Nepali History and Politics

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  1. Complete the sentence about History of Nepal with the correct year: The modern day Kingdom of Nepal was established in ______ and started a campaign of unifying what would form the modern territories…
  2. Complete the sentence about Malla dynasty with the correct year: The first use of the word Malla in the Kathmandu Valley began in ______.
  3. Complete the sentence about Malla dynasty with the correct year: In ______ the Khas king, Ripumalla, visited Lumbini and had his inscription carved on Ashoka's pillar.
  4. Complete the sentence about Malla dynasty with the correct year: During the reign of Jayabhimdev Malla in ______, eighty artisans were sent to Tibet.
  5. Complete the sentence about Kingdom of Nepal with the correct year: The Nepalese monarchy was further destabilised by the ______ Nepalese royal massacre, which resulted in Gyanendra assuming the thron…
  6. Complete the sentence about Prithvi Narayan Shah with the correct year: Prithvi Narayan Shah was born prematurely on 7 January ______ as the first child of Nara Bhupal Shah and Kaushalyavati Devi in t…
  7. Complete the sentence about Prithvi Narayan Shah with the correct year: Shah had turned 14 in ______ C.E. and it was decided that he would marry Indra Kumari Devi, the daughter of Hemkarna Sen, the Pr…
  8. Complete the sentence about Prithvi Narayan Shah with the correct year: After the death of his father in ______ AD, Prithvi Narayan Shah ascended to the throne of Gorkha at the age of 20.
  9. Complete the sentence about Prithvi Narayan Shah with the correct year: When Prithvi Narayan Shah ascended to the throne of Gorkha on 3 April ______ A.D., it was still a minor regional power.
  10. Complete the sentence about Battle of Kirtipur with the correct year: In ______, the Gorkhali king Nara Bhupal Shah launched an attack on Nuwakot, a border town and fort in the northwest of the valley…
  11. Complete the sentence about Battle of Kirtipur with the correct year: In ______, he took Nuwakot, which gave him a foothold in Nepal and allowed him to stop its trade with Tibet as it lay on the trans…
  12. Complete the sentence about Battle of Kirtipur with the correct year: In August ______, Captain George Kinloch led a British force towards the valley to rescue its beleaguered inhabitants.
  13. Complete the sentence about Battle of Kirtipur with the correct year: During the first assault in ______, the Gorkhali army was badly beaten.
  14. Complete the sentence about Jung Bahadur Rana with the correct year: Jung Bahadur was born on 18 June ______ in Balkot, southern Nepal.
  15. Complete the sentence about Jung Bahadur Rana with the correct year: In ______, Bal Narsingh moved to Dadeldhura in Western Nepal and enrolled Jung Bahadur in the military.
  16. Complete the sentence about Jung Bahadur Rana with the correct year: By the time Bal Narsingh relocated to Jumla in ______, Jung Bahadur had already been promoted to the rank of second lieutenant.
  17. Complete the sentence about Jung Bahadur Rana with the correct year: In ______, Jung Bahadur married the sister of Colonel Sanak Singh Shripali Tandon.
  18. Complete the sentence about Rana dynasty with the correct year: During the siege of Chittorgarh in ______ CE, his descendants are said to have migrated north toward the Himalayas.
  19. Complete the sentence about Rana dynasty with the correct year: The Rana dynasty was a hereditary line of prime ministers who ruled Nepal from ______ until the early 1950s.
  20. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Nepalese War with the correct year: In ______, British concerns around this partnership grew when the Gorkhas ascended their power and leadership in Nepal.
  21. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Nepalese War with the correct year: In ______, the Gorkhas conquered Kathmandu Valley and became Nepal’s ruling force, paving the way for a declining relationship bet…
  22. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Nepalese War with the correct year: In ______, the Company established a British Residency in Kathmandu to seek a stronger hold over the region.
  23. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Nepalese War with the correct year: As ______ approached, however, the British found themselves concerned by the possibility of an alliance between Nepal and Sikhs in…
  24. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Nepalese War with the correct year: In ______, this is what the British set out to do, alongside a goal of establishing a second Residency in Kathmandu to keep a clos…
  25. Complete the sentence about Anglo-Nepalese War with the correct year: In May ______, British forces in Nepal temporarily left to escape malaria season.
  26. Complete the sentence about Brigade of Gurkhas with the correct year: During the war in Nepal in ______, Army officers were shocked by the tenacity of the Gurkha soldiers and encouraged them to volunt…
  27. Complete the sentence about Brigade of Gurkhas with the correct year: During the Sepoy Mutiny in ______, the Gurkha regiments remained loyal to the British, and became part of the British Indian Army…
  28. Complete the sentence about Brigade of Gurkhas with the correct year: The Training Depot Brigade of Gurkhas was established on 15 August ______ at Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaya.
  29. Complete the sentence about Brigade of Gurkhas with the correct year: After Indian independence and partition in ______, under the Tripartite Agreement, six Gurkha regiments joined the post-independen…
  30. Complete the sentence about Tribhuvan of Nepal with the correct year: Tribhuvan was born on 30 June ______ to Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah and Divyeshwari Lakshmi Devi Shah.
  31. Complete the sentence about Tribhuvan of Nepal with the correct year: After the death of his father, Tribhuvan ascended the throne on 11 December ______, at the age of five.
  32. Complete the sentence about Tribhuvan of Nepal with the correct year: In November ______, King Tribhuvan took refuge at the Indian Embassy.
  33. Complete the sentence about Mahendra of Nepal with the correct year: Mahendra was born on 11 June ______ at the Narayanhiti Palace to King Tribhuvan of Nepal.
  34. Complete the sentence about Mahendra of Nepal with the correct year: Although Tribhuvan was nominally king since ______, the royal family had been held captive in Narayanhiti Palace since the rise of…
  35. Complete the sentence about Mahendra of Nepal with the correct year: In ______, he married Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi, the granddaughter of Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and daughter of General Hari…
  36. Complete the sentence about Mahendra of Nepal with the correct year: In ______ King Tribhuvan launched a successful political movement against the Ranas and established Nepal as a constitutional monar…
  37. Complete the sentence about Mahendra of Nepal with the correct year: In ______, two years after the death of his crown princess, Mahendra married Indra's younger sister, Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi.
  38. Complete the sentence about Birendra of Nepal with the correct year: On 13 March ______, their grandfather King Tribhuvan died and their father succeeded to the Nepalese throne.
  39. Complete the sentence about Birendra of Nepal with the correct year: In ______, Birendra was enrolled at Eton College in the United Kingdom.
  40. Complete the sentence about Gyanendra of Nepal with the correct year: Gyanendra was born on 7 July ______ as the second son of Crown Prince Mahendra and his first wife, Crown Princess Indra, in the ol…
  41. Complete the sentence about Gyanendra of Nepal with the correct year: After India voiced its opposition to the hereditary rule of the Rana dynasty as Prime Ministers of Nepal, a deal was reached in Ja…
  42. Complete the sentence about Dipendra of Nepal with the correct year: Dipendra was born on 27 June ______ at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace as the eldest child of Birendra, the Crown Prince of Nepal, and…
  43. Complete the sentence about Dipendra of Nepal with the correct year: On 1 June ______, Dipendra allegedly opened fire at a party being held inside a house on the grounds of the Narayanhiti Royal Palac…
  44. Complete the sentence about Dipendra of Nepal with the correct year: Much controversy still surrounds the circumstances of the massacre, and with the official abolition of the monarchy on 28 May _____…
  45. Complete the sentence about Nepalese royal massacre with the correct year: Birendra became king of Nepal in ______ following the death of his father King Mahendra, inheriting an absolute monarchy know…
  46. Complete the sentence about Nepalese royal massacre with the correct year: The scheduled dinner event on 1 June ______ was to be hosted by Dipendra at his residence, the Tribhuvan Sadan within the com…
  47. Complete the sentence about Nepalese Civil War with the correct year: In the ______ election, the UPFN became the third-largest party in the Nepali parliament.
  48. Complete the sentence about Nepalese Civil War with the correct year: In August ______, the Maoists declared a week-long blockade of Kathmandu city which was later called off.
  49. Complete the sentence about Communist Party of Nepal with the correct year: Baburam Bhattarai responded by calling for a boycott of the ______ mid-term elections.
  50. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The police then launched 'Operation Romeo' in November ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about Pushpa Kamal Dahal with the correct year: In the 1950s, his father Muktiram moved to Indian state of Assam, where he worked as a firewood collector, and returned home in __…
  52. Complete the sentence about Pushpa Kamal Dahal with the correct year: In ______, Pushpa Kamal Dahal moved to Kathmandu for his studies, and was enrolled in Patan Multiple Campus for two years.
  53. Complete the sentence about Maoist insurgency in Nepal with the correct year: On Friday, 1 June ______, King Birendra, and his entire family were killed in a massacre at the Narayanhiti Palace – the o…
  54. Complete the sentence about Maoist insurgency in Nepal with the correct year: On 25 July ______, the government of Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Maoist insurgents declared a ceasefire, and held peace tal…
  55. Complete the sentence about Comprehensive Peace Accord with the correct year: The peace accord marked the formal end of the Nepalese Civil War that began in ______.
  56. Complete the sentence about Comprehensive Peace Accord with the correct year: On 10 February ______, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established, with Ganesh Dutta Bhatta as chairperson.
  57. Complete the sentence about Federal Parliament of Nepal with the correct year: The legislature drafted an interim constitution and a constituent assembly election was held in April ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about Federal Parliament of Nepal with the correct year: The second Nepalese Constituent Assembly was converted into a legislative parliament of Nepal after the promulgation of t…
  59. Complete the sentence about President of Nepal with the correct year: The office was created in May ______ after the country was declared a republic.
  60. Complete the sentence about President of Nepal with the correct year: The following is a list of the heads of state of Nepal, from the unification of the country and the establishment of the Kingdom o…
  61. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The end of the Rana regime in 18 February ______ ushered in a new era of parliamentary democracy.
  62. Complete the sentence about Ram Baran Yadav with the correct year: Yadav was elected as the first President of Nepal in a second round of voting on 21 July ______.
  63. Complete the sentence about Bidya Devi Bhandari with the correct year: Bhandari was born on 19 June ______ in Mane Bhanjyang, Bhojpur, to Ram Bahadur Pandey and Mithila Pandey.
  64. Complete the sentence about Girija Prasad Koirala with the correct year: Koirala was born on 4 July ______ in Saharsa, in the Bihar and Orissa Province of British India into a Bahun family.
  65. Complete the sentence about Girija Prasad Koirala with the correct year: In ______ Koirala married Sushma Koirala, headmistress at the local school for women in Biratnagar.
  66. Complete the sentence about Girija Prasad Koirala with the correct year: Koirala became involved in politics in ______, leading the Biratnagar jute mill strike.
  67. Complete the sentence about B. P. Koirala with the correct year: The British Raj charged him and his brother, Matrika Prasad Koirala, with having contacts with terrorists in ______.
  68. Complete the sentence about B. P. Koirala with the correct year: Towards the end of ______, he left college and returned to Banaras.
  69. Complete the sentence about B. P. Koirala with the correct year: In ______, he completed his bachelor's degree in Economics and Politics from Banaras Hindu University.
  70. Complete the sentence about Nepali Congress with the correct year: In June ______, the party started online membership since the emergence of youth leaders in vital posts to attract youths to the part…
  71. Complete the sentence about Nepali Congress with the correct year: Matrika Prasad Koirala, a founding member of the party was appointed as the first commoner prime minister following the end of the Ra…
  72. Complete the sentence about Nepali Congress with the correct year: Subarna Shumsher Rana, another founding member of the party was appointed prime minister in ______.
  73. Complete the sentence about K. P. Sharma Oli with the correct year: Sharma Oli was born on 22 February ______ in Iwa in Tehrathum.
  74. Complete the sentence about K. P. Sharma Oli with the correct year: After he turned eighteen in ______, Oli became a member of his local chapter of a splinter group of the Communist Party of Nepal.
  75. Complete the sentence about Sher Bahadur Deuba with the correct year: Deuba became prime minister after Man Mohan Adhikari tried to dissolve the parliament for the second time in two years in ______.
  76. Complete the sentence about Sher Bahadur Deuba with the correct year: Deuba was born on 13 June ______ in Ashigram, Kingdom of Nepal.
  77. Complete the sentence about Baburam Bhattarai with the correct year: In ______, the Maoists started the Nepalese Civil War, which had a huge impact on the political system in Nepal.
  78. Complete the sentence about Baburam Bhattarai with the correct year: Bhattarai was elected to the Constituent Assembly from Gorkha 1 as a Maoist candidate in ______ and became Minister of Finance in t…
  79. Complete the sentence about 1934 Nepal–India earthquake with the correct year: The ______-meter-long Kosi Rail Bridge on the Metre Gauge Railway line connecting Darbhanga Raj with Forbesganj was washe…
  80. Complete the sentence about 2015 Nepal blockade with the correct year: UNICEF and Oxfam warned in November ______ that the blockade risked subjecting Nepal to a major health crisis that could impact m…
  81. Complete the sentence about Nepal–India relations with the correct year: The foundation of relations between India and Nepal was laid with the Indo-Nepalese friendship Treaty in ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Nepal–India relations with the correct year: Following the ______ Sino-Indian border war, the relationship between Nepal and India thawed significantly.
  83. Complete the sentence about Nepal–China relations with the correct year: The bilateral relations between China and Nepal are defined by the Sino-Nepalese Treaty of Peace and Friendship signed on 28 Ap…
  84. Complete the sentence about Nepal–China relations with the correct year: The governments of both Nepal and China ratified the border treaty on 5 October ______.
  85. Complete the sentence about Nepal–China relations with the correct year: Soon after Nepal's defeat in the Anglo-Nepalese war, from ______ onward, Tibetan government again stopped the use of Nepalese c…
  86. Complete the sentence about South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation with the correct year: The organization was founded in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 8 December ______ and is currently headquarter…
  87. Complete the sentence about SAARC with the correct year: SAARC has promoted economic development and regional integration, including through the South Asian Free Trade Area since ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation with the correct year: During his visit to India in December ______, Rahman discussed the issue of regional cooperation wit…
  89. Complete the sentence about South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation with the correct year: Responding to Rahman and Birendra's convention, officials of the foreign ministries of the seven cou…
  90. Complete the sentence about Nepalese rupee with the correct year: The Nepalese rupee was introduced in ______, replacing the silver-based mohar at a rate of 2 mohar = 1 rupee.
  91. Complete the sentence about Nepalese rupee with the correct year: Since ______, it has been officially pegged to the Indian rupee at a rate of रु1.60 = ₹1, having previously been pegged at रु1.45 = ₹1…
  92. Complete the sentence about Nepal Rastra Bank with the correct year: The central bank of Nepal, Nepal Rastra Bank, was in fact established only after 19 years of establishment of the first bank of Nep…
  93. Complete the sentence about Nepal Rastra Bank with the correct year: Before ______, Nepal did not have its own foreign currency reserve but rather maintained it in central bank of India.
  94. Complete the sentence about Nepal Rastra Bank with the correct year: On February 19, ______, NRB released its first bank notes in the denomination of Mohru 1.
  95. Complete the sentence about Nepalese Army with the correct year: The Nepal Army Air Service has operated a flying and helicopter pilot training school since ______ within the 11 Brigade.
  96. Complete the sentence about Nepalese Army with the correct year: In ______, the Royal Nepali Army troops were led by Commanding General Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana at the Victory Parade in London…
  97. Complete the sentence about Nepalese Army with the correct year: Prior to ______, the Royal Nepali Army was under the control of the King of Nepal.
  98. Complete the sentence about Nepal Police with the correct year: The Police Headquarters was established in ______ in Kathmandu.
  99. Complete the sentence about Nepal Police with the correct year: The Parliamentary Government under the multi-party system was adopted for some years which was followed by Panchayat System since ______…
  100. Complete the sentence about Nepal Police with the correct year: The establishment of the Central Police Training Centre in ______ A.D.

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