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___ is one of the four ends of life from Hinduism and is the moral law governing behavior and conduct. It can be specific for one's class or station in society.
Dharma
B.P. Koirala was prime minister of Nepal in 1959 and 1960. He and his Cabinet were arrested when ____ ended democracy in December 1960.
King Mahendra
In 2015, Bidhya Devi Bhandari was elected as the first woman president in ___.
Nepal
In 1926, Subhas Chandra Bose wrote an essay while he was in prison on ____, and he provided insight into the fundamentals of the figure's political beliefs.
Chittaranjan Das
Sunni Islam is a large sect of Islam that is based on the belief that Muhammad's successor was ___.
Abu Bakr
Under the 1950 Constitution, ___ of India were granted protections from discrimination and gained political representation.
Adivasis
____ advocated for a separate Muslim state. Two years following his death, the Muslim League approved the idea of Pakistan, which was eventually established in 1947.
Mohammad Iqbal
English and ___ are the official languages of Pakistan.
Urdu
In 1940, Subhas Chandra Bose launched a movement for the removal of the ___ from the public square in front of the seat of the British government in Bengal.
Holwell Monument
Where did Subhas Chandra Bose first arrive after escaping India in 1941?
Afghanistan
___ are Bhutanese people with Nepalese descent living in Bhutan.
Lhotshampas
Who is the national poet of Bangladesh? Published in 1922, "Bidrohi" is considered to be his most famous work.
Kazi Nazrul Islam
The country of Bhutan was named after the Bhotia, the ethnic people who migrated from ___ to the area.
Tibet
After resigning as president of the Indian National Congress in 1939, Subhas Chandra Bose formed the ___.
Forward Bloc
The main goal of Adolf Hitler's Operation Barbarossa was to conquer ___.
the Soviet Union
The 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) insurrection was the first of two unsuccessful revolts conducted by the JVP against the ___ of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) under Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
United Front Government
Who was the first prime minister of Bengal from 1937 to 1943? He played a vital role in the Indian independence movement and Pakistan movement.
A.K. Fazlul Huq
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was established by ___ in 1976. He led the Tamil Tigers in the fight for independence during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Bhagat Singh vowed to seek revenge for the death of ___. He was executed in 1928 for murdering the person he thought was responsible for the incident.
Lala Lajpat Rai
What political party did Solomon Bandaranaike establish?
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Which of the following Indian cities is described in the text below? 1. Known as Purigere in the Mauryan era and later became Mahishapura. 2. Located between Kabani and Kaveri rivers on the Deccan Plateau. 3. Lies in Karnataka state
Mysore
Zarathushtra, a(n) ___ prophet and religious reformer who flourished before the 6th century BCE, is often considered to be the founder of Zoroastrianism.
Iranian
The ___ are the largest ethnic group found in Pakistan.
Punjabis
The ___ was a group of seven people appointed in 1927 by the British Conservative government to report on the construction of the Indian constitution established by the Government of India Act of 1919.
Simon Commission
___ willed a portion of his fortune to Subhas Chandra Bose "for the political uplift of India and preferably for publicity work on behalf of India's cause in other countries." A legal challenge prevented him from receiving the money.
Vithalbhai Patel