Name:
________________________________
SS # ______________________
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
_F__ 2. The Presidents of Pak
and
__T_ 3. The PMs of
_F__ 4. The President of India
has the same powers as the President of the
__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
__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
__F_ 11. National religion in
__F_ 12. In both
__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
__T_ 15.
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,
__e_
2. Founding
Fathers of
__g_
3. Current
PMs of BD,
__d_
4. Bicameral legislature d.
__c_
5. Unicameral legislature e. Gandhi, Mujib,
Jinnah
__f_ 6. GDP (PPP) for
__a_ 7. Population figures for
__i__ 8. Administrative units in
__h_ 9. Administrative units in BD i.
__j_ 10. Administrative units in
__l__ 11. Cities in
__k_ 12. Cities in
__m_ 13. AL, PPP, BJP m. Parties in BD,
__n_ 14. PML, Jatiyo, CPI n. Parties in
Pak, BD,
__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
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
8. Prime Minister _Mrs.
Indira Gandhi_ of
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
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
12. Soviet invasion of
13. The assembly of
elders and tribal leaders in
14. Mohajirs
are the __muslim__ (religion) refugees who
left _northern_ (region)
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):
West Bengal, Kabul, Karachi, Dhaka, Calcutta