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Nepal from 2046 to 2062 BS: People's Movement 2046, Constitution 2047, Maoist Conflict and Royal Takeover
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: General Knowledge · For: Kharidar · Level: Medium). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 50 questions with answers and explanations
Jana Andolan 2046 began on:
- A) 2046 Falgun 7 ✔
- B) 2046 Chaitra 26
- C) 2047 Kartik 23
- D) 2046 Magh 1
Why: Jana Andolan I began on 2046 Falgun 7, Democracy Day.
The supreme leader of the People's Movement 2046 was:
- A) B.P. Koirala
- B) Ganesh Man Singh ✔
- C) Girija Prasad Koirala
- D) Man Mohan Adhikari
Why: Ganesh Man Singh was the supreme leader of the 2046 movement.
Which king lifted the ban on political parties in 2046?
- A) Mahendra
- B) Tribhuvan
- C) Birendra ✔
- D) Gyanendra
Why: King Birendra lifted the ban on parties on 26 Chaitra 2046.
Who headed the interim government after 2046?
- A) Krishna Prasad Bhattarai ✔
- B) Girija Prasad Koirala
- C) Sher Bahadur Deuba
- D) Lokendra Bahadur Chand
Why: Krishna Prasad Bhattarai headed the interim government.
The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal was promulgated on:
- A) 2047 Kartik 23 ✔
- B) 2046 Chaitra 26
- C) 2048 Baisakh 29
- D) 2063 Magh 1
Why: It was promulgated on 2047 Kartik 23.
The 2047 constitution established:
- A) Absolute monarchy
- B) Multiparty democracy with constitutional monarchy ✔
- C) Federal republic
- D) Panchayat system
Why: It established multiparty parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy.
Who became PM after the general election of 2048?
- A) Girija Prasad Koirala ✔
- B) Man Mohan Adhikari
- C) K.P. Bhattarai
- D) Sher Bahadur Deuba
Why: Girija Prasad Koirala became PM after the Nepali Congress won the 2048 election.
The first communist Prime Minister of Nepal was:
- A) Pushpa Kamal Dahal
- B) Man Mohan Adhikari ✔
- C) Madhav Kumar Nepal
- D) K.P. Sharma Oli
Why: Man Mohan Adhikari of CPN (UML) became PM in 2051 BS.
The Maoist armed conflict began on:
- A) 2052 Falgun 1 ✔
- B) 2058 Jestha 19
- C) 2061 Magh 19
- D) 2046 Falgun 7
Why: The Maoist armed conflict began on 2052 Falgun 1.
The royal massacre took place on:
- A) 2058 Jestha 19 ✔
- B) 2061 Magh 19
- C) 2059 Asoj 18
- D) 2063 Baisakh 11
Why: The royal massacre took place on 2058 Jestha 19.
Who became king after the royal massacre?
- A) Dipendra and then Gyanendra ✔
- B) Paras
- C) Mahendra
- D) Tribhuvan
Why: Dipendra was declared king while in a coma and died days later; then Gyanendra became king.
King Gyanendra took over full executive power on:
- A) 2061 Magh 19 ✔
- B) 2059 Asoj 18
- C) 2062 Mangsir 7
- D) 2058 Jestha 19
Why: King Gyanendra took full executive power on 2061 Magh 19.
The 12-point understanding was signed between:
- A) King and parties
- B) Seven Party Alliance and Maoists ✔
- C) India and Nepal
- D) UN and Maoists
Why: It was signed between the Seven Party Alliance and the Maoists.
Where was the 12-point understanding signed?
- A) Kathmandu
- B) New Delhi ✔
- C) Geneva
- D) Pokhara
Why: It was reached in New Delhi in 2062 BS.
Under the 2047 constitution, Parliament had:
- A) One house
- B) Two houses ✔
- C) Three houses
- D) No houses
Why: Parliament had two houses: the House of Representatives and the National Assembly.
The first general election under the 2047 constitution was held in:
- A) 2048 BS ✔
- B) 2051 BS
- C) 2056 BS
- D) 2064 BS
Why: The first election under the 2047 constitution was held in 2048 BS.
Which party won a majority in the 2048 election?
- A) Nepali Congress ✔
- B) CPN (UML)
- C) RPP
- D) Maoists
Why: The Nepali Congress won a majority in 2048 BS.
The House of Representatives under the 2047 constitution had how many members?
- A) 205 ✔
- B) 601
- C) 275
- D) 165
Why: The House of Representatives had 205 members.
The National Assembly under the 2047 constitution had how many members?
- A) 60 ✔
- B) 59
- C) 205
- D) 100
Why: The National Assembly had 60 members.
Parliament under the 2047 constitution was:
- A) Bicameral ✔
- B) Unicameral
- C) Tricameral
- D) Absent
Why: Parliament was bicameral (two houses).
Man Mohan Adhikari's government was formed after the mid-term election of:
- A) 2051 BS ✔
- B) 2048 BS
- C) 2056 BS
- D) 2046 BS
Why: The UML became the largest party in the mid-term election of 2051 BS, and Adhikari formed a minority government.
Who dissolved the House in 2051 leading to mid-term election?
- A) Girija Prasad Koirala ✔
- B) Man Mohan Adhikari
- C) Sher Bahadur Deuba
- D) KP Bhattarai
Why: PM Girija Prasad Koirala recommended dissolving the House in 2051 BS, leading to the mid-term election.
The Maoists submitted a 40-point demand to the government of:
- A) Sher Bahadur Deuba ✔
- B) Girija Prasad Koirala
- C) Man Mohan Adhikari
- D) Surya Bahadur Thapa
Why: The Maoists submitted their 40-point demand to Sher Bahadur Deuba's government in 2052 BS.
The Maoist conflict began on:
- A) 1 Falgun 2052 ✔
- B) 7 Falgun 2046
- C) 19 Jestha 2058
- D) 11 Baisakh 2063
Why: It began on 1 Falgun 2052.
The Maoist conflict is also called the:
- A) People's War ✔
- B) Jana Andolan
- C) Madhesh Andolan
- D) Prajatantra Andolan
Why: The Maoists called it the 'People's War' (जनयुद्ध).
The Mahakali Treaty with India was signed in:
- A) 2052 BS (1996) ✔
- B) 2007 BS
- C) 2063 BS
- D) 2047 BS
Why: The Mahakali Treaty was signed in 2052 BS (1996).
King Birendra was killed in the royal massacre of:
- A) 19 Jestha 2058 ✔
- B) 4 Asoj 2059
- C) 19 Magh 2061
- D) 1 Falgun 2052
Why: King Birendra was killed in the royal massacre of 19 Jestha 2058.
After King Birendra, who was declared king first?
- A) Dipendra ✔
- B) Gyanendra
- C) Paras
- D) Mahendra
Why: Crown Prince Dipendra was declared king first, while in a coma.
King Gyanendra dismissed PM Deuba on:
- A) 18 Asoj 2059 ✔
- B) 19 Magh 2061
- C) 19 Jestha 2058
- D) 7 Mangsir 2062
Why: King Gyanendra dismissed PM Sher Bahadur Deuba on 18 Asoj 2059 BS (4 October 2002), calling him 'incompetent'.
King Gyanendra took full executive power on:
- A) 19 Magh 2061 ✔
- B) 4 Asoj 2059
- C) 11 Baisakh 2063
- D) 1 Poush 2017
Why: He took full executive power on 19 Magh 2061.
The 12-point understanding was signed between:
- A) Seven Party Alliance and Maoists ✔
- B) King and Maoists
- C) India and Nepal
- D) NC and UML only
Why: The Seven Party Alliance and the Maoists signed it, uniting against the king's direct rule.
The 12-point understanding was signed in:
- A) New Delhi ✔
- B) Kathmandu
- C) Kolkata
- D) Beijing
Why: It was reached in New Delhi in Mangsir 2062 BS (November 2005).
A state of emergency was first declared during the conflict in:
- A) Mangsir 2058 ✔
- B) Falgun 2052
- C) Baisakh 2063
- D) Magh 2061
Why: A state of emergency was first declared in Mangsir 2058 BS, after the Maoists broke a ceasefire.
Which constitutional body was created by the 2047 constitution to curb corruption?
- A) CIAA ✔
- B) NHRC
- C) Election Commission only
- D) NNRFC
Why: The 2047 constitution created the CIAA (Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority).
The 2047 constitution declared Nepal a:
- A) Constitutional monarchy ✔
- B) Republic
- C) Federal state
- D) Partyless state
Why: The 2047 constitution made Nepal a constitutional monarchy with multiparty parliamentary democracy.
Sovereignty under the 2047 constitution was vested in:
- A) The people ✔
- B) The king
- C) Parliament
- D) Army
Why: Sovereignty was vested in the people of Nepal.
The first coalition government in Nepal was led by:
- A) Sher Bahadur Deuba ✔
- B) Girija Prasad
- C) KP Bhattarai
- D) Man Mohan Adhikari
Why: Sher Bahadur Deuba led Nepal's first coalition government in 2052 BS.
The Maoist party that launched the war was led by:
- A) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' ✔
- B) Madhav Kumar Nepal
- C) Madan Bhandari
- D) Baburam only
Why: Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' led the CPN (Maoist).
Madan Bhandari, UML leader, died in a jeep accident at:
- A) Dasdhunga, 2050 BS ✔
- B) Narayanghat
- C) Pokhara
- D) Bhaktapur
Why: Madan Bhandari died in a jeep accident at Dasdhunga, Chitwan, in 2050 BS.
The general election of 2056 BS was won by:
- A) Nepali Congress ✔
- B) UML
- C) RPP
- D) Maoists
Why: The Nepali Congress won the 2056 BS election.
The National Human Rights Commission was set up in:
- A) 2057 BS ✔
- B) 2047 BS
- C) 2063 BS
- D) 2072 BS
Why: The NHRC was set up in 2057 BS.
Ceasefire talks between the government and Maoists first took place in:
- A) 2058 BS ✔
- B) 2052 BS
- C) 2063 BS
- D) 2047 BS
Why: The first government–Maoist talks took place in 2058 BS, but they broke down.
Royal Nepal Army was mobilised against Maoists after:
- A) Emergency in 2058 ✔
- B) 2046 movement
- C) 2052 war start
- D) 2063 CPA
Why: The army was mobilised against the Maoists after the emergency of 2058 BS.
The 2047 constitution did NOT allow:
- A) Amending sovereignty, monarchy and multiparty system ✔
- B) Elections
- C) Courts
- D) Fundamental rights
Why: The 2047 constitution did not allow amending its basic features: sovereignty of the people, constitutional monarchy and the multiparty system.
Lokendra Bahadur Chand became PM in 2054 BS with support of:
- A) UML ✔
- B) Maoists
- C) Madhesi parties
- D) SPA
Why: Lokendra Bahadur Chand (RPP) became PM in 2054 BS with UML support.
The Seven Party Alliance was formed against:
- A) Royal direct rule ✔
- B) Rana rule
- C) Panchayat
- D) Maoists only
Why: The Seven Party Alliance was formed against the king's direct rule.
Which king ruled from 2028 BS to 2058 BS?
- A) Birendra ✔
- B) Mahendra
- C) Gyanendra
- D) Tribhuvan
Why: King Birendra ruled from 2028 BS until he was killed in 2058 BS.
Under the 2047 constitution, the House could be dissolved on the recommendation of the:
- A) Prime Minister ✔
- B) President
- C) Chief Justice
- D) Speaker
Why: Under the 2047 constitution, the King dissolved the House on the Prime Minister's recommendation.
The Maoist conflict caused about how many deaths?
- A) About 17,000 ✔
- B) About 1,700
- C) About 170,000
- D) About 500
Why: The conflict (2052–2063 BS) caused about 17,000 deaths.
The Maoist war ended with the:
- A) Comprehensive Peace Agreement ✔
- B) Delhi Agreement
- C) Sugauli Treaty
- D) Referendum
Why: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 5 Mangsir 2063 ended the war.