Deck 8: Notable Figures and Movements in History

Question 1

..............was born 1 April 1940 in the Nyeri District in the central highlands of Kenya.

A)wangari maathai
B)nelson mandela
C)dr. b.r. ambedkar
D)jody williams

Answer 1

wangari maathai

Question 2

In ................., Wangari Maathai returned to Nairobi where she became the first East African women to receive a Ph.D - which she gained it in veterinary anatomy.

A)1949
B)1969
C)1972
D)1975

Answer 2

1969

Question 3

Maathai led a movement to plant trees throughout ............... This became known as the Green Belt movement.

A)maharashtra
B)gujarat
C)kenya
D)austria

Answer 3

kenya

Question 4

The Green Belt movement was supported by the ............... Forestry Society and Maathai later gained a job as coordinator.

A)norwegian
B)austrian
C)american
D)france

Question 5

In the early 1980s, ............... was elected chairman of the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK).

A)maathai
B)jody williams
C)shirin ebadi
D)betty williams

Question 6

The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action in................., in terms of which the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was established.

A)1953
B)1963
C)1973
D)1993

Question 7

In ................, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights was replaced with the United Nations Human Rights Council for the enforcement of international human rights law.

A)2006
B)2008
C)2009
D)2011

Question 8

Pursuant to Article 63, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights came into effect on October 21, .............., in honour of which October 21 was declared African Human Rights Day.

A)1986
B)1988
C)1993
D)1996

Question 9

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights was established in ................ with the purpose of enforcing and interpreting the provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights.

A)1979
B)1985
C)1987
D)1989

Question 10

The Council of Europe, founded in ..............., is the oldest organisation working for European integration. The seat of the Council is in Strasbourg in France.

A)1949
B)1953
C)1956
D)1959

Question 11

The Council of Europe, founded in 1949, is the oldest organisation working for European integration. The seat of the Council is in Strasbourg in ........

A)france
B)austria
C)britain
D)spain

Question 12

In 1998, Augusto Pinochet was arrested in ........... following an indictment by Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón under the universal-jurisdiction principle.

A)london
B)maharashtra
C)gujarat
D)allahabad

Question 13

................ in his classic 'A Grammar of Politics' observed that every state is known by the rights that it maintains.

A)harold j. laski
B)dr. b.r. ambedkar
C)nelson mandela
D)namdev dhasal

Question 14

Dalit Panther is a social organization, founded by ................. in April 1972 in Mumbai.

A)namdev dhasal
B)nelson mandela
C)durgabai deshmukh
D)kamaladevi chattopadhyaya

Question 15

............... is inspired by Black Panther Party, a revolutionary movement amongst African-Americans, which emerged in the United States and functioned from 1966-1982.

A)dalit panther
B)nelson mandela
C)durgabai deshmukh
D)kamaladevi chattopadhyaya

Question 16

The controversy over the article "Kala Swatantrya Din"(Black Independence Day) by Dhale which was published in "Sadhana" created a great sensationand publicised the Dalit Panthers through ................

A)maharashtra
B)bihar
C)maharashtra.
D)gujarat

Question 17

Bhils of Khandesh revolted against the ............ occupation in 1818.

A)british
B)french
C)chinese
D)spanish

Question 18

Pahariyas Revolt in ............... 1778

A)jharkhand
B)chhattisgarh
C)bihar
D)uttarghand

Question 19

Kol Uprisings in ................. 1784- 85

A)maharastra
B)chhattisgarh
C)bihar
D)jharkhand

Question 20

The Ulgulam was led by .............during 1895-1900 in Jharkhand.

A)nelson mandela
B)birsa munda
C)durgabai deshmukh
D)kamaladevi chattopadhyaya

Question 21

Bhagat movement was centred on the Oran tribes of Chhotangapur in .......

A)jharkhand
B)maharashtra
C)gujarat
D)allahabad

Question 22

The Kukis of ............... revolted in 1917 under the leadership of Jadonang and his niece, Rani Gaidinliu.

A)gujarat
B)lahore
C)manipur
D)maharashtra

Question 23

In Bengal, ................., a prominent Brahmo Samaj leader, started a woman's journal, held prayer meetings for women and developed educational programmes for women.

A)keshub chandra sen
B)ram mohan roy
C)ishwarchandra vidyasagar
D)r.g. bhandarkar

Question 24

Swarnakumari Devi formed the Ladies Society in .............. in 1882 for educating and imparting skills to widows and other poor women to make them economically self reliant.

A)calcutta
B)pune
C)lahore
D)allahabad