Deck 7: Historical and Cultural Aspects of India: From Sacred Sites to Dalit Literature and Environmental Movements

Question 1

On December 6, 1992, Hindu Karsevaks destroyed the 16th- century Babri mosque in Ayodhya, .............., India, in an attempt to reclaim the land known as Ram Janmabhoomi.

A)uttar pradesh
B)madya pradesh
C)rajasthan
D)bihar

Answer 1

uttar pradesh

Question 2

The city of ................. is regarded by Hindus to be the birthplace of the God-king Rama and is regarded as one of India's most sacred and religious sites.

A)ahmadabad
B)calcutta
C)bombay
D)ayodhya

Answer 2

ayodhya

Question 3

In 1528, after the Mughal invasion, a mosque was built by Mughal general ................, who reportedly destroyed a pre- existing temple of Rama at the site, and named it after Emperor Babur.

A)mir banki
B)bairamkan
C)rajathodarmal
D)l. k. advani

Answer 3

mir banki

Question 4

In September 1990, .................leader L. K. Advani started Rath Yatra, a tour of the country to educate the masses about the Ayodhya struggle.

A)bjp
B)cpm
C)congress
D)janatha dal

Question 5

On 6 December ................., the BJP and other supporting organizations organized a religious ceremony to symbolically start the building of a temple at the sacred site.

A)1912
B)1922
C)1942
D)1992

Question 6

On 16 December 1992, the Union home ministry set up the Liberhan Commission to investigate the destruction of the Mosque, headed by retired High Court Judge .................

A)m. s. liberhan
B)l. k. advani
C)murli manohar joshi
D)sekkizhar

Question 7

In fiction, Lajja, a controversial 1993 novel in Bengali by Bangladeshi writer ................, has a story based in the days after the demolition.

A)taslima nasrin
B)prakash karat
C)m. s. liberhan
D)tagore

Question 8

India attained Independence on 15th August ...............

A)1907
B)1917
C)1927
D)1947

Question 9

Indian Constitution came into force on 26th January ............ that the picture became clear regarding the structure of government and the rights of the citizens of India.

A)1910
B)1920
C)1930
D)1950

Question 10

Sekkizhar's Periya Puranam portraying ............ women like half- naked and sexually exploitable.

A)dalit
B)namboothiri
C)nair
D)kshtriya

Question 11

In 1993, Ambedkari Sahitya Parishad organized first "Akhil Bhartiya Ambedkari Sahitya Sammelan" in Wardha, ............... to reconceptualize and transform "Dalit Sahitya (literature) into "Ambedkari Sahitya".

A)maharashtra
B)bengal
C)u.p
D)delhi

Question 12

Ambedkari Sahitya Parishad successfully organized Third Akhil Bhartiya Ambedkari Sahitya Sammelan in .............. and became a strong advocacy force of this transformation.

A)1926
B)1936
C)1946
D)1996

Question 13

Ambedkari Sahitya Parishad was formed in..............

A)1952
B)1962
C)1972
D)1992

Question 14

Who is called as the "father of Vachana poetry"?

A)madara chennaiah
B)dalai lama
C)ambedkar
D)r.c. datt

Question 15

One of the first Dalit writers was Madara Chennaiah, an 11th- century cobbler-saint who lived in the reign of .....................

A)western chalukyas
B)vijayanagara
C)bhamini
D)mughal

Question 16

Madara Chennaiah a Dalit Writer and an 11th-century cobbler- saint who lived in the reign of ......................

A)western chalukyas
B)pandyas
C)pallavas
D)cholas

Question 17

The term "Dalit literature" came into use in ............., when the first conference of Maharashtra Dalit Sahitya Sangha was held at Mumbai.

A)1918
B)1928
C)1948
D)1958

Question 18

Baburao Bagul (1930-2008) was pioneer of Dalit writings in ...............

A)marathi
B)malayalam
C)hindi
D)kannada

Question 19

............. first collection of stories, Jevha Mi Jat Chorali (When I had Concealed My Caste), published in 1963, created a stir in Marathi literature with its passionate depiction of a crude society.

A)baburao bagul's
B)dalai lama
C)madara chennaiah
D)namdeo dhasal

Question 20

Baburao Bagul's first collection of stories, Jevha Mi Jat Chorali (When I had Concealed My Caste), published in............, created a stir in Marathi literature with its passionate depiction of a crude society.

A)1913
B)1933
C)1953
D)1963

Question 21

Baburao Bagul's first collection of stories, Jevha Mi Jat Chorali (When I had Concealed My Caste), published in 1963, created a stir in ............. literature with its passionate depiction of a crude society.

A)marathi
B)bengali
C)binary
D)assamese

Question 22

Who founded Dalit Panther?

A)namdeo dhasal
B)dalai lama
C)baburao bagul
D)madara chennaiah

Question 23

The .............. movement is a movement that practiced the Gandhian methods of satyagraha and non-violent resistance, through the act of hugging trees to protect them from being felled.

A)chipko
B)panther
C)silent valley
D)cdm

Question 24

The modern Chipko movement started in the early 1970s in the Garhwal Himalayas of .............., then in Uttar Pradesh with growing awareness towards rapid deforestation.

A)uttarakhand
B)karnataka
C)west bengal
D)kerala

Question 25

On March 26, 1974, when a group of peasant women in Reni village, Hemwalghati, in Chamoli district, ............. acted to prevent the cutting of trees and reclaim their traditional forest rights that were threatened by the contractor system of the state Forest Department.

A)uttarakhand
B)rajasthan
C)u.p.
D)bengal