Cold war era

Question 1

who waas the president of cuba?

Answer 1

fidel castro

Question 2

leader of USSR?

Answer 2

nikita khrushchev

Question 3

president of USA?

Answer 3

John F Kennedy

Question 4

full form of USSR?

Answer 4

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Question 5

which idealogy was followed in cuba?

Answer 5

communism

Question 6

what was the high point during the cold war?

Answer 6

cuban missile crisis

Question 7

in which year did the nuclear missiles get installed in cuba?

Answer 7

1962

Question 8

what will be considered as a hot war?

Answer 8

a war where weapons are used

Question 9

during the cold war, both sides showed restraint. No warfare took place. true/false?

Answer 9

false, there were wars in several regions with the two powers and their allies involved in warfare.

Question 10

what idealogies did the western alliance represent?

Answer 10

liberal democracy and capitalism

Question 11

what idealogies did the eastern alliance represent?

Answer 11

socialism and communism

Question 12

in which year did the second world war begin and in which year did it end?

Answer 12

1939-1945

Question 13

which contries formed the axis powers?

Answer 13

germany, italy, japan

Question 14

which countires formed the allied forces?

Answer 14

US, soviet union, britain, france

Question 15

in which year did the first world war begin and in which year did it end?

Answer 15

1914-1918

Question 16

in which year did the cold war begin? why do you think so?

Answer 16

1945

end of the second world war was the beginning of the cold war

Question 17

the deterrence relationship prevents war and rivalry between powers. true/false?

Answer 17

false, it prevents war but not rivalry

Question 18

the atomic bomb dropped in nagasaki was called ‘little boy’. true/false?

Answer 18

false, the bomb dropped on nagasaki was called ‘fat man’

Question 19

the bomb dropped in hiroshima wad called ‘little boy’. true/false?

Answer 19

true

Question 20

the world was sharply divided into two alliance systems. where did the division take place first?

Answer 20

europe

Question 21

full form of NATO?

Answer 21

the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Question 22

when did NATO come into existence?

Answer 22

april 1949

Question 23

NATO consisted of how many states?

Answer 23

it was an association of 12 states

Question 24

when was the warsaw pact created?

Answer 24

1955

Question 25

what was the principle function of warsaw pact?

Answer 25

to counter NATO’s forces in europe

Question 26

what was the main arena of conflict during the cold war?

Answer 26

europe

Question 27

was china a part of the second world?

Answer 27

no

Question 28

which alliance systems was formed in east and southeast asia and the middle east?

Answer 28

the South East Asian Treaty Organisation (SEATO) and Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO)

Question 29

how did the soviet union react to the formation of SEATO and CENTO?

Answer 29

the soviet union and communist china developed close relations with regional countries like North Korea, Iraq and Vietnam

Question 30

when did ussr and china fight? what was the reason?

Answer 30

1969

territorial dispute

Question 31

list some things that the smaller countires provided to the superpowers.

Answer 31

resources like oil and minerals, territory for base, locations for spies, economic support for military expenses, loyalty in terms of idealogy

Question 32

name some regions where direct confrontations took place between the two powers.

Answer 32

Korea, Berlin, Congo

Question 33

who played a key mediatory role in the congo crisis?

Answer 33

UN secretary general

Question 34

name some agreements which helped with ‘arms control’

Answer 34

Limited Test Ban Treaty
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

Question 35

Name the leaders of NAM along with their countries.

Answer 35

Jawaharlal Nehru - India 
Josip Broz Tito - Yugoslavia 
Gamal Abdel Nasser - Egypt 
Sukarno - Indonesia 
Kwame Nkrumah - Ghana

Question 36

when was the first summit for NAM held? where was it held? how many countries attended it?

Answer 36

1961
Belgrade
25 member states

Question 37

when was the 17th summit of NAM held? where? how many countires attended?

Answer 37

2016
Venezuela
120 member states and 17 observer countries

Question 38

what made NAM less homogeneous?

Answer 38

New countires with different political systems and interests joined in.

Question 39

give an example for isolationism.

Answer 39

US foreign policy from the American war of independence in 1787 to the first world war

Question 40

full form of NIEO?

Answer 40

New International Economic Order

Question 41

full form of UNCTAD?

Answer 41

the United Nation Conference on Trade and Development

Question 42

what was the name of the report brought out by UNCTAD? when did this report come out?

Answer 42

‘towards a new trade policy for development’

1972

Question 43

which treaty was signed between india and USSR? when? for how long was the treaty supposed to last?

Answer 43

the treaty of friendship
august 1971
20 years