6th SEM,
History Hons. DSE 3
1. What were the two Super Powers during
the Cold War era?
The United States and
the Soviet Union.
2. What was the main objective of the
Truman Doctrine?
To stop Soviet expansion in Europe.
3. Which alliance was formed to block
Communism in Europe?
NATO.
4. What was the goal of EEC?
To set
up a free trade zone for EEC members.
5. Who wanted to use Atomic bombs to end
the Korean war?
General
Douglas Mac Arthur.
6. What was the outcome of the Korean
war?
Deadlock
or Draw.
7. What happened in Vietnam after the
U.S. withdrew troops?
Vietnam
was reunited by the Communist North Vietnam.
8. What policy was used to resolve the
Cuban Missile Crisis?
The
U.S. began a blockade.
9. Who was and remains leader of Cuba?
Fidel
Castro.
10. The term ‘Iron Curtain’ was used to
separate-
East
and West Europe.
11. What launch started the space race
between U.S. and Soviet Union?
Sputnik I
12. The full form of OAU-
Organization
of African Unity, estbd on 25th May, 1963.
13. The fall of Berlin Wall was on-
9th
Nov, 1989.
14. Warsaw Treaty was signed between—
Soviet
Union and the Seven other Eastern Countries.
15. Marshall Plan was brainchild of—
U.S.
Secretary of State, George C. Marshall.
16. Who coined the term’ Third
World’?
Alfred Sauvey, a French historian on 14th Aug, 1952.
16. Tito’s Yugoslav Doctrine emerged as –
‘
Yugoslav Partisans’ meant Liberation of Yugoslavia.
17. OPEC was founded in –
September,
1960, Bagdad (Iraq).
18. G’8 was formed on 15th
Nov, 1975 –
To
tackle global problems.
19. Pan-Africanism aimed at-
Achieving
the freedom of all Africans.
20. The First Pan Africanism Conference
was held in
London,
1990.
21. ANZUS was consisted of the following
members-
Australia,
Newzealand, U.S.A, in 1951.
22. The Headquarter of SEATO—
Bangkok
23. The first Casualty of the Cold war
was—
U.N.O.
24. ‘ Point Four Programme’ was
initiated by
President Truman on 20th
Jan, 1949.
24. The Rio Treaty or Inter American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance was signed in-
1947,
at Rio de Janeiro.
25. The Schuman Plan was signed on—
18th
April, 1951.
26.Taliban Rule in Afghanistan was –
From 1996 to 2001, was
Pashtun Islamic Fundamentalist Group.
26. Tian-an Massacre or June Fourth or ’89 Democracy Movement was held in-
Tianamen
Square, Bejing in the year 1989.
27. Who coined the term Globalisation?
Economist
Theodore Levitt in an article “ Globalisation of Markets” , May-June,1983.
28. CIS stands for—
Commonwealth of Independent States,
formed after the dissolution of Soviet Union in
1991.
29. When did the and why Détente end?
It
ended after Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and boycott of U.S held in
Moscow Olympic, 1980.
30. Who was Joseph Stalin ?
The
dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953.
31. ‘De- Stalinization’ occurred under a new Head
of State named-
Nikita
Khrushchev in 1956.
32. The term ‘Détente’, a French word
meaning-
Release
from tension, name given to a period of improved relation between U.S. and USSR
tentatively began in 1971.
33. What agreement ended the Soviet
Union?
On Dec, 1991, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian
Presidents signed the Belovezha Accords which declared the dissolution of USSR.
34.The USSR existed for---
69 years from 1922 to 1991.
34. The literal meaning of Glasnost and
Prerestroika are
Openness and restructuring
(associated with Mikhail Gorbachev).
35.NAM ( Non-Aligned Movement) was
founded in-
1961, Belgrade Serbia, HQ Indonesia.
35. NAM was established with the
initiation of
Indian P.M.
Jawaharlal Nehru, Egyptian President G. Abdul Nasser and Yugoslav President
Josip B. Tito.
36.The Suez Crisis of 1956 was
precipitated by –
The nationalization of the Suez Canal
by the then Egyptian President Gamal Abdel
Nasser.
36. OPEC consisted of
15 world’s
major oil-exporting countries with its HQ at Vienna , Austria.
