UIL South Asia Bangladesh, Bhutan, Britain

___________ was a linguistics scholar and judge who established the Asiatic Society of Bengal and helped influence the widespread study of South Asian culture.

• Lord Curzon

• Octavian Allan Hume

• William Jones

• Cyril Radcliffe

Which person matches the description below?

-Co-founder of the Awami League

-Served as President of Bangladesh

-He was killed in a coup

• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

• Hussain Muhammad Ershad

• Begum Rokeya

• Khaleda Zia

In 1982, ________ assumed power in a coup, and he suspended the constitution and political parties in Bangladesh. He agreed to step down in 1990 following antigovernmental demonstrations.

• Hussain Muhammad Ershad

• Nazrul Kazi Islam

• Ziaur Rahman

• Sheikh Hasina Wazed

Who was the first prime minister of Bengal from 1937-1943? He played a vital role in the Indian independence movement and Pakistan movement.

• A.K. Fazlul Huq

• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

• Begum Rokeya

• Hussain Muhammad Ershad

Who is the national poet of Bangladesh? Published in 1922, "Bidrohi" is considered to be his most famous work.

• Begum Rokeya

• Nazrul Kazi Islam

• Khaleda Zia

• Hussain Muhammad Ershad

Which person matches the description below?

-Feminist

-Writer who supported women's liberation in South Asia

-started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta

• Ziaur Rahman

• Begum Rokeya

• Khaleda Zia

• Hasina Wazed

An ongoing rivalry persists between Bangladesh's former leaders, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia. At various times since 1991, the two women have both served in what position?

• Supreme Court justice

• president

• prime minister

• both B and C

___________ has served as the king of Bhutan since 2006.

• Ugyen Wangchuck

• Lotay Tshering

• Lhengye Zhungtshog

• Jigme Wangchuck

__________ served as the viceroy of India from 1898 to 1905, and he presided over the partition of Bengal.

• Octavian Allan Hume

• Lord Curzon

• William Jones

• Cyril Radcliffe

_________ was a British politician who worked in British India. He studied birds across India and donated all of his collections and notes to the Natural History Museum in London.

• Lord Curzon

• Lord Louis Mountbatten

• Octavian Allan Hume

• Cyril Radcliffe