Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Contemporary South Asia

Question:

 Match the following Countries in List I with The description in List II:

List I (Countries)

List II

(a) India

(i) Had Sultan as the head of state and is now a republic

(b) Maldives

(ii) The first country to liberalize its economy in the South Asian region.

(c) Sri Lanka

(iii) Witnessed struggle among pro-monarchy, pro-democracy groups, and Maoists.

(d) Nepal

(iv) Shares borders with most of the South Asian countries

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

(a)- iv, (b)- ii, (c)- i, (d)- iii

(a)- i, (b)- iv, (c)- ii, (d)- iii

(a)- iv, (b)- i, (c)- iii, (d)- ii

(a)- iv, (b)- i, (c)- ii, (d)- iii

Correct Answer:

(a)- iv, (b)- i, (c)- ii, (d)- iii

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - (a)- iv, (b)- i, (c)- ii, (d)- iii

List I (Countries)

List II

(a) India

(iv) Shares borders with most of the South Asian countries

(b) Maldives

(i) Had Sultan as the head of state and is now a republic

(c) Sri Lanka

(ii) The first country to liberalize its economy in the South Asian region.

(d) Nepal

(iii) Witnessed struggle among pro-monarchy, pro-democracy groups, and Maoists.

India is centrally located and shares borders with most South Asian countries.

The Maldives, the island nation, was a Sultanate till 1968 when it was transformed into a republic with a presidential form of government.

Sri Lanka is the first country to liberalize its economy in the South Asian region.

In Nepal, the struggle among pro-monarchy, pro-democracy groups, and extremists created an atmosphere of political instability.