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Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

Which act gives the security forces the right to arrest or shoot people under suspicion of being involved in anti-national activities?

  1. Territorial Army Act

  2. Probation of Offenders Act

  3. Arms Act

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

The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) provides security forces with extraordinary powers, including the authority to arrest or use lethal force in designated disturbed areas.

Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

Which Supreme Court judge was appointed by the government to look into the possibilities of revoking the ASFPA in Manipur?

  1. J.M. Panchal

  2. Sabyasachi Mukharji

  3. BP Jeevan Reddy

  4. T.S. Thakur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The B.P. Jeevan Reddy Committee was appointed by the Government of India in 2004 to review the provisions of the AFSPA in the northeastern states.

Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

In which year was the nuclear bomb dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

  1. 1947

  2. 1950

  3. 1948

  4. 1945
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The bomb was known as Little Boy. Three days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9 a 21-kiloton plutonium device known as Fat Man.

Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

The Vietnam war started in the year _______ and ended in the year _______.

  1. 1955-1973

  2. 1948-1975

  3. 1948-1973

  4. 1955-1975
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The United States battled North Vietnam and its adherents in the longest conflict in American history, known as the Vietnam War. The war ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later in 1975. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict.

Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

In which year was the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) signed?

  1. 1980

  2. 1991

  3. 1989

  4. 1995
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

After the failure of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), a treaty was signed in 1991 which was called the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). START negotiated the largest and most complex arms control treaty in history, and its final implementation in late 2001resulted in the removal of about 80 percent of all strategic nuclear weapons then in existence.

Multiple choice introduction to social movements and its types social movements sociology recent social movements social movements in our time

_________ was the president of USA who signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).

  1. George H.W. Bush

  2. Jimmy Carter

  3. Ronald Reagen

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

The U.S.-Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as START, was signed on July 31, 1991 by U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. START negotiated the largest and most complex arms control treaty in history, and its final implementation in late 2001 resulted in the removal of about 80 percent of all strategic nuclear weapons then in existence.