Deck 5: Current Affairs, Social Issues and Historical Events

Question 1

In which year did the Kargil Conflict take place?

A)1996
B)1997
C)1998
D)1999

Answer 1

1999

Question 2

Which was the most widely used media by protestors in the Arab Spring?

A)Television
B)Radio
C)Print Media
D)Social Media

Answer 2

Social Media

Question 3

Which country's uprising was called the Jasmine Revolution?

A)Egypt
B)Libya
C)Syria
D)Tunisia

Answer 3

Tunisia

Question 4

Name the Egyptian President overthrown in the Arab Spring?

A)Ali Abdullah Saleh
B)Abdel Fatteh Ali-Sisi
C)Hosni Mubarak
D)Anwar Sadat

Question 5

Who was the President of Syria when the Arab Spring Movement started?

A)Abdul Gaffer
B)Bashar Al Asaad
C)Al Fahidi
D)Noor Mohammad Sultani

Question 6

When did the Arab Spring end?

A)41244
B)41183
C)41306
D)41365

Question 7

The special status given to Kashmir was under which Article of the Constitution?

A)Article 370
B)Article 19A
C)Article 377
D)Article 365

Question 8

What does Embedded Journalism referees to?

A)Reporters being attached to military units in a conflict
B)Investigative Reporting
C)Sting operations
D)Real time news

Question 9

After which attack did the U. S. Government declare a "War on Terror"?

A)September 9th 2001
B)September 11th 2001
C)September 9th 2002
D)September 11th 2002

Question 10

Which terror organisation claimed responsibility for the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York?

A)Jaish-e-Mohammed
B)Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
C)Hezbollah
D)Al Qaeda

Question 11

What does LoC stand for?

A)Line on Control
B)Line over Control
C)Line of Control
D)Land on Control

Question 12

North East India consists of how many states?

A)Ten
B)Seven
C)Nine
D)Eight

Question 13

Which among these is a separatist group in North East India?

A)NSCN
B)LTTE
C)LET
D)CPI[M-L]

Question 14

Which of these is not a state of the North East?

A)Mizoram
B)Assam
C)Jharkhand
D)Tripura

Question 15

Name the special law in force in some north eastern states?

A)POTA
B)TADA
C)NSA
D)AFSPA

Question 16

Crimes against women from which section do not get too much salience in society?

A)Marginalised sections
B)Affluent section
C)Politically networked
D)Middle class

Question 17

Which of the following is not a marginalised section of society?

A)Dalits
B)Tribals
C)Physically challenged
D)Politicians

Question 18

The Forests Right Act was passed in which year?

A)2000
B)2003
C)2006
D)2012

Question 19

Which of these is emerging as a powerful medium to highlight socio economic through the medium of fiction?

A)Tamil Literature
B)Dalit Literature
C)Media articles
D)Handbills

Question 20

What problem do Tribals often face on account of developmental projects?

A)Economic disparity
B)Social distancing
C)Displacement
D)Ostracising

Question 21

Caste based issues are often hyped by whom in the media for mileage?

A)Politicians
B)Activists
C)Writers
D)Film makers

Question 22

During pre-election coverage what does the media tend to focus on?

A)Voters
B)Caste composition
C)Opinion Leaders
D)Socio-economic issues

Question 23

Dalit activists are increasingly taking to which medium to voice their grievances?

A)Poetry
B)Music
C)Social Media
D)Radio

Question 24

Who was the leader of the independence movement in Bangladesh?

A)Saud Rahman
B)Faisal Omar
C)Khondaquar Mushtaque Ahmad
D)Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Question 25

At which location did India carry out the Nuclear Tests?

A)Pokharan
B)Khetri
C)Bikaner
D)Shivpura

Question 26

In 1971 where did the Pakistani army sign the Document of Surrender?

A)New Delhi
B)Islamabad
C)Dhaka
D)London

Question 27

Which part won a majority in the elections in Pakistan in 1970?

A)Pakistan People's Party
B)Muslim League
C)Bangla National Party
D)Awami League

Question 28

Who signed the document of surrender on behalf of India in 1971?

A)Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob
B)Lt. Gen. J.S. Arora
C)Gen. Sam Maneckshaw
D)Gen. T. S. Bewoor

Question 29

How did the Western media cover the Gaza conflict?

A)Supported Hamas
B)Supported Israel
C)Was neutral
D)Gave negligible coverage

Question 30

What kind of Government did South Vietnam have?

A)Democracy
B)Communist
C)Dictatorship
D)Monarchy

Question 31

Name the journalist responsible for televising the Kargil Conflict?

A)Barkha Dutt
B)Rajdeep Sardesai
C)Vir Sanghavi
D)Sagarika Ghosh

Question 32

Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan at the time of the Kargil Conflict?

A)Benazir Bhutto
B)Nawaz Sharif
C)Pervez Musharraf
D)Zia-ul-Haq

Question 33

In 2008 which was the only news channel that was able to report form inside Gaza?

A)CNN
B)BBC
C)AFP
D)Al Jazeera

Question 34

Which mode of media was used by the protestors to organise demonstrations during the Arab Spring?

A)Television
B)Radio
C)Social Media
D)Handbills

Question 35

Name the Libyan Leader who was overthrown during the Arab Spring?

A)Abdullah Saleh
B)Ben Ali
C)Anwar Sadaat
D)Muammar Gadaffi

Question 36

The Presidents of which two nations resigned in the wake of the protests in 2011?

A)Syria, Libya
B)Tunisia, Egypt
C)Algeria, Tunisia
D)Yemen, Bahrain

Question 37

Which event led to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan?

A)Attack on the WTC in New York
B)Rise of the ISIS
C)Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
D)Attacks of 26/11

Question 38

Which organisation was responsible for the 9/11 attacks?

A)Taliban
B)ISIS
C)Al Qaeda
D)Boko Haram

Question 39

Which of these terror organisations is not from West Asia?

A)Taliban
B)Al Qaeda
C)ISIS
D)Boko Haram

Question 40

Which mode of communication did the ISIS use to spread propaganda?

A)Community Radio
B)Websites
C)Face book
D)Twitter

Question 41

Name the Manipuri activist who went on a 16 year hunger strike

A)Bisi Preeti
B)Ahom Jaimila
C)Irom Sharmila
D)Meiti Babita

Question 42

Bodos are residents of which state?

A)Assam
B)Meghalaya
C)Nagaland
D)Manipur

Question 43

Which party has taken up the cause of the Bodos?

A)Bodo National Front
B)All Bodo Action Committee
C)National Democratic Front of Bodoland
D)Council of Greater Bodoland

Question 44

Who was the leader of the Naga National Council who declared the Independence of Nagaland?

A)Angami Zhapu Phizo
B)Isak Numo Lalthen
C)Ibobi Zemar
D)Shupang Ita Khumlo

Question 45

In which city did the Nirbhaya rape case occur?

A)Chandigarh
B)New Delhi
C)Lucknow
D)Amritsar

Question 46

Dowry death, wife battering is an example of _____

A)Criminal violence
B)Physical violence
C)Domestic violence
D)Social violence

Question 47

Marginalised sections refers to _____

A)Elite class of society
B)Celebrities
C)A class considered unimportant
D)Youth of society

Question 48

How have certain international experts referred t the caste system?

A)Political Division
B)Social Apartheid
C)Economic discrimination
D)Social violence

Question 49

The Tribal Rights Act caters to which group?

A)Scheduled Tribes
B)All Tribals
C)Tribals who are forest dwellers
D)Denotified Trines