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Questions Related to social movements

Which company sponsored the Olympics in London?

  1. Dow

  2. DuPont

  3. Ineos

  4. Sinopec


Correct Option: A

In which year did the anti-arrack movement start in Nellore?

  1. 1992

  2. 1993

  3. 1994

  4. 1995


Correct Option: A

In which year did theĀ Meira PaibiĀ Movement originate?

  1. Late 1970's

  2. Mid 1970's

  3. Early 1970's

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Which act gives the security forces the right to arrest or shoot people under suspicion of being involved in anti-national activities?

  1. Territorial Army Act

  2. Probation of Offenders Act

  3. Arms Act

  4. AFSPA


Correct Option: D

Which Supreme Court judge was appointed by the government to look into the possibilities of revoking the ASFPA in Manipur?

  1. J.M. Panchal

  2. Sabyasachi Mukharji

  3. BP Jeevan Reddy

  4. T.S. Thakur


Correct Option: C

In which year was arrack officially banned?

  1. September 1993

  2. August 1993

  3. November 1993

  4. October 1993


Correct Option: D

In which year did Manipur sign the merger agreement with India?

  1. 1945

  2. 1949

  3. 1947

  4. 1950


Correct Option: B

In which year was the nuclear bomb dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

  1. 1947

  2. 1950

  3. 1948

  4. 1945


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The bomb was known as Little Boy. Three days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9 a 21-kiloton plutonium device known as Fat Man.

The Vietnam war started in the year _______ and ended in the year _______.

  1. 1955-1973

  2. 1948-1975

  3. 1948-1973

  4. 1955-1975


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The United States battled North Vietnam and its adherents in the longest conflict in American history, known as the Vietnam War. The war ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later in 1975. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict.