How Patriotic Are You? Part II
Truly A Braveheart. . Here is part II, best of luck!
- 1.India was partitioned because
- A.
The Muslims did not want to live with Hindus
- B.
The Hindus did not want to live with Muslims
- C.
The Congress and the Muslim League collaborated with the Britsh to partition India
- D.
Because of Gandhi or Jinnah or both
- 2.The RSS
- A.
Is a patriotic non-political society of well meaning Hindus doing social work
- B.
Is a communal organization which is against minority religions
- C.
Is the correct organization for furthering Hindu interests since Hinduism is under attack
- D.
Is strangely very similar to fundamentalist Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Buddhist groups in their attitudes towards weaker sections of society, especially women.
- 3.If religious groups use loudspeakers,
- A.
They are only using their freedom of speech and expression
- B.
They are disturbing the peace and violating/encroaching on others fundamental rights
- C.
Most religious groups dont use loudspeakers in any case
- 4.When people oppose forced acquisition of their land by the government for private industry, they are
- A.
Anti development, these illiterate people want to keep India poor and backward
- B.
Maoist and Naxals who are hoodwinking the poor and simple people for their own selfish purpose
- C.
Fighting for their basic right to life and livelihood
- D.
Actually only wanting more money/compensation
- 5.The current path of industrialisation and development in India
- A.
Has been of immense help to millions of people across the country, from the rich to the poor
- B.
Has only benefitted the poor by providing them employment
- C.
Has only benefitted the rich in India and the developed nations
- D.
Has attracted foreign investment and will continue to do so for India's benefit
- 6.Who is a true national?
- A.
Who collaborates with the more developed nations and is technology friendly
- B.
Who opposes foreign investment in non-core industries and only wants technology which uses more labour and develops agriculture
- C.
Who sees in the rich as providing correct leadership for the vast majority through their personal examples
- D.
Who insists on the idea of Hindutva and Hindu Rashtra
- 7.If people have not got clean drinking water, education, jobs, roads, electricity for the last 60 years what should they do to get these basic amenities
- A.
Invite the Indian private sector to take these on contract
- B.
Invite foreign players and also the World Bank, IMF etc
- C.
Push the government to provide these services through peaceful non-violent protests
- D.
Organise the people on a mass scale for a militant movement which will force the government to act
- 8.The Indian government listens to you best when and if
- A.
You go to court
- B.
You bribe it
- C.
You use your political and other connections
- D.
You sit on non-violent dharna and protests
- E.
You have thousands of people on your side who are armed
- 9.The Indian police is always
- A.
Protecting the rights and for the safety of every Indian
- B.
Protecting the rights of the rich and the priviledged an instrument to oppress the poor and to stop dissent
- C.
Neutral towards all religions and communities
- 10.Our attitude towards the current Indian police, administration and judiciary should be
- A.
Of complete respect since they are best suited to run this country
- B.
Try and bribe them and get our work done, since there is no other way
- C.
Give them more powers and better arms
- D.
To disband them and have all the branches of administration elected with right to recall
- 11.The people in Kashmir, Nagaland and Manipur are
- A.
Terrorists and religious fundamentalists
- B.
Anti-national and funded by foreign countries to disurpt India
- C.
Fighting for better democratic rights
- 12.By giving people and nationalitis the right to self determination
- A.
We are breaking up the unity of India
- B.
Allowing the free expression of democratic rights of people to decide their own future
- C.
Allowing religious fundamentalism to flourish
- 13.Elections should
- A.
Be restricted to only those who are educated and have some property
- B.
Be only for Hindus since they are the majority in India
- C.
Be for all posts of governance and administration and even the police and the army
- D.
Be followed as they are currently being held for only political posts once in five years
- 14.Before the British came to India, life under the Mughals was
- A.
Very poor and primitive
- B.
Developing its own form of industry and agriculture which produced enough surplus
- C.
Communally divided because the Mughals were Muslims and they never cared much for the Hindus
- D.
Was floundering directionless and needed the strong hand of the Britsh to guide and modernise it
- E.
Contributing more than 25% to the world's GDP and there was huge demand for Indian products all over the world
- 15.The British colonial regime in India
- A.
Provided the idea of democracy for the first time
- B.
Taught the Mughals Muslims a great lesson for having tortured the Hindus for generations
- C.
Destroyed and suppressed the anti-feudal modern transition of Indian society and propped up the decadent feudal rulers as agents of British rule
- 16.1857 was
- A.
When the peasantry and soldiers who united and rose in revolt against the British and the feudal families only joined in the revolt after the Indians had captured Delhi
- B.
When it was mainly the feudals such as Rani Laxmibai and Tatia Tope who fought against the British
- C.
When the Indians made a huge mistake in fighting the British, they should have instead welcomed them and asked for their assistance in developing India.
- D.
Because of the changes in land and private property rights which were anti-people causing them to rise against the British
- 17.The families of the princly estates who benefitted from aiding the British and suppressing Indian revolts; such as the so called "Maharajas" of Scindias, Gaekwad, Pataudi, Patiala, Jodhpur, Jaipur and hundreds of others should be
- A.
Congratulated for having rescued India from the dark ages and siding with the modern British people
- B.
All their properties which they received from the British should be confiscated and their lands distributed among the landless
- C.
Should be left alone, let bygones be bygones
- 18.The Indian army refused to open fire on protestors in 1932, then the Naval Ratings Revolt took place in 1944, with numerous revolts by the Air Force and the Army.
- A.
These soldiers should have been court martialed and punished severly
- B.
The soldiers were correct in refusing to fire on their own people and the same principles should be applied even in current days by the army
- 19.Those who are fighting against injustice and the government are
- A.
Fools they should be scared of the Indian state
- B.
They are anti-national
- C.
They are true nationalists
- D.
They should give up arms and join the government in its development work
- E.
They are funded by the Al-Qaeda and other Muslim terror groups
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