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UPSC CDS World History — practice questions — page 7

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The Civil Rights Movement in the USA ran from:Read the answer and worked solution →The Civil Rights Movement was led by:Read the answer and worked solution →The more militant Black Power movement emerged in:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The Civil Rights Movement in the USA ran from:

  1. 1954 to 1968
  2. 1966 to 1975
  3. 1945 to 1955
  4. 1970 to 1980
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Correct answer: A. 1954 to 1968

1. It sought to abolish legal racial discrimination. 2. It ran from 1954 to 1968. 3. The Black Power movement followed from 1966 to 1975. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 3, Democracy and Diversity._

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The Civil Rights Movement was led by:

  1. Rosa Parks of Alabama
  2. Martin Luther King Jr
  3. Malcolm X of Harlem
  4. Nelson Mandela of ANC
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Correct answer: B. Martin Luther King Jr

1. It used non-violent civil disobedience. 2. Martin Luther King Jr led it. 3. His I have a dream speech came in 1963. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 3, Democracy and Diversity._

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The more militant Black Power movement emerged in:

  1. 1966
  2. 1954
  3. 1968
  4. 1975
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Correct answer: A. 1966

1. It advocated violence if necessary to end racism. 2. It emerged in 1966. 3. It lasted till 1975. _Source: syllabus Democratic Politics II, Chapter 3, Democracy and Diversity._

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