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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 History (BA History) .
| 1. |
After the Second World War, the USA and ................became two Super Powers. |
| A. | France |
| B. | USSR |
| C. | India |
| D. | Holland |
| Answer» B. USSR | |
| 2. |
The competition between the Super Powers led to the....................... |
| A. | Cold War |
| B. | Civil War |
| C. | First World War |
| D. | Second World War |
| Answer» A. Cold War | |
| 3. |
.........................took the leadership of all the Capitalist Countries. |
| A. | America |
| B. | USSR |
| C. | India |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» A. America | |
| 4. |
..........................took the leadership of all the Communist Countries. |
| A. | Soviet Russia |
| B. | Poland |
| C. | India |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» A. Soviet Russia | |
| 5. |
The .................... was a period of economic, political and military tension between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945 to 1991. |
| A. | Cold War |
| B. | Civil War |
| C. | First World War |
| D. | Second World War |
| Answer» A. Cold War | |
| 6. |
The ....................was a long period of tension between the democracies of the Western World and the communist countries of Eastern Europe. |
| A. | Cold War |
| B. | Civil War |
| C. | First World War |
| D. | Second World War |
| Answer» A. Cold War | |
| 7. |
....................is a kind of verbal war which is fought through newspapers, magazines, radio and other propaganda methods. |
| A. | First World War |
| B. | Civil War |
| C. | Cold War |
| D. | Second World War |
| Answer» C. Cold War | |
| 8. |
The Cold War came to an end with the collapse of the Soviet Union in................. |
| A. | 1991 |
| B. | 1995 |
| C. | 1998 |
| D. | 1999. |
| Answer» A. 1991 | |
| 9. |
...................., the Prime Minister of England in his ‘Fulton Speech’ on 5 March 1945 said that Soviet Russia was covered by an Iron Curtain. |
| A. | Winston Churchill |
| B. | Joseph Stalin |
| C. | Hitler |
| D. | Roosevelt |
| Answer» A. Winston Churchill | |
| 10. |
United States of America formed SEATO in ................ in order to reduce Soviet Russia’s influence. |
| A. | 1954 |
| B. | 1957 |
| C. | 1959 |
| D. | 1964 |
| Answer» A. 1954 | |
| 11. |
In 1955 America formed ..................................in Middle East. |
| A. | MEDO |
| B. | SEATO |
| C. | WARSAW PACT |
| D. | CENTO |
| Answer» A. MEDO | |
| 12. |
To reduce the American Power, Russia signed WARSAW PACT in................ |
| A. | 1855 |
| B. | 1895 |
| C. | 1905 |
| D. | 1955 |
| Answer» D. 1955 | |
| 13. |
In 1953 Stalin died and Khrushchev became the President of................ |
| A. | Poland |
| B. | Russia |
| C. | America |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» B. Russia | |
| 14. |
In 1959 the Russian President ...................went on a historical tour to America. |
| A. | Khrushchev |
| B. | Stalin |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Mao |
| Answer» A. Khrushchev | |
| 15. |
In 13 August..................., Soviet Russia made a Berlin Wall of 25 Kilometres in order to check the immigration from eastern Berlin to Western Berlin. |
| A. | 1906 |
| B. | 1939 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1961 |
| Answer» D. 1961 | |
| 16. |
The SALT of 1972, the summit Conference on Security’ of 1975 in Helsinki and Belgrade Conference of 1978 brought ...................and Russia closer. |
| A. | Poland |
| B. | America |
| C. | France |
| D. | Germany |
| Answer» B. America | |
| 17. |
In 1979, the American President Carter and Russian President ...............................signed SALT II. |
| A. | Brezhnev |
| B. | Harry Truman |
| C. | Khrushchev |
| D. | Nixon |
| Answer» A. Brezhnev | |
| 18. |
Containment was originally devised by US diplomat and historian....................., best known as “the father of containment”. |
| A. | Kennedy |
| B. | Tolstoy |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | George F. Kennan |
| Answer» D. George F. Kennan | |
| 19. |
The ......................Plan was a U.S.-sponsored program implemented following the Second World War to aid European countries that had been destroyed as a result of the war. |
| A. | Marshall |
| B. | George F. Kennan |
| C. | Lenin |
| D. | Kennedy |
| Answer» A. Marshall | |
| 20. |
The Truman Doctrine was an ....................foreign policy to stop Soviet imperialism during the Cold War. |
| A. | American |
| B. | Poland |
| C. | French |
| D. | German |
| Answer» A. American | |
| 21. |
The Truman Doctrine was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, ......................when he pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey. |
| A. | 1925 |
| B. | 1935 |
| C. | 1947 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» C. 1947 | |
| 22. |
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. | United States |
| C. | Canada |
| D. | France |
| Answer» A. Soviet Union | |
| 23. |
The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington on April 4, |
| A. | 1934 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1949 |
| D. | 1951 |
| Answer» C. 1949 | |
| 24. |
The formal institution of ....................was established on 19 February 1955 at a meeting of treaty partners in Bangkok, Thailand |
| A. | SEATO |
| B. | CENTO |
| C. | MEDO |
| D. | WARSAW PACT |
| Answer» A. SEATO | |
| 25. |
SEATO was dissolved on 30 June ................... after many members lost interest and withdrew. |
| A. | 1947 |
| B. | 1957 |
| C. | 1977 |
| D. | 1987 |
| Answer» C. 1977 | |
| 26. |
........................ originally known as the Baghdad Pact or the Middle East Treaty Organization(METO) was formed in 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. |
| A. | CENTO |
| B. | SEATO |
| C. | MEDO |
| D. | WARSAW PACT |
| Answer» A. CENTO | |
| 27. |
The Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)was dissolved in 1979. 28. .......................was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. |
| A. | Joseph Stalin |
| B. | Harry Truman |
| C. | Khrushchev |
| D. | Nixon |
| Answer» A. Joseph Stalin | |
| 28. |
..................... founded Cominform in the year 1947 with the purpose of bringing together the European communist parties |
| A. | Joseph Stalin |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Khrushchev |
| D. | Nixon |
| Answer» A. Joseph Stalin | |
| 29. |
The Berlin Wall, built in August of 1961, was s physical symbol of the political and emotional divisions of....................... |
| A. | Germany |
| B. | Britain |
| C. | France |
| D. | America |
| Answer» A. Germany | |
| 30. |
General ...................led the UN forces on an attack at the Battle of Inchon. |
| A. | George MacArthur |
| B. | Lyndon Johnson |
| C. | Richard Nixon |
| D. | Chung II-kwon |
| Answer» A. George MacArthur | |
| 31. |
On 14 May 1948 the Israeli Prime Minister, ...................., announced the creation of the state of Israel. |
| A. | David Ben Gurion |
| B. | Lyndon Johnson |
| C. | Richard Nixon |
| D. | Chung II-kwon |
| Answer» A. David Ben Gurion | |
| 32. |
The Suez Canal was built by ...................developer Ferdinand de Lesseps. |
| A. | French |
| B. | British |
| C. | American |
| D. | Egypt |
| Answer» A. French | |
| 33. |
In 1954 .............................took control of Egypt. |
| A. | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| B. | Lyndon Johnson |
| C. | Richard Nixon |
| D. | David Ben Gurion |
| Answer» A. Gamal Abdel Nasser | |
| 34. |
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)was formed in...................... |
| A. | 1924 |
| B. | 1934 |
| C. | 1954 |
| D. | 1964. |
| Answer» D. 1964. | |
| 35. |
In 1969 ......................... took control of the PLO. |
| A. | Yasser Arafat |
| B. | Lyndon Johnson |
| C. | Richard Nixon |
| D. | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Answer» A. Yasser Arafat | |
| 36. |
Fatah had been closely identified with the leadership of its founder .................., until his death in 2004. |
| A. | Yasser Arafat |
| B. | Lyndon Johnson |
| C. | Richard Nixon |
| D. | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Answer» A. Yasser Arafat | |
| 37. |
.......................... is an organization of Palestinian Arabs which name means “Islamic Resistance Movement.” |
| A. | Hamas |
| B. | SEATO |
| C. | MEDO |
| D. | WARSAW PACT |
| Answer» A. Hamas | |
| 38. |
To get control of Kuwait's oil, President .................... of Iraq sent in troops on August 2, 1990. Kuwait fell quickly to the Iraqis. |
| A. | Saddam Hussein |
| B. | George W. Bush |
| C. | Yasser Arafat |
| D. | Lyndon Johnson |
| Answer» A. Saddam Hussein | |
| 39. |
On September 11, ............................, terrorists attacked World Trade Centre in the Unites States. |
| A. | 1945 |
| B. | 1956 |
| C. | 1998 |
| D. | 2001 |
| Answer» D. 2001 | |
| 40. |
On May 1, 2011, U.S. troops killed Bin Laden where he was hiding in.............................. |
| A. | Pakistan |
| B. | United States |
| C. | Canada |
| D. | France. |
| Answer» A. Pakistan | |
| 41. |
The United States invaded ........................after the September 11 attacks. |
| A. | Afghanistan |
| B. | Pakistan |
| C. | Canada |
| D. | France. |
| Answer» A. Afghanistan | |
| 42. |
On 2 May 2011, United States Navy SEALs killed ........................ in Abbot bad, Pakistan. |
| A. | Osama bin Laden |
| B. | Lyndon Johnson |
| C. | Richard Nixon |
| D. | Gamal Abdel Nasser |
| Answer» A. Osama bin Laden | |
| 43. |
On 28 December 2014, NATO formally ended combat operations in ............................................. |
| A. | Afghanistan |
| B. | Pakistan |
| C. | Canada |
| D. | France. |
| Answer» A. Afghanistan | |
| 44. |
Following the Chinese Civil War and the victory of Mao Zedong's Communist forces over the Kuomintang forces of Chiang Kai-shek, who fled to...................... |
| A. | Canada |
| B. | Pakistan |
| C. | Taiwan |
| D. | France. |
| Answer» C. Taiwan | |
| 45. |
............................. declared the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949. |
| A. | Mao |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Yasser Arafat |
| D. | Lyndon Johnson |
| Answer» A. Mao | |
| 46. |
On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader ....................declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). |
| A. | Chiang Kai-shek |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Yasser Arafat |
| D. | Mao Zedong |
| Answer» D. Mao Zedong | |
| 47. |
The creation of the PRC completed the long process of governmental upheaval in China begun by the Chinese Revolution of ............................. |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1905 |
| C. | 1908 |
| D. | 1911 . |
| Answer» D. 1911 . | |
| 48. |
The “fall” of mainland China to communism in .........................led the United States to suspend diplomatic ties with the PRC for decades. |
| A. | 1929 |
| B. | 1939 |
| C. | 1945 |
| D. | 1949 |
| Answer» D. 1949 | |
| 49. |
The Chinese Communist Party, founded in ................. in Shanghai, |
| A. | 1901 |
| B. | 1904 |
| C. | 1909 |
| D. | 1921 |
| Answer» D. 1921 | |
| 50. |
In October of 1949, after a string of military victories, ......................proclaimed the establishment of the PRC; |
| A. | Mao Zedong |
| B. | Lenin |
| C. | Yasser Arafat |
| D. | Chiang Kai-shek |
| Answer» A. Mao Zedong | |
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