Social Studies 1

The ______ separates the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands from each other in the Bay of Bengal. These two together form one of the eight Indian Union Territories.

• Cox's Bazar

• Java Trench

• Palk Strait

• Ten Degree Channel

Hind Swaraj, or "Indian Home Rule," was published by ______ in South Africa in 1909.

• Jawaharlal Nehru

• Mohandas K. Gandhi

• Subhas Chandra Bose

• Swami Vivekananda

Paradesi Jews immigrated from ______ to the Indian subcontinent beginning in the late 15th century.

• Syria

• Poland

• Spain

• Egypt

The Kot Massacre occurred on September 14, 1846, when members of the Kunwar family killed approximately 30 to 40 civilians, military officers, and palace guards, including the Prime Minister of ______.

• Nepal

• Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

• India

• Bhutan

In Operation Fair Play, General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq seized Pakistan’s Government. Soon afterward, the General ordered the imprisonment of Prime Minister __________, who was later sentenced to death on the charge of having ordered the assassination of a political opponent.

• Mohammad Nawaz Sharif

• Zulfikar Bhutto

• Pervez Musharraf

• Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy

Which Geographic feature is described above?

• Eastern Ghats

• Indo-Gangetic Plain

• Western Ghats

• Patkai Range

Known as the “Flying Sikh,” __________ finished fourth in the finals of the 400-meter race at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee

• Milkha Singh

• Dhyan Chand

• Imran Khan

Which of the following is described above?

• Hindustani

• Punjabi

• Pashtun

• Bangla

Which of the following geographic features does not touch the Palk Strait?

• Bay of Bengal

• Mannar Island

• Adam’s Bridge

• Kund Malir Beach

Mangal Pandey is most associated with the __________.

• Salt March

• Sino-Indian War

• Sepoy Mutiny

• Sikh Massacre