 - 1. Which organization identified the Assam plains and Eastern Himalaya as an Endemic Bird Area?
A) International Council for Bird Preservation, UK
B) United Nations Environment Programme
C) World Wide Fund for Nature
D) Birdlife International
- 2. What is the total area of the Endemic Bird Area (EBA) mentioned in the text?
A) 220,000 square kilometres
B) 300,000 square kilometres
C) 150,000 square kilometres
D) 100,000 square kilometres
- 3. How many vulnerable bird species are found in the EBA?
A) 19
B) 22
C) 14
D) 11
- 4. How many restricted-range bird species did Stattersfield et al. identify in the region?
A) 14
B) 22
C) 3
D) 19
- 5. How many restricted-range bird species are confined exclusively to the EBA region?
A) 19
B) 14
C) 22
D) 11
- 6. How many restricted-range bird species in the region are considered threatened according to Birdlife International?
A) 14
B) 22
C) 19
D) 11
- 7. Which of these is explicitly listed as a non-human primate found in Northeast India?
A) Gangetic dolphin
B) Mugger crocodile
C) Bengal fox
D) Hoolock gibbon
- 8. Which species is identified in the text as the most important and endangered in the region?
A) Hoolock gibbon
B) Royal Bengal tiger
C) Gangetic dolphin
D) One-horned rhinoceros
- 9. In which river is the endangered Gangetic dolphin found?
A) Meghna
B) Yamuna
C) Brahmaputra
D) Ganges
- 10. Which of these is a priority ecoregion identified by WWF in Northeast India?
A) Himalayan grassland
B) Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests
C) Assam tropical rainforest
D) Northeast riverine wetlands
- 11. Which of the following mountain ranges is linked to the EBA mentioned?
A) Western Ghats
B) Himalayan range
C) Vindhya range
D) Aravalli range
- 12. What is one climate characteristic of the EBA region compared to other Himalayan ranges?
A) Lower rainfall
B) Warmer mean temperatures
C) More days with frost
D) Colder mean temperatures
- 13. Which state is NOT mentioned as part of the EBA in the text?
A) Mizoram
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Sikkim
D) Nagaland
- 14. How many critically endangered bird species are found in the EBA?
A) More than two
B) Exactly two
C) Exactly five
D) More than ten
- 15. Which cat species is mentioned as inhabiting the forests of Northeast India?
A) Jaguar
B) Lion
C) Cheetah
D) Marbled cat
- 16. What is the mean summer temperature in the Brahmaputra and Barak river plains?
A) Around 28 °C
B) Around 15 °C
C) Around 35 °C
D) Around 20 °C
- 17. Which city in Tripura experiences the highest summer temperatures?
A) Shillong
B) Imphal
C) Kohima
D) Agartala
- 18. Why are summer temperatures in Northeast India more uniform than winter temperatures?
A) High altitude winds
B) High cloud cover and humidity
C) Low rainfall levels
D) Proximity to the ocean
- 19. What is the primary cause of the lowest temperatures in the Himalayan ranges?
A) Lack of cloud cover
B) High altitude
C) Low humidity
D) Proximity to the sea
- 20. What phenomenon causes colder winter minimums in the Manipur plains?
A) Extreme rainfall
B) Direct ocean currents
C) Volcanic activity
D) Temperature inversions
- 21. When do the highest temperatures occur in eastern areas of the region?
A) January and February
B) April
C) December
D) June and July
- 22. What is the typical mean winter daytime temperature in areas below 2,000 metres in Arunachal Pradesh?
A) 5 °C
B) 15 °C
C) 25 °C
D) 0 °C
- 23. In the Cachar Plain, why is the temperature range smaller than in the Brahmaputra plain?
A) Proximity to the Himalayas
B) Lower elevation
C) Higher cloud cover and monsoons
D) Lack of hills
- 24. What is the mean maximum summer temperature range in Agartala during April?
A) 40 to 42 °C
B) 28 to 30 °C
C) 33 to 35 °C
D) 25 to 27 °C
- 25. What is the characteristic climate of hilly areas in Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram?
A) Cold winters and cool summers
B) Mild winters and tropical summers
C) Hot winters and hot summers
D) Cold winters and hot summers
- 26. Why does the Manipur plain experience colder nights than its elevation suggests?
A) High levels of desert sand
B) Lack of cloud cover
C) Being surrounded by hills on all sides
D) Constant snow coverage
- 27. What are the typical winter night temperatures in Imphal?
A) 15 °C
B) 3 °C
C) 21 °C
D) 10 °C
- 28. Which country did Japan invade before pushing towards India during World War II?
A) Vietnam
B) Thailand
C) China
D) Burma
- 29. Who was appointed to lead the South East Asia Command in November 1943?
A) Field Marshal William Slim
B) General Douglas MacArthur
C) Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten
D) Winston Churchill
- 30. In what month and year did the Japanese launch their offensive against Imphal and Kohima?
A) March 1944
B) November 1943
C) January 1942
D) December 1945
- 31. Who led the Allied forces during the battles of Imphal and Kohima?
A) General Dwight Eisenhower
B) Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
C) Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten
D) Field Marshal William Slim
- 32. What defensive tactic did the Allies use against the Japanese during the battle of Kohima?
A) Defensive boxes
B) Naval blockades
C) Trench warfare
D) Aerial bombardment only
- 33. How does China refer to the state of Arunachal Pradesh?
A) Northern Burma
B) East Bhutan
C) North-East Frontier Agency
D) South Tibet
- 34. When did China declare a unilateral ceasefire during the 1962 war?
A) 21 November 1962
B) 15 August 1962
C) 1 January 1963
D) 21 December 1962
- 35. Who coined the term 'Land of the Seven Sisters'?
A) Louis Mountbatten
B) Jyoti Prasad Saikia
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) William Slim
- 36. In what year were the new states inaugurated, leading to the coining of the 'Seven Sisters' term?
A) 1947
B) 1972
C) 1954
D) 1962
- 37. Which state was later included in the North Eastern Region but is not considered one of the 'Seven Sisters'?
A) Sikkim
B) Mizoram
C) Nagaland
D) Tripura
- 38. What was the administrative name of the region captured by China in 1962?
A) South Tibet
B) North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA)
C) The Burma Front
D) Seven Sister States
- 39. Where was the radio talk show held where the term 'Seven Sisters' was first coined?
A) Manipur
B) Tripura
C) Meghalaya
D) Assam
- 40. What led to the decline of the Ahom dynasty?
A) Moamoria disturbances
B) Economic bankruptcy
C) Internal civil war
D) British invasion
- 41. Which war resulted in the entire Northeast region coming under British control?
A) Ahom-Burmese War
B) First Anglo-Burmese War
C) World War I
D) Second Anglo-Burmese War
- 42. During which period was North East India part of the Bengal Province?
A) 1839–1873
B) 1826–1847
C) 1947–1972
D) 1800–1839
- 43. Which territory was included in Colonial Assam when it became its own province?
A) Sylhet
B) Manipur
C) Mizoram
D) Tripura
- 44. What was the status of Manipur and Tripura in 1956?
A) Independent kingdoms
B) Union Territories
C) Part of Bengal
D) Fully-fledged states
- 45. When did Nagaland attain statehood?
A) 1963
B) 1972
C) 2002
D) 1987
- 46. What served as the capital of the Assam province during British Rule?
A) Shillong
B) Dispur
C) Guwahati
D) Imphal
- 47. Where was the capital of Assam shifted to after the formation of Meghalaya?
A) Shillong
B) Dibrugarh
C) Dispur
D) Silchar
- 48. Dispur is a part of which city?
A) Guwahati
B) Sylhet
C) Shillong
D) Kohima
- 49. How many states comprise Northeast India?
A) Six
B) Seven
C) Nine
D) Eight
- 50. What is the collective name often used for seven of the northeastern states?
A) Seven Sisters
B) Seven Brothers
C) Seven Kingdoms
D) Seven Wonders
- 51. What is the name of the corridor that connects Northeast India to other parts of India?
A) Assam Corridor
B) Nagaland Corridor
C) Siliguri Corridor
D) Sikkim Corridor
- 52. Where was India's first oil well dug in 1865?
A) Digboi
B) Imphal
C) Kohima
D) Shillong
- 53. In which year was the North Eastern Council constituted?
A) 1981
B) 1961
C) 1971
D) 1951
- 54. Which explorer's writings from 100 BCE suggest an early trade route via Northeast India?
A) Marco Polo
B) Xuanzang
C) Zhang Qian
D) Ptolemy
- 55. What product were the Sêsatai people known for producing?
A) Silk
B) Cotton
C) Malabathron
D) Tea
- 56. What name did Ptolemy's Geographia use for the region?
A) Sêsatai
B) Kirrhadia
C) Kamarupa
D) Assam
- 57. Which Chinese Buddhist monk visited Kamarupa in the 7th century CE?
A) Zhang Qian
B) Fa-Hien
C) Xuanzang
D) I-Tsing
- 58. Which group of missionaries influenced conversions to Christianity in Mizoram, Meghalaya, and Nagaland?
A) Dutch
B) Portuguese
C) Welsh
D) French
- 59. What percentage of India's total population resides in Northeast India?
A) Almost 8 per cent
B) Almost 4 per cent
C) Almost 10 per cent
D) Almost 2 per cent
- 60. Which linguistic group were the earliest settlers of the region believed to be?
A) Austroasiatic
B) Tibeto-Burman
C) Kra-Dai
D) Indo-Aryan
- 61. To which region did the kingdom of Kamarupa correspond?
A) Only Manipur and Nagaland
B) Most of present-day Northeast India
C) Only the Siliguri Corridor
D) Only Assam
- 62. What mineral discovery is the region famous for due to the 1865 event in Digboi?
A) Oil
B) Iron
C) Coal
D) Gold
- 63. Which country is located to the east of Northeast India?
A) Myanmar
B) Bangladesh
C) China
D) Bhutan
- 64. What is the estimated share of India's petroleum and natural gas reserves in Northeast India?
A) One-half
B) One-third
C) One-tenth
D) One-fifth
- 65. How much of the Northeast region is hilly terrain?
A) Two-thirds
B) One-half
C) One-third
D) Three-quarters
- 66. Which place in the Meghalaya plateau is noted as one of the rainiest in the world?
A) Shillong
B) Cherrapunji
C) Guwahati
D) Imphal
- 67. According to the Köppen classification, which type of climate covers the tropical regions in parts of Manipur and Tripura?
A) Humid subtropical (Cfa)
B) Warm temperate (Cfb)
C) Snow microthermal (D)
D) Tropical monsoon (Am)
- 68. What happens to temperatures in the hilly areas of Northeast India as altitude increases?
A) They decrease
B) They become more humid
C) They increase
D) They remain stable
- 69. Which of the following is NOT one of the broad Köppen climate types found in the region?
A) Arid climate (B)
B) Snow microthermal (D)
C) Warm temperate mesothermal (C)
D) Tropical climate (A)
- 70. What is the climate classification of the Brahmaputra valley?
A) Humid continental (D)
B) Humid subtropical (Cfa/Cwa)
C) Tropical monsoon (Am)
D) Montane (Cfc)
- 71. What determines the climate of the extreme northern parts of Arunachal Pradesh?
A) Semi-arid climate
B) Warm temperate climate
C) Humid continental climate
D) Tropical monsoon climate
- 72. What percentage of the annual rainfall in Northeast India is brought by the southwest monsoon?
A) 50%
B) 95%
C) 90%
D) 75%
- 73. The Eastern Himalaya hotspot includes Northeast India and which other country?
A) Vietnam
B) Thailand
C) Pakistan
D) Bhutan
- 74. Northeast India is considered the centre of origin for which type of food?
A) Maize
B) Rice
C) Citrus fruits
D) Wheat
- 75. How many major forest types is the region's 51 forest types broadly classified into?
A) Six
B) Twelve
C) Four
D) Nine
- 76. According to the Indian Red Data Book, how many of the country's 1500 endangered floral species are found in Northeast India?
A) 1000
B) 800
C) 100
D) 500
- 77. What is the recommended minimum percentage of forest cover for hill states in India to prevent erosion?
A) 30%
B) 60%
C) 50%
D) 40%
- 78. Which hotspot is the second largest in the world?
A) Eastern Himalayas
B) Indo-Burma hotspot
C) Western Ghats
D) Mediterranean Basin
- 79. What is the total population of Northeast India?
A) 40 million
B) 38 million
C) 46 million
D) 52 million
- 80. What is the population density of Assam per square kilometer?
A) 410
B) 397
C) 350
D) 382
- 81. Which state recorded the highest population growth of 27.8 percent in the 2011 census?
A) Tripura
B) Nagaland
C) Meghalaya
D) Assam
- 82. Which state recorded the lowest population growth in the entire country at negative 0.5 percent?
A) Nagaland
B) Manipur
C) Sikkim
D) Mizoram
- 83. Which language family is represented by Khasi, Jaintia and War in Meghalaya?
A) Sino-Tibetan
B) Indo-Aryan
C) Austro-Asiatic
D) Tai–Kadai
- 84. Which language replaced Nefamese in recent times?
A) Hindi
B) Bengali
C) Assamese
D) English
- 85. What is the official language of Manipur?
A) Meitei
B) Assamese
C) Hindi
D) Bengali
- 86. Which language is the dominant language of the tribal people of Tripura?
A) Assamese
B) Bengali
C) Kokborok
D) Manipuri
- 87. Which language was the official language of Colonial Assam from 1836 to 1873?
A) Bengali
B) Hindi
C) English
D) Assamese
- 88. What is the dominant language in Sikkim?
A) Nepali
B) Hindi
C) Bhutanese
D) Tibetan
- 89. What consonant feature sets Northeast Indian languages apart from many other Indian languages?
A) Velar consonants
B) Alveolar consonants
C) Dental consonants
D) Retroflex consonants
- 90. Which religion is the majority in Assam, Tripura, Manipur, and Sikkim?
A) Islam
B) Buddhism
C) Hinduism
D) Christianity
- 91. What is the name of the indigenous religion followed by a significant community in Arunachal Pradesh?
A) Bodoism
B) Khasi tradition
C) Meitei faith
D) Donyi-Polo
- 92. In which state is approximately 93% of the North East Muslim population concentrated?
A) Tripura
B) Meghalaya
C) Assam
D) Manipur
- 93. Approximately what percentage of India's Christian population is concentrated in the North Eastern region?
A) 5%
B) 50%
C) 30%
D) 10%
- 94. Approximately how many ethnic groups are found in Northeast India?
A) Over 200
B) Under 50
C) Over 500
D) Exactly 100
- 95. Which is the largest tribal ethnic group in Northeast India?
A) Bodo
B) Naga
C) Khasi
D) Mizo
- 96. Which ethnicity is the largest in the Brahmaputra Valley region of Assam?
A) Khasi people
B) Assamese people
C) Bodo people
D) Naga people
- 97. What is the largest ethnicity in Arunachal Pradesh?
A) Bodo people
B) Naga people
C) Mizo people
D) Tani people
- 98. Which group is the largest ethnicity in the Bodoland region of Assam?
A) Bengali people
B) Assamese people
C) Khasi people
D) Bodo people
- 99. Which group is the largest ethnicity in Mizoram?
A) Naga people
B) Khasi people
C) Mizo people
D) Tripuri people
- 100. What is the largest ethnicity in Meghalaya?
A) Khasi people
B) Assamese people
C) Mizo people
D) Naga people
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