Exam 1 Key
INTL 4360 Fall 2004

Name: ________________________________                SS # ______________________

Duration: 1 hour        Maximum marks: 100 (20 percent of the final grade)

Please mark your answers clearly in blue or black pen, on each answer sheet.

 

A. True/False [2 points each; total 30 points]

Please put T or F in the space provided to the LEFT of each question.

__F_ 1. The leaders of PPP (Nawaz Sharif) and of PML (Benazir Bhutto) have been exiled from Pakistan, and will face charges of corruption if they come back to Pakistan.

_F__ 2. The Presidents of Pak and India share two characteristics: they are both Muslims and are distinguished military leaders.

__T_ 3. The PMs of India and Pak are similar in background (economists) and political weight (no independent support base).

_F__ 4. The President of India has the same powers as the President of the United States.

__F_ 5. Hamid Karzai is opposed by the Taliban remnants because he is not a Pashtun.

__F_ 6. General Musharraf removed PM Benazir Bhutto in the 1999 coup.

__T_ 7. BJP is considered a right wing, conservative, nationalist political party in India.

__T_ 8. Lower House in Indian legislature has 545 seats.

__F_ 9. The good part of coalition govts is that they enhance efficiency in governance.

__F_ 10. The last war India and Pakistan have fought was in 1971 when Bangladesh was born.

__F_ 11. National religion in Pakistan is Islam while in India it is Hinduism.

__F_ 12. In both Pakistan and BD, the majority of population is Shi’a (or Shi’i) Muslim.

__T_ 13. Under Parliamentary system, the leader of the majority party in the Parliament automatically becomes the Prime Minister.

__F_ 14. After the recent re-opening of bilateral dialogue with India, Pakistan has decided to support India’s candidature for the permanent membership of the UN Security Council.

__T_ 15. Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and UAE had recognized the Taleban govt in Afghanistan.

 


B. Match columns [ 2 points each; total 30 points]

Please put the alphabet letter in the space provided to the LEFT of column A entries.

            Column A                                                                    Column B                               

__b_ 1. Capitals of Afgh, Pak, Iran                                         a. 159, 141, 28.5

__e_ 2. Founding Fathers of India, BD, Pak                           b. Kabul, Islamabad, Tehran

__g_ 3. Current PMs of BD, Pak, India                                   c. BD

__d_ 4.            Bicameral legislature                                                   d. India

__c_ 5.            Unicameral legislature                                                 e. Gandhi, Mujib, Jinnah

__f_ 6. GDP (PPP) for Pak, India, BD           [$mil]              f. 318, 3003, 258

__a_ 7. Population figures for Pakistan, BD, Afgh [mil]         g. Zia, Aziz, Singh
__i__ 8.
Administrative units in
Pakistan                               h. Khulna, Chittagong

__h_ 9. Administrative units in BD                                        i. Sind, Punjab

__j_ 10. Administrative units in India                                     j. West Bengal, Punjab

__l__ 11. Cities in Afghanistan                                                           k. Peshawar, Quetta, Lahore

__k_ 12. Cities in Pakistan                                                      l. Kandahar, Bagram, Mazar-e-sharif

__m_ 13. AL, PPP, BJP                                                          m.  Parties in BD, Pak, India

__n_ 14. PML, Jatiyo, CPI                                                      n. Parties in Pak, BD, India    
__o_ 15. Largest ethnic groups in Afgh                                   o. Pashtun, Tajik                                                                                                                                 p. Balochi, Afghan

 

C. Fill in the blanks [2 points each; total 30 points]

 

1. ISI in economic terms refers to the concept of _Import Substitution Industrialization__ while ISI in intelligence terms refers to the _Inter Services Intelligence___ (organization).

3. The two main parties in BD are the __Awami League__ (initials ok) led by __Sheikh Hasina__ (name) and the _BD National Party___(initials ok) led by __Khaleda Zia__ (name).

4. The main opposition in Pakistani legislature is _MMA__ which is a coalition of parties that are ___Islamist__ (ideology).

5. Reservations policy in India is similar to _Affirmative Action__ policy in US while the principle of ___Secularism__ in India is similar to separation between church and state in US constitution.

6. Micro-credit programs in BD started off with the establishment of _Grameen_ Bank by _Mohammad Yunus__ (name).

7. Prime Minister _Z. A. Bhutto__ of Pakistan was deposed and hanged by __Gen. Zia-ul-Haq_ (name).

8. Prime Minister _Mrs. Indira Gandhi_ of India was shot by Sikh bodyguards in _1984_ (year).

9. In the past 5 days, almost 70 people have been killed by separatists in the Indian states of _Assam__ and __Nagaland_.

10. Afghan refugees living in Iran and Pakistan make up about _10_ percent of the total vote for upcoming Presidential elections on _October 9, 2004_ (date).

11. BD is bracing for about 40 percent of its textile factories closing down as the _Multi Fiber _ agreement expires at the end of this year and scraps _quota__ system which had so far allowed BD to export to EU, US and Japan.

12. Soviet invasion of Afghanistan lasted from __1979___ (year) to __1989__ (year).

13. The assembly of elders and tribal leaders in Afghanistan called the __Loya Jirga__ met in 2002 to decide on the broad outlines of a new __Constitution__ for the country.

14. Mohajirs are the __muslim__ (religion) refugees who left _northern_ (region) India to go to Pakistan.

15. In BD, Head of the State is _PM_ [president/PM] and Head of the Govt is _President_ [president/PM].

 

 

D. Map exercise [1 point each; total 10 points]

Please mark the following in the blank map provided (areas may be marked to show the general position rather than an accurate outline; cities require a circle or X next to the name):

 

Arabian Sea, Nepal, Myanmar, Assam, Northwest Frontier Province,


West Bengal, Kabul, Karachi, Dhaka, Calcutta