World History : Cold War
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Cold War MCQ – The United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies created a continuing political competition following World War II that became known as the Cold War. George Orwell gave the name for this rivalry between the two superpowers in a 1945 article.
1. In the Cold War, which of the following nations belonged to the Western bloc?
a. The Soviet Union
b. China
c. The United States
d. Cuba
Answer : c. The United States
2. What is a other name of Marshall Plan.
a. The European Recovery Program
b. The Berlin Airlift
c. The Truman Doctrine
d. The Bretton Woods Conference
Answer : a. The European Recovery Program
3. During the Cold War, the following two major post-war powers were _____________.
a. United States and Soviet Union
b. United Kingdom and France
c. China and Japan
d. Germany and Italy
Answer : a. United States and Soviet Union
4. The first person to use the term “Cold War” was ______________.
a. Winston Churchill
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. George Orwell
d. Joseph Stalin
Answer : c. George Orwell
5. Communist system for arranging the State and society these principal was given by ____________.
a. Adam Smith
b. Karl Marx
c. John Locke
d. Thomas Hobbes
Answer : b. Karl Marx
6. _______________ was founded in Sep 1947, An umbrella organization for European Communist parties.
a. NATO
b. Warsaw Pact
c. Cominform
d. European Union
Answer : c. Cominform
7. After World War II the world is divided into _____________ blocks.
a. Monarchies and Democracies
b. Capitalism and Communism
c. Colonial powers and Colonies
d. North and South
Answer : b. Capitalism and Communism
8. In April 1949 which organization come into existence.
a. United Nations
b. NATO
c. Warsaw Pact
d. League of Nations
Answer : b. NATO
9. Which of the following country did not have a NATO membership?
a. France
b. Italy
c. India
d. Canada
Answer : c. India
10. SEATO stands for ____________.
a. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
b. South Eastern Alliance Treaty Organization
c. Southeastern Association of Trade and Cooperation
d. South European Alliance Treaty Organization
Answer : a. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
11. Why NATO is created?
a. To promote free trade across North Atlantic nations
b. To provide collective defense against the spread of communism
c. To establish a new world order
d. To counter the naval power of the British Empire
Answer : b. To provide collective defense against the spread of communism
12. In Cold War conflict which two ideologies are involved?
a. Democracy and Monarchy
b. Capitalism and Communism
c. Nationalism and Imperialism
d. Feudalism and Capitalism
Answer : b. Capitalism and Communism
13. In the Cold War which of the following country fought with United Stated.
a. China
b. The Soviet Union
c. Germany
d. Japan
Answer : b. The Soviet Union
14. The USSR established the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) in the year of ____________.
a. 1955
b. 1961
c. 1949
d. 1970
Answer : c. 1949
15. Who resigned in 1962 during the war between China and India?
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Lal Bahadur Shastri
c. V.K. Krishna Menon
d. Indira Gandhi
Answer : c. V.K. Krishna Menon
16. The construction of the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis were ____________.
a. Unrelated to the Cold War
b. Events that marked the end of the Cold War
c. Associated with the Cold War
d. Solely related to World War II
Answer : c. Associated with the Cold War
17. Which of these following events was connected to the Cold War?
a. The fall of the Roman Empire
b. The Cuban Missile Crisis and the building of the Berlin Wall
c. The French Revolution
d. The founding of the United Nations
Answer : b. The Cuban Missile Crisis and the building of the Berlin Wall
18. Which nations fought each other in the 1971 war to free Bangladesh?
a. India and China
b. India and Pakistan
c. Pakistan and Afghanistan
d. United States and Vietnam
Answer : b. India and Pakistan
19. In 1949, who founded the NATO military alliance?
a. The Soviet Union
b. The United States
c. The United Kingdom
d. France
Answer : b. The United States
20. The generic phrase used to describe the practice of charging someone of being pro-Communist in the US was ______________.
a. Red Scare
b. McCarthyism
c. The Witch Hunts
d. The Red Trials
Answer : b. McCarthyism
21. The Truman Doctrine was a strategy to offer financial and military support to _____________.
a. Only European countries
b. Countries threatened by communism
c. Allies during World War II
d. Developing countries in Africa
Answer : b. Countries threatened by communism
22. Which of the following not describes the Cold War?
a. Space Race
b. Military conflict between United States and Soviet Union
c. Espionage and intelligence gathering
d. Formation of military alliances
Answer : b. Military conflict between United States and Soviet Union
23. Warsaw Pact was established in _____________.
a. 1945
b. 1955
c. 1961
d. 1972
Answer : b. 1955
24. Berlin Blockade took place in _______________.
a. 1948
b. 1952
c. 1961
d. 1971
Answer : a. 1948
25. An alliance known as the Warsaw Pact was founded in ___________.
a. 1945
b. 1955
c. 1961
d. 1972
Answer : b. 1955
26. NATO’s counterpart within the Soviet Union was organised as follows ____________.
a. Cominform
b. The Warsaw Pact
c. SEATO
d. The European Union
Answer : b. The Warsaw Pact
27. The originator of the word “containment” was _____________.
a. Harry S. Truman
b. George F. Kennan
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer : b. George F. Kennan
28. The Communist Information Bureau was founded in 1947 and consisted of _____________.
a. NATO
b. Cominform
c. Warsaw Pact
d. SEATO
Answer : b. Cominform
29. The United States’ strategy to offer financial and military support to nations under communist danger was known as ___________.
a. The Marshall Plan
b. The Truman Doctrine
c. The Eisenhower Doctrine
d. The Kennedy Plan
Answer : b. The Truman Doctrine
30. The “Truman Doctrine” was introduced by the Truman administration in _____________.
a. 1945
b. 1947
c. 1950
d. 1953
Answer : b. 1947
31. The Soviet Union’s authority to meddle in the internal affairs of communist nations in order to uphold communism is known as _______________.
a. The Brezhnev Doctrine
b. The Stalin Doctrine
c. The Lenin Doctrine
d. The Khrushchev Doctrine
Answer : a. The Brezhnev Doctrine
32. COMECON is _____________.
a. A Soviet-dominated economic organization
b. A European military alliance
c. An Asian trade agreement
d. An American economic sanction program
Answer : a. A Soviet-dominated economic organization
33. Which of the following people signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in April 1949.
a. 10 founding member countries
b. 12 founding member countries
c. 15 founding member countries
d. 20 founding member countries
Answer : b. 12 founding member countries
34. The generic phrase used to describe the practice of accusing someone of being pro-Communist in the US was _______________.
a. Red Scare
b. McCarthyism
c. The Witch Hunts
d. The Red Trials
Answer : b. McCarthyism
35. The Treaty of Rome created the European Economic Community in ____________.
a. 1945
b. 1957
c. 1967
d. 1973
Answer : b. 1957
36. The EEC was referred to as ___________.
a. The Common Market
b. The Eurozone
c. The European Union
d. The Schengen Area
Answer : a. The Common Market
37. The ________________ aimed to bring about the ultimate economic unification of its member countries, which would inevitably result in political unification.
a. United Nations
b. NATO
c. EEC
d. Warsaw Pact
Answer : c. EEC
38. The Berlin Wall, which divided Germany into East and West, was built in ______________.
a. 1945
b. 1955
c. 1961
d. 1971
Answer : c. 1961
39. The European Community became the European Union in _____________.
a. 1983
b. 1993
c. 2003
d. 2013
Answer : b. 1993
40. In Afghanistan, the Muslim guerrillas who battled the Soviet Union were known by _____________ term.
a. Taliban
b. Mujahideen
c. Insurgents
d. Freedom Fighters
Answer : b. Mujahideen
41. The Warsaw Pact came to an end in _______________.
a. 1989
b. 1991
c. 1994
d. 1997
Answer : b. 1991
42. An economic entity under Soviet control that was established in 1949 was ______________.
a. NATO
b. SEATO
c. COMECON
d. The Warsaw Pact
Answer : c. COMECON
43. NATO was established by __________.
a. An economic alliance
b. A cultural exchange program
c. A military alliance
d. A scientific cooperation pact
Answer : c. A military alliance
44. During the Cold War, the term indicating a sustained easing of hostilities between the East and the West is ______________.
a. Detente
b. Glasnost
c. Perestroika
d. Rapprochement
Answer : a. Detente
45. According to Eric Hobsbawm, during the Second World War, the following technical advancements helped the average person ___________.
a. The internet
b. The spread of consumer goods
c. Space exploration
d. Nuclear energy
Answer : b. The spread of consumer goods
46. The first atomic bomb test by the USSR was successful in ____________.
a. 1945
b. 1949
c. 1953
d. 1961
Answer : b. 1949
47. “Detente” is used to refer to ___________.
a. A relaxation of tensions and improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union
b. The end of the Cold War
c. The escalation of nuclear arms race
d. The division of Berlin
Answer : a. A relaxation of tensions and improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union
48. The invasion of the Bay of Pigs took place in _____________.
a. 1959
b. 1961
c. 1965
d. 1970
Answer : b. 1961
49. Invasion of the Bay of Pigs was against ____________.
a. Vietnam
b. Cuba
c. North Korea
d. Iran
Answer : b. Cuba
50. The well-known Cuban Missile Crisis took place in _______________.
a. 1960
b. 1962
c. 1964
d. 1966
Answer : b. 1962
51. In the two decades following World War II, western Europe experienced an environment known as _____________.
a. The Dark Ages
b. The Golden Age
c. The Renaissance
d. The Industrial Revolution
Answer : b. The Golden Age
1. In the Cold War, which of the following nations belonged to the Western bloc?
a. The Soviet Union
b. China
c. The United States
d. Cuba
Answer : c. The United States
2. What is a other name of Marshall Plan.
a. The European Recovery Program
b. The Berlin Airlift
c. The Truman Doctrine
d. The Bretton Woods Conference
Answer : a. The European Recovery Program
3. During the Cold War, the following two major post-war powers were _____________.
a. United States and Soviet Union
b. United Kingdom and France
c. China and Japan
d. Germany and Italy
Answer : a. United States and Soviet Union
4. The first person to use the term “Cold War” was ______________.
a. Winston Churchill
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. George Orwell
d. Joseph Stalin
Answer : c. George Orwell
5. Communist system for arranging the State and society these principal was given by ____________.
a. Adam Smith
b. Karl Marx
c. John Locke
d. Thomas Hobbes
Answer : b. Karl Marx
6. _______________ was founded in Sep 1947, An umbrella organization for European Communist parties.
a. NATO
b. Warsaw Pact
c. Cominform
d. European Union
Answer : c. Cominform
7. After World War II the world is divided into _____________ blocks.
a. Monarchies and Democracies
b. Capitalism and Communism
c. Colonial powers and Colonies
d. North and South
Answer : b. Capitalism and Communism
8. In April 1949 which organization come into existence.
a. United Nations
b. NATO
c. Warsaw Pact
d. League of Nations
Answer : b. NATO
9. Which of the following country did not have a NATO membership?
a. France
b. Italy
c. India
d. Canada
Answer : c. India
10. SEATO stands for ____________.
a. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
b. South Eastern Alliance Treaty Organization
c. Southeastern Association of Trade and Cooperation
d. South European Alliance Treaty Organization
Answer : a. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
11. Why NATO is created?
a. To promote free trade across North Atlantic nations
b. To provide collective defense against the spread of communism
c. To establish a new world order
d. To counter the naval power of the British Empire
Answer : b. To provide collective defense against the spread of communism
12. In Cold War conflict which two ideologies are involved?
a. Democracy and Monarchy
b. Capitalism and Communism
c. Nationalism and Imperialism
d. Feudalism and Capitalism
Answer : b. Capitalism and Communism
13. In the Cold War which of the following country fought with United Stated.
a. China
b. The Soviet Union
c. Germany
d. Japan
Answer : b. The Soviet Union
14. The USSR established the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) in the year of ____________.
a. 1955
b. 1961
c. 1949
d. 1970
Answer : c. 1949
15. Who resigned in 1962 during the war between China and India?
a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Lal Bahadur Shastri
c. V.K. Krishna Menon
d. Indira Gandhi
Answer : c. V.K. Krishna Menon
16. The construction of the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis were ____________.
a. Unrelated to the Cold War
b. Events that marked the end of the Cold War
c. Associated with the Cold War
d. Solely related to World War II
Answer : c. Associated with the Cold War
17. Which of these following events was connected to the Cold War?
a. The fall of the Roman Empire
b. The Cuban Missile Crisis and the building of the Berlin Wall
c. The French Revolution
d. The founding of the United Nations
Answer : b. The Cuban Missile Crisis and the building of the Berlin Wall
18. Which nations fought each other in the 1971 war to free Bangladesh?
a. India and China
b. India and Pakistan
c. Pakistan and Afghanistan
d. United States and Vietnam
Answer : b. India and Pakistan
19. In 1949, who founded the NATO military alliance?
a. The Soviet Union
b. The United States
c. The United Kingdom
d. France
Answer : b. The United States
20. The generic phrase used to describe the practice of charging someone of being pro-Communist in the US was ______________.
a. Red Scare
b. McCarthyism
c. The Witch Hunts
d. The Red Trials
Answer : b. McCarthyism
21. The Truman Doctrine was a strategy to offer financial and military support to _____________.
a. Only European countries
b. Countries threatened by communism
c. Allies during World War II
d. Developing countries in Africa
Answer : b. Countries threatened by communism
22. Which of the following not describes the Cold War?
a. Space Race
b. Military conflict between United States and Soviet Union
c. Espionage and intelligence gathering
d. Formation of military alliances
Answer : b. Military conflict between United States and Soviet Union
23. Warsaw Pact was established in _____________.
a. 1945
b. 1955
c. 1961
d. 1972
Answer : b. 1955
24. Berlin Blockade took place in _______________.
a. 1948
b. 1952
c. 1961
d. 1971
Answer : a. 1948
25. An alliance known as the Warsaw Pact was founded in ___________.
a. 1945
b. 1955
c. 1961
d. 1972
Answer : b. 1955
26. NATO’s counterpart within the Soviet Union was organised as follows ____________.
a. Cominform
b. The Warsaw Pact
c. SEATO
d. The European Union
Answer : b. The Warsaw Pact
27. The originator of the word “containment” was _____________.
a. Harry S. Truman
b. George F. Kennan
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer : b. George F. Kennan
28. The Communist Information Bureau was founded in 1947 and consisted of _____________.
a. NATO
b. Cominform
c. Warsaw Pact
d. SEATO
Answer : b. Cominform
29. The United States’ strategy to offer financial and military support to nations under communist danger was known as ___________.
a. The Marshall Plan
b. The Truman Doctrine
c. The Eisenhower Doctrine
d. The Kennedy Plan
Answer : b. The Truman Doctrine
30. The “Truman Doctrine” was introduced by the Truman administration in _____________.
a. 1945
b. 1947
c. 1950
d. 1953
Answer : b. 1947
31. The Soviet Union’s authority to meddle in the internal affairs of communist nations in order to uphold communism is known as _______________.
a. The Brezhnev Doctrine
b. The Stalin Doctrine
c. The Lenin Doctrine
d. The Khrushchev Doctrine
Answer : a. The Brezhnev Doctrine
32. COMECON is _____________.
a. A Soviet-dominated economic organization
b. A European military alliance
c. An Asian trade agreement
d. An American economic sanction program
Answer : a. A Soviet-dominated economic organization
33. Which of the following people signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in April 1949.
a. 10 founding member countries
b. 12 founding member countries
c. 15 founding member countries
d. 20 founding member countries
Answer : b. 12 founding member countries
34. The generic phrase used to describe the practice of accusing someone of being pro-Communist in the US was _______________.
a. Red Scare
b. McCarthyism
c. The Witch Hunts
d. The Red Trials
Answer : b. McCarthyism
35. The Treaty of Rome created the European Economic Community in ____________.
a. 1945
b. 1957
c. 1967
d. 1973
Answer : b. 1957
36. The EEC was referred to as ___________.
a. The Common Market
b. The Eurozone
c. The European Union
d. The Schengen Area
Answer : a. The Common Market
37. The ________________ aimed to bring about the ultimate economic unification of its member countries, which would inevitably result in political unification.
a. United Nations
b. NATO
c. EEC
d. Warsaw Pact
Answer : c. EEC
38. The Berlin Wall, which divided Germany into East and West, was built in ______________.
a. 1945
b. 1955
c. 1961
d. 1971
Answer : c. 1961
39. The European Community became the European Union in _____________.
a. 1983
b. 1993
c. 2003
d. 2013
Answer : b. 1993
40. In Afghanistan, the Muslim guerrillas who battled the Soviet Union were known by _____________ term.
a. Taliban
b. Mujahideen
c. Insurgents
d. Freedom Fighters
Answer : b. Mujahideen
41. The Warsaw Pact came to an end in _______________.
a. 1989
b. 1991
c. 1994
d. 1997
Answer : b. 1991
42. An economic entity under Soviet control that was established in 1949 was ______________.
a. NATO
b. SEATO
c. COMECON
d. The Warsaw Pact
Answer : c. COMECON
43. NATO was established by __________.
a. An economic alliance
b. A cultural exchange program
c. A military alliance
d. A scientific cooperation pact
Answer : c. A military alliance
44. During the Cold War, the term indicating a sustained easing of hostilities between the East and the West is ______________.
a. Detente
b. Glasnost
c. Perestroika
d. Rapprochement
Answer : a. Detente
45. According to Eric Hobsbawm, during the Second World War, the following technical advancements helped the average person ___________.
a. The internet
b. The spread of consumer goods
c. Space exploration
d. Nuclear energy
Answer : b. The spread of consumer goods
46. The first atomic bomb test by the USSR was successful in ____________.
a. 1945
b. 1949
c. 1953
d. 1961
Answer : b. 1949
47. “Detente” is used to refer to ___________.
a. A relaxation of tensions and improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union
b. The end of the Cold War
c. The escalation of nuclear arms race
d. The division of Berlin
Answer : a. A relaxation of tensions and improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union
48. The invasion of the Bay of Pigs took place in _____________.
a. 1959
b. 1961
c. 1965
d. 1970
Answer : b. 1961
49. Invasion of the Bay of Pigs was against ____________.
a. Vietnam
b. Cuba
c. North Korea
d. Iran
Answer : b. Cuba
50. The well-known Cuban Missile Crisis took place in _______________.
a. 1960
b. 1962
c. 1964
d. 1966
Answer : b. 1962
51. In the two decades following World War II, western Europe experienced an environment known as _____________.
a. The Dark Ages
b. The Golden Age
c. The Renaissance
d. The Industrial Revolution
Answer : b. The Golden Age
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