FIRST IN ASSAM

 FIRST IN ASSAM

1. Name the first Assamese romantic poem. Who was the poet of this poem?

Answer: Bon Kunwori. The poet was Chandra Kumar Agarwala.

2. Which is the first Assamese sonnet? 

Answer: Priyotomar Sithi by Hemchandra Goswami

3. What is the name of the Assamese language magazine? When was it published?

Answer: Orunodoi or Aroonudai. It was published in1846.

4. Who was the first editor of Arunudoi?

Answer: Dr. Nathan Brown.

5. Name the first Assamese language social play.

Answer: Ram Navami by Gunabhiram Barua (1857).

6. Who was the first Assamese to win Sahitya Akademi award? 

Answer: Jatindranath Dowara for his book Bon Phul (poetry), 1955.

7. Which is the first Assamese Newspaper? Answer: Dainik Batori (1935).

8. Name the first Assamese historical novel. 

Answer: Bhanumoti by Padmanath Gohain Baruah (1890).

9. Who was the first president of Assam Sahitya Sabha?

Answer: Padmanath Gohain Baruah.

10. Who was the first literary pensioner of Assam?

Answer: Padmanath Gohain Baruah.

11. Name the first Assamese Short story collection.

Answer: Surabhi by Lakshminath Bezbaruah.

12. Who was the first Assamese to receive Jnanpith Award?

Answer: Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya.

13. Who was the first Assamese translator of the Ramayana?

Answer: Madhab Kandali.

14. Which is the first printed book in Assamese language?

Answer: Dharma Pustak by Aatmaram Sarma (1813).

15. Name the first Assamese prose composition.

Answer: Katha-Gita by Bhattadeva.

16. Which is the first modern biography in Assamese?

Answer: “Anandaram Dhekial Phukanor Jiwon Sorit” by Gunabhiram Baruah (1880).

17. Which is the first Assamese play to be broadcast over All India Radio?

Answer: Been Bairagi by Prafulla Chandra Baruah (1935).

18. Which is the first Assamese travelogue?

Answer: Switzerland Bhraman by Birinchi Kumar Baruah (1948).

19. Name the first thesis written on the Assamese language.

Answer: Assamese: It’s formation and development by Dr. Banikanta Kakoti (1940).

20. Name the first Assamese modern novel.

Answer: Mirijiyori by Rajanikanta Bordoloi (1894).