2 MCQs Flashcards

1
Q

The covenant of League of Nations ratified by how many people

A

44

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2
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League of Nations held its first meeting on:

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10, January 1920

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3
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The Headquarter of the League of Nations was shifted from London to Geneva on

A

a. November 1, 1920

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4
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First chair of IR was set up in 1919 in:

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The University of Wales, England

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5
Q

Mussolini came to power in Italy on:

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a. October 31, 1922

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6
Q

The “Beer Hall Putsch” a conspiracy was hatched in:

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a. November 1923
(Beer Hall Putsch secures Hitler’s rise to power. Adolf Hitler is sentenced for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch of November 8, 1923. The attempted coup in Munich by right-wing members of the army and the Nazi Party was foiled by the government, and Hitler was charged with high treason)

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7
Q

Great depression hit Europe in:

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a. 1929-1930

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8
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Hitler came to power in Germany on:

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a. January 30, 1933

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9
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Rome-Berlin Axis was a Coalition formed in 1936 between:

A

a. Italy and Germany

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10
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Anti-Commiturn Pact signed in

A

Nov. 25, 1936

by Germany and Japan

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11
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German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact was signed on:

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a. August 23, 1939

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12
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. Neville Chamberlain, British PM and France Govt. adopted

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“The policy of Appeasement in

1936”

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13
Q

Hitler invaded Poland on: »

A

a. Sept 1, 1939

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14
Q

Second World War started on:

A

a. Sept 1, 1939

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15
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Second World War ended on:

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a. 10 th Aug 1945

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16
Q

Name the two opposing alliances of WW-II:

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a. The Allies Vs the Axis powers

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17
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Which major countries were in the Allies Group?

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a. Poland, UK, France, USSR, USA, Australia, Newzealand, British Commonwealth

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18
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Which major countries were in the Axis group?

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Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary and Bulgaria

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19
Q

USSR became the part of the Allies Group on:

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a. June 30, 1941

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20
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USA becomes the part of the Allies Group on:

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a. Dec 7, 1941

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21
Q

Who attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941?

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a. Japan

22
Q

On June 6,1944, when the Allied countries invaded Germany from the beaches of Normandy
France, with almost 156000 troops is known as:

A

a. D-Day

23
Q

USA prepared Atom bomb under the project name:

A

a. Manhattan Project

24
Q

USA testified its first nuclear bomb, under the codename of Trinity, on:

A

a. 16 July, 1945

25
Q

USA dropped first Atom Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on:

A

a. August 6, 1945

26
Q

USA dropped Second Atom Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan

A

a. August 9, 1945

27
Q

What was the name of atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

A

a. Little Boy

28
Q

What was the name of Atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

A

a. Fat Man

29
Q

The Allied group met first time to discuss the war time strategy in November 1943 in:

A

a. Tehran Conference

30
Q

Yalta Conference was a second war time meeting of the Allies “Big Three” which was held in:

A

a. February 1945

31
Q

To deal with the Post-WW-II scenario, “the Allies’ Big Three” third meeting was held in July- August 1945 which is known as:

A

a. Potsdam Conference, Germany

32
Q

Bretton Woods conference was held in:

A

a. July 1944

33
Q

Bretton Woods conference was attended by:

A

a. 44 countries

34
Q

The idea of World Bank officially began operations in:

A

a. June 1946

35
Q

GATT signed on

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October 30, 1947 and took effect on January 1, 1948

36
Q

The Long Telegram written in

A

Feb 1946

37
Q

US President Harry S Truman replaced President Franklin D Roosevelt on

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a. 12th April, 1945

38
Q

Truman Doctrine was announced on:

A

a. 12th March, 1947

39
Q

Marshal Plan (also known as European Recovery Program) was given in:

A

a. 5th June 1947

40
Q

The Marshall plan was named for Secretary of State:

A

a. George C. Marshall

41
Q

The term Cold war was coined in

A

16t h April, 1947

by Bernard Berauch

42
Q

Cold War is defined as:

A

a. “A war without fighting or bloodshed, but a battle nonetheless”

43
Q

UNDHR (United Nations Declaration on Human Rights was signed on:

A

a. December 10, 1948

44
Q

10th of December in every year is observed as the:

A

a. Human Rights Day

45
Q

USSR detonated its first nuclear bomb under the code name of “First Lightning” on:

A

a. 29th August, 1949

46
Q

Communist revolution occurred in China under the leadership of Mao Zedong on:

A

a. 1st October, 1949

47
Q

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty) was established by the USA and other European countries

A

a. 4th April, 1949

48
Q

The Warsaw Pact was a political and military alliance established by USSR and its allies
against NATO on:

A

a. 14th May, 1955

49
Q

Current NATO members

A

28

50
Q

Name the only Muslim member country of NATO?

A

a. Turkey