating rural acute ischaemic stroke patients?
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Correct answer: D — Second
PIB (Health): ICMR DG Rajiv Bahl said India is the second country globally to report such integration.
ICMR's Mobile Stroke Unit model in North-East India reduced stroke treatment time from nearly 24 hours to about:
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Correct answer: B — 2 hours
PIB (Health): the model reduced treatment time from nearly 24 hours to about 2 hours, cut deaths by one-third and disability eightfold.
Where did APEDA organise an Organic Conclave-cum-Buyer Seller Meet with the Assam government in January 2026?
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Correct answer: C — Guwahati
PIB (Commerce): APEDA organised the Organic Conclave-cum-Buyer Seller Meet at Guwahati.
A session at APEDA's Guwahati organic conclave covered which edition of the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)?
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Correct answer: D — 8th
PIB (Commerce): the conclave featured a sensitisation session on NPOP 8th Edition, including the regulatory framework and labelling requirements.
The Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project, whose Bhoomi Pujan was performed in January 2026, involves 4-laning of a section of which National Highway?
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Correct answer: A — NH-715
PIB (PMO): the project is the 4-laning of the Kaliabor–Numaligarh section of NH-715.
What is the approximate cost of the Kaziranga Elevated Corridor Project?
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Correct answer: A — Over ₹6,950 crore
PIB (PMO): the project is worth over ₹6,950 crore.
At the Kaziranga corridor event, the PM recalled that which warrior strategised from Kaliabor to drive out the Mughal army?
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Correct answer: A — Lachit Borphukan
PIB (Ports, Shipping and Waterways): the PM recalled that it was from Kaliabor that Lachit Borphukan strategised to drive out the Mughal invaders.
The first dedicated IndiaSkills regional competition for the North Eastern Region (IndiaSkills 2025-26) was scheduled to be held at:
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Correct answer: B — Gauhati University
PIB (MSDE): the North East Regional Competition of IndiaSkills 2025-26 was to be organised at Gauhati University from 19 to 22 January 2026.
In how many skill categories were youth to compete at the IndiaSkills 2025-26 North East Regional Competition?
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Correct answer: C — 26
PIB (MSDE): youth from all eight North Eastern states were to compete across 26 skill categories.
India's first Vande Bharat Sleeper train, flagged off on 17 January 2026, runs between which two stations?
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Correct answer: A — Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya)
PIB (PMO): the PM flagged off India's first Vande Bharat Sleeper Train between Howrah and Guwahati (Kamakhya) at Malda Town Railway Station.
At which railway station did the PM flag off India's first Vande Bharat Sleeper train?
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Correct answer: D — Malda Town
PIB (PMO): the PM visited Malda Town Railway Station, where he flagged off the train.
What was the total value of the rail and road projects the PM inaugurated and laid foundation stones for at Malda on 17 January 2026?
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Correct answer: D — ₹3,250 crore
PIB (PMO): the projects at Malda were worth ₹3,250 crore.
Which of the following was NOT among the four Amrit Bharat Express trains flagged off at Malda on 17 January 2026?
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Correct answer: D — Alipurduar–Chennai
PIB (PMO): the four trains were New Jalpaiguri–Nagercoil, New Jalpaiguri–Tiruchchirappalli, Alipurduar–Bengaluru and Alipurduar–Mumbai. There was no Alipurduar–Chennai train.
Bagurumba Dwhou, attended by the PM in Guwahati on 17 January 2026, is a traditional cultural programme of which community?
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Correct answer: C — Bodo
PIB (PMO): Bagurumba Dwhou is a traditional Bodo cultural programme.
At which venue in Guwahati was Bagurumba Dwhou 2026 held?
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Correct answer: B — Sarusajai Stadium
PIB (PMO): the programme was held at Sarusajai Stadium, Guwahati.
In which year was the Bodo Peace Accord, recalled by the PM at Bagurumba Dwhou 2026, signed?
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Correct answer: C — 2020
PIB (PMO): the PM referred to the Bodo Peace Accord of 2020.
In January 2026, CJI Surya Kant laid the foundation stone of an Integrated Judicial Court Complex at Rangmahal. Which High Court is to be relocated there?
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Correct answer: A — Gauhati High Court
Indian Express and Assam Tribune: the complex at Rangmahal, North Guwahati is meant for the proposed relocation of the Gauhati High Court.
Rangmahal, the site of the Integrated Judicial Court Complex whose foundation was laid in January 2026, is located in which part of Guwahati?
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Correct answer: C — North Guwahati, across the Brahmaputra
Indian Express: the relocation site is Rangmahal in North Guwahati, across the Brahmaputra; Assam Tribune also places it in North Guwahati.
Which city hosted the National Textiles Ministers' Conference that concluded on 9 January 2026?
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Correct answer: D — Guwahati
PIB (Textiles): the two-day conference concluded in Guwahati.
What textile export target by 2030 was discussed at the National Textiles Ministers' Conference in January 2026?
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Correct answer: C — USD 100 billion
PIB (Textiles): the Centre–state dialogue focused on achieving USD 100 billion in textile exports by 2030.
Under the District-Led Textiles Transformation (DLTT) plan unveiled in January 2026, how many high-potential districts are to become Global Export Champions?
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Correct answer: C — 100
PIB (Textiles): DLTT aims to transform 100 high-potential districts into Global Export Champions and elevate 100 Aspirational Districts.
Which three parameters were used to score districts under the District-Led Textiles Transformation (DLTT) plan?
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Correct answer: B — Export performance, MSME ecosystem and workforce presence
PIB (Textiles): districts were scored on export performance, MSME ecosystem and workforce presence.
The Human Capital Working Group meeting of MeitY and the IndiaAI Mission held in January 2026 was organised in collaboration with which state government and institute?
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Correct answer: A — Government of Assam and IIT Guwahati
PIB (MeitY): the meeting was organised in collaboration with the Government of Assam and IIT Guwahati.
According to the session on the National Language Translation Mission at the January 2026 Human Capital Working Group meeting, the mission prioritises how many constitutionally recognised Indian languages?
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Correct answer: D — 22
PIB (MeitY): the mission prioritises the 22 constitutionally recognised Indian languages.
The Mridangiya Gayan-Bayan tradition, whose state convention Sarbananda Sonowal attended in January 2026, belongs to which state's cultural life?
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Correct answer: A — Assam
PIB (MoPSW): Sonowal called the Mridangiya Gayan-Bayan tradition an inseparable part of Assam's cultural life at the convention in Dibrugarh.
The ceremonial programme of which satra was held along with the Mridangiya Gayan-Bayan convention at Rajgarh, Dibrugarh, in January 2026?
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Correct answer: D — Sri Sri Auniati Satra
PIB (MoPSW): the convention was held along with an Akhanda Bhagavat Path and a ceremonial programme of Sri Sri Auniati Satra.
The Assam Book Fair visited by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on 2 January 2026 was held at which place in Guwahati?
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Correct answer: A — Khanapara
PIB (MoPSW): Sonowal visited the Assam Book Fair at Khanapara in Guwahati.
Under Assam's Nijut Babu Asoni scheme announced in January 2026, how much monthly aid will an eligible first-year postgraduate male student receive?
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Correct answer: A — ₹2,000
Times of India and Assam Tribune: PG students get ₹2,000 a month and UG students ₹1,000 a month.
Assam's Nijut Babu Asoni scheme for male students is the counterpart of which existing state scheme for girl students?
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Correct answer: B — Nijut Moina
Times of India and Assam Tribune: the scheme is positioned as the counterpart of Nijut Moina, the state's monthly aid scheme for girl students.
Batadrava Than, the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardev whose redevelopment was inaugurated on 29 December 2025, is in which district of Assam?
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Correct answer: D — Nagaon
PIB (Home Affairs): Batadrava Than, birthplace of Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev, is in Nagaon district of Assam.
Srimanta Sankardev, whose birthplace Batadrava Than was redeveloped, founded which religious tradition?
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Correct answer: A — Eka Sarana Nama Dharma (Neo-Vaishnavism)
PIB (Home Affairs): Srimanta Sankardev established the Neo-Vaishnavite faith, the 'Eka Sarana Nama Dharma' tradition, and spread it across the Northeast.
The Jyoti–Bishnu International Art Centre inaugurated in Guwahati on 29 December 2025 is named after Jyoti Prasad Agarwala and:
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Correct answer: A — Bishnu Prasad Rabha
PIB (Home Affairs): the centre was built in memory of Jyoti Prasad Agarwala and Bishnu Prasad Rabha.
At the inauguration of the Jyoti–Bishnu International Art Centre, who was credited with laying the foundation of Assamese cinema?
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Correct answer: C — Jyoti Prasad Agarwala
PIB (Home Affairs): Jyoti Prasad Agarwala laid the foundation of Assamese cinema and combined music, drama and literature with patriotism.
What is the total installed capacity of the Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, whose first unit began commercial operation in December 2025?
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Correct answer: D — 2,000 MW
PIB 2207797: the Subansiri Lower project is 2,000 MW (8 × 250 MW); the North-East will receive 1,000 MW from it.
The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project is located along the border of which two states?
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Correct answer: B — Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
Deccan Herald and TOI: the project at Gerukamukh is situated along the Assam–Arunachal Pradesh border.
Consider the following statements about the Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project: 1. It is designed as a run-of-the-river scheme with small pondage. 2. Its dam is a 116-metre concrete gravity dam, the largest in North-East India. 3. It is being developed by NTPC Limited. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 and 2 only
PIB 2207797: Subansiri Lower is a run-of-the-river scheme with small pondage and has a 116-m concrete gravity dam, the largest in the North-East. The developer is NHPC, not NTPC, so statement 3 is wrong.
Namrup, where the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of an Ammonia-Urea Fertilizer Project on 21 December 2025, is in which district of Assam?
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Correct answer: B — Dibrugarh
PIB 2207171: the foundation stone was laid at Namrup in Dibrugarh, Assam.
Which company is setting up the Ammonia-Urea Fertilizer Project at Namrup whose foundation stone was laid in December 2025?
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Correct answer: D — Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited
PIB 2207171: the project is the Ammonia-Urea Fertilizer Project of Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Limited.
Consider the following statements about the Namrup Ammonia-Urea project and urea supply, as stated by the Prime Minister on 21 December 2025: 1. Around ₹11,000 crore will be invested in the project. 2. The plant will produce more than 12 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizer annually. 3. India's annual urea requirement is about 225 lakh metric tonnes. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 and 2 only
PIB 2207171: the project costs around ₹11,000 crore and will produce over 12 LMT a year. India needs about 380 LMT of urea a year; 225 LMT was the production level in 2014, so statement 3 is wrong.
Gopinath Bardoloi, after whom Guwahati's international airport is named and whose statue was unveiled on 20 December 2025, was:
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Correct answer: A — Assam's first Chief Minister
PIB 2207003: the Prime Minister unveiled the statue of Gopinath Bardoloi, Assam's first Chief Minister.
The new terminal of Lokapriya Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport, inaugurated in December 2025, is designed to handle up to how many passengers a year?
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Correct answer: C — 1.3 crore
narendramodi.in and All India Radio: the terminal, spread over nearly 1.4 lakh sq m, is designed for up to 1.3 crore passengers a year.
Consider the following statements in the context of the new Guwahati airport terminal inaugurated in December 2025: 1. The Indian Forest Act, 1927 was amended in 2017 to reclassify bamboo grown in non-forest areas as a 'grass' instead of a 'tree'. 2. The terminal is spread over nearly 1.4 lakh square metres. 3. The airport is named after Assam's first Governor. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
PIB 2207003 gives the 2017 bamboo amendment; narendramodi.in gives the 1.4 lakh sq m area. Gopinath Bardoloi was Assam's first Chief Minister, not Governor, so statement 3 is wrong.
Kumari Beel and Dhamar Beel, which the Assam Cabinet approved as Proposed Reserved Forests on 18 December 2025, are in which district?
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Correct answer: A — Goalpara
News Live and The Economic Times: both beels are in Goalpara district.
Under which law did the Assam Cabinet approve declaring Kumari Beel and Dhamar Beel as Proposed Reserved Forests?
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Correct answer: C — Assam Forest Regulation, 1891
News Live and The Economic Times: the declaration is under the relevant provisions of the Assam Forest Regulation, 1891.
On 15 December 2025, the Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed how many loan agreements totalling over US$ 2.2 billion?
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Correct answer: C — Five
PIB 2204373: the Government of India and ADB signed agreements for five loans totalling over $2.2 billion.
Which programme received the largest loan (US$ 846 million) among the India–ADB agreements of 15 December 2025?
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Correct answer: C — Upgraded Industrial Training Institutes skilling programme
PIB 2204373: the PM Skilling and Employability Transformation through Upgraded ITIs Programme got US$ 846 million, against US$ 650 million for rooftop solar, US$ 398.8 million for ASTHA and US$ 240 million for Chennai Metro.
ASTHA, one of the projects funded under the India–ADB loans signed on 15 December 2025, relates to tertiary healthcare in which State?
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Correct answer: B — Assam
PIB 2204373: ASTHA is the Assam State Tertiary Health Care Augmentation Project (US$ 398.8 million).
Prafulla Govinda Baruah, who died on 14 December 2025, was the long-time editor of which newspaper?
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Correct answer: D — The Assam Tribune
The Hindu, The Assam Tribune and The Sentinel: P.G. Baruah was editor and managing director of The Assam Tribune group.
Who founded The Assam Tribune, the newspaper led for decades by P.G. Baruah?
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Correct answer: A — Radha Govinda Baruah
The Assam Tribune and India Today NE: the newspaper was founded by his father, Radha Govinda Baruah.
According to the Union MoS for Cooperation at the 4th Cooperative Mela in Guwahati on 13 December 2025, what goal does the National Cooperative Policy 2025 set?
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Correct answer: B — A cooperative in every village by 2026
PIB 2203483: Assam is aligned with the National Cooperative Policy 2025's goal of establishing one cooperative in every village by 2026.
The 4th Cooperative Mela 2025, inaugurated on 13 December 2025, was held in which city?
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Correct answer: B — Guwahati
PIB 2203483: the mela was inaugurated at AEI Ground, Chandmari, Guwahati.
The Shaheed Smarak Kshetra inaugurated in Guwahati on 10 December 2025 honours how many martyrs of the Assam Movement?
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Correct answer: D — 860
PIB 2201958: Sonowal paid homage to the 860 martyrs of the Assam Movement at the new memorial.
In which locality of Guwahati is the Shaheed Smarak Kshetra and Park, inaugurated on Shaheed Divas 2025, located?
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Correct answer: C — West Boragaon
PIB 2201958: the Shaheed Smarak Kshetra and Park is in West Boragaon, Guwahati.