CUET Political Science MCQs Cold War Era in World Politics

Question : After second World War, the world was divided into the blocks of
(a) U.S.A and U.K.
(b) USSR and China.
(c) Japan and Korea.
(d) U.S.A and USSR.

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following was not a member of SEATO?
(a) U.S.S.R.
(b) New Zealand
(c) Pakistan
(d) Australia

Answer : A

Question .The event that took place in 1961 was
(a) The construction of the Berlin wall
(b) Soviet intervention in Afghanistan
(c) Vietnamese Intervention in Cambodia
(d) The unification of Germany

Answer : A

Question :  Which among the following statements does not reflect the objectives of NAM?
(a) Enabling newly decolonized countries to pursue independent policies
(b) Not to joining any military alliances
(c) Following a policy of neutrality on global issues
(d) Focus on elimination of global economic inequalities

Answer : C

Question : Mark correct or wrong against each of the following statements that describe the features of the military alliances formed by the superpowers.
(a) Member countries of the alliance are to provide bases in their respective lands for the superpowers.
(b) Member countries to support the superpower both in terms of ideology and military strategy.
(c) When a nation attacks any member country. it is considered as an attack on all the member countries.
(d) Superpowers assist all the member countries to develop their own under weapons.

Answer : A

Question : Which of the following statements about the NIEO is false?
(A) Give the LDCs control over their natural resources.
(B) Obtain access to western markets.
(C) Reduce the cost of technology from western countries.
(D) Provide the developed countries with a greater role in international economic institutions.

Answer : D

Question : Which of the following countries was not a member of NATO?
(A) France
(B) The U.S.A.
(C) England
(D) None of these

Answer : D

Question : The Cold War is referred to the competition, the tensions and a series of confrontations between the:
(A) United States and the Soviet Union
(B) France and Germany
(C) India and Pakistan
(D) America and Africa

Answer : A

Question : Which of the following was not a member of NATO?
(a) The U.S.A.
(b) England
(c) France
(d) None of these

Answer : D

Question : The Cold War was fought between the United States and
(a) China
(b) Canada
(c) The USSR
(d) Germany

Answer : C

Question : The Soviet Union’s brutal response to the 1956 Hungarian Revolution demonstrated the ineffectiveness of the U.S. strategy of
(a) Flexible response
(b) Massive retaliation
(c) Containment
(d) The Truman Doctrine

Answer : B

Question : The Warsaw pact was led by _________

(a) Japan
(b) Britain
(c) Italy
(d) the Soviet Union

Answer : D

Question : What were the leaders of USSR worried about in 1961?
(A) That USA will attack China
(B) That USA will be the most powerful nation
(C) That USA will develop more nuclear weapons
(D) That USA will attack Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro

Answer : D

Question : Which set of the countries belonged to the NATO Group?
(A) Poland, Britain, Romania
(B) USA, Czech Republic, France
(C) United Kingdom, France, West Germany
(D) Spain, France, East Germany.

Answer : C

Question : Which organisation came into existence in April 1949?
(a) SEATO
(b) CENTO
(c) NATO
(d) Warsaw Pact

Answer : C

Question :  Which two ideologies were involved in a conflict during the Cold War era?
(a) Communism and Capitalism
(b) Monarchism and Capitalism
(c) Communalism and Capitalism
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question : What is the full form of ‘CENTO’?
(a) The Central Task Organisation
(b) The Central Treaty Organisation
(c) The Central Tally Organisation
(d) The Central Team Organisation
 
Answer : B

Question : In both the 1950s and 1960s, national income approximately
(a) Doubled
(b) Tripled
(c) Quadrupled
(d) Quintupled

Answer : A

Question : Who was the President of USA during Cuban Missile Crisis?
(A) Abraham Lincoln
(B) John F Kennedy
(C) Bill Clinton
(D) None of the above

Answer : B

Question : Why was NATO created?
(a) To prevent another world war
(b) To root out Communist spies in the federal government
(c) To contain the USSR
(d) To unite the Western powers against possible invasion by the USSR

Answer : D

Question : When USSR placed nuclear missiles in Cuba?
(a) 1960
(b) 1961
(c) 1962
(d) 1963

Answer : C

Question : Which of the following statements about the NIEQ is false?
(a) Give the LDCs control over their natural resources
(b) Obtain access to Western markets
(c) Reduce the cost of technology from the Western countries
(d) Provide the developed countries with a greater role in international economic institutions

Answer : D

Question : In which year NAM was established?
(A) 1956
(B) 1960
(C) 1990
(D) 1957

Answer : A

Question : The rivalry between USA & USSR during the post-second world war period is known as _____________.
(a) Apartheid
(b) Cold War
(c) Policy of Non-Alignment
(d) Hot war

Answer : B

Question .Which among the following statements about the Cold War is wrong?
(a) It was a competition between the US and Soviet Union and their respective allies
(b) It was an ideological war between the superpowers
(c) It triggered of an arms race
(d) The US and U.S.S.R. were engaged in direct wars

Answer : D

Question : The high point of Cold War was .......................
(A) Cuban Missile Crisis
(B) Atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(C) Establishment of SEATO and CENTO
(D) Establishment of NATO

Answer : A

Question .What is the full form of ‘SEATO’?
(a) South-East Asian Task Organisation
(b) South-East Asian Treaty Organisation
(c) South-East Asian Tally Organisation
(d) South-East Asian Team Organisation

Answer : B

Question .The Western Alliance was headed by
(a) the United States
(b) Brazil
(c) the Soviet Union
(d) Balkan countries

Answer : A

Question : Warsaw Pact was created in the:
(A) 1935
(C) 1955
(B) 1945
(D) 1965

Answer : C

Question : Which one of the following is an agreement signed between the two superpowers starting in the 1960s?
(a) Berlin Pact
(b) Limited Test Ban Treaty
(c) Moscow Agreement
(d) Warsaw Pact

Answer : B

Question : What did Kennedy’s New Frontier program seek to do?
(a) Increase social welfare spending
(b) Decrease military spending
(c) Halt “creeping socialism”
(d) Fund anti-Communist insurgents abroad

Answer : A

Question : The Eisenhower Doctrine was aimed at bolstering key nations from Communist insurgents in
(a) The Middle East
(b) Latin America
(c) Southeast Asia
(d) Western Europe

Answer : A

Question : Why did Truman ignore his advisors and officially recognize Israel as a new and independent nation in 1948?
(a) He wanted Jewish-American votes
(b) The American public sympathized with Jews after the Holocaust
(c) He wanted to keep the USSR out of Israel
(d) All of the above

Answer : D

Question : After the second World War, the world was divided into the blocks of
(a) U.S.A and U.K.
(b) USSR and China
(c) Japan and Korea
(d) U.S.A and USSR

Answer : D

Question : Select the correct option for the Alliance and the organization it was formalized into:
(A) The Eastern Alliance was formalized into UNO.
(B) The Western Alliance was formalized into NATO.
(C) The Central Alliance was formalized into SEATO.
(D) The Neutral Alliance was formalized into Peace keeping forces.

Answer : B