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Class 10 Social Science Political Science Chapter 5 Popular Struggles and Movements MCQ

1. Which one of the following statements is correct regarding ‘sectional interest groups’?
(a) They promote collective rather than selective good.
(b) Their principal concern is betterment and well-being of their members, not society in general.
(c) They aim to help groups other than their own members.
(d) They do not seek to promote the interest of a particular section or group of society.

Answer: (b) Their principal concern is betterment and well-being of their members, not society in general.

2. Which one of the following is not true regarding the outcome of the April 2006 Movement in Nepal?
(a) Girija Prasad Koirala became the new Prime Minister.
(b) The Maoists came to power with a clear majority.
(c) The Parliament was restored.
(d) The new laws reduced the power of the king.

Answer: (b) The Maoists came to power with a clear majority.

3. What was the main reason of Bolivia’s Water War? Choose the most appropriate answer from the following:
(a) Privatisation of water supply
(b) Irregular water supply
(c) Supply of poor quality water
(d) An increase in water price by four times.

Answer: (d) An increase in water price by four times.

4. How did King Gyanendra take advantage of the weak democratically elected government?
(a) He dissolved the Parliament
(b) He dismissed the Prime Minister
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) He rigged the elections

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

5. Which of the following is a pressure group?
(a) Narmada Bachao Movement
(b) Anti-Liquor Movement
(c) Women’s Movement
(d) Worker’s Trade Union

Answer: (d) Worker’s Trade Union

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6. Which one of the following political parties came to power in Bolivia in 2006?
(a) The Communist Party
(b) The Republican Party
(c) The Socialist Party
(d) The Conservative Party

Answer: (c) The Socialist Party

7. The word MNC is related to which issue:
(a) Nepal’s popular struggle
(b) Bolivia water war
(c) Environmental movement
(d) Narmada Bachao Andolan

Answer: (b) Bolivia water war

8. Which one of the following is an example of public interest groups ?
(a) Trade Unions
(b) Business Associations
(c) BAMCEF
(d) FEDECOR

Answer: (c) BAMCEF

9. Which one of the following was the main aim to start movement on April 2006, in Nepal?
(a) To control over government
(b) To snatch power from the king
(c) To restore democracy
(d) To dethrone the king

Answer: (c) To restore democracy

10. Which one of the following is the ‘Third Wave’ country that had won democracy in 1990?
(a) Bolivia
(b) Belgium
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Nepal

Answer: (d) Nepal

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11. FEDECOR comprised of:
(a) professionals like engineers and environmentalists
(b) leaders of political parties
(c) federation of farmers who did not rely on irrigation.
(d) confederation of household workers unions.

Answer: (a) professionals like engineers and environmentalists

12. Which of the following is not a movement?
(a) Narmada Bachao Andolan
(b) Women’s Movement
(c) Struggle in Nepal
(d) All India Trade Union Congress

Answer: (d) All India Trade Union Congress

13. What were the aims of the movement started by SPA?
(a) Restoration of Parliament
(b) Unlimited power to monarch
(c) Power to an all-party government
(d) A new Constituent Assembly

Answer: (a) Restoration of Parliament

14. Who plays a decisive role in making laws for a country?
(a) Leaders
(b) Parties
(c) Voters
(d) Constituencies

Answer: (b) Parties

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15. In 2006 the party that came to power in Bolivia was
(a) SPA —Seven Party Alliance
(b) Socialist Party
(c) Communist Party
(d) Nationalist Party

Answer: (b) Socialist Party

16. Who were Maoists?
(a) Communists who believe in the ideology of Mao
(b) Democrats who believe in the democratic form of government
(c) Members of SPA group
(d) Members of royal family

Answer: (a) Communists who believe in the ideology of Mao

17. Which of the following statements is not true about Nepal?
(a) King Gyanendra, the new king of Nepal, was not prepared to accept democratic rule.
(b) Nepal witnessed an extraordinarypopular movement in April 2001.
(c) On 24th April, king Gyanendra conceded to all the demands of SPA.
(d) Girija Prasad Koirala was chosen as the new prime minister of the interim government.

Answer: (b) Nepal witnessed an extraordinarypopular movement in April 2001.

18. People’s struggle in Bolivia was
(a) to establish democracy
(b) about foundation of country’s politics
(c) against privatisation of water
(d) against privatisation of electricity

Answer: (c) against privatisation of water

19. Which one of the following distinctions between pressure groups and political parties is false?
(a) Parties take political stances, while pressure groups do not bother about political issues.
(b) Pressure groups are confined to a few people, while parties involve a large number of people.
(c) Pressure groups do not seek to get into power, while political parties do.
(d) Pressure groups are least concerned with the people while parties fully depend on the people.

Answer: (d) Pressure groups are least concerned with the people while parties fully depend on the people.

20. Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement in
(a) April 1990
(b) February 2005
(c) April 2006
(d) April 2004

Answer: (c) April 2006

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21. Which one of the following is true regarding sectional interest groups?
(a) They promote collective rather than selective good.
(b) Their principal concern is the betterment and well-being of their members, not society in general.
(c) They aim to help groups other than their own members.
(d) They do not seek to promote the interest of a particular sector or group of society.

Answer: (b) Their principal concern is the betterment and well-being of their members, not society in general.

22. Pressure groups and movements have deepened democracy by
(a) putting pressure on the public
(b) countering undue influence of the government
(c) non-accommodation of conflicting interests
(d) controlling and sharing political power

Answer: (b) countering undue influence of the government

23. The city of Cochamamba is related to which issue?
(a) Nepal’s popular struggle
(b) Bolivia’s water war
(c) Environmental Movement
(d) Narmada Bachao Movement

Answer: (b) Bolivia’s water war

24. In most cases the relationship between political parties and interest groups is
(a) direct
(b) not opposed to each other
(c) in dialogue and negotiation
(d) opposed yet in dialogue

Answer: (d) opposed yet in dialogue

25. Which pressure group seeks to promote collective good?
(a) Sectional Interest (Pressure Group)
(b) Public Interest Group
(c) Movement Groups
(d) Loose Organisation

Answer: (b) Public Interest Group

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26. Which one of the following is true regarding the extraordinary popular movement that emerged in Nepal in 2006?
(a) Consolidation of monarchy
(b) Abolition of democracy
(c) Restoration of democracy
(d) Establishment of dictatorship

Answer: (c) Restoration of democracy

27. Backward and Minorities Community Employees Federation (BAMCEF) is an example of which one of the following?
(a) Public interest group
(b) A movement for equality
(c) A sectional interest group
(d) A political party

Answer: (a) Public interest group

28. Which one of the following is not true about the pressure groups?
(a) They are directly engaged in party politics
(b) They take a political stance
(c) They organise protests
(d) They try to gain public support

Answer: (d) They try to gain public support

29. Which king of Nepal refused to accept democratic rule?
(a) King Birendra
(b) Girija Prasad Koirala
(c) King Gyanendra
(d) King Mahendra

Answer: (c) King Gyanendra

30. Who won Bolivia’s water war?
(a) People
(b) Government
(c) MNC
(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) People

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31. Which one of the following is true regarding public interest groups?
(a) Betterment and well being of members of a particular group
(b) Suppression of some general interest
(c) Representation of interests of one section in society
(d) Promotion of collective good

Answer: (d) Promotion of collective good

32. Which financial agency/organisation pressurised the government to give up its control of municipal water supply?
(a) International Monetary Fund
(b) World Bank
(c) Central Bank of Bolivia
(d) None of these

Answer: (b) World Bank

33. Pressure groups are either formed or led by
(a) Political parties
(b) Trade Unions
(c) Students organisations
(d) Business groups

Answer: (a) Political parties

34.What type of government was adopted in Nepal in the year 1990?
(a) Monarchy
(b) Dictatorship
(c) Colonial
(d) Democratic

Answer: (d) Democratic

35. When did King Gyanendra dismiss the then prime minister and dissolve the Parliament?
(a) In February 2005
(b) In February 2006
(c) In March 2006
(d) In April 2006

Answer: (a) In February 2005

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