Facts about the region

 

1. Government structure

 

Country

Federal or Unitary

Parliamentary or Presidential

Head of Govt

(Who? How chosen? Powers)

Head of State

(Who? How chosen? Powers)

Main decision-making agency in Exec branch

Power of Judiciary

(indep. or not)

Afghanistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pakistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

India

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bangladesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. National legislatures

 

Country

Upper House

Total # of seats

Upper House

election principle(s)

Lower House

Total # of seats

Lower House election principle(s)

Afghanistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pakistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

India

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bangladesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Based on CIA Factbook 2004)

                                   

 

Capital

Currency

GDP (PPP) in US dollars

Population

Independence

Role of religion in govt

Afghanistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pakistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bangladesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sri Lanka

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nepal

 

 

 

 

 

 

India

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

China

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Current leaders

 

Country

President & party affiliation

PM & party affiliation

Afghanistan

 

 

 

Pakistan

 

 

 

Bangladesh

 

 

 

India

 

 

 

 

 

5. Name of the ruling coalition in the national legislature in 2004 and the major party within it

 

Pakistan

 

India

 

 

6. Names of two major Opposition parties in the national legislature in 2004

 

Pakistan

 

India

 

Bangladesh

 

7. Religious groups

 

Country

Religions /percent

Sects within the two largest religious groups / percent

Afghanistan

 

 

 

 

Pakistan

 

 

 

 

 

Bangladesh

 

 

 

 

 

India

 

 

 

 

 

Nepal

 

 

 

 

 

Sri Lanka

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Names of 3 administrative units (states/provinces etc) that share boundaries with another country/countries

 

Country

Admin. Unit Name

Shares boundaries with

Afghanistan

 

1.

 

 

2.

 

 

 

3.

 

 

Pakistan

 

1.

 

 

2.

 

 

 

3.

 

 

Bangladesh

 

1.

 

 

2.

 

 

 

3

 

 

India

 

1.

 

 

2.

 

 

 

3.

 

 

 

 

9. Capital of Jammu & Kashmir state (India) _________________________________.

 

10. Capital of Azad Kashmir (Pakistan) ______________________________________.

 

11. Site of India-Pakistan war in 1999 _______________________________________.

 

12. Capital of Northern Areas (Pakistan) _______________________________________.

 

13. Person associated with the success of Grameen Bank/micro-credit program in BD ______________________________.

 

14. SAARC, established in ______________ stands for ____________________________________________________

 

______________________________________________________________________.

 

15. Members of SAARC are ________________________________________________

 

_______________________________________________________________________.

 

16. The new Constitution of Afghanistan was established in _____________.

 

17. Major amendment in Pak Constitution, which established Presidential form of govt, was in ____________________.

 

18. First PM of BD was __________________________ who was assassinated in __________________ in a revolt called the

____________________________.

 

19. The first woman Head of the Govt in the world was PM _______________________ of SL in 1961.

 

20. Women leaders currently head the two major political parties in BD. They are:  _______________________ _____of

__________________________________and ________________________________of _____________________________________.

 

21. Father of the Nation in Pakistan    _______________________________ and in India __________________________

 

22. First PM in India ______________________________ Pakistan ___________________________ Bangladesh __________________

 

23. Three Indian leaders who were assassinated were ___________________________ in 1948; _____________________________ in 1984; and

_____________________________ in 1991.

 

24. Pakistani leader assassinated in 1951 _________________________; hanged in 1978  ___________________________ and died in

mysterious plane crash in 1988 _____________________________.

 

 

25.  Soviet invasion of Afghanistan lasted from ____________ to _____________ (years).

 

26. Taliban rule in Afghanistan lasted from ________________ to ____________ (years).

 

27. The country where Hinduism is the national/official religion is ________________.

 

28. The 2 largest ethnic/linguistic groups in Pakistan are ________________________&______________________

 

and in Afghanistan are ____________________& __________________.