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Practice Test for Chapter 8: South Asia
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The official language of India, one of 14 major languages, is:
a. Charisma
b. English
c. Hindi
d. Sikh
e. Nehru
2. The dominant river basin of India that anchors the core area of India is the:
a. Brahmaputra
b. Ganges
c. Indus
d. Nile
e. Irrawaddy
3. Which of the following is not one of the 3 primary physiographic regions of South Asia?
a. the northern mountains
b. the southern peninsular plateau
c. the wide western coastal plain
d. the river lowlands extending from Pakistan's lower Indus Valley to Assam's Brahmaputra Valley
e. none are regions of South Asia
4. The peoples and languages of southern India are collectively known as:
a. Sinhalese
b. Dravidian
c. Aryan
d. Deccanite
e. Buddhist
5. The direct administration of India by the British government lasted for:
a. 247 years
b.18 years
c. 124 years
d. 90 years
e. almost 200 years and continues today
6. In 1947, British India was partitioned into which of the following states:
a. the Punjab and Assam
b. Ceylon and Sri Lanka
d. India and Pakistan
e. Bhutan and Nepal
c. Kashmir and India
7. An area whose control is still disputed by India and Pakistan is:
a. Goa
b. Punjab
c. Bangladesh
d. Bengal
8. The forward capital of Pakistan, completed in the 1970s, is:
a. Islamabad
b. Baluchistan
c. Rawalpindi
e. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Karachi
e. Dhaka
9. Bangladesh came into existence:
a. following a war of independence against India
b. when British India was partitioned in 1947
c. as a refuge for Hindus
d. following a war of independence against West Pakistan
e. out of the former Indian state of West Bengal
10. The country bordering Bangladesh on its north and east is: (look at a map of the realm)
a. Myanmar (Burma)
b. China
c. India
d. Nepal
e. East Pakistan
11. Calcutta (Kolkata), Bombay (Mumbai), and Madras (Chennai) are:
a. Hindustan's three largest urban areas
b. agricultural market centers in Hindustan
c. positioned at the mouths of India's longest navigable rivers
d. all cities aided in their development by the British colonizers
e. the capitals of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh respectively
12. Agriculture in India:
a. is marked by the equal division of land among the country's millions of farming families.
b. is limited by the fact that rice is the only major grain/staple crop (see map.)
c. remained unaffected by the so-called Green Revolution (see page 198, read “between the lines”.)
d. remains inefficient and tradition-bound, so that yields per worker and per unit area are low.
e. is achieving the goal of national food security with plenty of surplus to export and no areas with shortages.
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13. The Tamil and Sinhalese groups that have been in dispute over:
a. Kashmir
b. Jammu
c. Dravidia
d. Sri Lanka
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e. Delhi
14. The two countries in the Mountainous North of South Asia are:
a. Nepal and Bhutan
b. Pakistan and Bangladesh
c. Sri Lanka and Bhutan
d. Assam and Punjab
e. Jammu and Kashmir
15. Which of the following statements about Nepal is false?
a. Deforestation is a major problem.
b. The infertile lowland swamp, known as the Terai, is the least productive zone.
c. The Himalayas are the principal physical feature.
d. About 80 percent of the population are Hindu.
e. Kathmandu is the country's central hill area.
TRUE or FALSE
16. India today is the world's most populous democratic state.
a. true
b. false
17. The three major rivers of South Asia are the Ganges, the Indus, and the Nepalese.
a. true
b. false
18. Since India has entered the 4th Stage in the Demographic Transition Model for Population Growth, its
population is finally beginning to stabilize adding less than a million people every year.
a. true
b. false
19. Sikkim was formerly known as Ceylon.
a. true
b. false
20. Muslims in India represent the largest cultural minority in the world.
a. true
b. false
21. The so-called "untouchables" of the Indian caste system are untouchable because it is believed that they are
extremely holy since they are directly descended from Hindu gods.
a. true
b. false
22. Despite having a smaller population than India, Bangladesh has so much of its area covered by water that its
physiologic density is more than twice as high as the already very high level in India.
a. true
b. false
23. The great majority of India's workers are employed in agriculture.
a. true
b. false
24. Bangladesh is protected by its river delta location from natural hazards like cyclones (hurricanes).
a. true
b. false
25. India's influential minority, the Sikhs, adhere to a newer religion that combines Hinduism and the Muslim
faith.
a. true
b. false