EF District Meet

Clans of landowning rulers and their descendants represent only a small percentage of the northwestern Indian state of _____'s residents, but are perhaps the most notable section of the population since the state draws its name from their community.

• Rajasthan

• Gujarat

• Uttar Pradesh

• Punjab

_____ was built by the British and was used for resting troops. It gained popularity as a summer resort because of its cool climate and scenic setting, and from 1865 to 1939, it served as India’s summer capital. It now serves as the capital of Himachal Pradesh.

• Imphal

• Kargil

• Shimla

• Bangalore

_____ is one of the most widely worshiped Hindu deities and is the embodiment of chivalry and virtue. The name is specifically associated with the seventh incarnation, or avatar, of Vishnu.

• Krishna

• Rama

• Hanuman

• Shiva

All of the statements above describe _____.

• Liaquat Ali Khan

• Ayub Khan

• Mohammed Ali Jinnah

• Mohammad Iqbal

After seizing power in 1982, ______ became Chief Martial Law Administrator of Bangladesh. When he stood for election in 1986, he did so without competition and founded the Jatiya Party to consolidate power. In December 1991, he was forced to resign following protests and was later found guilty of corruption and jailed for five years.

• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

• Hussain Muhammad Ershad

• Ziaur Rahman

• Pervez Musharraf

______ was an Indian nationalist turned philosopher and yogi that often has the honorific title of “Sri” attached to his name. He founded a community in Pondichéry in 1926 that attracted adherents from across the globe for its unique philosophy of Integral Yoga.

• Swami Vivekananda

• Aurobindo Ghose

• C.R. Das

• Maharishi Yogi

______ were those areas of the Indian subcontinent that were not conquered by the British, but were generally connected by terms of a treaty. Most of the 584 that remained in 1947 signed an agreement to become part of India. Some considered independence, but through negotiations or invasion all were absorbed.

• Princely states

• Dzongs

• Jati pradeshes

• Nawabs

In 2007, ______ returned to Karachi from Dubai after eight years of self-imposed exile. Celebrations marking their return were marred by a suicide attack in which numerous supporters were killed. The former prime minister was assassinated in December in a similar attack while campaigning for upcoming parliamentary elections.

• Nawaz Sharif

• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

• Benazir Bhutto

• Imran Khan

The ______ are perhaps the most isolated tribe in the world. They live on a small forested island, approximately the size of Manhattan, which is part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. They continue to resist contact with outsiders and generally attack anyone that comes near.

• Telugu

• Sentinelese

• Sinhalese

• Paradesi

_____ was a political activist, feminist, poet, and the first Indian woman to be president of the Indian National Congress. She was the first female governor in India leading the United Provinces in 1947 until her death in 1949.

• Annie Besant

• Sarojini Naidu

• Pratibha Patil

• Begum Rokeya