Deck 4: Saarc, Indian Economy, Land Reform Movements, and Secessionist Movements in South Asia

Question 1

The SAARC Secretariat was established in Kathmandu on 16 January 1987 and was inaugurated by Late King ............. of Nepal.

A)birendra bir bikram shah
B)zhou enlai
C)norodom sihanouk
D)mao

Answer 1

birendra bir bikram shah

Question 2

The SAARC Secretariat and Member States observe .............. as the SAARC Charter Day.

A)7 august
B)2 september
C)4 october
D)8 december

Answer 2

8 december

Question 3

HeadQuarters of SAARC Agricultural Centre (SAC),..........

A)tokyo
B)delhi
C)bhutan
D)dhaka

Answer 3

dhaka

Question 4

SAARC Tuberculosis Centre (STC), ..................

A)kathmandu
B)bangladesh
C)bhutan
D)india

Question 5

SAARC Documentation Centre (SDC), .............

A)new delhi
B)maldives
C)pakistan
D)sri lanka

Question 6

SAARC Human Resources Development Centre (SHRDC),.............

A)islamabad
B)bangladesh
C)bhutan
D)delhi

Question 7

SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre (SCZMC), ........

A)maldives
B)nepal
C)pakistan
D)sri lanka

Question 8

The newly independent ...............adopted a "mixed economy", in which features of both the capitalist model and socialist model were prevalent.

A)india
B)pakistan
C)sri lanka
D)bhutan

Question 9

This crisis ............. forced India to open up its economy to the world and adopt the policy of Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation.

A)1951
B)1961
C)1991
D)1995

Question 10

Soon after assuming power in 1991, the Congress Government, headed by the then Prime Minister, ................, announced its decision to liberalise, privatise and globalise the Indian economy.

A)p.v. narasimha rao
B)dr. manmohan singh
C)indira gandhi
D)rajiv gandhi

Question 11

The ...................have passionately opposed liberalisation policies, and termed them as "abject surrender to the IMF".

A)communists
B)congress
C)bjp
D)thrinamool congress

Question 12

The Bhoodan Movement or Land Gift Movement was a voluntary land reform movement in India started by.............. in 1951.

A)acharya vinoba bhave
B)mahatma gandhi
C)maqbool butt
D)ems

Question 13

The father of the Bhoodan (Land Gift) Movement, a freedom fighter and spiritual leader, Vinoba Bhave was born at Gagode in Kolaba district, ...................on September 11, 1895.

A)maharashtra
B)punjab
C)tamil nadu
D)rajasthan

Question 14

During his stay at Wardha, Vinoba Bhave brought out a monthly in ................., named, `Maharashtra Dharma'.

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

Question 15

In 1932, while participating in the Indian Independence movement activities, Vinoba Bhave was sent to jail for six months in ..............

A)karachi
B)dhulia
C)delhi
D)poona

Question 16

Vinoba Bhave started the Bhoodan Movement as a voluntary land reform movement in 1951 at Pochampally village in ............

A)maharashtra
B)telangana
C)gujarat
D)tamilnadu

Question 17

Some people Demand for a separate Telangana state in ............

A)maharashtra
B)andhra pradesh
C)orissa
D)madhya pradesh

Question 18

In the recent past a separate ...............state was created from Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand from Bihar and Uttaranchal from Uttar Pradesh.

A)chhattisgarh
B)telengana
C)goa
D)uttaranchal

Question 19

In ................state, there are three regions namely the coastal region, the rayalaseema region and the telengana region.

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

Question 20

The secessionist movement in the Kashmir Valley started in April ................

A)1978
B)1988
C)1993
D)1996

Question 21

Resurgence in the activities of the Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) following the return of ...............from UK to Pakistan in early 1987.

A)amanullah khan
B)shabir ahmed shah
C)dr. farooq abdullah
D)maulvi farooq

Question 22

Khalistan movement refers to a political secessionist movement to create a separate Sikh country, called Kh?list?n ("The Land of the Pure") in the ................. region of South Asia.

A)punjab
B)hyderabad
C)new delhi
D)kolkata

Question 23

The Punjabi Suba Movement led by the ............... aimed at creation of a Punjabi-majority state ("subah") in the Punjab region of India in the 1950s.

A)akali dal
B)amanullah khan
C)shabir ahmed shah
D)jklf

Question 24

Following the Indo-Pak war of ................... Punjabi was finally recognized as the official language of Punjab.

A)1935
B)1946
C)1965
D)1968

Question 25

In 1971, Khalistan proponent Jagjit Singh Chauhan, travelled to the....................

A)united states
B)hyderabad
C)himachal pradesh
D)haryana