Deck 9: The South Asian Realm

Question 1

The component(s)of India in which tensions continue to boil over border demarcation is ________.

A) Jammu and Kashmir
B) the Bombay (Mumbai) metropolitan region
C) the central Gangetic Plain
D) the States to the northeast of Bangladesh
E) the southernmost States of the peninsula

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The Bay of Bengal coast of India is also called the __________ Coast.

A) Coromandel-Golconda
B) Ghat
C) Malabar-Konkan
D) Deccan
E) Bangladesh

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The earliest and fullest conversion of adherents to Islam in the South Asian realm occurred in the ____________.

A) Ganges Valley
B) Deccan Plateau
C) Indus Valley
D) Double Delta
E) Brahmaputra Valley

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Of India's more than 1.2 billion population,about _____ percent are Muslims.

A) 4
B) 15
C) 26
D) 62
E) 88

Question 5

The coastal edges of the Deccan plateau are marked by highlands known as the _______________.

A) Afghans
B) Ghats
C) Aryans
D) Muslim Kushes
E) Hindu Kushes

Question 6

The caste system is most associated with which of the following religions:

A) Taliban
B) Islam
C) Buddhism
D) Hinduism
E) Sanskrit

Question 7

Figure 8-7 shows that the territory called Aksai Chin is currently under this country's political control:

A) India
B) Pakistan
C) China
D) Afghanistan
E) Nepal

Question 8

The leading river of Pakistan is the ______________.

A) Tigris
B) Ganges
C) Brahmaputra
D) Indus
E) Irrawaddy

Question 9

Figure 8-4 shows that the Indus Valley civilization was located in which of South Asia's physiographic regions?

A) the Northern Mountains
B) the River Lowlands
C) the Southern Plateaus
D) the Eastern Highlands
E) the Central Grasslands

Question 10

The huge volcanic plateau that extends across most of southern India is known as the __________.

A) Ghats
B) Double Delta
C) Sindh
D) Deccan
E) Malabar

Question 11

The country located immediately northwest of India is __________.

A) China
B) Kashmir
C) Bangladesh
D) Afghanistan
E) Pakistan

Question 12

 Which of the following is NOT an Indo-European language?

A) Telugu
B) Hindi
C) Bengali
D) Punjabi
E) Gujarati

Question 13

The southwestern Arabian Sea coast of India is known as the ______________ Coast.

A) Coromandel
B) Ivory
C) Malabar
D) Deccan
E) Golconda

Question 14

Telugu,Tamil,Kannada,and Malayalam are __________________.

A) border provinces of India, facing the Arabian Sea
B) four major cities in Pakistan, all located on the Brahmaputra River
C) four leading Dravidian languages spoken in southern India
D) the political divisions of Sri Lanka, created after independence in 1963
E) the four islands that constitute the Maldives

Question 15

The belt of river lowlands that extends across northern South Asia lies between _________ and ________.

A) the Himalaya; the Deccan plateau
B) the Ganges; Indus rivers
C) the Eastern Ghats; Western Ghats
D) Pakistan; Bangladesh
E) Punjab; Afghanistan

Question 16

Which of the following pair of states emerged from the 1947 partition of British India?

A) Bhutan and Nepal
B) India and Pakistan
C) Kashmir and Afghanistan
D) Ceylon and Sri Lanka
E) Bangladesh and Burma

Question 17

The majority of India's languages belong to the language family known as __________.

A) Indo-European
B) Dravidian
C) Sino-Tibetan
D) Offshore Asian
E) Malay-Polynesian

Question 18

The direct political administration of India by the British government (the raj)lasted for _____________.

A) 18 years
B) 90 years
C) 124 years
D) 163 years through 2016, and still continues
E) 247 years

Question 19

East Pakistan became Bangladesh in ___________.

A) 1857
B) 1918
C) 1947
D) 1971
E) 1991

Question 20

According to Figure 8-3,which of these locations benefits LEAST from the summer monsoon rains in South Asia?

A) the Western Ghats
B) the North Indian Plain
C) the Ganges Delta
D) Bangladesh
E) Pakistan

Question 21

A terriotory whose control is hotly disputed by India and Pakistan is _____________.

A) Punjab
B) Jammu and Kashmir
C) the Maldives
D) northern Sri Lanka
E) the Tribal Areas

Question 22

Which of the following cities is located in Pakistan's Sindh region?

A) Dhaka
B) Kabol
C) Islamabad
D) Lahore
E) Karachi

Question 23

  The Muslim minority constitutes approximately ___ percent of the total population of India.

A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
D) 30
E) 45

Question 24

Which of the following countries in the South Asian realm has NOT had a female prime minister?

A) Sri Lanka
B) India
C) Bangladesh
D) Nepal
E) Pakistan

Question 25

Which of the following countries does NOT share a common border with Pakistan?

A) Iran
B) China
C) Bangladesh
D) Afghanistan
E) India

Question 26

Which of the following associations is INCORRECT?

A) Sri Lanka and Colombo
B) Bangladesh and Dhaka
C) Nepal and Kathmandu
D) Pakistan and New Delhi
E) Bhutan and Thimphu

Question 27

The approximate percentage of India's urban population is ____________.

A) 30
B) 55
C) 70
D) 85
E) 95

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT located in Pakistan?

A) Deccan Plateau
B) Sindh
C) Punjab
D) Islamabad
E) Karachi

Question 29

The physiologic density of India is ________ the arithmetic population density.

A) greater than
B) less than
C) equal to
D) the inverse of
E) directly proportional to

Question 30

Which of the following is located the core area of Pakistan?

A) Punjab
B) Sindh
C) the Indus Delta
D) the Tribal Areas
E) Balochistan

Question 31

 Economic growth in the South Asian realm has come about mostly as a result of ___________.

A) a free-trade agreement with the United States
B) increased trade with China
C) an emphasis on modernizing agriculture
D) migration to the United Kingdom and the United States
E) neoliberal reforms

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT one of India's newer States?

A) Chhattisgarh
B) Punjab
C) Jharkhand
D) Uttarakhand
E) Telangana

Question 33

More than half of Pakistan's exports consist of __________

A) cotton and textiles
B) oil
C) automobiles
D) minerals
E) foodstuffs

Question 34

Which of the following provinces of Pakistan received the largest groups of refugees from Afghanistan?

A) Sindh
B) Punjab
C) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
D) Kashmir
E) Balochistan

Question 35

India's IT industry is concentrated in several major cities throughout the country. In which of the following is it NOT significant?  

A) Bengaluru
B) Hyderabad
C) Delhi/New Delhi
D) Kolkata
E) Mumbai

Question 36

The so-called Tribal Areas are located in which province of Pakistan?

A) Sindh
B) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
C) Kashmir
D) Punjab
E) Balochistan

Question 37

 Hindutva is (are)____________________.

A) a movement that promotes Hindu nationalism, heritage, and/or patriotism
B) a sect of the Hindu religion that practices yoga
C) the holiest Hindu shrine in northern India
D) recent converts from Islam
E) India's dominant language

Question 38

India today is probably in the ______ stage of its demographic transition.

A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth
E) final

Question 39

Dominant crops in India's agricultural system include all but which of the following?

A) wheat
B) soybeans
C) rice
D) millet
E) chickpeas

Question 40

Which State is located in southern India?

A) Orissa
B) Kerala
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Kashmir
E) Maharashtra

Question 41

The highest-ranking,priestly caste in India is known as the ______________.

A) Hindutva
B) Brahmans
C) Touchables
D) Sikhs
E) Dalits

Question 42

The Indian city formerly known as Madras is today called ________

A) Chennai
B) Bangalore
C) Mumbai
D) Kolkata
E) Hindubad

Question 43

The two countries of South Asia's Mountainous North are ___________.

A) Sri Lanka and Ceylon
B) Pakistan and Bangladesh
C) Nepal and Bhutan
D) Asom and Punjab
E) Jammu and Kashmir

Question 44

During the twentieth century,a majority of the 10 costliest natural disasters in the world struck ___________.

A) India
B) Indonesia
C) Bangladesh
D) Pakistan
E) Sri Lanka

Question 45

The reason for Bangladesh's vulnerability to natural disasters is its ______________________.

A)  mountainous terrain subject to landslides
B) location on the Pacific Ring of Fire
C) lowland physiography
D) proximity to volcanoes
E) frequent earthquakes

Question 46

Which of the following statements about agriculture in India is INCORRECT?

A) Wheat is grown in areas that are not moist enough to support rice cultivation.
B) Wheat is grown in the east while rice dominates in the west.
C) About half of rural families own less than 1 hectare (2.5 acres) of land.
D) India contains more than 500,000 villages that cannot be accessed by truck or car. 
E) India's agricultural population is still larger than its urban population.

Question 47

The Ghats form the southernmost range of the Himalayas.

Question 48

India's Sikh population is concentrated in _____________.

A) Punjab
B) Asom
C) the far south
D) the area centered on Mumbai
E) the Ganges Delta

Question 49

Bangladesh was formerly known as _____________.

A) East Pakistan
B) East India
C) Ceylon
D) West Pakistan
E) Burma

Question 50

The Untouchable caste in India is also known as the ________________.

A) Hindu Kushes
B) Harijans
C) Brahmans
D) Sikhs
E) Tamils

Question 51

The Buddhist-majority population of Sri Lanka is known as the ____________.

A) Ceylonese
B) Sinhalese
C) Tamil Tigers
D) Dravidians
E) Eelams

Question 52

Which of the following cities is NOT connected to the Golden Quadrilateral superhighway that links India's main urban centers?

A) Mumbai
B) Dhaka
C) Delhi
D) Kolkata
E) Chennai

Question 53

Figure 8-19 shows that the most dominant crop in the eastern part of the Ganges River Valley in India is _____________.

A) wheat
B) rice
C) millet
D) cotton
E) corn

Question 54

Which of the following industries spearheaded the economic development of Bengaluru (Bangalore)over the past decade?

A) coal mining
B) oil refining
C) textiles
D) gambling and tourism
E) information technology

Question 55

The city located closest to the Ganges Delta is _________________.

A) Kolkata
B) New Delhi
C) Chennai
D) Brahmanputra
E) Karachi

Question 56

The small group of islands that constitute a country lying about 400 miles southwest of India are the _____________.

A) Tamils
B) SriLankans
C) Dravidians
D) Maldives
E) Tribal Areas

Question 57

Bangladesh is overwhelmingly ____________ in its religious complexion.

A) Hindu
B) Buddhist
C) Muslim
D) Christian
E) Atheist

Question 58

In comparing India with China,which statement is INCORRECT?

A) India's population growth rate continues to grow, whereas China's is starting to shrink.
B) India has a larger middle class than China.
C) The Chinese economy employs more people in manufacturing than does India's.
D) India's IT industry is more important than China's.
E) India's government is open and democratic, whereas China's is communist.

Question 59

A widening regional economic disparity in India since 2000 has opened between ____________.

A) Hindu and Muslim areas
B) east and west
C) north and south
D) the coastal zone and the interior
E) the uplands and riverine lowlands

Question 60

Which of the following statements about Nepal is INCORRECT?

A) Deforestation is a problem.
B) Agriculture is a success story.
C) The Himalayas form its dominant physical feature.
D) It shows signs of being a failed state.
E) Its capital is located in the country's core area.

Question 61

Under certain circumstances a large population can be considered a human resource.

Question 62

The Malabar-Konkan Coast of India contains the Eastern Ghats and the city of Chennai.

Question 63

Sikhism is a blend of Islamic and Hindu beliefs.

Question 64

Dravidian languages are mostly spoken in southern India.

Question 65

The physiological population density of a country is always lower than the arithmetic density.

Question 66

Hindi is the dominant language of southern India.

Question 67

The demographic transition model describes changes in birth rates,death rates,and population growth over time.

Question 68

The Indo-Europeans were also known as Aryans.

Question 69

Pakistan's capital city is Karachi.

Question 70

In the first stage of the demographic transition,both birth rates and death rates are high.

Question 71

Buddhism has its origins in India.

Question 72

Sex ratios in India are most skewed in the poorer parts of the country.

Question 73

The Punjab region extends into both Pakistan and India.

Question 74

South Asia's (wet)monsoon refers to seasonal rains that usually start in June.

Question 75

The Ganges and Brahmaputra River valleys converge at their lower ends.

Question 76

Islam from the beginning was a faith alien to India,and the country has resisted its penetration.

Question 77

India formally became part of the British Empire in 1857.

Question 78

In the second stage of the demographic transition,the overall population expands.

Question 79

 Hindi is part of the Dravidian language family.

Question 80

The majority of Kashmir's population is Hindu.