Social Studies 9

____ is capital city of Bangladesh. It is the largest Bengali-speaking city and is located along the Ganges Delta.

• Dhaka

• Thimphu

• Colombo

• Malé

The Indian moviemaking industry of Bollywood began in the 1930s in what city?

• Jaipur

• Bombay (now Mumbai)

• Delhi

• Bangalore

The majority of the Thar Desert is located in what state in India?

• Rajasthan

• Goa

• Assam

• Bihar

Who was the first female president of Sri Lanka? She was elected in 1994 and served until 2005.

• Benazir Bhutto

• Sirimavo Bandaranaike

• Chandrika Kumaratunga

• Indira Gandhi

____ is one of the four ends of life from Hinduism and is the moral law governing behavior and conduct. It can be specific for one's class or station in society.

• Varna

• Mullah

• Dharma

• Ramadan

The Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008 were carried out by gunmen who were allegedly connected to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a terrorist organization based in what country?

• Bangladesh

• Sri Lanka

• Pakistan

• Afghanistan

Who served as the first prime minister of Pakistan from 1947 to 1951?

• Liaquat Ali Khan

• Mohammed Ali Jinnah

• Asif Ali Zardari

• Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Roughly three million people died as a result of the Bengal famine of 1943. During World War II, cyclones and wartime damage led to a shortage of ____ crops. The British also exported food to troops in the Middle East.

• sugarcane

• maize

• rice

• wheat

Who founded the Pakistan People's Party in 1967? He was also sentenced to death in 1978 for ordering the assassination of a political opponent.

• Pervez Musharraf

• Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

• Ayub Khan

The Upanishads are ancient texts within the ____.

• Vedas

• Bhagavad Gita

• Adi Granth

• Quran