True
or False
1. Which
among the following statements about the Cold War is false?
(a) The US and USSR are currently
engaged in hot war.
(b) Both US and USSR were keen on
expanding their influence.
(c) Both superpowers were engaged in
ideological conflict also
(d) The cold war threatened to divide
the world into two alliances.
Answer:
(a) False
2. The
logic of deterrence prevents a full scale war.
Answer: True
3. The
use of nuclear weapons in the Cold War was highly appreciated.
Answer:
False
4.
USA and USSR both were nuclear
states, willing to end conflicts during 1945-1991. Answer: True
5. India
was not an ally of the US during the Cold War period.
Answer: True
6. NAM
was also an initiative to provoke US and USSR to enter into full scale war.
Answer:
False 7.
7. The
United States dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in year 1945.
Answer:
True
8. US
and USSR were facing threats from Least Developed Countries.
Answer:
False
9. START
and SALT-I were names of nuclear weapons developed by the US.
Answer: False
10. George H.W. Bush was the President of the US
at the time of the end of Cold War period.
Answer: True
Importanat Terms :-
11. Cuban Missile Crisis
was the high point of the cold war.
12. NATO-North Atlantic
Treaty Organisation (1949)
13. Warsaw Pact- 1955
14. CENTO-Central Treaty
Organisation (1955)
15. SEATO-South East
Asian Treaty Organisation (1954)
16. China and USSR
War-1969 due to a territorial dispute.
17. Gorbachev became the
President of USSR's Communist Party in 1985.
18. 1st NAM Summit-
Belgrade, 1961- attended by 25 countries.
19. 14th NAM
Summit-Havana, 2006
20. American War of
Independence - 1787.
21. Foreign Policy of USA
from 1787 to 1914 was isolationism.
22. 1972- Towards a New
Trade Policy for Development.
23. Example of how
Superpower used military power to bring countries into their alliances-
24. Eg: USSR used military influence in EAST
EUROPE, backed by the very large presence of armies in this region.
25. 1989- Fall of Berlin
Wall
26. 1990- Unification of
Germany
27. UN Secretary General
- U Thant - solved the Congo Crisis.
28. CTBT- Comprehensive
test ban treaty signed in 1996.
29. LTBT- Limited Test
Ban Treaty (5 Aug 1963)
30. NPT- Nuclear Non
Proliferation Treaty (1 July 1968)
31. SALT- Strategic Arms
Limitation Talks signed by Soviet Union leader Leonid Brezhnev and US President Kichard Nixon in Moscow on 26 May
1972.
32. Five founder members
of NAM were
Yugoslavia’s -Josip Broz Tito,
India’s -J.L. Nehru,
Egypt’s - Gamal Abdel Nasser,
Indonesia’s - Sukarno &
Ghana’s - Kwame Nkrumah.
33. Anti- Ballistic
Missile System treaty (1972)
34. Name of bombs- Little
(10ft) Boy & Fat man (10ft 8in) weight of bombs -15000- 21000 tons.
35. The
Eastern Alliance headed by the USSR, represented the ideology of _________ Answer: - communism
36. First
Summit of NAM was held at ______ in 1961
Answer:- Belgrade
37. It
was an important component of India's foreign policy that also offered the
newly decolonized countries to stay away from two superpowers. It is known as
_____
Answer :- NAM
38. The ______ powers in the Second World War was led by Germany, Italy and Japan.
Answer :- Axis
39. In
1962, ________ placed the nuclear missiles in Cuba
Answer :- Soviet
Union
True
and False: -
40. Cuban
crisis resulted in a full scale nuclear war.
Answer:
- False
41. The
US President John F. Kennedy was not reluctant to do anything against USSR. Answer: - False
42. Tensions
between The United States and USSR backed by their respective allies escalated
into a hot war.
Answer:
- False
43. The
game of supremacy came to an end after the Second World War.
Answer:
- False
44. The
smaller states were deliberately divided by the superpowers in their camps. Answer: - False
45. Communist
China had close relations with USSR till 1970.
Answer:
- D) False
46. American
President Harry Truman gave a doctrine about the Containment of communism.
Answer:
- True
47. Least
developed countries (LDCs) to developed economically and to lift the people out
of poverty ignited the formation of NIEO.
Answer:
- True
48. By
1970 NAM became an economic group.
Answer:
- True
49. India's
non alignment was criticized because it was unprincipled and inconsistent. Answer: - True
50. Nikita
Khrushchev was the President of Cuba.
ANSWER-
False
51. Leaders
of the Soviet Union decided to convert Cuba into a Russian base.
ANSWER-
True
52. Cold
war was simply a matter of power rivalries but not accompanied by a real
ideological conflict.
ANSWER-
False
53. Second
World War came to an end in 1947.
ANSWER-
False
54. Hot
war refers to a full scale war between the rival powers.
ANSWER-
True
55. The
bomb dropped by USA on Hiroshima in 1945 had a codename Fatman. ANSWER-False
56. As
Cuba was not an ally of the Soviet Union so it did not receive any diplomatic
and financial aid from it.
ANSWER-False
57. Allied
forces in 1945 were led by the USA, Soviet Union, Britain and France. ANSWER-True
58. When
two superpowers are in a deterrence relationship fighting wars will not be
massively destructive.
ANSWER-False
59. The
main objective of Warsaw Pact created in 1955 was to counter NATO in Europe. ANSWER- TRUE
60. Match
the following crisis in the world politics with respective years –
1.
Congo crisis 2.
II. Berlin crisis
|
1.
A. 1950-53 2.
B. 1971 3.
C. 1960-65 4.
D. 1961 Ans. I-C, II-D |
1.
Abdel Gamal Nasser 2.
Josip Broz 3.
Sukarno 4.
Kwame Nkrumah |
A.
Yugoslavia B.
Egypt C.
Indonesia D.
India E.
Ghana Ans. I-B, II-A
iii-C, Nkrumah- E |
62. Match the following countries with their ideologies –
1.
China 2.
USA |
A.
Capitalist B.
Communist C.
Mixed economy D.
Socialist Ans. I-B, II-A |
1.
Cuba 2.
India |
A.
Capitalist B.
Communist C.
NAM D.
Socialist Ans. I-B, II-C |
64. Match the following years with the treaties signed –
1.
START-I 2.
II. LTBT |
A. 1984 B. 1963 C. 1958 D. 1991 Ans. I-D, II-B |
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