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Q1. The first oil well dug at Digboi field in Assam in September 1889 and completed in November 1890 by which company?
Assam Railways and Trading Company
Assam Oil Company
East India Company
Assam Tea Company
a. Assam Railways and Trading Company
This was the first commercial discovery of crude oil in India the country.
In 1901, Asia’s first oil refinery was set as Digboi.
Digboi has the distinction of being the world’s oldest continuously producing oilfield.
Q2. Assam’s rank among the Indian states, in terms of Crude Oil Production is
First
Second
Third
Fourth
c. Third
Rajasthan is largest producer of crude oil production with approx 23.3% of India’s production
Gujarat comes second.
Q3. Which sector employs maximum share of total workforce in Assam?
Agriculture sector
Service sector
Industrial sector
Mining
a.Agriculture sector
Agriculture accounts for around two-third of Assam’s total workforce.
Q4. What is Assam’s GDP in 2022?
₹4.81 lakh crore
₹2.81 lakh crore
₹5.81 lakh crore
₹3.81 lakh crore
a. ₹4.81 lakh crore
Q5. What is Assam’s rank among the Indian states, in terms of GDP per capita rank?
28th
21st
18th
30th
a. 28th
TOP States in GDP per capita
1
Goa
2
Sikkim
3
Delhi
4
Chandigarh
5
Haryana
Q6. Recently in 2022, Pineapple from which place of Assam has been exported to Dubai?
Margherita
Lakhipur
Sadiya
Sonari
b. Lakhipur
Q7. What is Assam’s share in India’s total tea production?
One-third
Three-fourth
More than half
Almost 90%
c.More than half
Annual average production of tea in Assam is about 630- 700 million kg.
India ranks in global tea production? 2nd. [1st China]
Q8. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about Assam Tea?
Tea in Assam is grown in lowlands, unlike Darjeelings and Nilgiris, which are grown in the highlands
Assam tea is generally harvested twice
Assam’s tropical climate contributes to the unique malty taste of Assam tea
All of the above
d.All of the above
Q9. Assam is known for producing both Orthodox as well as CTC variety of tea. CTC stand for?
Curl, Tear & Crush
Crush, Tear & Crush
Crush, Tear & Crunch
Crush, Tear & Curl
d. Crush, Tear & Curl
CTC Tea – At the start of the 20th century when tea drinking caught on in the UK, British tea companies started experiments in Assam and the CTC method invented and used to the increase volume of tea. CTC is the acronym for Crush, Tear & Curl. It describes the factory process used to make the tea which is similar to that of orthodox tea manufacture but instead of the leaves being rolled as a final stage, they are passed through a series of cylindrical rollers with hundreds of small sharp “teeth” that Crush, Tear, and Curl the leaf into tiny little balls.
Q10. Makum Coalfield is located in which district of Assam?
Karbi Anglong
Lakhimpur
Tinsukia
Golaghat
c.Tinsukia
Makum coal mines are network of four opencast and underground mines operated by North Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, with a capacity of 1 million ton-per-annum (MTPA)
