Question

With the help of the information in the chapter, complete the list of the challenges before India and the strengths of India.

The challenges in front of India	Strengths
For example, India - Pakistan war	Unity in diversity
_______	______
_______	Nuclear preparedness
Separatism	______

Answer 1

Please refer to the table below for the list of the challenges before India and the strengths of India.

The challenges in front of India	Strengths
India Pakistan war	Unity in diversity
Different issues of economic, political and social development	Multicultural
The regions of Goa, Diu and Daman from Portuguese rule	Nuclear preparedness
Tensions between India and China on the northern border	People of various languages, religions, ethnicities and castes live together
Separatism	Underground test of an atomic device
Political Instability	Modernisation of the economy, economic self-sufficiency and social justice
Nationwide strikes and protest	Self-reliance by establishing industries
National emergency	Implemented new scientific agricultural techniques
Sikhs in Punjab demanded an independent state of Khalistan	The experiment in co-operative dairy movement.
Assassination of Indira Gandhi	Progress in the fields of atomic energy and space research
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi	Using atomic energy for peaceful purposes like the generation of electricity, pharmaceuticals and defence
Terrorist activity	Advancement in the telecom sector