Establishing a New Vietnamese Republic

Q. Vietnam was divided into north and south. Select the pair that states the correct name of the leaders of north and south Vietnam respectively:

1. Ho Chi Minh - Ngo Dinh Diem
2. Ho Chi Minh- Mao Tse-Tung
3. Stalin- Mao Tse Tung
4. Ho Chi Minh-Stalin

Q. Arrange the following events in the chronological order: 1) Vietnam was divided into two parts- North and South; 2) Viet-minh came to political power; 3) Vietnam republic lost its power as French re-entered Vietnam; 4) French and Vietnamese held a peace conference; 5) France was defeated at Dien Bien Phu.

1. 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
2. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
3. 2, 3, 5, 4, 1
4. 5, 3, 1, 2, 4

Q. Write a short note on the following-agent orange. It is history subject

Q. X was a chemical weapon that had a disastrous effect on plants and was used by the Americans in Vietnam. This weapon reduced rich forests and farms to barren land for years. Which of the following is X?

1. Agent Orange
2. Sarin
3. Teargas
4. Plague

Q. The US, a large, well-equipped country underestimated the power of nationalism and grit of the Vietnamese fighters. Select the reasons from the following that made it possible.

1. US policy-planners underestimated the power of nationalism to galvanise people into action.
2. The US regretted the fatal destruction caused by chemical weapons on the Vietnamese.
3. The US citizens expressed their anger when young men were drafted for war.
4. The US underestimated the grit of the army of peasants who had benefited from land reforms after generations of exploitation.

Q. Who wrote the book "The History of the loss of Vietnam"?

1. Phan Boi Chau
2. Huynh Phu So
3. Ho Chi Minh
4. Phan Chu Trinh

Q. Which of the following countries had never attacked Vietnam?

1. Japan
2. Germany
3. USA
4. France

Q. Soldiers from the US came to Vietnam with advanced technology and ammunition to fight against the coalition of the Vietminh and which of the following?

1. National Democratic Party
2. Communist Party
3. Guomindang
4. National Liberation Front

Q. Which of the following was not an effect of the use of Agent Orange?

1. Loss of arable land
2. Cancer
3. Boosted soil fertility
4. Brain Damage

Q. Viet-minh defeated their French colonial masters in 1954 at the Battle of:

1. Hanoi
2. Ho Chi Minh
3. Hue
4. Dien Bien Phu

Q. The US, a large, well-equipped country underestimated the power of nationalism and grit of the Vietnamese fighters. Select the reasons from the following that made it possible.

1. US policy-planners underestimated the power of nationalism to galvanise people into action.
2. The US regretted the fatal destruction caused by chemical weapons on the Vietnamese.
3. The US citizens expressed their anger when young men were drafted for war.
4. The US underestimated the grit of the army of peasants who had benefited from land reforms after generations of exploitation.

Q. Agent Orange was a chemical weapon used by Americans in Vietnam that reduced rich forests and farms to barren land for years.

1. True
2. False

Q. Arrange the following events in the chronological order: 1) Vietnam was divided into two parts- North and South; 2) Viet-minh came to political power; 3) Vietnam republic lost its power as French re-entered Vietnam; 4) French and Vietnamese held a peace conference; 5) France was defeated at Dien Bien Phu.

1. 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
2. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
3. 2, 3, 5, 4, 1
4. 5, 3, 1, 2, 4

Q. Vietnam was divided into north and south. Select the pair that states the correct name of the leaders of north and south Vietnam respectively:

1. Ho Chi Minh - Ngo Dinh Diem
2. Ho Chi Minh- Mao Tse-Tung
3. Stalin- Mao Tse Tung
4. Ho Chi Minh-Stalin

Q. Choose the correct pair with regard to Vietminh and their actions in Vietnam.

1. Land reforms
2. Vietminh attacks
3. Vietnam divided
4. Peasant support
5. Drove out Japan
6. Peace Conference