Deck 8: Politics and Global Affairs

Question 1

Black July was an issue related to ______

A)Korean war
B)ethnic crisis in Sri Lanka
C)cold war
D)second world war

Answer 1

ethnic crisis in Sri Lanka

Question 2

The LTTE leader who killed in 2009 was _______

A)Thanabalasingam
B)Satiyaseelan
C)Veluppilla Prabhakaran
D)Selvaraj Yogachandran

Answer 2

Veluppilla Prabhakaran

Question 3

The LTTE was founded in the year of _______

A)1976
B)1974
C)1986
D)1979

Answer 3

1976

Question 4

Operation Pawan is conducted by _______

A)India
B)Sri lLanka
C)Pakistan
D)Nepal

Question 5

Operation Viraat was against ______

A)Srilanka
B)LTTE
C)Naxalbary movement
D)Gujjar riot

Question 6

Indo-Srilanka peace accord was signed in the year of 1987 by Rajiv Gandhi and ____

A)Jayavardhane
B)Chandrika Kumarathunge
C)Sirimavo Bandharanayake
D)Rajapakse

Question 7

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in the year ______

A)1990
B)1991
C)1994
D)1984

Question 8

Head quarters of ASEAN ______

A)Jakartha
B)Kathmandu
C)Singapore
D)Malesia

Question 9

Which day is celebrated as Malala Day?

A)Nonember 10
B)November 17
C)August 10
D)November 20

Question 10

The youngest nominee for the Nobel peace prize history ______

A)Malala Yousafzai
B)Barak Obama
C)Bilaval Ali
D)Kim Jong Un

Question 11

South Asian University is sponsored by _______

A)ASEAN
B)SAARC
C)ADB
D)UNO

Question 12

Which neighbor country of India is not a member of SAARC?

A)Nepal
B)Bangladesh
C)Myanmer
D)Bhutan

Question 13

Which is the official language of SAARC?

A)English
B)Nepali
C)Mandarin
D)none of the above

Question 14

The systematic use of terror, often violent especially as a means of coercion is ____

A)war
B)terrorrism
C)torturing
D)blackmailing

Question 15

The founder of constitution party in Egypt is ______

A)Hosni mubarak
B)Muhammed mursi
C)Muhammed Elbaradei
D)Khalid Ali

Question 16

The widening, deepening and speeding up of world wide inter connections in all respects of contemporary social life is _______

A)Privatisation
B)Liberalisation
C)Standardisation
D)Globalisation

Question 17

'It has been said that arguing, against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity' - the words by _____

A)Barak Obama
B)Ban ki moon
C)Kofi Annan
D)Jimmy Karter

Question 18

Among the following which is not a feature of Globalization?

A)economic processes
B)development strategy
C)domestic reforms
D)none of the above

Question 19

Silent spring is a book written by ________

A)Rachel Carson
B)Paul Byrne
C)Paul R Ehlrich
D)Steve Cake

Question 20

'The Cold War' is a book written by _______

A)George Orwell
B)Walter Lippman
C)Bernard Baruch
D)Khrushchev

Question 21

Among the following which word has the meaning that 'liberalizing society, with open discussion of social economic and political issues?'

A)Liberalization
B)Glasnost
C)Perestroika
D)Democratization