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UPSC CDS World History — practice questions

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A student lists South Asia as Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and one more. Which is it?Read the answer and worked solution →Which big neighbour is called an important player but not a part of South Asia?Read the answer and worked solution →Pakistan began the post-Cold War years under elected governments. What broke the run in 1999?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did Nepal abolish its monarchy and become a democratic republic?Read the answer and worked solution →The Maldives was a Sultanate until which year, when it became a republic?Read the answer and worked solution →A river treaty between India and Pakistan signed in 1960 has survived every war since. Name it.Read the answer and worked solution →After the 1971 war, India and Pakistan signed which agreement in July 1972?Read the answer and worked solution →India conducted its first nuclear test in May of which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The SAARC Charter was signed at the first summit in December 1985 in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1988 India sent troops to which island nation to foil a coup by mercenaries?Read the answer and worked solution →India and Bangladesh signed the Farakka Treaty in December 1996 to share the waters of which river?Read the answer and worked solution →In February 1999 Prime Minister Vajpayee took a bus to which city to sign a peace declaration?Read the answer and worked solution →SAFTA was signed in January 2004 at the twelfth SAARC summit in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country joined SAARC in 2007 as its newest member?Read the answer and worked solution →Which general removed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's elected government in Pakistan in 1977?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Prime Minister did General Pervez Musharraf remove in the 1999 coup?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose Awami League won all the East Pakistan seats in the 1970 election, setting off the Bangladesh crisis?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Bangladeshi military ruler stepped down in 1990 after mass protests, restoring multi-party democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →In 2006 Nepal's pro-democracy movement was led by the Maoists, activists and which alliance?Read the answer and worked solution →Which militant group fought Sri Lanka's army from 1983 for a separate Tamil Eelam?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian Peace Keeping Force left Sri Lanka in which year without achieving its aim?Read the answer and worked solution →Pakistan answered India's 1998 Pokaran tests with tests of its own at which site?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch South AsiaRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Pakistan generalsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the treaty yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the pactsRead the answer and worked solution →Which neighbourRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the countriesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the yearRead the answer and worked solution →South Asia bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A student lists South Asia as Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and one more. Which is it?

  1. Sri Lanka
  2. Myanmar
  3. Thailand
  4. Indonesia
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Correct answer: A. Sri Lanka

1. South Asia usually means seven countries. 2. Sri Lanka completes the list. 3. Afghanistan and Myanmar are sometimes added. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 5, Contemporary South Asia._

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Which big neighbour is called an important player but not a part of South Asia?

  1. Japan
  2. China
  3. Iran
  4. Russia
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Correct answer: B. China

1. China borders the region and shapes its politics. 2. It is not counted as a South Asian state. 3. Its partnership with Pakistan irritates India. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 5, Contemporary South Asia._

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Pakistan began the post-Cold War years under elected governments. What broke the run in 1999?

  1. A military coup
  2. A civil war
  3. A royal takeover
  4. A UN sanction
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Correct answer: A. A military coup

1. Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif led civilian governments. 2. The army stepped in in 1999. 3. Civilian rule returned in 2008. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 5, Contemporary South Asia._

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