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THE COLD WAR ERA

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which two objectives Jawaharlal Nehru wished to achieve through the strategy of Non-Alignment?

a)

To equip India to take a firm stand on international issues.

b)

To enable India to balance one superpower against the other through Nam

c)

Both are correct

d)

Neither A nor B is correct

2.

What is the full form of ‘SEATO’?

a)

South East African Treaty Organisation

b)

South European American Treaty Organisation

c)

South East Asian Treaty Organisation

d)

Non of the above

3.

When did the world become unipolar?

a)

1994

b)

1991

c)

1990

d)

1989

4.

what was the major impact of the end of the Cold War?

(a)  

5.

Mention the name of the Eastern alliance led by the Soviet Union.

(a)  

6.

Which among the following statements about the Cold War is wrong?

a)

It was a competition between the US and Soviet Union and their respective allies

b)

It triggered of an arms race

c)

The US and U.S.S.R. were engaged in direct wars

d)

it was an ideological war between the superpowers

7.

Which of the following was not a member of NATO?

a)

The U.S.A.

b)

England

c)

France

d)

None of these

8.

In 1945 the allied forces included the U.S. _____ U.S.S.R and ________

(a)  

9.

Write the main countries of Axis Powers

a)

Germany, France and Britain

b)

Germany, Japan, and U.S

c)

Germany, Japan and Italy

d)

non of the above

10.

Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in:

a)

1960

b)

1962

c)

1965

d)

1959

11.

In which year U.S.A. dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

a)

1946

b)

1944

c)

1947

d)

1945

12.

The name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was

a)

little boy

b)

little man

c)

fat boy

d)

fat man