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This set of Situating Independent India Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Situating Independent India Set 9

Q1 | WTO officially commenced on 1 January ......... under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the GATT, which commenced in 1948.
  • 1965
  • 1975
  • 1985
  • 1995
Q2 | WTO's current Director-General is Pascal Lamy, who leads a staffof over 600 people in............., Switzerland.
  • geneva
  • genoa
  • ladach
  • florence
Q3 | In............., India voted against the partition of Palestine at theUnited Nations General Assembly.
  • 1927
  • 1937
  • 1946
  • 1947
Q4 | India was the first Nonā€Arab State to recognize PLO as sole andlegitimate representative of the Palestinian people in.............
  • 1947
  • 1957
  • 1964
  • 1974
Q5 | India was one of the first countries to recognize the State ofPalestine in..............
  • 1968
  • 1978
  • 1984
  • 1988
Q6 | In 1996, India opened its Representative Office to the PalestineAuthority in Gaza, which later was shifted to ............. in 2003.
  • ramallah
  • egypt
  • israel
  • ladach
Q7 | Sri Lankans protested the presence of the IPKF, and the newly- elected Sri Lankan president Ranasinghe Premadasa demandedits withdrawal, which was completed by March .............
  • 1970
  • 1980
  • 1983
  • 1990
Q8 | On May 21, ................, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated and theLTTE was alleged to be the perpetrator.
  • 1971
  • 1981
  • 1986
  • 1991
Q9 | Interethnic conflict has hit India at the highest levels, with PrimeMinister ............... assassinated in 1984 by Sikh body guards.
  • indira gandhi
  • rajive gandhi
  • mahatma gandhi
  • charan singh
Q10 | It was from................, in September 1990, that LK Advanilaunched his Somnath to Ayodhya rath yatra leaving a nationwide trail of violence in its wake.
  • gujarat
  • maharashtra
  • delhi
  • madya pradesh
Q11 | In 1990 itself, there was major violence in .............. because ofAdvani's rath yatra.
  • kerala
  • gujarat
  • bombay
  • madya pradesh
Q12 | The demolition of the Babri Masjid on..............., 1992.
  • december 6
  • december 4
  • december 3
  • december 8
Q13 | Communalism and Globalisation is the work of ....................
  • ahammed aijaz
  • bipan chandra
  • k.n.panikkar
  • v.p.menon