Question

Choose the correct blocs in which the following countries belonged during the Cold War.

• A. Japan- Western Alliance
• B. Poland- Eastern Alliance
• C. France- Eastern Alliance
• D. Hungary- Western Alliance

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B)

The correct options are
A Japan- Western Alliance
B Poland- Eastern Alliance

Cold War saw the emergence of two major ideologies - the USSR's state-controlled development and the private capitalist controlled process of development of the US. Countries of Western Europe allied with the US. Thus, France and Japan were in the Western Alliance led by the US whereas countries of Eastern Europe allied with the USSR. Poland and Hungary were in the Eastern Alliance led by the USSR.