Deck 3: Political and Social Movements in India

Question 1

Future Prime ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh continued the economic reform policies pioneered by ......................government.

A)narasimha rao's
B)vajpayee
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)rajiv gandhi

Answer 1

narasimha rao's

Question 2

..................... accelerated the dismantling of the License Raj, reversing the socialist policies of Rajiv Gandhi's government.

A)narasimha rao
B)vajpayee
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)rajedra prsad

Answer 2

narasimha rao

Question 3

........................employed Dr.Manmohan Singh as his Finance Minister to embark on historic economic transition.

A)vajpayee
B)narasimha rao
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)rajedra prsad

Answer 3

narasimha rao

Question 4

With .................... mandate, Dr.Manmohan Singh launched India's globalisation angle of the reforms that implemented the International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies to rescue the almost bankrupt nation from economic collapse.

A)vajpayee
B)narasimha rao's
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)rajiv gandhi

Question 5

....................... was referred to as Chanakya for his ability to steer tough economic and political legislation through the parliament at a time when he headed a minority government.

A)narasimha rao
B)vajpayee
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)rajiv gandhi

Question 6

11th President of India .................... described Rao as a "patriotic statesman who believed that the nation is bigger than the political system".

A)vajpayee
B)apj abdul kalam
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)manmohan singh

Question 7

................... was an Indian economist who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.

A)manmohan singh
B)vajpayee
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)narasimha rao

Question 8

..........................was the first prime minister of India

A)jawaharlal nehru
B)vajpayee
C)manmohan singh
D)narasimha rao

Question 9

In 1991, as India faced a severe economic crisis, newly elected Prime Minister ................... Rao surprisingly inducted the apolitical Singh into his cabinet as Finance Minister.

A)p. v. narasimha rao
B)atal bihari vajpayee
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)indira

Question 10

The Chipko movement was started by Mr. Sundarlal Bahuguna in Tehri-Garhwal district of .................against ruthless felling of trees and destruction of forests by contractors.

A)uttaranchal
B)santhals
C)agra
D)calcutta

Question 11

To implement their political line, the rebel CPM leaders launched a peasant uprising in the small Naxalbari area of northern.....................

A)west bengal
B)assam
C)up
D)andhra

Question 12

There is another parallel movement in the South 'the Apiko Movement' the western Ghats of ..................started by Medha Patekar.

A)karnataka
B)bengal
C)delhi
D)bihar

Question 13

After the Allahabad High Court verdict, ...............gave the call for a "Total Revolution"

A)jayaprakash narayan
B)atal bihari vajpayee
C)jawaharlal nehru
D)indira gandhi

Question 14

The Khalistan movement aimed to create a separate ........................ country.

A)sikh
B)christian
C)hindu
D)muslim

Question 15

Narmada Bachao Andolan, with its leading spokespersons Medha Patkar and Baba Amte, received the Right Livelihood Award in..................

A)1961
B)1971
C)1991
D)1981

Question 16

The Narmada flows from Amarkantak in ................and after long journey, ends up in the Arabian Sea.

A)madhya pradesh
B)bihar
C)up
D)assam

Question 17

In 1969, the Communist Party Marxist-Leninist (ML) was formed under the leadership of.........................

A)charu majumdar
B)jyoti basu,
C)p.chidambaram
D)e.k.nayanar.

Question 18

..............................is considered as "the Gandhi of Independent India".

A)jayaprakash narayan
B)vajpayee
C)manmohan singh
D)narasimha rao

Question 19

In June 1984, during ................., Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to attack the Golden Temple and eliminate any insurgents, as it had been occupied by Sikh separatists who were allegedly stockpiling weaponOperation Blue Stars.

A)operation blue star
B)operation red star
C)operation white star
D)operation green star

Question 20

Rama Janma Bhoomi is the name given to the site that many Hindus believe to be the birthplace of Rama, the..................... avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.

A)7 th
B)8 th
C)9 th
D)10 th

Question 21

In.................., the demolition of Babri Masjid by Hindu nationalists triggered widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.

A)1982
B)1992
C)1995
D)1998

Question 22

A ..........lawyer, Peter Beneson, founded Amnesty International (AI) in 1961.

A)spain
B)french
C)british
D)portuguese

Question 23

........................................ is a noted Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam dancer.

A)mallika sarabhai
B)mahasweta devi
C)tarasankar bandyopadhyay
D)satyajit ray

Question 24

................. has received the "French Palme D'or'', the highest civilian award of France.

A)mallika sarabhai
B)mahasweta devi
C)tarasankar bandyopadhyay
D)satyajit ray

Question 25

.Born to famous dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and reputed space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, ....................is a woman of many dimensions and talents.

A)mallika sarabhai
B)mahasweta devi
C)tarasankar bandyopadhyay
D)satyajit ray