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Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

Give an example of public interest group.

  1. DECOR

  2. RECORD

  3. FEDECOR

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

FEDECOR is an organization of human right activists, labour, and community people. It was an organization formed in Bolivia which wanted the government to end the privatization of water resources in the country. This organization consisted of engineers, economists, environmentalists, academicians etc. It was a kind of public interest group.

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

The decision-making of a movement is _______.

  1. Formal

  2. Inflexible

  3. Informal and flexible

  4. Self- centered
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Like an interest group, a movement also attempts to influence politics rather than directly take part in electoral competition. But unlike the interest groups, movements have a loose organisation. Their decision making is more informal and flexible. They depend much more on spontaneous mass participation than an interest group.

Multiple choice pressure groups election, political parties and pressure groups recent social movements social movements in our time civics

How did people protest against the 'Kittiko-Hochchiko' movements?

  1. By throwing stones on political leaders

  2. By throwing flowers on political leaders

  3. By plucking eucalyptus trees and planting other saplings

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Kittiko Hachiko Movement was a nonviolent protest in 1987 lend by the people in Karnataka where they plucked the eucalyptus plants and planted saplings of plants that were useful to the people. The reason was that- The Karnataka government had set up a company named Karnataka Pulpwood. About 30000 hectares of land was given to the company. Most of this land was used by the farmers for grazing their cattle on the field. But the company began to plant eucalyptus trees on this land which could be used for making paper pulp. This caused problems for the local farmers and they started this movement.

Multiple choice nationalist movement in indo china national liberation movements in the colonies recent social movements social movements in our time

Which of the following is associated with the term Napalm ?

  1. Most powerful phosphorous bomb used by US against Vietnam.

  2. Chemical weapon used in WW II and in Vietnam war.

  3. A type of atom bomb used by US in Vietnam war.

  4. A heavy weapon used by US against Vietnam.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Napalm is a flammable liquid used in warfare. It has been used by the United States since World War II. This chemical weapon was widely used during the Vietnam war also.

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Which of the following was not settled in the U.S.North Vietnamese peace agreement of 1973?

  1. An exchange of prisoners of war

  2. The political future of South Vietnam

  3. The withdrawal of U.S. troops

  4. The end of U.S. military aid to South Vietnam

  5. A cease-fire
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Paris Peace Accords, officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. except  The political future of South Vietnam.

Multiple choice nationalist movement in indo china national liberation movements in the colonies recent social movements social movements in our time

Congress passed the War Powers Act primarily because ____________.

  1. Presidents Johnson and Nixon had usurped congressional authority in making war on Vietnam

  2. the United States had not achieved a clear victory in Vietnam

  3. the Vietnam War had been unpopular with the voters from the beginning

  4. Congress believed that only the president should have the power to declare war

  5. the public wanted to end the military draft and replace it with an all-volunteer army
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Congress passed the War Powers Act primarily because Presidents Johnson and Nixon had usurped congressional authority in making war on Vietnam.

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Which war did young Americans protest by burning their draft cards and draft notices, fleeing to Canada, and demonstrating against the administration?

  1. Korean War

  2. Vietnam War

  3. Persian Gulf War

  4. War in Afghanistan

  5. Iraq War
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Protests against the Vietnam War took place in the 1960s and 1970s. The protests were part of a movement in opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War, and as such took place mainly in the U.S.

Multiple choice nationalist movement in indo china national liberation movements in the colonies recent social movements social movements in our time

"I think we came, without really knowing it, to make the memorial our wailing wall. We came to find the names of those we lost in the war, as if by tracing the letters cut into the granite we could find what was left of ourselves ...." The speaker most likely is referring to the ______.

  1. Ellis Island memorial

  2. Lincoln Memorial

  3. Vietnam War Memorial

  4. Washington Monument

  5. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Vietnam War Memorial.

Multiple choice nationalist movement in indo china national liberation movements in the colonies recent social movements social movements in our time

Congress passed the War Powers Act in response to the ______.

  1. Korean War

  2. Vietnam War

  3. Persian Gulf War

  4. Six-Day War

  5. Iraq War
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Congress passed the War Powers Act in response to the Vietnam War he Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was an undeclared war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.