Deck 18: India

Question 1

Naxalism refers to a

A)fusion of Buddhist and Hindu beliefs.
B)high caste ranking.
C)Maoist insurgency.
D)Hindu ascetic movement.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following statements about India's House of the People is accurate?

A)It is the weaker of the two legislative houses.
B)It represents India's 29 states and seven territories.
C)Each representative in the chamber serves roughly 2 million people.
D)Most of its members are elected to fixed six-year terms.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which prime minister declared emergency rule in 1975?

A)Mohandas K.Gandhi
B)Jawaharlal Nehru
C)Indira Gandhi
D)Manmohan Singh

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following has been a result of greater reliance on coalition governments?

A)increased policy influence by the prime minister
B)more frequent declarations of presidential rule
C)weakened regional parties
D)devolution of power to regional parties and states

Question 5

The Indian constitutional measure that allows the Center to oust a state government and assert direct rule of that state is called

A)federal mandate.
B)martial law.
C)federal injunction.
D)presidential rule.

Question 6

How did Rajiv Gandhi's policies differ from those of his mother,Indira Gandhi?

A)He proved more committed to economic liberalization.
B)He proved more willing to declare martial law in the face of public protest.
C)He demonstrated a greater affinity-and success-for tackling India's ethnic and social tensions.
D)He associated himself more with the poorer classes through populist campaigns.

Question 7

Which of the following statements about India's state governments is accurate?

A)Indian states are typically divided along linguistic,ethnic,or religious lines,which helps fuel calls for greater devolution.
B)States control most of their public policies involving health,security,and education but have little control over economic development policy.
C)The chief minister of each state is appointed by India's president,although appointments are subject to each state legislature's approval.
D)Most state legislatures are bicameral,mimicking the structure of the federal legislature.

Question 8

The Indian National Congress led the anticolonial movement in India with which of the following organizations?

A)Muslim League
B)Rajistan Resistance
C)Hindu Alliance
D)Raj Movement

Question 9

What is India's most significant social division?

A)religion
B)caste
C)language
D)tribal

Question 10

Hindutva is championed primarily by the

A)Bharatiya Janata Party.
B)Communist Party of India.
C)Samajwadi Party.
D)Indian National Congress.

Question 11

The western Indian state in which Hindu retaliatory violence killed thousands of Muslims in 2002 is

A)Amritsar.
B)Ayodhya.
C)Gujarat.
D)Delhi.

Question 12

Partition in India

A)granted Muslims the right of abode.
B)established federalism upon independence.
C)established a bicameral legislature.
D)created the states of East Pakistan,West Pakistan,and India.

Question 13

India's Sepoy Mutiny pitted

A)the East India Company against British colonial troops.
B)British colonial troops against British officers.
C)Hindu conscripts against Muslim conscripts.
D)Hindu and Muslim conscripts against British colonial troops.

Question 14

Which of the following statements about the development of India's economy is accurate?

A)Efforts to transition from import substitution industrialization and toward social-democratic policies began in the 1980s and came into full swing in the 1990s.
B)Stamping out corruption and protectionism as barriers to economic growth is one of the major successes of the 1990s reform effort.
C)The license raj has only acquired more complexity and red tape in recent years,and will soon force the Indian National Congress to address a reform effort.
D)India's 2015 GDP growth rate outpaced China's,making India the fastest growing large economy in the world.

Question 15

The most significant trend in recent national elections in India has been the growing dominance of

A)the Indian Communist Party.
B)independent politicians.
C)coalition governments.
D)the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Question 16

Sikhism shares the beliefs of

A)Hinduism and Buddhism.
B)Islam and Jainism.
C)Islam and Buddhism.
D)Hinduism and Islam.

Question 17

Which of the following statements about the Aam Aadmi ("Common Man")Party (AAP)and the fight against corruption is accurate?

A)The anticorruption populist movement began in large part as a result of several scandals committed under the BJP single-party rule that replaced a string of more transparent coalition governments.
B)Although the watchdog bill advocated by the AAP was eventually passed,it was far inferior to the version desired by civil activists.
C)The AAP ultimately had much better success in national elections than in regional parliamentary elections.
D)The AAP only lasted 49 days in office before being voted out in early elections.

Question 18

How did the incoming 2014 BJP government address the problem of rape in India?

A)It blamed the problem on a culture of promiscuity.
B)It argued that most accused of rape are judged too harshly.
C)It promised zero tolerance for violence against women.
D)It sought the help of international bodies,requesting that UN agencies come into India and help establish special anti-violence-against-women programs.

Question 19

How does a representative get elected to the House of the People?

A)winning the plurality of the vote on the first ballot in an SMD
B)winning a required majority of the vote on the first ballot in an SMD
C)winning a plurality of the vote on the first ballot and a majority on the second in an SMD
D)being on the party ballot that wins a high enough proportion of the vote in an MMD

Question 20

In which of the following ways does presidential rule differ from emergency rule?

A)Presidential rule is more likely to be used during international conflicts than during domestic ones.
B)Presidential rule is used only with respect to states,not with respect to the country as a whole.
C)Presidential rule is more of an economic tool than a tool of governance.
D)Presidential rule is more controversial in its use than emergency rule.

Question 21

What is the modern legacy of the ancient patterns of division and settlement between Indo-Aryans and the Dravidians in India?

Question 22

Explain why the one-party dominance of the INC came to be and what gave way to rule by coalition government since the early 1990s.

Question 23

Discuss the several distinct advantages India brought to the endeavor of democratization.

Question 24

Identify and discuss three primary obstacles to economic development in India.

Question 25

Explain the caste system and its influence on Indian society.How did British colonialism use the caste system and what were the effects after independence?

Question 26

The Indian state of Kerala's high female literacy rates and low fertility rates are largely the result of

A)socialist state policies in education,health care,and land reform.
B)a coalition government between Muslim and Hindu leaders.
C)neoliberal economic policies.
D)the influence of a legacy British colonial government.