List I	List II
1	Pressure group	Α. Narmada Bachao Andolan
2	Long-term movement	Β. Asom Gana Parishad
3	Single issue movement	C. Women�s Movement
4	Political party	D. Fertilizer dealers� association

 

	1	2	3	4
(a)	D	C	A	B
(b)	B	A	D	C
(c)	C	D	B	A
(d)	B	D	C	A

 

Answer

	1	2	3	4
(b)	D	C	A	B

Consider the following statements about pressure groups and parties.
A. Pressure groups are the organised expression of the interests and views of specific social sections.
B. Pressure groups take positions on political issues.
C. All pressure groups are political parties.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) A, B and C
(b) A and B
(c) B and C
(d) A and C

Answer

(b) A and B

Q.1: - What did Nepal become a constitutional monarchy?
(a) In 1960 (b) In 1970 (c) In 1980 (d) In 1990

Q.2: - What was the aim of the extraordinary movement Nepal witnessed in 2006?
(a) Restoring Democracy (b) Abolishing untouchability
(c) Bringing down military rule (d) Division of Nepal

Q.3: - Who become the new Prime Minister of Nepal in 2006?
(a) Beni Prasad (b) Girija Prasad Koirala
(c) Gyanendra (d) Himmat Prasad Koirala

Q.4: - Which organization was setup by the Nepalese people to restore
democracy in Nepal?
(a) The Dual Alliance (b) The Tripple Alliance
(c) The Nepal Congress (d) The Seven Party Alliance

Q.5: - On which day was the king of Nepal (King Gyanendra) forced to concede
all the demands of SPA?
(a) On June 1, 2001 (b) On April 24, 2006
(c) On July 24, 2006 (d) On June 1, 2007

Q.6: - What was the Bolivian protest called?
 (a) Bolivian war (b) Bolivia’s Water war
 (c) Water for Bolivia (d) Bolivian crisis

Q.7: - To which of the following countries does FEDECOR belong?
 (a) Nepal (b) Northern Ireland (c) Belgium (d) Bolivia

Q.8: - Which political party came to power in Bolivia in 2006?
 (a) Democratic Party (b) Socialist Party
 (c) Liberal Party (d) Conservative Party

Q.9: - Which of the following is an example of moments growing into political parties?
(a) NAPM (b) FEDECOR
(c) BAMCEF (d) Assam Gana Parishad

Q.10: - Which of the following can be classified as a type of public interest group?
(a) Trade unions (b) FEDECOR
(c) Doctors (d) Teachers

Q.11: - When was the king Birendra of Nepal Killed?
(a) In 1999 (b) In 2000 (c) In 2001 (d) In 2002

Q.12: - How did people protest against the “Kittiko – Hochchiko” movements?
(a) By planting more eucalyptus trees.
(b) By plucking more trees 
(c) By plucking eucalyptus trees and planting other saplings
(d) By plucking all eucalypts trees on the 30,000 hectare piece of land 

Answer Key of Multiple Choice Questions
1. ( d ) 2. ( a ) 3. ( b ) 4. ( d ) 5. ( b ) 6. ( b ) 7. ( d )
8. ( a ) 9. ( d ) 10. ( b ) 11. ( c ) 12. ( c )

Nepal won the democracy in 1990.
 Two Features:-
1. The King formally remained the head of the state; the real power was exercised by popularly elected representatives.
2. King Birendra who had accepted this transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy was killed in a mysterious massacre of the royal family in 2001

1. The King was forced to concede all the thru demands of the protesters.
 2. The SPA chose Girija Prasad Koirala as the new P.M. of the interim government.
 3. The restored parliament met and passed laws taking away most of the power of the king.

1. Both these are instances of political conflict that led to popular struggles.
2. In both cases, the struggle involves mass mobilizations public demonstration of mass support clinched the dispute.
3. Both instances involved the critical role of political organization.

1. The protest against water privatization in Bolivia was not led by any political party. It was led by  FEDECOR.
 2. This organization comprised of local professionals, including engineers and environmentalists.
3. They were supported by a federation of farmers who relied on irrigation, middle class students, confederation of factory workers, unions and the city’s growing population of the homeless street  children.

1. A pressure group is an organized or an unorganized body that seeks to promote its  interests while a political party seeks to attain political power by contesting elections.
 2. Pressure groups are formed by the people of common interests, occupations and  opinions while political parties are forced on the basic of ideology and vision.
3. A pressure group represents their own single interests while political parties  represents various interests.