CHAPTER -5 CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIA

1. When was SAFTA started?

1.       January 2002

2.      January 2004

3.      January 2000

4.      January 2003

2. Whose mediation resolved the ‘Indus River Waters Dispute’ between India and Pakistan?
3. Which political party dominates the political affairs of Maldives?
4. Mention any two objectives of SAARC.
5. Mention the names of member states of SAARC.
6. “Democracy in South Asia has expanded the global imagination of democracy”. Do you agree? Justify.
7. Mention some features of Indo-Bhutan relationship.
8. Highlight any two issues of cooperation as well as confrontation each between India and Bangladesh.
9. Explain India’s changing relationship with Pakistan.

10. Assess the positive and negative aspects of India’s relations with Bangladesh. How can these relationship be improved?

11. On a political outline map of world locate and label the following and symbolise them as indicate.

Questions

1. A landlocked country with multi-party competition.
2. Centrally located and shares borders with most South Asian Countries.
3. Earlier the island had Sultan as head, now its a republic.
4. A landlocked country with a monarchy. Country, where military has prevailed over democracy
5.  The country has experienced civilian as well as a military rule both.
6.  Democracy was restored in this country in 2006.
7. This country is still a monarchy.
8.  The Parliament of this country voted unanimously to introduce a multiparty system in June 2005.
9.  This country is a part of India’s ‘Look East Policy via Myanmar’.
   
   

12. Study the cartoon given below carefully and answer the following questions

1. The given cartoon is related to which country?
2. What is the full form of LTTE?
3. What was the main demand of LTTE?
4. Rajapakse is trying to perform which political act?

13.  Study the following passage carefully and answer the questions those are following

The lack of genuine international support for democratic rule in Pakistan has further encouraged the military to continue its dominance. The United States and other Western countries have encouraged the military’s authoritarian rule in the past, for their own reasons. Given their fear of the threat of what they call ‘global Islamic terrorism’ and the apprehension that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal might fall into the hands of these terrorist groups, the military regime in Pakistan has been seen as the protector of Western interests in West Asia and South Asia.
(i) What is meant by ‘Global Islamic Terrorism’?
(ii) Why did Pakistan lack genuine international support for a democratic rule?
(iii) Why was the military regime in Pakistan considered as the protector of Western interests in West Asia and South Asia?

14. No region exists in a vacuum. It is influenced by outside powers and events no matter how much it may try to insulate itself from non-regional powers. China and the United States remain key players in South Asian politics. Sino-Indian relations have improved significantly in the last ten years, but China’s strategic partnership with Pakistan remains a major irritant. The demands of development and globalisation have brought the two Asian giants closer and their economic ties have multiplied rapidly since 1991. Delhi 2012 Study the paragraph given above carefully and answer the following questions
(i) Which two countries have been referred to as ‘Outside power’?
(ii) Which are the two Asian giants and why have they been called so?
(iii) China’s strategic partnership with Pakistan is a major irritant for which country and why?

15. Explain the factors responsible for Pakistan’s failure in building a stable democracy. Describe any two pro-democracy factors present in Pakistan which can pave the way for establishing a lasting democratic set up over there.(6)

16. “Nepal and India enjoy a very special relationship that has very few parallels in the world”. Justify the statement with any three suitable arguments.(6)

17. What does SAARC stand for? Highlight its any three main objectives.(4)

18. How is democratisation going on in Nepal since 1990?(4)

19. ‘Despite the mixed record of democratic experience, the people of all the countries of South Asia share the aspirations of democracy.’ Explain(6)