Nepal's Transition to Democracy

Q.

Which among the following demands was made by the protesters to King Gyanendra of Nepal?

1. Restoration of the parliament
2. Implementation of absolute monarchy
3. Removal of the Prime Minister from the office
4. Crowning of King Gyanendra's son as the King of Nepal

Q. _______ was elected as the interim Prime Minister of Nepal.

1. Gyanendra
2. Girija Prasad Koirala
3. Dr. Manmohan Singh
4. Girija Singh

Q. Which of the following reasons led to the dissolution of the Parliament in 2005 in Nepal?

1. Instability of the elected government
2. Protest by the local people
3. Unpopularity of the government
4. Weakness of the government

Q. Match the following in context to the events in Nepal.

1. 2008
2. 2015
3. 2001
4. 2005

Q. The new Constitution of Nepal was finalised in which year?

1. 2015

Q. If you visited Nepal in 1989 and wished to meet the king of Nepal, who among the following would you meet?

1. King Birendra
2. King Virendra
3. King Narendra
4. King Gyanendra

Q. Those communists who believe in the ideology of Mao, the leader of the Chinese revolution. They seek to overthrow the government through an armed revolution so as to establish the rule of the peasants and workers.

1. CPI
2. CPL
3. Maoists
4. Leninists

Q. Which of the following are true about Nepal's political situation before 2000?

1. Nepal was a communist nation.
2. Nepal was a constitutional monarchy.
3. Nepal was a third wave nation
4. Nepal was a second wave nation.

Q. 'Y' refers to the doctrine that is composed of the ideology and methodology for revolution. This ideology seeks to overthrow the government through an armed revolution to establish the rule of workers. It was developed by a Chinese ruler and his associates from the Chinese Communist Party. It proposed an alternative to growth based on revolutionary enthusiasm and mass struggle. Identify 'Y'?

1. Terrorism
2. Maoism
3. Communalism
4. Majoritarianism

Q. Pick the odd one out. Hint: Did not support the protest in Nepal in 2006.

1. Democratic party of the USA
2. Human rights organisations
3. Labour unions
4. Maoists insurgents

Q. Arun says that mass protest is an example of corruption. Aditya says that the mass protest is one of the ways to participate in direct politics. Who do you think is right?

1. Arun is right
2. Aditya is right
3. Both Aditya and Arun are right
4. Both Aditya and Arun are wrong

Q. Which among the following was not a demand of the protesters in Nepal in 2006?

1. Restoration of the Parliament
2. Handing over of power to an all party government
3. Institution of a new constituent assembly
4. A new parliament building

Q. I was born in 1947 in a country that houses the Mount Everest. After the death of my brother who was the ruling monarch, I had restored a form of government that allows the king to execute absolute power. Who am I?

1. King Biendra
2. King Dipendra
3. King Gyanendra
4. King Mahendra

Q. Who had accepted the transition of Nepal from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy?

1. King Virendra
2. King Birendra
3. King Gajendra
4. King Gyanendra

Q. Match the following in context to the events in Nepal.

1. 2001
2. 2005
3. 2008
4. 2015

Q. Describe the second popular movement for democracy of Nepal.

Q. After successful popular movement, the new Prime Minister of Nepal was _______________.

1. Prachand
2. V. P. Koirala
3. G.P. Koirala
4. Sher Bahadur Rana

Q. Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement in April 2006. The movement was aimed ________.

1. To restore democracy
2. To protect envirnoment
3. To dismiss the king
4. To rest Marxist rule

Q. Besides the political parties the other organizations which joined the popular movement of 2006 in Nepal are _________________.

1. Seven parties' alliance and people
2. King and the elected representatives
3. Maoists and elected representatives
4. Maoist insurgents and other organizations

Q. Who among the following served thrice as the Prime Minister of Nepal during the reign of King Birendra?

1. King Gyanendra
2. Girija Prasad Koirala
3. K.P. Sharma Oli
4. Prithvi Narayan Shah

Q. Who were Maoists? What was their contribution the movement for democracy in Nepal?