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UPSC CDS Political Theory — practice questions — page 17

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The medal ceremony protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos took place at the Olympics of:Read the answer and worked solution →Smith and Carlos received their medals wearing black socks and no shoes to represent:Read the answer and worked solution →Which silver medallist wore a human rights badge in support of Smith and Carlos?Read the answer and worked solution →Peter Norman was a white athlete from:Read the answer and worked solution →Some Dalit groups demanded inclusion of caste at the UN Conference Against Racism held in 2001 at:Read the answer and worked solution →Social differences are mostly based on:Read the answer and worked solution →Social division takes place when one social difference:Read the answer and worked solution →In which country do class and religion cut across each other, so Catholics and Protestants rarely clash?Read the answer and worked solution →Cross-cutting social differences are:Read the answer and worked solution →A society with similar kinds of people and no significant ethnic differences is called:Read the answer and worked solution →In Northern Ireland, Protestants form about what share of the population?Read the answer and worked solution →Protestants in Northern Ireland who wanted to remain with the UK were represented by:Read the answer and worked solution →The UK government and the Nationalists reached a peace treaty in:Read the answer and worked solution →Political competition along religious and ethnic lines led to the disintegration of Yugoslavia into how many countries?Read the answer and worked solution →How many factors are crucial in deciding the outcome of politics of social divisions?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose demand for Only Sinhala came at the cost of the Tamil community?Read the answer and worked solution →Attempts at forced integration in the name of national unity often:Read the answer and worked solution →Expression of various social divisions in politics often results in their:Read the answer and worked solution →Martin Luther King's I have a dream speech was delivered in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Olympic protest cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Northern Ireland wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the diversity datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the diversity wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Overlapping or cross-cuttingRead the answer and worked solution →Sort people, countries and termsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Democracy and diversity bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Nepal's popular movement to restore democracy took place in:Read the answer and worked solution →Nepal won democracy as a third wave country in:Read the answer and worked solution →King Birendra of Nepal was killed in a royal family massacre in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The medal ceremony protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos took place at the Olympics of:

  1. 1976 Montreal
  2. 1968 Mexico City
  3. 1972 Munich city
  4. 1964 Tokyo games
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Correct answer: B. 1968 Mexico City

1. They had won gold and bronze in the 200 metres. 2. It was the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. 3. They raised black-gloved fists during the anthem. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 3, Democracy and Diversity._

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Smith and Carlos received their medals wearing black socks and no shoes to represent:

  1. Team victory
  2. Deep mourning
  3. Black poverty
  4. Peace hopes
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Correct answer: C. Black poverty

1. They wanted to draw attention to racial discrimination. 2. The bare feet stood for Black poverty. 3. The raised fists symbolised Black Power. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 3, Democracy and Diversity._

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Which silver medallist wore a human rights badge in support of Smith and Carlos?

  1. Carl Lewis
  2. Jesse Owens
  3. Bob Beamon
  4. Peter Norman
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Correct answer: D. Peter Norman

1. He was neither Black nor American. 2. Peter Norman wore the badge. 3. He was dropped from Australia's next Olympic team. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 3, Democracy and Diversity._

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