3 MCQs Flashcards
Berlin Blockade occurred from:
24th June 1948 to May 12. 1949
P.M Liaqat Ali Khan made first visit tn the U.S
a. May 1950
The phrase “Iron Curtain” denotes:
a. The political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non communist areas.
the Treaty of ANZUS signed in
ANZUS
a. 1951
SEATO (South East Asia
a. September 1954
Headquarter of SEATO was in
Bangkok, Thailand
Members of the SEATO were:
a. The United States, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand and Pakistan
Pakistan formally left SEATO in:
a. 1973
SEATO was formally disbanded in:
a. 1977
CENTO (Central Treaty Organization) was signed in:
a. 1955
Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey and the UK were the members of:
a. CENTO
CENTO was dissolved in:
a. 1979
Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba after Cuban revolution in:
a. 1959
Indus Water Treaty signed in
19th September 1960
b/w Nehru and Ayiub Khan in Karachi
U-2 incident was happened in:
1960
Berlin Wall was built by East Germany (The German democratic Republic) on
a. 13th August, 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis was happened in:
a. October, 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis continued up to:
a. 13 days
Who was the president of USA at the time of Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F Kennedy
Who was the president of USSR at the time of Cuban Missile Crisis?
a. Nikita Khrushchev
Indo-China war was fought in:
a. October 1962
Pakistan-China signed border agreement on:
a. March 2, 1963
African Development Bank was established in:
a. 1964
Tashkent agreement between India and Pakistan was signed on:
a. 10th January, 1966
Tashkent Agreement was signed by India’s P.M. Lal Bahadur Shastri (who died the next day) and Pakistan’s president:
a. Ayub Khan
On December 8, 1953, US President Eisenhower delivered his speech before the United
Nations General Assembly regarding:
a. Atom for Peace
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was created on:
a. 29th July 1957
Partial Test Ban Treaty was signed on:
a. August 5,1963
Outer Space Treaty was signed on:
a. 27th January 1967
NPT signed on
1st July 1968
NPT entered into force on:
a. 5th March 1970
How many countries are parties to the NPT?
a. 191
Which countries have not yet signed NPT?
a. India, Pakistan, Israel, South Sudan, North Korea has signed but withdrawn
Peoples Republic of China was admitted to the UNO on
a. 25th October, 1971
PRC replaced Republic of China (Taiwan) in General Assembly as well as Security Council’s permanent seat on:
25th October, 1971
Simla Agreement signed in
2nd July, 1972
SALT-I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty-I) was signed between USA and USSR
1972
Anti-Bailistic Treaty (ABM) was signed between USA and USSR in
1972
India exploded its nuclear bomb under the code of ‘Smiling Budha’ in Pokhran in:
a. 1974
SALT-II was signed in
a. 1979
USSR invaded Afghanistan in
December, 1979
America’s Strategic defense Initiative was also duped as
a. Star Wars Program
Regan proposed SDI on
23rd March 1983
‘New Thinking’?
Introduced by President Gorbachev of USSR as the slogan for the Foreign Policy
Policy of Perestroika (restructuring) and Glasnost (openness) were part of:
a. Gorbachev’s “New Thinking”
Intermediate Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty was signed
8th December 1987
Geneva Accord between Pakistan and Afghanistan was signed on:
a. 14th April, 1988
USSR started withdrawing from Afghanistan on 15th May 1988 and completed withdrawal
on:
a. 15th February, 1989
Incident of Tiananmen Square (Beijing) happened in:
a. 1989
Fall of Berlin Wall was happed at the night of:
a. November 9, 1989
