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Which state was formed after the dissolution of USSR?

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  1. Chinese

  2. Russian

  3. American

  4. Japanese

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In the decades after it was established, the Russian-dominated Soviet Union grew into one of the worlds most powerful and influential states and eventually encompassed 15 republics viz Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. In 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved following the collapse of its communist government. With this ended the long period of Cold War and the constant threat of a catastrophic World War.

The ________ used guerrilla warfare techniques to fight the war against the USA.

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  1. Vietnamese

  2. French

  3. Cambodians

  4. Laotians

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Vietnam was a largely forested and poor nation in comparison with their opponents USA and France. The Vietnamese used guerrilla warfare techniques to fight the war. The USA invented and used newer arsenal like chemical weapons including napalm bombs destroying entire villages.

 A Social Movement is a _________ one. 

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  1. Planned

  2. Unplanned

  3. Community based

  4. Both a and c

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
A social movement is the effort by an association to bring about a change in the society. A social movement may also be directed to resist a change. Some movements are directed to modify certain aspects of the existing social order whereas others may aim to change it completely. On account of their transformational and empowering potential, social movement have attracted much interest in fields aimed at social betterment through participation, such as community psychology or health promotion. Thus, a social movement is a planned and community based one.

Which of the following are the nature of Social Movements ?

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  1. They are Planned.

  2. They are natural as they have been happening, have happened and will happen.

  3. They are community based programmes.

  4. All

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Social movements are instrument of Social Change. Social movement is collective action of people either to promote or resist a change in society or group of which it is a part. Social movement is not sudden outbreak but an organised collective action followed by ideology behind the action. 


As society develops, their occurs changes in system or some societies lack behind, people of those societies forms group and aim at bringing about change in values, norms and structure hence social movement are natural and found in every range of society. They are oriented towards social change that derive people to join and to inspire by their goal and ideology.

In which village did the anti-arrack movement start?

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  1. Dubagunta

  2. Anantapur

  3. Chittoor

  4. Guntur

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Correct Option: A

In which year did the government of Kerala decide to convert the Silent Valley into a National Park?

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  1. 1982

  2. 1983

  3. 1984

  4. 1985

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Correct Option: D

The Americans conducted underwater nuclear tests near ______.

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  1. Canada

  2. Alaska

  3. Hawaii

  4. Peru

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Correct Option: B

Which company sponsored the Olympics in London?

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  1. Dow

  2. DuPont

  3. Ineos

  4. Sinopec

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Correct Option: A

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

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  1. 1992

  2. 1993

  3. 1994

  4. 1995

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Correct Option: A

In which year did the Meira Paibi Movement originate?

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  1. Late 1970's

  2. Mid 1970's

  3. Early 1970's

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A