The Rise and fall of R.Gandhi
National Recent Politics (90's to now)
Random Things
Previously learned stuff
Issues of religion & caste
100
Who was the person who appointed Rajiv after Indira got assassinated?
Zail Singh
100
What is the right to information act (2005)
Allows citizens to demand information from the government
100
When was Andhra Pradesh created? (Within ten years)
1954
100
What are two of the Indian Regions?
Doab Deccan Plateau Indo-Gangetic Plain Punjab
100
What is the meaning of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in English?
National Organization of Volunteers
200
What is 'Bank Politics'?
Citizens follow the political choices of their religion or their castes.
200
What is the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?
Guarantees each adult in Rural areas work for 100 days
200
Who is India's present Prime Minister?
Narendra Modi
200
What percentage of India is Hindu?
80.5%
200
What do Hindus claim appeared in the Babri Masjid in 1949?
The statue of Ram
300
Who became the ruler after Rajiv Gandhi?
Previous Defense Minister V.P. Singh
300
What is the year nuclear testing began in India (within 10 years)
in 1974
300
What are the three states did Indian troops invade in 1989? (Name two)
Kashmir Punjab and Assam
300
What are the five castes (if you can name them from top to bottom that would be cool)?
Brahmin Kshatriya Vaishya Shudra Dalit/Untouchables
300
What is one of the two policies the Hindu Mahasabha advocate?
Cow protection OR making Sanskritized Hindu the official language
400
What is India's upper house of Parliament called?
Rajya Sabha Uttar Pradesh
400
What was the percentage of GDP did India owe in debt in 1991?
75%
400
Pakistani agents crossed the high altitude Line of Control, an unofficial boarder between Pakistan and India
What caused the 1999 Kargil War?
400
What is the company that France set up in India in 1664?
Compagnie des Indes Orientales (CIO)
400
What is the decision by the Uttar Pradesh High Court decide about the Babri Masjid in 2010?
1/3 of the temple goes to the mosque, 1/3 goes to the state, and 1/3 to the temple
500
What was Sri Lanka's civil war called and who was involved?
The Tamil-Sinhalese war. (The Tamil Tigers and the Buddhist Sinhala speaking majority)
500
What was the largest scam in India (2010) caused by?
The mishandled auction of 460 million dollars worth of 2G internet frequencies
500
The protection of Divorce Rights (excludes muslims from matinance requirements) & in Shah Bano
What is the Muslim Women's Act of 1986 and under what prominent court case showed this in effect?
500
What is the treaty that ended the first Anglo-Sikh war (1845-1846)
The Treaty of Amritsar
500
Who is the father of Hindu National thought?
Veer Savarkar
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