The Cold War World Global Politics and Economic Recovery MCQs

Question. NATO is the formation of
(a) Communist countries
(b) Non-communist countries
(c) Neutral countries
(d) Developed countries

Answer: B

Question. The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome in
(a) 1948
(b) 1949
(c) 1958
(d) 1968

Answer: C

Question. An umbrella organization for European Communist parties founded in September 1947 was
(a) COMECON
(b) Cominform
(c) SEATO
(d) EU

Answer: B

Question. The term ‘containment’ was coined by
(a) George Kennan
(b) Alfred Savvy
(c) George Marshal
(d) John Marshal

Answer: A

Question. The Warsaw Pact was an alliance set up in
(a) 1955
(b) 1956
(c) 1966
(d) 1967

Answer: A

Question. The organization of the Soviet bloc’s equivalent of NATO was
(a) COMECON
(b) Warsaw Pact
(c) NAM
(d) SEATO

Answer: B

Question. The term ‘Cold War’ was first coined by
(a) Bernard Baruch
(b) Harry S.Truman
(c) Woodrow Wilson
(d) James Manroe

Answer: A

Question. Soviet dominated economic organization founded in 1949 was
(a) NPFT
(b) Warsaw Pact
(c) COMECON
(d) MAD

Answer: B

Question. The word for a permanent relaxation of tensions between east and west during the cold war is
(a) Détente
(b) Relaxation
(c) Intifada
(d) Juche

Answer: A

Question. The Berlin Wall that separated the East and West Germany was constructed in
(a) 1952
(b) 1959
(c) 1961
(d) 1962

Answer: C

Question. Bay of Pigs invasion was against
(a) Raul Castro
(b) Che Guevara
(c) Batista
(d) Fidel Castro

Answer: D

Question. To Eric Hobsbawm, the technological development which benefited the common man after the end of the Second World War was
(a) ‘the Great Leap’
(b) ‘the Golden years’
(c) ‘the Great Transformation’
(d) ‘the Great technological revolution’

Answer: B

Question. The EEC was informally known as
(a) The European Community
(b) The European Union
(c) The Common Market
(d) The Western Union

Answer: C

Question. The term used for the Muslim guerrillas who fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan is
(a) Jihad
(b) Fatah
(c) Mujahedeen
(d) Fedayeen

Answer: C

Question. The famous Cuban Missile Crisis happened in
(a) 1949
(b) 1955
(c) 1960
(d) 1961

Answer: D

Question. The two decades after the World War II, western Europe underwent an atmosphere termed as the
(a) Dark Age
(b) Reformation Period
(c) Golden Years
(d) Industrial Revolution

Answer: C

Question. The US policy to provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism was called
(a) Monroe Doctrine
(b) Truman Doctrine
(c) Brezhnev Doctrine
(d) Marshall Plan

Answer: B

Question. Which of the following are not the features of the Cold War?
1. There was nuclear arms race.
2. There was a propaganda war.
3. There was economic blockade against the non-aligned countries.
4. The third world countries were directly involved in it.
Options:
(a) 1 & 2
(b) 2 & 3
(c) 3 & 4
(d) 2 & 3

Answer: C

Question. The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) was set up by the USSR in
(a) 1945
(b) 1947
(c) 1949
(d) 1948

Answer: C

Question. The term “détente” is used to mean
(a) permanent relaxation of tension between the East and the West
(b) reduction of tension between China and the USA
(c) relaxation of tension between USSR and Ukraine
(d) reduction of tension between Britain and Germany

Answer: A

Question. The USSR was able to test its first atomic bomb in
(a) 1945
(b) 1947
(c) 1949
(d) 1950

Answer: C

Question. The European Community eventually changed its name to European Union in
(a) 1990
(b) 1991
(c) 1992
(d) 1994

Answer: C

Question. The Communist system of organizing the State and society was based on the ideas of
(a) Joseph Stalin
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Antonio Gramsci
(d) Mao Zedong

Answer: B

Question. COMECON was
(a) A Soviet dominated economic organization
(b) The Communist Information Bureau
(c) The containment program of America
(d) The European economic organization

Answer: A

Question. The Marshall Plan is also known as
(a) European Economic Plan
(b) European Recovery Plan
(c) European Common Plan
(d) European Technological Plan

Answer: B

Question. The two key post-war powers which played significant role during the Cold War were
(a) USA and Soviet Union
(b) USSR and China
(c) USA and England
(d) USA and China

Answer: A

Question. The Bay of Pigs invasion occurred in
(a) April 1961
(b) August 1961
(c) April1962
(d) August 1962

Answer: A

Question. The general term for the practice in the United States of making accusations of pro-Communist activity was
(a) Containment
(b) Isolationism
(c) McCarthyism
(d) Intervention

Answer: C

Question. The Communist Information Bureau which was established in 1947 was
(a) Cominform
(b) COMECON
(c) KGB
(d) CBI

Answer: A

Question. Which of the statement is correct?
1. The decades after the end of the II World War was a period of unparalleled economic growth in Europe.
2. It came to be known as the ‘Golden Years/age’.
Options:
(a) Only 1 is correct
(b) Only 2 is correct
(c) Both 1 & 2 are correct
(d) None of them are correct

Answer: C

Question. Warsaw Pact was formed in
(a) 1947
(b) 1949
(c) 1952
(d) 1955

Answer: D

Question. The Berlin Blockade happened in
(a) 1943
(b) 1946
(c) 1940
(d) 1948

Answer: D

Question. The Truman administration unveiled the so-called ‘Truman Doctrine’ in
(a) 12 March 1947
(b) 12 March 1948
(c) 12 March 1949
(d) 12 March 1950

Answer: A

Question. The right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of communist countries in order to protect communism is called
(a) Monroe Doctrine
(b) Brezhnev Doctrine
(c) Warsaw Pact
(d) Truman Doctrine

Answer: A

Question. In April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was signed by
(a) Canada, US and Western European states
(b) Greece, US and Western European states
(c) Turkey, US and Western European states
(d) US, USSR and Western European states

Answer: A

Question. Which of the statement is correct?
1. The quality of life improved in the 2nd half of the 20th century.
2. It was because of the II World War.
Options:
(a) Only 1 is correct.
(b) Only 2 is correct.
(c) Both 1 & 2 are correct.
(d) None of them is correct

Answer: A

Question. It was the aim of the ____ to bring eventual economic union of its member nations, ultimately leading to political union.
(a) NATO
(b) Warsaw Pact
(c) EEC
(d) OPEC

Answer: C

Question. The general term for the practice in the United States of making accusations of pro-Communist activity was
(a) Containment
(b) Isolationism
(c) McCarthyism
(d) Intervention

Answer: C

Question. The Warsaw Pact was dissolved in
(a) June 1991
(b) June 1989
(c) June 1987
(d) June 1985

Answer: A

Question. Truman doctrine was a policy to provide military and economic aid to
(a) Italy and Greece
(b) West Germany and France
(c) Greece and Turkey
(d) Turkey and Germany

Answer: C