Online Test of Chapter 5 Popular Struggles and Movements Test 1 Civics (Social Science S.St)| Class 10th

Q.1. When was the King Birendra was killed in a mysterious massacre of the royal family?
a. 2000
b. 2001
c. 2002
d. 2003

Q.2. 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

Q.3. Against whom the people of Bolivia led a successful struggle?
a. Limited franchise
b. Government’s apathy towards public facilities
c. Privatisation of water
d. Lack of educational facilities

Q.4. 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

Q.5. What is not true regarding public interest groups?
a. They represent some common or general interest
b. Members of the organisation may not benefit from the cause that the organisation represents
c. They promote collective rather than selective good d. They aim to help their own members

Q.6. Who won Bolivia’s water war?
a. People
b. Government
c. MNC
d. None of the above

Q.7. Most of the time democracy evolves through what?
a. Consensus
b. Popular struggles
c. Both the above
d. None of the above

Q.8. 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

Q.9. Through what outstanding democratic conflicts are usually resolved?
a. Mass mobilisation
b. Institutions like the Parliament or the Judiciary
c. Both the above
d. None the above

Q.10. Which of these is one of the agencies of organised politics?
a. Political parties
b. Pressure groups
c. Movement groups
d. All of the above