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History Paper 10: Contemporary World Multiple Choice Questions 2020

UG/HIST/VI/EC/10
CONTEMPORARY WORLD

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ)

UNIT 1: The Cold War World: Global Politics and Economic Recovery

1. The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) was set up by the USSR in
a. 1945
b. 1947
c. 1949
d. 1948

2. The Marshall Plan is also known as
a. European Economic Plan
b. European Recovery Plan
c. European Common Plan
d. European Technological Plan

3. The two key post-war powers which played significant role during the Cold War were
a. USA and Soviet Union
b. USSR and China
c. USA and England
d. USA and China

4. The term ‘Cold War’ was first coined by
a. Bernard Baruch
b. Harry S.Truman
c. Woodrow Wilson
d. James Manroe

5. The Communist system of organizing the State and society was based on the ideas of
a. Joseph Stalin
b. Karl Marx
c. Antonio Gramsci
d. Mao Zedong

6. An umbrella organization for European Communist parties founded in September 1947 was
a. COMECON
b. Cominform
c. SEATO
d. EU

7. The general term for the practice in the United States of making accusations of pro-
Communist activity was
a. Containment
b. Isolationism
c. McCarthyism
d. Intervention

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8. Truman doctrine was a policy to provide military and economic aid to
a. Italy and Greece
b. West Germany and France
c. Greece and Turkey
d. Turkey and Germany

9. The term ‘containment’ was coined by
a. George Kennan
b. Alfred Savvy
c. George Marshal
d. John Marshal

10. The Communist Information Bureau which was established in 1947 was
a. Cominform
b. COMECON
c. KGB
d. CBI

11. The US policy to provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by
communism was called
a. Monroe Doctrine
b. Truman Doctrine
c. Brezhnev Doctrine
d. Marshall Plan

12. The Truman administration unveiled the so-called ‘Truman Doctrine’ in
a. 12 March 1947
b. 12 March 1948
c. 12 March 1949
d. 12 March 1950

13. The right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of communist countries in order
to protect communism is called
a. Monroe Doctrine
b. Brezhnev Doctrine
c. Warsaw Pact
d. Truman Doctrine

14. Which of the following are not the features of the Cold War?
1. There was nuclear arms race.
2. There was a propaganda war.
3. There was economic blockade against the non-aligned countries.
4. The third world countries were directly involved in it.
Answer:
a. 1 & 2
b. 2 & 3
c. 3 & 4
d. 2 & 3

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15. Warsaw Pact was formed in
a. 1947
b. 1949
c. 1952
d. 1955

16. The Berlin Blockade happened in
a. 1943
b. 1946
c. 1940
d. 1948

17. The Warsaw Pact was an alliance set up in
a. 1955
b. 1956
c. 1966
d. 1967

18. The organization of the Soviet bloc’s equivalent of NATO was
a. COMECON
b. Warsaw Pact
c. NAM
d. SEATO

19. COMECON was
a. A Soviet dominated economic organization
b. The Communist Information Bureau
c. The containment program of America
d. The European economic organization

20. In April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was signed by
a. Canada, US and Western European states
b. Greece, US and Western European states
c. Turkey, US and Western European states
d. US, USSR and Western European states

21. The general term for the practice in the United States of making accusations of pro-
Communist activity was
a. Containment
b. Isolationism
c. McCarthyism
d. Intervention

22. The term used for the Muslim guerrillas who fought against the Soviets in Afghanistan is
a. Jihad
b. Fatah
c. Mujahedeen
d. Fedayeen

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23. The Warsaw Pact was dissolved in
a. June 1991
b. June 1989
c. June 1987
d. June 1985

24. Soviet dominated economic organization founded in 1949 was
a. NPFT
b. Warsaw Pact
c. COMECON
d. MAD

25. NATO is the formation of
a. Communist countries
b. Non-communist countries
c. Neutral countries
d. Developed countries

26. The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome in
a. 1948
b. 1949
c. 1958
d. 1968

27. The EEC was informally known as
a. The European Community
b. The European Union
c. The Common Market
d. The Western Union

28. It was the aim of the ____ to bring eventual economic union of its member nations,
ultimately leading to political union.
a. NATO
b. Warsaw Pact
c. EEC
d. OPEC

29. The Berlin Wall that separated the East and West Germany was constructed in
a. 1952
b. 1959
c. 1961
d. 1962

30. The European Community eventually changed its name to European Union in
a. 1990
b. 1991
c. 1992
d. 1994

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31. The word for a permanent relaxation of tensions between east and west during the cold
war is
a. Détente
b. Relaxation
c. Intifada
d. Juche

32. The term “détente” is used to mean
a. permanent relaxation of tension between the East and the West
b. reduction of tension between China and the USA
c. relaxation of tension between USSR and Ukraine
d. reduction of tension between Britain and Germany

33. The Bay of Pigs invasion occurred in
a. April 1961
b. August 1961
c. April1962
d. August 1962

34. Bay of Pigs invasion was against
a. Raul Castro
b. Che Guevara
c. Batista
d. Fidel Castro

35. The famous Cuban Missile Crisis happened in
a. 1949
b. 1955
c. 1960
d. 1961

36. The two decades after the World War II, western Europe underwent an atmosphere termed
as the
a. Dark Age
b. Reformation Period
c. Golden Years
d. Industrial Revolution

37. To Eric Hobsbawm, the technological development which benefited the common man
after the end of the Second World War was
a. ‘the Great Leap’
b. ‘the Golden years’
c. ‘the Great Transformation’
d. ‘the Great technological revolution’

38. The USSR was able to test its first atomic bomb in
a. 1945
b. 1947
c. 1949
d. 1950

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39. Which of the statement is correct?
1. The decades after the end of the II World War was a period of unparalleled
economic growth in Europe.
2. It came to be known as the ‘Golden Years/age’.
Answer:
a. Only 1 is correct
b. Only 2 is correct
c. Both 1 & 2 are correct
d. None of them are correct

40. Which of the statement is correct?
1. The quality of life improved in the 2
nd
half of the 20
th
century.
2. It was because of the II World War.
Answer:
a. Only 1 is correct.
b. Only 2 is correct.
c. Both 1 & 2 are correct.
d. None of them is correct

UNIT II:
Decolonization, Revolution and the Transformation of Asia and Africa

41. The process whereby an imperial power gives up its formal authorities over its colonies is
called
a. Colonialism
b. Imperialism
c. Decolonialization
d. Neo-colonialism

42. An organization of independent states linked by their common ties to the former British
Empire is called
a. Containment
b. Commonwealth
c. Dominion
d. Protectorates

43. The process whereby a colonial power grants judicial independence to a colony, but
nevertheless maintains a ‘de facto’ political and economic control is known as
a. neo-Marxism
b. neo-communism
c. neo-colonialism
d. neo-Fascism

44. On 17
th
August 1945, Indonesia got its independence from
a. Holland
b. Britain
c. Portugal
d. France

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45. The Colonies in Indo-China gained independence from
a. France
b. Great Britain
c. China
d. Portugal

46. Congo (Zaire) and Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda and Burundi) were the colonies of
a. Great Britain
b. France
c. Belgium
d. Holland

47. Sri Lanka (Ceylon) got is independence in 1948 from
a. Britain
b. France
c. Holland
d. Portugal

48. Burma (Myanmar) was the colony of
a. British
b. French
c. Portuguese
d. Belgian

49. By the Geneva Agreement (1954), Vietnam was temporarily divided into two States at
a. 22
nd
parallel
b. 19
th
parallel
c. 17
th
parallel
d. 21
st
parallel

50. The Geneva Accords that divided Vietnam into north and south was concluded in
a. 1945
b. 1947
c. 1948
d. 1954

51. Viet Minh was headed by
a. Sukarno
b. Vietcong
c. Ho ChiMinh
d. Red Army

52. The Vietcongs were
a. The South Vietnamese Army
b. The North Vietnamese Army
c. The Americans who helped the Vietnamese
d. The Vietnamese Communist Revolutionaries (NLF)
53. The Korean War became an all-out war in
a. 1948
b. 1949
c. 1950
d. 1951
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54. Korea was divided temporarily at the
a. 22
nd
Parallel
b. 19
th
Parallel
c. 17
th
Parallel
d. 38
th
Parallel

55. The first major war in which the US got directly involved was the war in
a. Korea
b. Vietnam
c. Afghanistan
d. Hungary

56. After elections were held in South Korea, the Republic of Korea in August 1948 was set
with and the first president was
a. Rhee Syngman
b. Kim Il Sung
c. Yun Posun
d. Park Chung-hee

57. ‘Apartheid’ is an Afrikaans word for
a. togetherness
b. pulling away
c. separateness
d. living apart

58. The Apartheid policy was introduced in South Africa by
a. Nelson Mandela
b. Chief Albert Luthuli
c. F. W. de Klark
d. Dr. Malan

59. The transition to black majority rule in South Africa came after the general election held
in
a. 1990
b. 1991
c. 1994
d. 1996

60. The African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela was released from jail
after being jailed for
a. 20 years
b. 23 years
c. 25 years
d. 27 years

61. The most popular leader who fought to end Apartheid was
a. Nelson Mandela
b. Chief Albert Luthuli
c. F. W. de Klark
d. Martin Luther King Jr.

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62. Ba’th is associated with
a. Pan-Africanism
b. Pan-Arabism
c. Pan-Asianism
d. Pan-Judaism

63. The First Congress of Ba’th was held in
a. Baghdad
b. Amman
c. Damascus
d. Mecca

64. The main body of Muslims who follow the path of Prophet Muhammad’s son-in-law Ali’s
accession to the Caliphate was
a. Mujahidin
b. Shia Islam
c. Sunni Islam
d. Intifada

65. Majority of Muslims belong to the
a. Sunni Islam
b. Shia Islam
c. Calipha Islam
d. Taliban

66. Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation is named
a. Intifada
b. Jihad
c. Mufti
d. Fedayeen

67. The main body of Muslims who follow the path of Prophet Muhammed is
a. Shi’a Muslim
b. Sunni Muslim
c. Ulemas
d. Mujahidin

68. The belief or behavior hostile towards Jews just because they are Jewish is called
a. Zionism
b. anti-Semitism
c. pogroms
d. Holocaust

69. Movement for the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine was called
a. Der Juudenstaat
b. EretzYisra’el
c. Zionism
d. Semitism

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70. Who wrote the book, Der Judenstaat?
a. Theodor Herzl
b. Adolf Hitler
c. Alfred Dreyfus
d. Charles Darwin

71. An independent state of Israel was born on
a. 14
th
May, 1947
b. 14
th
May, 1948
c. 14
th
May 1949
d. 14
th
May 1950

72. The first Arab-Israeli War ended in
a. 1948
b. 1949
c. 1950
d. 1951

73. Yom Kippur War (also known as October War) was fought in
a. 1973
b. 1978
c. 1975
d. 1965

74. The Suez War was fought in
a. 1956
b. 1965
c. 1953
d. 1957

75. The Six-Day War was fought in
a. June 1966
b. June 1963
c. June 1967
d. June 1956

76. First Palestine President
a. Yasser Arafat
b. Ismael Haniyeh
c. Amina Abbas
d. Mahmoud Abbas

77. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded in
a. 1964
b. 1967
c. 1969
d. 1975

78. Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded in 1964 by
a. Yasser Arafat
b. Salah Bitar
c. Abdel Nasser
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