CBSE Class 12 Political Science Contemporary South Asia MCQs Set B

Question. India’s relations with the Maldives remains:
(a) warm and cordial
(b) sour and unhappy
(c) bitter and cold
(d) unfriendly

Answer : A

Question. Why does the Indian Government expresses a displeasure with Nepal at times?
(a) Because Nepal interprets the borders of India.
(b) Because of illegal smuggling of drugs from Nepal.
(c) Because of Nepal’s dry political approach.
(d) Because the warm relationship between Nepal and China.

Answer : D

Question. Choose the wrong statement:
(a) Six- point proposal of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman for greater autonomy to East Pakistan.
(b) India and Pakistan conduct nuclear tests in 1998.
(c) SAFTA signed at the 7th SAARC Summit in Islamabad.
(d) India and Bangladesh sign the Farakka Treaty for sharing of the Ganga waters in 1996.

Answer : C

Question. …………………. gave up the office because of the popular dissatisfaction against him.
(a) Zubaida Jalal Khan
(b) General Ayub Khan
(c) Imran Khan
(d) Benazir Bhutto

Answer : B

Question. What is the major issue between governments of India and Bangladesh?
(a) Water dispute
(b) Industrialisation
(c) Terrorism
(d) All of the above

Answer : A

Question. Which one of the following statements about the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka is false?
(a) Politics in Sri Lanka openly favoured the Sinhalas.
(b) Interests of Tamils were neglected.
(c) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam were supported by the SAARC countries.
(d) There was no political equality in Sri Lanka.

Answer : C

Question. Kashmir and the Indian province of Jammu and Kashmir are divided by the:
(a) Line of Control
(b) Line of Commons
(c) Line of Connect
(d) Line of Capricorn

Answer : A

Question. In 2001, General Musharraf got himself elected as the:
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Defence Minister
(d) Foreign Affair Minister

Answer : B

Question. The expression ‘South Asia’ usually includes:
(a) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
(b) Bangladesh, Ukraine, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
(c) Bangladesh, Bhutan, Utopia, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
(d) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Melbourne, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following countries is not included in South Asia?
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) China
(d) Pakistan

Answer : C

Question. What type of government was in Nepal till 2006?
(a) Constitutional monarchy
(b) Democratic
(c) Liberal communist
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question What step was taken by the king of Nepal in 2002?
(a) abolished monarchy
(b) abolished constitution
(c) abolished parliament and dismissed democracy
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question. Who dominated the politics in Sri Lanka after 1948?
(a) Forces that represented the interest of the majority Sinhala community.
(b) People of Tamil Sri Lanka
(c) LTTE
(d) There was no one party or community dominance at all

Answer : A

Question. The Maldives was a Sultanate till ………………. .
(a) 1969
(b) 1978
(c) 1960
(d) 1968

Answer : D

Question. Until 1960, India-Pakistan were locked in a fierce argument over the use of the rivers of the:
(a) Ravi basin
(b) Beas basin
(c) Indus basin
(d) Satluj basin

Answer : C

Question. Which factors contributed to Pakistan’s failure in building a stable democracy?
(a) Dominance of the military
(b) Dominance of the clergy
(c) Dominance of the landowning aristocracy
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question. LTTE stands for:
(a) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(b) Lieutenant Tigers of Tamil Estate
(c) Lifelong Tigers of Tamil Estrangement
(d) Liberation Terror of Tamil Estate

Answer : A

Question. During which General’s reign Pakistan faced Bangladesh crisis?
(a) Ayub Khan
(b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah
(c) Yahya Khan
(d) Benazir Bhutto

Answer : C

Question. Which territory was the issue for the Indo- Pak war 1947-48 and 1965?
(a) Kashmir
(b) Parts of Gujarat
(c) It was a political rivalry
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Sri Lanka has retained democracy since its independence in:
(a) 1938
(b) 1948
(c) 1958
(d) 1968

Answer : B

Question. East Pakistan broke away to emerge as an independent country called:
(a) Bangladesh
(b) Burma
(c) West Pakistan
(d) Afghanistan

Answer : A

Question. Why did India and Pakistan fight a war in 1971?
(a) over the issue of Kashmir
(b) over the issue of Kargil
(c) over the issue of Bangladesh
(d) All of the above

Answer : C

Question. When was Bhutto Government removed?
(a) 1967
(b) 1977
(c) 1987
(d) 1990

Answer : B

Question. When was the demand of democratic constitution accepted by the king of Nepal?
(a) 1991
(b) 1990
(c) 1992
(d) 1995

Answer : B

Question. Which party in Maldives dominates the politics?
(a) Communist Party
(b) Liberal Democratic Party
(c) The Maldivian Democratic Party
(d) None of the above

Answer : C

Question. …………………. is becoming an accepted norm in the entire region of South Asia.
(a) Authorization
(b) Democracy
(c) Dictatorship
(d) Socialism

Answer : B

Question. Who were Sinhala hostile to?
(a) Local people
(b) LTTE
(c) Government
(d) Tamils migrated from India

Answer : A

Question. When was the democracy strengthened in Maldives?
(a) 2003
(b) 2005
(c) 2003
(d) 2001

Answer : B

Question. When did General Ayub Khan take over the administration of Pakistan?
(a) After the adaptation of constitution
(b) After the independence of Pakistan
(c) After the first election
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Question. Assertion: The Sri Lankan problem involves people of Indian origin, and there is considerable pressure from the Tamil people in India to the effect that the Indian government should protect the interests of the Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Reason: The government of India has from time to time tried to negotiate with the Sri Lankan government on the Tamil question.
Answer : A

Question. Assertion: Despite the mixed record of the democratic experience, the people in all these countries share the aspiration for democracy.
Reason: A recent survey of the attitudes of the people in the five big countries of the region showed that there is widespread support for democracy in all these countries.
Answer : A

Question. Assertion: Pakistan gave an independent status to Bangladesh without any conflict.
Reason: Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan from 1947 to 1971.
Answer : D

Question. Assertion: Pakistan and Bangladesh have experienced both civilian and military rulers.
Reason: Bangladesh remained a democracy in the post-Cold War period. Pakistan began the post-Cold War period with successive democratic governments under Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif respectively. But it suffered a military coup in 1999.
Answer : A

Question. Assertion: Sinhala were hostile to a large number of Tamils who had migrated from India to Sri Lanka and settled there. This migration continued even after independence.
Reason: The Sinhala nationalists thought that Sri Lanka should not give ‘concessions’ to the Tamils because Sri Lanka belongs to the Sinhala people only.
Answer : A

Question. Assertion: General Pervez Musharraf removed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2001.
Reason: Pakistan continued to enjoy the status of being a democratic nation.
Answer : C

Question. Assertion: Political parties and the common people of Nepal have wanted a more open and responsive system of government.
Reason: The king accepted the demand for a new democratic constitution in 1990, in the wake of a strong pro-democracy movement.
Answer : A

Question. Assertion: Bangladesh drafted its constitution declaring faith in secularism, democracy and socialism.
Reason: However, in 1975 Sheikh Mujib got the constitution amended to shift from the parliamentary to presidential form of government.
Answer : B

Question. Assertion: Various countries in South Asia do not have the same kind of political systems.
Reason: Despite many problems and limitations, Sri Lanka and India have successfully operated a democratic system since their independence from the British.
Answer : B

Question. Assertion: In April 2006, there were massive, country wide, pro-democracy protests.
Reason: The largely non-violent movement was led by the Seven Party Alliance (SPA), the Maoists and social activists.
Answer : B

Question. Assertion: General Ayub Khan had to give up office when there was popular dissatisfaction against his rule.
Reason: This gave way to a military takeover once again under General Yahya Khan.
Answer : A

Question. Assertion: India’s conflict with Pakistan is also over strategic issues like the control of the Siachen glacier and over acquisition of arms.
Reason: India and Pakistan never come face to face on the war field over these issues.
Answer : C

Question. Assertion: The Maoist groups agreed to suspend armed struggle.
Reason: In 2008, Nepal became a democratic republic after abolishing the monarchy.
Answer
BQuestion. Assertion: The Sri Lankan crisis continued to be violent.
Reason: However, international actors, particularly the Scandinavian countries such as Norway and Iceland tried to bring the warring groups back to negotiations.
Answer : B

Question. Assertion: Democratic governments had a short and troubled career.
Reason: India continued to enjoy democratic status since its inception. It is considered to be among the best democracies of the world.
Answer : D

Question. Assertion: Bhutan never became a constitutional monarchy.
Reason: Under the leadership of the king, Bhutan emerged as a multi-party democracy.
Answer : D