Chapter 5 – Popular Struggles and Movements

The groups that form an organisation and undertake activities to promote their interests or their viewpoints are called:

Unlike political parties, pressure groups:

The decision of movements is:

Usually interest groups seek to promote the:

Promotional groups promote:

An organisation that is largely made up of government employees that campaign against caste discrimination to called:

Generic movements always seek to:

The main objective of the Narmada Bachao Andolan was to:

The full form of NAPM, is:

Most of the pressure groups:

Business groups often employ :

On balance, pressure groups and movements have:

When different groups function actively:

Nepal witnessed an extraordinary popular movement, aimed at restoring democracy in:

King Birendra was killed in a mysterious massacre of the royal family in:

King Gyanendra, the new king of Nepal, was not prepared:

King Gyanendra dismissed the Prime Minister and dissolved the elected Parliament in:

SPA stands for:

The king was forced to concede all the three demands of the SPA on:

The new Prime Minister choosen by the SPA was:

Bolivia is a:

Many people of the city of Cochabamba, received monthly water bill of Rs. 1000, where average income is around:

The popular struggle in Bolivia was about one specific policy, while the struggle in Nepal was about the:

Democratic conflict is resolved through:

The party in Nepal, which was involved in an armed struggle against the Nepali government is:

The protest against water privatisation in Bolivia was led by an organisation called:

People’s struggle in Bolivia was

In a democracy, spontaneous public partici-pation becomes effective with the help of

In 2006 the party that came to power in Bolivia was

In dealing with popular struggles and conflicting demands, which one of the following statements is not correct about democracy?