Question

Which of the following Asian country had military rule for a long period?

• A. Myanmar
• B. China
• C. India
• D. Bangladesh

Answer 1

The correct option is A Myanmar

Military rule in Burma lasted from 1962 to 2011. Myanmar gained its granted independence from British Empire in 1948 under Burmese Independence Army, as a democratic nation.

The first military rule began in 1958 and direct military rule started when Ne Win captured power through a coup d'état in 1962, it became a military dictatorship under the Burma Socialist Programme Party lasted for 26 years, in the claim to save the country from disintegration. During this period there was some democratic landscape in the form of election, giving rights to the citizen to elect and to stand for election. Hence, Option A is correct.

Among the rest, China has a Communist regime, India was a British colony which became a democratic state after independence and Bangladesh has Islamic socialist rule, hence, they are incorrect.