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  • Question 1
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    Which  one of these takes part in elections?
    Solution

    Parties contest elections. In most democracies, elections are fought mainly among the candidates put up by political parties. Contesting elections is one of the functions of a political party.

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    The one who led civil-rights movement in US from 1954 to 1968 was ________________.
    Solution
    Martin Luther King Jr. was a renowned civil rights activist who led the civil rights movement in US for Blacks and Africans who did not have the rights that Americans already enjoyed. The Movement began expressly with the Montgomery Bus Incident when one local leader Rosa Parks who is African refused to give up her seat for white American. Martin Luther King led all the major movements including civil disobedience, non- violent protests, sit ins etc. He continued to do so  until he was assassinated in 1968.
  • Question 3
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    King Martin Luther Jr.was influenced by _____________.
    Solution
    King Martin Luther Jr. was much influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and his ideologies of non-violence and truth. He adopted his ideology and technique to led the civil rights movement in US to give voice to rights of the people (African) who were being harshly discriminated and tortured. Gandhiji's success in Indian Independence movement placed him in influential position.
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    In 2006, the country that witnessed a popular movement for the restoration of democracy is ______.
    Solution
    The movement for establishment of Democracy occurred in Nepal in 2006. King Gyanendra who did not want constitutional Monarchy over absolute monarchy led to the revolution of gaining popular control over the king. All major political parties went to strike and people came on street defying curfew. It resulted in establishment of constitutional monarch. Bolivia witnessed struggle against privatisation of water. The Bolivian Government sold the water right to a Multinational Company which raised the price of water many times. The people revolted against this and forced the official to give up water rights. Thus, the the foundation of country's politics is the element absent in these movements.
  • Question 5
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    The movement to continue English as an official language became violent in ___________.
    Solution
    The Anti Hindi agitation is a series of violent demand events took place in the state of Tamil Nadu during both pre and post Independence era. The first agitation took place against imposition of Hindi in Madras State (now Tamil Nadu) when teaching of Hindi in schools was made compulsory. thereon demand continues to make India an official language of India alongside Hindi when the Official Language Act passed to make Hindi a sole official language. then to supress the agitation, violence and protests English and Hindi were made official languages of India indefinitely.
  • Question 6
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    The primary objective of Black Power Movement was to eliminate ______________.
    Solution
    Black Power Movement is the movement that emphasized of the elimination of the racial discrimination against African-Americans and formation of Political and social Institutions of Blacks to have adequate representation without which non-discrimination would be futile. It emerged out of the Civil Rights Movement in the US.
  • Question 7
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    Mark the correct objective of Civil Rights Movement in the U.S A.?
    Solution
    The Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.A. targeted the equal treatment and granting of human rights to the African American who were being harshly treated and tortured and were considered inferior and slaves to the White Americans. It largely targeted abolition of legal racial discrimination against African- Americans followed by several movements and protests.
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    Which one of the following aspects was recommended by the Gandhiji ________ that politics must be guided by the.
    Solution
    According to Gandhiji Politics and ethics should not be completely divorced from one another. Ethics must be a guiding lamp of the politics if a nation has to prosper. Ethical values like truth, honesty and sincerity puts nation before self interest and because politics is a determining factor of a nation's governance it must be embedded in politics.
  • Question 9
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    In Bolivia, the Socialist Party had came to power in ______.
    Solution
    The protest against water privatization in Bolivia was led by an organization called FEDECOR. This organization comprised local professionals, including engineers and environmentalists. They were supported by a federation of farmers who relied  on irrigation, the confederation of factory workers’ unions, middle class students from the University of Cochabamba and the city’s growing population of homeless street children. The movement was supported by the Socialist Party. In 2006, this party came to power in Bolivia.
  • Question 10
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    "Bolivia" is situated in which continent?
    Solution
    Bolivia is a poor country in Latin America. Bolivia witnessed a popular struggle on Water privatization which came to known as Bolivia's Water War.
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