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Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

In April 1999, the Albanian families of Kosovo were affected by _____________.

  1. Independence

  2. Ethnic massacre

  3. Election

  4. Selection of political leaders
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In April 1999, the Albanian families of Kosovo were affected by the ethnic massacre. The Meja massacre was the mass execution of 372 Kosovo Albanian civilians. Hundreds of thousands of Kosovo Albanian refugees pour into neighboring countries, because of massacres and forced expulsions.

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

The year in which the struggle against privatization of water in Bolivia had started was __________.

  1. 2000

  2. 2001

  3. 2005

  4. 2006
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The struggle against privatization of water in Bolivia started in January 2000 when the government was pressurised by the World Bank to give up its municipal water right which were then sold to an MNC. People went to strike against harsh system of imposing heavy taxes and the struggle resulted in restoration of water supply to municipality at old rates.

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

In which year, the UK government and the Nationalists reached a peace treaty after which the later suspended their armed struggle?

  1. 1968

  2. 1978

  3. 1988

  4. 1998
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Northern Ireland has been the site of a violent and bitter ethnopolitical conflict. Hundreds of civilians, militants and security forces were killed in the fight between Unionists and Nationalists and between the security forces of the UK and the Nationalists. It was only in 1998, that the UK government and the Nationalists reached a peace treaty after which the latter suspended their armed struggle.

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

The act which provides that equal wages should be paid for equal work ______________.

  1. Equal Wages Act

  2. Contract Labour Act

  3. No Discrimination in Salaries Act

  4. Labor Code on Wages Act
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 provides that equal wages should be paid to equal work. However, in almost all areas of work, from sports and cinema, to factories and fields, women are paid less than men, even when both so exactly the same work.Indian Parliament has enacted the equal remuneration act, 1976, to implement Art.39(d). The act provides for payment of equal remuneration to mend and women workers for the same work, or work of a similar nature and for the prevention of discrimination against recruitment of women and provides for the setting up of advisory committees to promote employment opportunities for a women. Provision is also made from appointment of officers for hearing and deciding complaints regarding contraventions of the provisions of the Act. Inspectors are to be appointed for the purpose of investigating whether the provisions of the Act are being compiled by the employer's.  Hence, Option A is correct. The rest f the acts mentioned do not specifically deal with this provision, nor are devised in the Indian Constitution, hence, incorrect.

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

One of the party alliances had launched a four day strike in Kathmandu (Nepal) to restore democracy in the country.

  1. Four Party Alliance (FPA)

  2. Three Party Alliance (TPA)

  3. Seven Party Alliance (SPA)

  4. Eight Party Alliance (EPA)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In February 2005, the king dismissed the then Prime Minister and dissolved the popularly elected Parliament. The movement of April 2006 was aimed at regaining popular control over the government from the king.

All the major political parties in the parliament formed a Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and called for a four day strike in Kathmandu, the country’s capital. 

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

What is the special Constitutional position of Jammu & Kashmir ?

  1. Indian lawas are not applicable.

  2. It has its own Constitution.

  3. It is not one of the integral parts of Indian Union.

  4. It is above Indian Constitution.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The special Constitutional position of Jammu and Kashmir is that it has its own Constitution. By virtue of Article 370 of the Constitution of India which deals with the "Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions" such special status has been granted to Jammu and Kashmir. 

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

Who had accepted the transition of Nepal from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy?

  1. King Virendra

  2. King Birendra

  3. King Gajendra

  4. King Gyanendra
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement in 1990s. The movement was aimed at restoring democracy. Although the king formally remained the head of the state, the real power was exercised by popularly elected representatives. King Birendra, who had accepted this transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy, was killed in a mysterious massacre of the royal family in 2001. 

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

Ethnic tension between Serbs and Albanians was on the rise in _____________.

  1. Yugoslavia

  2. Nigeria

  3. Morocco

  4. Sri Lanka
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

After Tito’s death in 1980, bitter inter-ethnic rivalries asserted themselves and there were clashes between different ethnic groups, such as the Kosovan Albanians and Serbs. There was a rise in Serbian para-militarism and heightened tension between the Muslim Bosnians, the Croats and the Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina. By 1990, the Serbian-controlled Federal government refused to agree to Croatia and Slovenia’s demands for a multiparty government. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the countries do not have Serbian and Albanian ethnic groups, hence, incorrect. 

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

$\text{26th January}$ is India's ______________.

  1. Independence Day

  2. Republic Day

  3. Revolution Day

  4. Parliament Day
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

26th January in India is celebrated as Republic Day. It honors the date on which the Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950, replacing the Government of India as the governing document of India and, thus turning the nation into a newly formed republic. 

Multiple choice popular struggles and movements political science

The leaders of the movement in Nepal demanded ______________.

  1. Restoration of parliament

  2. Power to an all-party government

  3. A new constituent assembly

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Seven Party Alliance formed by all the major political parties in the parliament, announced a four day strike in the country's capital,  Kathmandu. The halfhearted concession made by the the King were rejected by the leaders of the movement. On 24 April 2004, the last day of the ultimatum, the king was forced to concede all the three demands. The SPA chose Girija Prasad Koirala as the new Prime Minister of the interim government.