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India History Review

Description: India: From British Rule to Modern Day
Number of Questions: 35
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Indira Gandhi's "Green Revolution" led to massive amounts of the following...

  1. pollution

  2. food

  3. population

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D

These were native Indians used as soldiers...

  1. Sepoys.

  2. merchants.

  3. Dailits.

  4. Muslims.


Correct Option: A

One act of civil disobedience that Gandhi advocated for was...

  1. armed resistance.

  2. overthrowing the govenment.

  3. marching to the sea to pick up a pinch of sand.

  4. boycotting British goods.


Correct Option: D

The act of civil disobedience that caused the international community to condemn British rule

  1. Amritsar Massacre

  2. Sepoy Mutiny

  3. Great Salt March

  4. Indian Partition


Correct Option: C

This island is off the southern tip of India?

  1. South Africa

  2. Madagascar

  3. Sri Lanka

  4. Manhattan


Correct Option: C

What country was Gandhi in when he was first arrested

  1. Britain

  2. Pakistan

  3. India

  4. South Africa


Correct Option: D

A country that is known to have the Taliban and Al Qaeda, where the U.S. attacked in 2001

  1. Pakistan

  2. Iran

  3. Afghanistan

  4. Syria


Correct Option: C

This country shares a boarder with China and has the world tallest mountain.

  1. Nepal

  2. Bhutan

  3. China

  4. India


Correct Option: A

This densely populated country faces severe flooding and is a river delta at the Bay of Bengal

  1. India

  2. Pakistan

  3. Nepal

  4. Bangladesh


Correct Option: D

Who led the "Green Revolution" after Nehru's death?

  1. Mohandas Gandhi

  2. Thomas Macaulay

  3. Indira Gandhi

  4. Jinna


Correct Option: C

This country is considered one of the happiest in the world...

  1. India

  2. Bangladesh

  3. Nepal

  4. Bhutan


Correct Option: D

After this incident, Indians pushed form self rule from the British...

  1. Cawnpore Massacre

  2. Amritsar Massacre

  3. Great Salt March

  4. Chinese Communist Revolution


Correct Option: B

Why did Nehru's attempt to reduce the birthrate fail?

  1. Hindus do not believe in contraception.

  2. The rural areas see children as an economic resource.

  3. Communication difficulties.

  4. Family planning was banned.


Correct Option: B

In Mumbai, India (2008) there was a terrorist attack perpetrated by a group from this enemy?

  1. Afganistan

  2. Nepal

  3. Bangladesh

  4. Pakistan


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is NOT considered one of the Three Great Evils according to Gandhi?

  1. Buddhist-Hindu Disunity

  2. Muslim-Hindu Disunity

  3. Treatment of the Untouchables

  4. British Rule


Correct Option: A

In which country did President Obama order the death of Osama bin Laden in?

  1. The United States

  2. Pakistan

  3. India

  4. Afganistan


Correct Option: B

Which American author did Gandhi read in his effort to embrace a nonviolent resistance?

  1. Hunter S. Thompson

  2. James Fenimore Cooper

  3. George Orwell

  4. Henry David Thoreau


Correct Option: D

In which of the following is there resentment and violence between Hindus and Buddhists?

  1. Nepal

  2. India

  3. Bhutan

  4. Sri Lanka


Correct Option: D

Who was the Muslim leader that wanted independence from India?

  1. Gandhi

  2. Mother Theresa

  3. Jinna

  4. Nehru


Correct Option: C

Which animal is sacred in the Hindu religion?

  1. Elephants

  2. Pigs

  3. Cows

  4. Horses


Correct Option: C

Over the past several decades, India has shifted from a...

  1. capitalist (free market) to socialism.

  2. socialism to capitalist (free market).

  3. authoritarian state to a dictatorship.

  4. democracy to a authoritarian state.


Correct Option: B

After independence from Britain, the Congress Party wanted to...

  1. have a unified india.

  2. create the two states of India and Pakistan

  3. gain independence from West Pakistan.

  4. give Kashmir independence.


Correct Option: A

Why did East Pakistan want independence from West Pakistan?

  1. They didn't like the way they were treating Muslims.

  2. They didn't like the way that they were treating Hindus.

  3. They wanted to unify with India.

  4. They felt that the government was neglecting them.


Correct Option: D

What developed outside of large cities as a result of a scarcity of jobs?

  1. shantytowns

  2. farmers

  3. larger middle class

  4. dailits


Correct Option: A

Which two countries condemned Cold War expansion between the U.S. and U.S.S.R?

  1. Britain and India

  2. Britain and Pakistan

  3. Pakistan and India

  4. India and China


Correct Option: C

Rifle cartridges dipped in animal fat were a one of the causes of the...

  1. Taiping Rebellion

  2. Sepoy Rebellion

  3. Mughal Rebellion

  4. Indian Partition


Correct Option: B

Doctrine preached by Gandhi...

  1. Good Neighbor Policy

  2. Apartheid

  3. Ahimsa

  4. Boycott


Correct Option: C

The Indian tradition of isolating women in separate quarters...

  1. sati

  2. purdah

  3. hejab

  4. shaka


Correct Option: B

Another name for the "Untouchables" or the lowest caste in India?

  1. Dailits

  2. Brahmins

  3. Sudras

  4. Kshatriya


Correct Option: A

Which of the following countries was a "nonalignment" country during the Cold War?

  1. China

  2. Japan

  3. India

  4. Canada


Correct Option: C

Was elected prime minister of India after Nehru and pushed the "Green Revolution"...

  1. Indira Gandhi

  2. Corazon Aquino

  3. Wangari Maathai

  4. Mother Theresa


Correct Option: A

She founded the Missionaries of Charity to care for the poor...

  1. Indira Gandhi

  2. Corazon Aquino

  3. Wangari Maathai

  4. Mother Theresa


Correct Option: D

Which of the following states does NOT claim Kashmir?

  1. India

  2. Pakistan

  3. Bangladesh

  4. China


Correct Option: C

Who is considered the "Father of Indian Nationalism"?

  1. Gandhi

  2. Macaulay

  3. Jinnah

  4. Ram Mohun Roy


Correct Option: D

Which Viceroy felt that India had very little culture?

  1. Winston Churchill

  2. Thomas Macaulay

  3. Ram Mohun Roy

  4. Neville Chamberlain


Correct Option: B
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