Exam 8: South Asia

In the caste system,untouchables are considered to be so lowly as to have no caste.

Widows of higher caste rarely remarry.

Following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan,the United States provided aid to the mujahedeen.

Economic reforms in South Asia in the 1990s were initiated by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

What is the main purpose of the "Chipko movement" in India?

The conflict between the Tamils and the Singhalese took place in:

There is no Christian or Jewish presence in South Asia.

Members of which caste are traditionally most privileged in ritual status?

The modern government of Bangladesh is generally considered to be as militaristic as the modern government of Pakistan.

South Asia is characterized by great ethnic and linguistic diversity.

What is the primary legacy left in South Asia by the Mughals,whose vast sixteenth-century empire encompassed the region?

What South Asian country is expected to overtake China as the world's most populous country?

Discuss how the educational attainment of women tends to influence the rate of population growth and explain the reasons for that effect.

What South Asian country did Soviet troops invade in 1979?

An explosion in a pesticide factory in which Indian city caused 3000 deaths in 1984?

The first recorded invaders to join the indigenous people of South Asia came from:

All of the following statements about the Brahmin caste are true EXCEPT:

One benefit of the summer monsoons in South Asia is the fact that the region never experiences droughts.

The so-called green revolution was intended to improve the inputs and techniques,and hence the productivity,of what sector of the economy?

The Indus River flows southwest across which South Asian country?