CBSE Class 12 Political Science Contemporary South Asia MCQs

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 : 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 : 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 : In 2001, General Musharraf got himself elected as the:
(A) President
(B) Prime Minister
(C) Defence Minister
(D) Foreign Affair Minister
Answer : 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 : ..................... is becoming an accepted norm in the entire region of South Asia.
(A) Authorization
(B) Democracy
(C) Dictatorship
(D) Socialism
Answer : B

Question : The Maldives was a Sultanate till ................... .
(A) 1969
(B) 1978
(C) 1960
(D) 1968
Answer : D

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 : 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 : When was Bhutto Government removed?
(A) 1967
(B) 1977
(C) 1987
(D) 1990
Answer : B

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 : When was the democracy strengthened in Maldives?
(A) 2003
(B) 2005
(C) 2003
(D) 2001 
Answer : B

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 : 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 : 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

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 : Which party in Maldives dominates the politics?
(A) Communist Party
(B) Liberal Democratic Party
(C) The Maldivian Democratic Party
(D) None of the above U
Answer : C

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : When was the demand of democratic constitution accepted by the king of Nepal?
(A) 1991
(B) 1990
(C) 1992
(D) 1995
Answer : B

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 : 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 : Who were Sinhala hostile to?
(A) Local people
(B) LTTE
(C) Government
(D) Tamils migrated from India
Answer : A

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