Democracy in the Contemporary World (Class IX)
A comprehensive quiz covering democracy movements, democratic institutions, and global democratic history, including transitions from dictatorship to democracy, voting rights, and international organizations.
Questions
How did Pinochet’s military dictatorship come to an end after 17 years?
- He was assassinated by Allende's supporters.
- He resigned from the post of president.
- He held a referendum and lost it.
- He held elections and lost them.
- He died a natural death.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. General Augusto Pinochet led the coup against Allende.
b. General Bachelet’s wife and daughter were imprisoned and tortured along with him because he refused to join the coup.
c. United States of America supported Allende's policies and refused to recognise Pinochet's government.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- a, b and c
Which of the following statements are correct?
a. Salvador Allende was the leader of the Socialist Party of Chile.
b. He led the popular Unity Coalition to victory in the presidential election in 1970.
c. The landlords, the rich, some political parties and the Church opposed his policies.
d. He was overthrown in a military coup in 1975.
- a, b, c and d
- a, b and c
- a, b and d
- a, c and d
- b, c and d
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. The Gdansk agreement was signed in 1980.
b. Solidarity, an independent political party, was formed after the agreement was signed.
c. Jaruzelski was elected president of Poland in 1989.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- b and c
- a, b and c
Why did the workers of Lenin Shipyard in the city of Gdansk in Poland go on a strike on 14th August, 1980?
- For demanding higher pay
- For demanding the rehiring of a woman crane worker
- For demanding the rehiring of Lech Walesa
- For demanding the right to form independent trade unions
- For demanding release of an arrested male crane worker
Which of the following political leaders wanted the market to be free of government interference?
- Allende
- Pinochet
- Jaruzelski
- Walesa
- Bachelet
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. A democracy allows people to choose their rulers.
b. There is a freedom to express views and freedom to protest in a democracy.
c. There is a freedom from corruption in a democracy.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- a, b and c
Which of the following countries was not a democracy in the 1950s?
- India
- New Zealand
- Brazil
- China
- Australia
Which of the following countries granted universal suffrage first to its citizens?
- Australia
- United States of America
- Germany
- India
- New Zealand
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?
a. The French Revolution of 1776 inspired many struggles for democracy all over Europe.
b. The British colonies in North America declared themselves independent in 1789.
c. The blacks all over the USA could not exercise the right to vote until 1965.
- a, b and c
- a and b
- a and c
- b and c
- only c
Which of the following statements are correct?
a. Ghana used to be a British colony named Gold Coast.
b. Ghana became independent in 1957.
c. Kwame Nkrumah got himself elected prime minister for life.
d. He was overthrown by the military in 1960.
- a, b, c and d
- a, b and c
- b, c and d
- a, c and d
- a and b
Aung San Suu Kyi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Which of the following statements is/are correct about her?
a. The National League for Democracy, the party led by her, won the first election in 1962.
b. She became the first President of Myanmar in 1962.
c. She was put under house arrest by the military in 1990.
- a, b and c
- a and b
- b and c
- a and c
- c only
Which of the following countries is not a permanent member of the UN security council?
- Russia
- The US
- The UK
- Italy
- China
Which of the following neighbours of India were failed democracies at some point of time in history?
a. Nepal
b. Pakistan
c. Bangladesh
d. Sri Lanka
- a, b, c and d
- a, b and c
- a, b and d
- b, c and d
- b and c
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. There are 193 member states of the United Nations with one vote each in the UN assembly.
b. The fifteen-membered UN security council has five permanent members.
c. Each member of the security council has veto power.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- a, b and c
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. World Bank finances the United Nations.
b. The vote of each country in World Bank is weighed by how much money it has contributed.
c. The President of the World Bank has always been a citizen of the US.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- b and c
Which of the following statements is/are incorrect about the IMF?
a. International Monetary Fund (IMF) is one of the biggest moneylenders for any country in the world.
b. IMF has 188 member states as on 1st September, 2012.
c. All member states in IMF have equal voting rights.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- b and c
Match the following countries with the years in which they granted universal adult franchise to their citizens:
| Country | Year |
| a. Australia | 1. 1917 |
| b. France | 2. 1944 |
| c. Japan | 3. 1945 |
| d. Russia | 4. 1962 |
- a - 1, b - 2, c - 3, d - 4
- a - 2, b - 3, c - 1, d - 4
- a - 3, b - 4, c - 1, d - 2
- a - 4, b - 2, c - 3, d - 1
- a - 4, b - 3, c - 2, d - 1
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Iraq became independent from British rule in 1935.
b. Saddam Hussein, a leading Ba’th party leader, became the President of Iraq in 1979.
c. The war against Iraq that removed Saddam Hussein from power in 2003 was authorised by the UN security council.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- a, b and c