TBSHS GCSE Geography. India Quiz 4.

The year India gained its independence from Great Britain:

• 1947

• 1965

• 1971

• 1999

Following independence, British India was partitioned into India and Pakistan.

Select the correct statement(s)

• India was primarily a Hindu state

• Pakistan was a Muslim state

• Independence created the largest mass migration in history

• All of the statements are correct

Since partition, India and Pakistan have fought three wars over which disputed territory?

• Bihar

• Goa

• Kashmir

• Maharashtra

There is tension between India and China over...

• trade routes in the Indian Ocean

• oil in the Arctic

• water resources in the Himalayas

• tourism in the UK

Since independence, India has followed a foreign policy of not favouring either the USA and its Western allies or Russia and its allies.

What is this policy called?

• Geopolitics

• Territorial disputes

• Colonial legacy

• Non-alignment

Both India, Pakistan and China are nuclear powers.

India has struck a deal with which country for it to provide India with 3.2 million kilos of uranium?

• USA

• Russia

• Canada

• UK

India's colonial legacy.

An important factor in India's integration into the global economy is...

Choose which statement(s) are correct.

• Most Indian children attend English public schools

• Hindi is the most widely spoken language in the world

• Most of India's middle class speak English

• All of the statements are correct

India - technology and connectivity

Choose the correct statement(s)

• In 2013 India had 61million broadband connections spread evenly throughout its 29 states

• India has its own high level ICT industry

• India has the second largest wireless network in the world after China

India - technology and connectivity

There are clear digital divides in India between:

• Core and periphery areas

• Urban and rural areas

• Young and old

• Male and female

• All options are correct

What is geopolitics?

• The study of war in different countries

• The impact of economics on international relations

• The impact of a country's geography (human and physical) on its international politics and relations

• How coasts and rivers affect decision making