Sample Exam 1

A. Map exercise

Please mark the following in the blank map provided (areas may be marked to show the general position rather than an accurate outline):

Bay of Bengal,            Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tibet

Waziristan, Northwest Frontier Province, West Bengal,

Mumbai, Kabul, Quetta, Peshawar, Karachi, Lahore, Delhi, Dhaka, Calcutta, Banglore

 

B. True/False

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

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

3. Communist parties no longer exist in South Asia.

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

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

6. India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their independence.

7. The leader 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.

8. The Presidents of Pak and India share two characteristics: they are both muslims and are distinguished military leaders.

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

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

 

C. Fill in the blanks

1. ISI in economic terms refers to the concept of _______________________ while ISI in intelligence terms refers to the ________________________ (organization).

3. The two main parties in BD are the ____________ led by _____________ (name) and the ___________ led by ______________ (name).

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

5. Reservations policy in India is similar to _________________ policy in US.

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

7. Prime Minister _____________ of Pakistan was deposed and hanged by ______________ (name).

8. Prime Minister _______________ of India was shot by Sikh bodyguards in _______. (year)

9. In the past 3 days, 73 people have been killed by separatists in the Indian states of ____________ and ______________.

10. Afghan refugees living in Iran and Pakistan make up about _______ percent of the total vote for upcoming Presidential elections on __________ (date).

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

 

D. Match columns:

 

1. Afghanistan                        a. New Delhi

2. Pakistan                              b. Kabul

3. India                                   c. Dhaka

4. Bangladesh                         d. Kathmandu

5. Bhutan                                e. Islamabad

                                                f. Thimphu
                                                g. Tibet