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All the following turned people in the United States against the Vietnam War except:

  1. The Kent State and Jackson State massacres

  2. Publication of the Pentagon Papers

  3. Disclosure of the bombing of Cambodia

  4. Repeal of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution

  5. Revulsion against the horrors of war as shown on television news broadcasts
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Repeal of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.

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"Whereas these attackers are part of a deliberate and systematic campaign of aggression that the Communist regime in North Vietnam has been waging against its neighbors and the nations joined with them in the collective defense of their freedom now, therefore be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as Commander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression."
The passage above is excerpted from which of the following?

  1. The Platt Amendment

  2. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

  3. The War Powers Resolution of 1973

  4. The War Powers Act of 1941

  5. The Teller Amendment
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

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

Name the ship in which volunteers set out to test the area of protest.

  1. Dartmouth

  2. Eleanor

  3. Beaver

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

The question refers to the environmental protest movement. Greenpeace is the organization, but the historical context of the 'protest' mentioned in typical textbooks often refers to the Phyllis Cormack (the boat used for the first Greenpeace voyage). However, within the context of this specific curriculum, Greenpeace is the intended answer.

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During the second world war who dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima?

  1. Germany

  2. UK

  3. USSR

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

On August 6, 1945, during World War II, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people and tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of a new and most cruel bomb.

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

What is the ultimate goal of the NPT?

  1. To eliminate nuclear sources from the world

  2. Facilitating nuclear energy for peaceful purposes

  3. World peace

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

The ultimate goal of the NPT is nuclear disarmament thus preventing wider diffusion of nuclear weapons. The NPT, a multilateral treaty, aims at limiting the spread of nuclear weapons including three elements: (1) non-proliferation (2) disarmament  (3) peaceful use of nuclear energy.

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

Consider the following statements about pressure groups and parties.
A. Pressure groups are organised expression of the interests and views of specific social sections.
B. Pressure groups take positions on political issues.
C. All pressure groups are political parties.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. A, B, and C

  2. A and B

  3. B and C

  4. A and C
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The nature of pressure group and parties are as follows:-

1. These are the organisations that attempt to influence government policies.
2. The pressure group does not aim to directly share the political power.
3. Pressure group is organised expression of the interests and views of a specific social section.
4. Pressure group takes positions on political issues.

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Which among the following is the special feature that distinguishes a pressure group from a political party?

  1. Parties take political stances, while pressure groups do not bother about political issues.

  2. Pressure groups are confined to a few people, while parties involve larger number of people.

  3. Pressure groups do not seek to get into power, while political parties do.

  4. Pressure groups do not seek to mobilise people, while parties
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power whereas a pressure group is a group that tries to influence public policy in the interest of a particular case. A pressure group is an informal and unrecognized entity. Pressure group does not contest elections. They do not seek to get into power, while political parties do. The pressure group is not accountable to people.

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

Explosion of atom bomb has taken place in ____________.

  1. Hiroshima

  2. Nagasaki

  3. All of the above

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

On August 6, 1945, during World War II, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people and tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of a new and most cruel bomb.