The World After World War II

Q. Which of the following were proxy wars fought during the Cold War?

1. Korean War
2. Cuban Missile Crisis
3. Yugoslav Wars
4. Vietnam War

Q. What were the achievements of the USSR under Joseph Stalin?

1. Stalin implemented various democratic reforms through his Five Year Plans.
2. Under his leadership, the USSR defeated the German troops in the Battle of Stalingrad.
3. Yuri Gagarin became the first astronaut to travel to space.
4. The USSR became the first country in humankind to launch a satellite into space.

Q. The Cold War came to an end with the fall of the USSR.

1. False
2. True

Q. The USSR disintegrated in 1991 into how many independent states?

1. 13
2. 15
3. 17
4. 9

Q. _______ and _______ were liberal policies introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev that diluted the power of the Communist Party in the USSR.

1. Rossiyskaya, Federatsiya
2. Perestroika, Demokratiya
3. Demokratiya, Glasnost
4. Glasnost, Perestroika

Q. What does CENTO stand for?

1. Central Territory Organisation
2. Central Eastern National Treaty Organisation
3. Central Treaty Organisation
4. Command Territory Organisation

Q. Why did the US stay away from the Second World War initially?

1. People suffered a lot from poverty, hunger and unemployment.
2. The US was experiencing Great Depression which collapsed their economy in 1929.
3. The US wanted to grow into a superpower so they wanted to stay away from the war.
4. The Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbour caused massive destruction to their naval fleets.

Q. What were the features of the Cold War?

1. The Cold War was a fight between two ideologies, communism and capitalism.
2. They pulled other countries into fighting their proxy war.
3. The Cold War took the form of a weapons race.
4. Technology was utilised to the extent of militarising for space wars and developing intelligence agencies in their own countries.

Q. The Cold War was a fight between ____ and _____.

1. USA, USSR
2. Socialism, Communism
3. Japan, USA
4. Communism, Capitalism

Q. Cold war is a/an war fought between the USA and the USSR from 1945 till the disintegration of the USSR in 1991.

1. hidden
2. aggressive
3. ideological

Q. Why was the war between the USA and the USSR after 1945 called the Cold War?

1. Because it was a fight between two superpowers.
2. Because no actual war happened between the US and the USSR.
3. Because it was a nuclear race.
4. Because it was a fight between communism and capitalism.

Q. Select all the proxy wars from the following.(CMC= Cuban Missile Crisis)

1. World War I
2. Russian civil war
3. CMC
4. Suez Canal crisis
5. Berlin crisis
6. The Vietnam War
7. Syrian Civil War
8. The Korean War

Q. Which among the following statements about the Cold war is wrong?

1. Rivalry between US and USSR
2. USA and USSR engaged in direct war
3. Triggering off an arms race
4. An ideological war between the two super powers

Q. Assertion [A]: The USSR weakened and disintegrated into 15 new states, and Russia is one among them. The Cold War thus came to an end with the fall of the USSR.

Reason [R]: Liberal policies like Glasnost and Perestroika that were introduced in 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev diluted the power of the Communist Party in the USSR.

1. [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct justification for [A].
2. [A] is true but [R] is false.
3. [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct justification for [A].
4. [A] and [R] are false.

Q. The Japanese attack on led the US to join the Second World War.

1. American colonies
2. Hawaii
3. Pearl Harbour

Q. NATO was formed after World War II primarily to __________.

1. assist emerging nations in Asia
2. stop the spread of Communism in Europe
3. promote democratic reforms in Latin America
4. halt the growth of fascism in southern Africa
5. provide economic aid to war-torn nations in Europe

Q. What is the full form of NATO?

1. North America Tourist Organisation
2. North Atlantic Trade Organisation
3. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
4. Northeast Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Q. _____ became the president of USSR after Lenin's demise.

1. Rasputin
2. Vladimir Lenin
3. Mikhail Gorbachev
4. Joseph Stalin

Q. Which of the following events did not occur due to the cold war?

1. Partition of Germany
2. Indo-China War
3. Partition of Korea
4. America-Iraq war