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Which Manipuri woman has been on hunger strike for more than 10 years and is under house arrest?

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  1. Irom Sharmila

  2. Ramina Haorokchama

  3. Medha Patkar

  4. Aruna Roy

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Correct Option: A

Which state was declared a 'disturbed area' in 1980?

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  1. Assam

  2. Sikkim

  3. Meghalaya

  4. Manipur

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Correct Option: D

Which group demanded the revocation of the AFSPA?

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  1. Naxalbari

  2. Meira Paibi

  3. Navnirman

  4. Self-Employed Women's Association

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Correct Option: B

Whose role is appreciated in Meira Paibi Movement?

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  1. Soldiers

  2. Employees

  3. Students

  4. Women

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Correct Option: D

When the LPG process was started in India?

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  1. 1757

  2. 1850

  3. 2000

  4. 1991

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Correct Option: D

Which precious metal was produced by the women of Dubagunta village?

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  1. Silver

  2. Gold

  3. Diamond

  4. Platinum

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following is not a key concept of present social movements?

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  1. Space War

  2. Human rights

  3. Family planning

  4. Environmental protection

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Correct Option: A

A major accident took place at which nuclear plant in USSR?

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  1. Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant

  2. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

  3. Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant

  4. Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

During the last phase of the USSR, a major accident took place in its nuclear plant in Chernobyl. This caused the death of a large number of workers in Chernobyl. But more important, it contaminated the atmosphere of a very large region including many other countries of Europe. Its effects created a new awareness among the people of the world about the danger of nuclear power whether for peaceful or warlike purposes.

The Cold War occur between which countries?

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  1. USA and USSR

  2. USA and France

  3. USSR and Britain

  4. France and Britain

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Conflicts of national interest caused the World War II alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union to be replaced by a Cold War that lasted 45 years. Initially a dispute over the future of Europe, it grew to include confrontations around the world. A clash of very different beliefs and ideology capitalism versus communism each held with almost religious conviction formed the basis of an international power struggle with both sides vying for dominance, exploiting every opportunity for expansion anywhere in the world.

Who were the two main competitors in nuclear arms race?

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  1. Japan and USA

  2. Germany and USA

  3. USA and USSR

  4. Japan and USSR

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The nuclear arms race intensified after the end of Vietnam War as more and more countries competed with each other to stockpile nuclear arms. Companies which produced these arms (called the military-industrial complex) and the governments tried to create a war panic among the common people so that they support greater expenditure of tax payers money on nuclear arms. The USA and the USSR were the front runners in the nuclear arms race.