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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) , Indian Administrative Service (IAS) , History .
Chapters
| 251. |
……………….., a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of "containment," the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war with the Soviet Union. |
| A. | george f. kennan |
| B. | george c. marshall |
| C. | john f. kennedy |
| D. | yuri andropov |
| Answer» A. george f. kennan | |
| 252. |
Harry S. Truman was the president of ……………….. |
| A. | usa |
| B. | french |
| C. | soviet union |
| D. | portugal |
| Answer» A. usa | |
| 253. |
Cominform was founded in …………………. |
| A. | 1917 |
| B. | 1927 |
| C. | 1937 |
| D. | 1947 |
| Answer» D. 1947 | |
| 254. |
Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded in September 1947 at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poręba,………………... |
| A. | poland |
| B. | belgium |
| C. | thailand |
| D. | czechoslovakia |
| Answer» A. poland | |
| 255. |
The initial seat of Cominform was located in …………….(then the capital of the Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia). |
| A. | belgrade |
| B. | luxembourg |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | thailand |
| Answer» A. belgrade | |
| 256. |
After the expulsion of Yugoslavia from Cominform in June…………….., the seat was moved to Bucharest, Romania. |
| A. | 1908 |
| B. | 1918 |
| C. | 1948 |
| D. | 1953 |
| Answer» C. 1948 | |
| 257. |
The Second World War ended in …………. with the defeat of Nazi Germany. |
| A. | 1915 |
| B. | 1925 |
| C. | 1935 |
| D. | 1945 |
| Answer» D. 1945 | |
| 258. |
In the …………….Agreement of 2 August 1945, the four victorious allies – the USA, Soviet Union, England and France – decided to divide Germany up into four occupied zones. |
| A. | potsdam |
| B. | luxembourg |
| C. | belgium |
| D. | thailand |
| Answer» A. potsdam | |
| 259. |
The Berlin Wall fell in November ………………… |
| A. | 1949 |
| B. | 1959 |
| C. | 1969 |
| D. | 1989 |
| Answer» D. 1989 | |
| 260. |
Germany was reunified on 3 October……………….. |
| A. | 1940 |
| B. | 1950 |
| C. | 1960 |
| D. | 1990 |
| Answer» D. 1990 | |
| 261. |
Under the guidance of Soviet Russia, a founding meeting of the Chinese Communist party (CCP) was held in ……….in July 1921. |
| A. | luxembourg |
| B. | shanghai |
| C. | thailand |
| D. | hunan |
| Answer» B. shanghai | |
| 262. |
On October 1, …………., Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). |
| A. | 1939 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1953 |
| D. | 1956 |
| Answer» B. 1949 | |
| 263. |
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in …………. by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. |
| A. | 1939 |
| B. | 1949 |
| C. | 1951 |
| D. | 1959 |
| Answer» B. 1949 | |
| 264. |
South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed in…………. |
| A. | 1944 |
| B. | 1954 |
| C. | 1957 |
| D. | 1959 |
| Answer» B. 1954 | |
| 265. |
Which was the Headquarters of SEATO? |
| A. | czechoslovakia |
| B. | bangkok |
| C. | jerusalem |
| D. | malaysia |
| Answer» B. bangkok | |
| 266. |
SEATO was formally disbanded in………….. |
| A. | 1967 |
| B. | 1977 |
| C. | 1979 |
| D. | 1987 |
| Answer» B. 1977 | |
| 267. |
The Warsaw Treaty Organization (also known as the Warsaw Pact) was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the …………….and several Eastern European countries. |
| A. | soviet union |
| B. | jerusalem |
| C. | malaysia |
| D. | america |
| Answer» A. soviet union | |
| 268. |
The Warsaw Pact officially disbanded in March and July of …………. following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. |
| A. | 1931 |
| B. | 1941 |
| C. | 1991 |
| D. | 1992 |
| Answer» C. 1991 | |
| 269. |
The ……………..pact was a defensive organization for promoting shared political, military and economic goals founded in 1955 by Turkey, Iraq, Great Britain, Pakistan and Iran. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | jerusalem |
| C. | soviet union |
| D. | malaysia |
| Answer» A. baghdad | |
| 270. |
The main purpose of the …………Pact was to prevent communist incursions and foster peace in the Middle East. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | albania |
| C. | poland |
| D. | palestine |
| Answer» A. baghdad | |
| 271. |
………………. was renamed the Central Treaty Organization, or CENTO, in 1959 after Iraq pulled out of the Pact. |
| A. | baghdad |
| B. | hungary |
| C. | bulgaria |
| D. | romania |
| Answer» A. baghdad | |
| 272. |
CENTO was formally disbanded in……………. |
| A. | 1959 |
| B. | 1969 |
| C. | 1979 |
| D. | 1989 |
| Answer» C. 1979 | |
| 273. |
In…………, the Suez Canal became the focus of a major world conflict. |
| A. | 1916 |
| B. | 1926 |
| C. | 1956 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» C. 1956 | |
| 274. |
In the late 19th century ………….arose as a nationalist and political movement aimed at restoring the land of Israel as a national home for the Jewish people. |
| A. | zionism |
| B. | cento |
| C. | lollards |
| D. | judaism |
| Answer» A. zionism | |
| 275. |
The first Zionist congress took place in 1897 in Basel under the guidance of ……………..journalist Theodor Herzl. |
| A. | austrian |
| B. | lebanon |
| C. | soviet union |
| D. | american |
| Answer» A. austrian | |
| 276. |
Who wrote the book “The Jewish State”? |
| A. | theodor herzl |
| B. | john f. kennedy |
| C. | nikita khrushchev |
| D. | fidel castro |
| Answer» A. theodor herzl | |
| 277. |
The PLO was created in ………………… |
| A. | 1914 |
| B. | 1924 |
| C. | 1944 |
| D. | 1964 |
| Answer» D. 1964 | |
| 278. |
By 1967 the ………………had decided that their primary goal was the destruction of the state of Israel. |
| A. | plo |
| B. | zionism |
| C. | cominform |
| D. | cento |
| Answer» A. plo | |
| 279. |
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved on 25th December,………….. |
| A. | 1941 |
| B. | 1951 |
| C. | 1967 |
| D. | 1991 |
| Answer» D. 1991 | |
| 280. |
…………….led the USSR from 1962-1982. |
| A. | leonid brezhnev |
| B. | stalin |
| C. | khrushchev |
| D. | cherenkov |
| Answer» A. leonid brezhnev | |
| 281. |
In 1894 ……………..founded the Chinese Revival society. |
| A. | dr. sun yat sen |
| B. | chiang kai-shek |
| C. | mao |
| D. | yuanshikai |
| Answer» A. dr. sun yat sen | |
| 282. |
The Boxer Rebellion in China was in ……………… |
| A. | 1800 |
| B. | 1890 |
| C. | 1900 |
| D. | 1907 |
| Answer» C. 1900 | |
| 283. |
The Manchu dynasty was overthrown in a revolution of ……………. |
| A. | 1879 |
| B. | 1891 |
| C. | 1911 |
| D. | 1921 |
| Answer» C. 1911 | |
| 284. |
Japan captured Manchuria and withdrew from the League of Nations in …………... |
| A. | 1911 |
| B. | 1921 |
| C. | 1931 |
| D. | 1935 |
| Answer» C. 1931 | |
| 285. |
In 1941 …………..attacked the American Fleet at Pearl Harbor. |
| A. | china |
| B. | japan |
| C. | britain |
| D. | spain |
| Answer» B. japan | |
| 286. |
In 1949 Indonesia becomes independent from …………rule. |
| A. | none |
| B. | dutch french |
| C. | spanish |
| D. | british |
| Answer» B. dutch french | |
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