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| 2401. |
With other students ................ published a magazine entitled ÉtudiantsAnticolonialistes. |
| A. | samir amin |
| B. | edmund burke |
| C. | jawaharlal nehru |
| D. | simone de beauvoir |
| Answer» B. edmund burke | |
| 2402. |
Arriving in Paris, ................joined the French Communist Party (PCF), buthe later distanced himself from Soviet Marxism and associated himself for some time with Maoist circles. |
| A. | samir amin |
| B. | edmund burke |
| C. | malati patwardhan |
| D. | ammu swaminathan, |
| Answer» B. edmund burke | |
| 2403. |
Samir Amin was born in ............, the son of an Egyptian father and aFrench mother (both medical doctors). |
| A. | cairo |
| B. | palestine |
| C. | iraq |
| D. | afghanistan |
| Answer» B. palestine | |
| 2404. |
Samir Amin is an ............... Marxian economist. |
| A. | egyptian |
| B. | austrian |
| C. | american |
| D. | britain |
| Answer» B. austrian | |
| 2405. |
The term "……………. World" came to denote to countries (such asAfghanistan) with almost no industrial infrastructure to speak of, or as a synonym for "least developed countries". |
| A. | first |
| B. | second |
| C. | third |
| D. | fourth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2406. |
With the …………….. collapse of the Soviet Union, the term Second Worldlargely fell out of use and the meaning of First World has become extended to include all developed countries. |
| A. | 1941 |
| B. | 1961 |
| C. | 1991 |
| D. | 1995 |
| Answer» D. 1995 | |
| 2407. |
Women’s studies spread to India slowly at first and then more rapidlyfollowing the UN Mid Decade Conference in .............in 1980. |
| A. | copenhagen |
| B. | switzerland |
| C. | sweden |
| D. | finland |
| Answer» B. switzerland | |
| 2408. |
The term "third world" was coined by .............Alfred Sauvy in an article inthe French magazine L'Observateur of August 14, 1952. |
| A. | economist |
| B. | historian |
| C. | sociologist |
| D. | mathematician |
| Answer» B. historian | |
| 2409. |
The Chipko movement got its name from the ...............word ‘chipko’ whichmeans to cling. |
| A. | urdu |
| B. | malayalam |
| C. | hindi |
| D. | sanskrit |
| Answer» D. sanskrit | |
| 2410. |
The Chipko movement began in ................ in the small hilly town ofGopeshwar in Chamoli district when representatives from a sports factory came to cut trees. |
| A. | 1953 |
| B. | 1963 |
| C. | 1973 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» D. 1978 | |
| 2411. |
The Nav Nirman movement, originally a student’s movement in .............. against soaring prices, black marketing and corruption launched in 1974 was soon joined by thousands of middle class women. |
| A. | jharkhand |
| B. | pune |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | calcutta |
| Answer» D. calcutta | |
| 2412. |
The anti-price rise agitation launched in ............... in 1973 by Mrinal Gore ofthe Socialist Party and Ahalya Rangnekar of the CPI-M, together with others, mobilized women of the city against inflation. |
| A. | bombay |
| B. | pune |
| C. | jharkhand |
| D. | calcutta |
| Answer» B. pune | |
| 2413. |
Meanwhile in Ahmedabad, what was probably the first attempt at awomen’s trade union was made with the formation of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) at the initiative of ................ in 1972. |
| A. | ela bhat |
| B. | edmund burke |
| C. | malati patwardhan |
| D. | ammu swaminathan, |
| Answer» B. edmund burke | |
| 2414. |
The Telangana movement in ...........or the Naxalite movement. |
| A. | kerala |
| B. | jharkhand |
| C. | andhra pradesh |
| D. | bombay |
| Answer» D. bombay | |
| 2415. |
Women dissatisfied with the status quo joined struggles for the rural poorand industrial working class such as the Tebhaga movement in ................ |
| A. | jharkhand |
| B. | pune |
| C. | bengal |
| D. | bombay |
| Answer» D. bombay | |
| 2416. |
In 1917 .................. had led the Ahmedabad textile workers’ strike andin 1920 under her leadership the Majoor Mahajan, the Ahmedabad textile mill workers union was established. |
| A. | anasuya sarabhai |
| B. | maniben kara |
| C. | ushabai dange |
| D. | parvati bhore |
| Answer» B. maniben kara | |
| 2417. |
The Madras Government nominated ..............., a noted social worker andmedical doctor, to the Legislative Council where she took up the women’s cause. |
| A. | dr.muthulakshmi reddy |
| B. | edmund burkec |
| C. | malati patwardhan |
| D. | ammu swaminathan, |
| Answer» B. edmund burkec | |
| 2418. |
Ten years after the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms, the Simon Commissionwas appointed in ............. as the first step towards the formulation of a new India Act. |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1927 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» D. 1937 | |
| 2419. |
In the elections held in 1926, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya stood for the................ Legislative Council elections from Mangalore but was defeated by a narrow margin. |
| A. | madras |
| B. | pune |
| C. | jharkhand |
| D. | calcutta |
| Answer» B. pune | |
| 2420. |
Travancore-Cochin, a princely state, was the first to give voting rights towomen in 1920, followed by Madras and Bombay in............. |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1936 |
| Answer» C. 1931 | |
| 2421. |
.............was in a sense the first all India women’s association with the clearobjective of securing voting rights for women. |
| A. | wia |
| B. | icescr |
| C. | unifem |
| D. | unesco |
| Answer» B. icescr | |
| 2422. |
Women’s Indian Association (WIA) was founded in ................ by AnnieBesant, Margaret Cousins and Dorothy Jinarajadasa, all three Irish women Theosophists, who had been suffragettes in their own country. |
| A. | 1907 |
| B. | 1917 |
| C. | 1932 |
| D. | 1937 |
| Answer» C. 1932 | |
| 2423. |
In 1910, ................. formed the Bharat Stree Mandal (Great Circle of India Women) with the object of bringing together“women of all castes, creeds, classes and parties… on the basis of their common interest in the moral and material progress of the women of India.” |
| A. | sarala devi chaudhurani |
| B. | ramabai saraswati |
| C. | annie besant |
| D. | sarojini naidu |
| Answer» B. ramabai saraswati | |
| 2424. |
.................formed the Arya Mahila Samaj in Pune and a few years laterstarted the Sharda Sadan in Bombay. |
| A. | ramabai saraswati |
| B. | annie besant |
| C. | sarojini naidu |
| D. | malati patwardhan |
| Answer» B. annie besant | |
| 2425. |
....................edited a women journal, Bharati, thus earning herself thedistinction of being the first Indian woman editor. |
| A. | ramabai saraswati |
| B. | swarnakumari devi |
| C. | sarala devi chaudhurani |
| D. | annie besant |
| Answer» C. sarala devi chaudhurani | |
| 2426. |
Swarnakumari Devi formed the Ladies Society in .............. in 1882 foreducating and imparting skills to widows and other poor women to make them economically self reliant. |
| A. | calcutta |
| B. | pune |
| C. | lahore |
| D. | allahabad |
| Answer» B. pune | |
| 2427. |
In Bengal, ................., a prominent Brahmo Samaj leader, started awoman’s journal, held prayer meetings for women and developed educational programmes for women. |
| A. | keshub chandra sen |
| B. | ram mohan roy |
| C. | ishwarchandra vidyasagar |
| D. | r.g. bhandarkar |
| Answer» B. ram mohan roy | |
| 2428. |
The Kukis of ............... revolted in 1917 under the leadership of Jadonangand his niece, Rani Gaidinliu. |
| A. | gujarat |
| B. | lahore |
| C. | manipur |
| D. | maharashtra |
| Answer» D. maharashtra | |
| 2429. |
Bhagat movement was centred on the Oran tribes of Chhotangapur in ....... |
| A. | jharkhand |
| B. | maharashtra |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | allahabad |
| Answer» B. maharashtra | |
| 2430. |
The Ulgulam was led by .............during 1895-1900 in Jharkhand. |
| A. | nelson mandela |
| B. | birsa munda |
| C. | durgabai deshmukh |
| D. | kamaladevi chattopadhyaya |
| Answer» C. durgabai deshmukh | |
| 2431. |
Kol Uprisings in ................. 1784- 85 |
| A. | maharastra |
| B. | chhattisgarh |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | jharkhand |
| Answer» B. chhattisgarh | |
| 2432. |
Pahariyas Revolt in ............... 1778 |
| A. | jharkhand |
| B. | chhattisgarh |
| C. | bihar |
| D. | uttarghand |
| Answer» B. chhattisgarh | |
| 2433. |
Bhils of Khandesh revolted against the ............ occupation in 1818. |
| A. | british |
| B. | french |
| C. | chinese |
| D. | spanish |
| Answer» B. french | |
| 2434. |
The controversy over the article "Kala Swatantrya Din"(Black Independence Day) by Dhale which was published in "Sadhana" created a great sensationand publicised the Dalit Panthers through ................ |
| A. | maharashtra |
| B. | bihar |
| C. | maharashtra |
| D. | gujarat |
| Answer» B. bihar | |
| 2435. |
............... is inspired by Black Panther Party, a revolutionary movementamongst African-Americans, which emerged in the United States and functioned from 1966-1982. |
| A. | dalit panther |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | durgabai deshmukh |
| D. | kamaladevi chattopadhyaya |
| Answer» B. nelson mandela | |
| 2436. |
Dalit Panther is a social organization, founded by ................. in April 1972in Mumbai. |
| A. | namdev dhasal |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | durgabai deshmukh |
| D. | kamaladevi chattopadhyaya |
| Answer» B. nelson mandela | |
| 2437. |
..................., the architect of the Indian Constitution, categorically statedin the Constituent Assembly that rights of minorities should be absolute rights. |
| A. | dr. |
| B. | r. ambedkar b) nelson mandela |
| C. | durgabai deshmukh |
| D. | kamaladevi chattopadhyaya |
| Answer» B. r. ambedkar b) nelson mandela | |
| 2438. |
................ in his classic ‘A Grammar of Politics’ observed that every state isknown by the rights that it maintains. |
| A. | harold j. laski |
| B. | dr. b.r. ambedkar |
| C. | nelson mandela |
| D. | namdev dhasal |
| Answer» B. dr. b.r. ambedkar | |
| 2439. |
In 1998, Augusto Pinochet was arrested in ........... following an indictmentby Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón under the universal-jurisdiction principle. |
| A. | london |
| B. | maharashtra |
| C. | gujarat |
| D. | allahabad |
| Answer» B. maharashtra | |
| 2440. |
The Council of Europe, founded in 1949, is the oldest organisation workingfor European integration. The seat of the Council is in Strasbourg in ........ |
| A. | france |
| B. | austria |
| C. | britain |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» B. austria | |
| 2441. |
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights was established in ................ with the purpose of enforcing and interpreting the provisions of theAmerican Convention on Human Rights. |
| A. | 1979 |
| B. | 1985 |
| C. | 1987 |
| D. | 1989 |
| Answer» B. 1985 | |
| 2442. |
The Council of Europe, founded in ..............., is the oldest organisationworking for European integration. The seat of the Council is in Strasbourg in France. |
| A. | 1949 |
| B. | 1953 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1959 |
| Answer» B. 1953 | |
| 2443. |
Pursuant to Article 63, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rightscame into effect on October 21, .............., in honour of which October 21 was declared African Human Rights Day. |
| A. | 1986 |
| B. | 1988 |
| C. | 1993 |
| D. | 1996 |
| Answer» B. 1988 | |
| 2444. |
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the ViennaDeclaration and Programme of Action in................., in terms of which the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was established. |
| A. | 1953 |
| B. | 1963 |
| C. | 1973 |
| D. | 1993 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2445. |
In ................, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights wasreplaced with the United Nations Human Rights Council for the enforcement of international human rights law. |
| A. | 2006 |
| B. | 2008 |
| C. | 2009 |
| D. | 2011 |
| Answer» B. 2008 | |
| 2446. |
In the early 1980s, ............... was elected chairman of the National Councilof Women of Kenya (NCWK). |
| A. | maathai |
| B. | jody williams |
| C. | shirin ebadi |
| D. | betty williams |
| Answer» B. jody williams | |
| 2447. |
The Green Belt movement was supported by the ............... Forestry Societyand Maathai later gained a job as coordinator. |
| A. | norwegian |
| B. | austrian |
| C. | american |
| D. | france |
| Answer» B. austrian | |
| 2448. |
Maathai led a movement to plant trees throughout ............... This becameknown as the Green Belt movement. |
| A. | maharashtra |
| B. | gujarat |
| C. | kenya |
| D. | austria |
| Answer» D. austria | |
| 2449. |
In ................., Wangari Maathai returned to Nairobi where she became thefirst East African women to receive a Ph.D - which she gained it in veterinary anatomy. |
| A. | 1949 |
| B. | 1969 |
| C. | 1972 |
| D. | 1975 |
| Answer» C. 1972 | |
| 2450. |
..............was born 1 April 1940 in the Nyeri District in the centralhighlands of Kenya. |
| A. | wangari maathai |
| B. | nelson mandela |
| C. | dr. b.r. ambedkar |
| D. | jody williams |
| Answer» B. nelson mandela | |