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question_answer1) Name the only country to have granted universal adult franchise till the 19th century.
question_answer2) Our Constitution makers were influenced by which country's practice of parliamentary democracy?
question_answer3) What is a referendum?
question_answer4) Name the President of Chile who was overthrown by a military coup in 1973.
question_answer5) Name the leader of Iraq who became its Prisedent after the success of a military coup.
question_answer6) In which year did the United States of America adopt a democratic Constitution?
question_answer7) Name organ of the UN is responsible for maintaining peace and security among countries.
question_answer8) Name the trade union which formed in Poland during the communist regime.
question_answer9) When was democracy restored in Chile after General Pinochet's rule?
question_answer10) In which year was universal adult franchise introduced in India?
question_answer11) The workers led by Lech Walesa signed an agreement with the Polish Government consisting of how many points which ended their strike?
question_answer12) Name the person who brought back army rule in Pakistan in 1999.
question_answer13) Name the President of Chile from 1970 to 1973.
question_answer14) Who was leading the government in Poland when martial law was imposed in Poland in December 1981?
question_answer15) Salvador Allende, the President of Chile, favoured which sections of society?
question_answer16) Which major historical event inspired many struggles for democracy all over Europe?
question_answer17) Which form of government is found in most of the countries at present?
question_answer18) Which nation has recently taken on the task of democracy promotion in the rest of the world?
question_answer19) Who was the first woman Defence Minister and President of a Latin American nation?
question_answer20) Which are the six official languages of the United Nations, used in inter-governmental meetings and documents?
question_answer21) Is it true that nowadays (a) there are more people living in democracies around the world? (b) there is a secular constitution in every country? (c) in more and more countries rulers are being elected by the people? (d) there are no more military dictators in the world?
question_answer22) What is the principal requirement for democracy in international organisations?
question_answer23) Who is the present UN Secretary-General?
question_answer24) Name the first independent trade union formed in any of the communist regimes.
question_answer25) A military coup took place in Chile on 11th September 1973. Name the Army General who led the coup.
question_answer26) Name the communist state which supported and controlled the government in Poland during communist rule.
question_answer27) Name the leader of the striking workers in Poland who was dismissed from service in 1976 for demanding higher pays.
question_answer28) What was the major demand of striking workers led by Lech Walesa?
question_answer29) Name the political party founded by Salvador Allende.
question_answer30) Name the continent where Chile is situated in.
question_answer31) Name the country which had supported military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
question_answer32) Which system of rule takes effect when a military authority controls the state?
question_answer33) Who was ruling Poland in 1980?
question_answer34) In which year Pinochet's military dictatorship came to an end in Chile?
question_answer35) General Jaruzelski imposed martial law in Poland in December 1981. What was the reason behind it?
question_answer36) By which term can we explain 'a sudden overthrow of me government illegally?'
question_answer37) Who was elected as the President of Chile in January 2006?
question_answer38) For how many yeas did Pinochet rule in Chile?
question_answer39) When did the British colonies in North America declared themselves as independent?
question_answer40) Name the ten countries which enjoy more than 54 percent of the voting power in the IMF.
question_answer41) Who was elected the President of Chile in 1970? What steps did he take to help the poor? Or State any three reforms undertaken by Allende after forming the government. Why is his rule called democratic?
question_answer42) Who was Salvador Allende? Why was his policy opposed by the aristocrats?
question_answer43) How did Pinochet establish army rule in Chile after a successful coup? Or State any three major developments in Chile after the military coup of September 1973.
question_answer44) How was democracy restored in Chile? Or How did Pinochet's military dictatorship come to an end? Explain.
question_answer45) Explain any three salient features of democracy.
question_answer46) Why was an independent trade union so important in Poland? Why are trade unions necessary?
question_answer47) Why were women given voting rights much later than men in most countries.? Why did this not happen in India ?
question_answer48) What should be the policy of the Government of India towards the Military rulers of Myanmar?
question_answer49) Should there be World Government? If yes/who should elect it? And what powers should it have?
question_answer50) Should the permanent members of the UN be given the power to veto?
question_answer51) Explain any three difficulties people face in a non-democratic country.
question_answer52) Describe any three demands of the workers of 'Lenin Shipyard' during their strike which started in August 1980 in Poland?
question_answer53) Who was Lech Walesa? How did he become famous in Poland?
question_answer54) How did Solidarity come to power in Poland?
question_answer55) What were (he causes that led to the imposition of martial law in Poland under General Jaruzelski?
question_answer56) Write any one difference and one similarity between Pinochet's rule in Chile and the Communist rule in Poland. Or Highlight any two differences between Pinochet's rule in Chile and the Communist rule in Poland.
question_answer57) Write a short essay on the life of Aung San Suu Kyi.
question_answer58) Why has democracy spread? Or Democracy has expanded through the 20th century. Explain with examples.
question_answer59) What is IMF? How does it work? Or 'International Monetary Fund is not truly a democratic institution. Justify this statement with three suitable examples. Or Do you think that the IMF works in democratic manner? Justify your answer with arguments.
question_answer60) How did the end of the Soviet Union's control on East Europe lead to a big change in the map of the world?
question_answer61) How was military dictatorship established in Chile in 1973? The functioning of UN Security Council is undemocratic.' Justify the statement by giving three suitable examples.
question_answer62) Explain the factors that make the United Nations a non-democratic organisation. Or 'International organisations are undemocratic'. Justify the statement. [CCE 2011] Or While nations are becoming more democratic than they were earlier, international organisations are becoming less democratic'. Justify the statement with three suitable example.
question_answer63) 'A democracy is incomplete without Universal Adult Franchise'. Explain the values which are associated with Universal Adult Franchise.
question_answer64) What are the different kinds of democracy?
question_answer65) Give any definition of democracy.
question_answer66) Who was the President of Chile during the early 70s?
question_answer67) When was President Allende overthrown in Chile and under whose leadership?
question_answer68) In which year did the Soviet Union disintegrate into 15 republics?
question_answer69) What is UNO (United Nations Organisation)?
question_answer70) Which of the countries enjoy veto power in UNO?
question_answer71) Name two essential characteristics of democracy.
question_answer72) What happened in Poland in December 1981?
question_answer73) Which country was known as 'Gold Coast'?
question_answer74) Who became the President of Poland in 1990?
question_answer75) Which country in Africa was the first to become independent after the Second World War?
question_answer76) Name the present President of Myanmar.
question_answer77) Write about the recent political activity of Aung San Suu Kyi.
question_answer78) Which leader of Myanmar got the Nobel Peace Prize for democracy?
question_answer79) What is the UN Security Council?
question_answer80) Who was the President of Ghana after its independence?
question_answer81) Who was the first UN Secretary General?
question_answer82) What is the main objective of the World Health Organisation?
question_answer83) Write five arguments why democracy is better than other alternative governments.
question_answer84) Why did President Allende address himself mainly to worker's? Why were the rich unhappy with him?
question_answer85) Did the army have any legal right to arrest the Defence Minister of the country? Should the army have the power to arrest any citizen?
question_answer86) Locate and shade Chile on the map, which state in our country has a shape similar to Chile?
question_answer87) President Michelle Bachelet addressing her supporters after her victory in the presidential election in January 2006. From this photograph do you notice any difference between an election rally in Chile and in India?
question_answer88) Poland is famous for its poster art. Most of the posters of solidarity carried this special way of writing 'Solidarnose'. Can you find similar examples of poster art on wall writing in Indian politics?
question_answer89) Locate Poland on the map. Write down the names of the countries that surround it.
question_answer90) Which other East European countries were ruled by the communist parties in the 1980s? Shade them on the map.
question_answer91) Make a list of political activities that you could not have done in Poland in 1980s but you can do in our country.
question_answer92) Anita made a list of the features of all the governments that we have discussed so far. But somehow the list got mixed up. Now she has a list of many features but she does not remember which feature applies to which government. Can you help her by writing the correct feature under the name of the government in the table below? Remember, some of these features may apply to more than one government and would need to be written separately under each these
question_answer93) On the basis of these maps identify up to three countries (in some cases you won't find three countries) that were democratic in there continents for the given years and make a table as given below. Year Africa Asia Europe Latin America 1950 1975 2000 (i) Identify some countries from map the that became democratic between 1900 and 1950. (ii) Identify some countries from map 1 and 2 that were democratic in 1950 and 1975. (iii) Identify some European countries from map 2 and 3 that were democratic in 1975 and 2000. (iv) Identify some countries in Latin America that became democratic after 1975. (v) Make a list of big countries that were not democratic in 2000.
question_answer94) Looking at these maps (given in Q. 30), which period do you find most important in the expansion of democracy? Why?
question_answer95) Why was an independent trade union so important in Poland? Why are trade unions necessary?
question_answer96) Why were women given voting rights much later than men in most countries? Why did this not happen in India?
question_answer97) Locate Ghana in an atlas and then spot it in the three maps in the previous section. Was Ghana a democracy in 2000? Do you think it is good to elect someone President for life? Or is it better to hold regular elections after every few years?
question_answer98) Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra, the capital of Ghana. This park was commissioned in 1992, twenty years after Nkrumah passed away. What might have caused this delay?
question_answer99) This cartoon appeared in 2005, when Aung San Suu Kyi turned 60. What is the cartoonist saying here? Will the army rulers feel happy with this cartoon?
question_answer100) What should be the policy of the Government of India towards the military rulers of Myanmar?
question_answer101) Locate Myanmar on an atlas. Which Indian states border this country?
question_answer102) Write a short essay on the life of Aung San Suu Kyi.
question_answer103) Should there be a World Government? If yes, who should elect it? And what powers should it have?
question_answer104) This cartoon was published in Mexico in 2005 and was titles 'International Games'? (i) Which game is the cartoonist talking about here? (ii) What does the ball symbolise? (iii) Who are the players?
question_answer105) Should the permanent members of the UN be given the power to veto?
question_answer106) Find out more about the history and various organs of the United Nations.
question_answer107) Wolfouritz was a senior official in the Department of Defense in the US (commonly called the Pentagon). He was an aggressive supporter of the invasion of Iraq. The cartoon comments on his appointment as the president of the World Bank. What does the cartoon tells us about the relationship between the World Bank and the US?
question_answer108) Here are some suggestions to strengthen world democracy. Do you support these changes? Are these changes likely to happen? Give your reasons for each of these. 1. More nations should become permanent members of the Security Council. 2. UN General Assembly should become like a world Parliament with representatives from each country in proportion to the population of the country. These representatives should elect a World Government. 3. Individual countries should not have armies. The UN should maintain task forces to bring about peace in case of conflict between nations. 4. A UN President should be elected directly by all the people of the world.
question_answer109) The cartoon 'Cactus of Democracy' was published in 2004. What does the cactus look like here? Who is gifting it, and to whom? What is the message?
question_answer110) Collect information on the debate related to Iraq within the US and the UK. What were the reasons originally offered for the Irag invasion by the President of the US and the Prime Minister of UK? What were the reasons offered after the war?
question_answer111) The example of Iraq raises some basic questions that we need to think about 1. Is this the right way to promote democracy? Should a democratic country wage a war and invade other countries for establishing democracy there? 2. Does external help work in every case? Or does it work only when the people of a nation are actively engaged in a struggle to make their societies democratic? 3. Even if external intervention leads to the establishment of democracy in a country, would it last long? Would it enjoy the support of its citizens? 4. Finally, is the use of external force to gift democracy to the people in keeping with the spirit of democracy?
question_answer112) 'Helping Democracy' was a comment on the presence of US forces during the elections in Iraq. Do you think the cartoon can apply to many other situations? Identify some examples from this chapter which this cartoon can help understand.
question_answer113) Who was Salvador Allende?
question_answer114) How was Allende's government toppled in Chile?
question_answer115) Who was Alberto Bachelet?
question_answer116) Who was Michelle Bachelet?
question_answer117) Which party was ruling in Poland in 1980?
question_answer118) Which workers went on strike in Poland? Who was their leader?
question_answer119) How did this strike of trade unions end?
question_answer120) What was 'Solidarity'?
question_answer121) When did Solidarity strike again?
question_answer122) What was the result of 1990 Elections of Poland?
question_answer123) Define the form 'Democracy'.
question_answer124) Who ruled over Ghana?
question_answer125) When did it become independent?
question_answer126) Who was Kwame Nkrumah?
question_answer127) Who was the first Prime Minister and then the President of Ghana?
question_answer128) When was Soviet Union disintegrated and into how many republics?
question_answer129) When did Myanmar gain independence from colonial rule?
question_answer130) When did democratic rule end in Myanmar?
question_answer131) Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?
question_answer132) Why has Aung San Suu Kyi been awarded Noble Prize?
question_answer133) What do you know about UN?
question_answer134) What is the role of UN Security Council?
question_answer135) Who lends money to government when they need it?
question_answer136) What is the role of General Assembly of UN?
question_answer137) Name the five Permanent members of the Security Council.
question_answer138) What does 'Veto Power' mean?
question_answer139) Who is the President of the World Bank usually?
question_answer140) When did Iraq become independent form colonial rule?
question_answer141) Who came to power in Iraq after a military coup in 1968?
question_answer142) How did Saddam Hussein come to power?
question_answer143) What happened when US and its allies invaded Iraq?
question_answer144) Who said that US war on Iraq was illegal?
question_answer145) What were the main features of Allende, the founder leader of the Socialist party of Chile?
question_answer146) How did Pinochet establish army rule in Chile after a successful coup?
question_answer147) How was democracy restored in Chile?
question_answer148) How was the government of Poland run in 1980?
question_answer149) What was the role of 'Solidarity' (a trade union) in establishing democracy in Poland?
question_answer150) How were the three democratic governments of Allende's Chile, Walesa's Poland and Michelle's Chile different in their approach towards social and economic matters?
question_answer151) How was military rule established in Myanmar and'who made an effort to introduce democracy in the country?
question_answer152) What happens when a country attacks another country in an unjust manner?
question_answer153) Who lends the money to the governments at the international level, why do they need it?
question_answer154) What is the role of the General Assembly in the UN?
question_answer155) Is it true that the real powers lies in the hands of the permanent members of the Security Council?
question_answer156) Why were the rich and the landlords unhappy with President Allende?
question_answer157) How were Allende's supporters treated under Pinochet's dictatorial rule?
question_answer158) What do you know about Michelle Bachelet?
question_answer159) Discuss how the end of colonialism led way to democracy.
question_answer160) What is democracy? Give its characteristics.
question_answer161) What were the common features between Poland and Chile?
question_answer162) What major changes took place in India's neighbouring countries, Pakistan and Nepal in 1990s?
question_answer163) How are powerful countries like USA promoting democracy in the world?
question_answer164) Give two differences and two similarities between Pinochet's rule in Chile and the communist rule in Poland.
question_answer165) Explain how Ghana became a democracy but later on was taken over by the army.
question_answer166) What do you know about shipyard workers' strike in Poland and its effects?
question_answer167) How did the end of Soviet Control on East Europe and breaking of Soviet Union lead to a big change in the map of the world?
question_answer168) What is the role of Aung San Suu Kyi in establishing democracy in Myanmar?
question_answer169) How does the International Monetary Fund (IMF) work?
question_answer170) What happened to Iraq, after getting independence from British?
question_answer171) Explain how US interference in Iraq brought an end to Saddam Hussein.
question_answer172) How was military dictatorship established in Chile in 1973?
question_answer173) Discuss how has democracy expanded throughout the world.
question_answer174) Salvador Allende was the President of: (a) USSR (b) Chile (c) Poland (d) Uganda
question_answer175) Who amongst the following was elected as the President in Chile in 2006? (a) Pinochet (b) Michelle Bachelet (c) Walesa (d) Alberto Bachelet
question_answer176) By 1900, which was the only country in the world where every adult had voting rights? (a) USA (b) New Zealand (c) Britain (d) Germany
question_answer177) The UN Security Council has the following number of permanent numbers. (a) Six (b) Fifteen (c) Five (d) Ten
question_answer178) Which one of the following does not lead to the spread of democracy? (a) Struggle by the people (b) Invasion by foreign countries (c) End of colonialism (d) People's desire for freedom
question_answer179) What steps were taken to restore democracy in Chile?
question_answer180) How some of the powerful democratic countries of the world are promoting democratic system in the world?
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