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cold war for board exam
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1 Mark Questions
Question 1.
Which two objectives Jawaharlal Nehru wished to achieve through the strategy of Non-Alignment? (Delhi 2016)
Answer:
The two objectives Jawaharlal Nehru wished to achieve through the strategy of Non-Alignment were :
To equip India to take a firm stand on international issues.
To enable India to balance one superpower against the other through Nans
Question 2.
Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation also called Western Alliance? (Delhi 2015)
Answer:
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was also known as the Western Alliance because most countries of Western Europe sided with the US.
Question 3.
Why was the Warsaw Pact also called the ‘Eastern Alliance’? (Delhi 2015)
Answer:
The Warsaw Pact was also called the ‘Eastern Alliance’ due to the alliance of Eastern European countries with the Soviet Union.
Question 4.
What is the full form of ‘SE/ TO’? (AH India 2015)
Answer:
The full form of ‘SEATO’ is the South East Asian Treaty Organisation.
Question 5.
What is meant by the Cold Warn (Delhi 2014)
OR
What is Cold War? (Delhi 2009)
Answer:
The Cold War was the tense relationship between the US and the USSR and their allies which emerged after the Second World War. The outbreak of the Cold War was due to the different ways of thinking i.e. socialism and capitalism. This war was unlike other wars in which the two sides never clashed directly in battle.
Question 6.
Name the two superpowers responsible for the Cold War. When did the world become unipolar? (Delhi 2013)
Answer:
The USA and the USSR were the two superpowers responsible for the Cold War. The world became unipolar with the disintegration of the USSR in 1991, thus, ending the bipolarity regime.
Question 7.
When and why did India sign the twenty-years ‘Treaty of Peace and Friendship’ with the Soviet Union? (All India 2012)
Answer:
India signed the twenty years ‘Treaty of Peace and Friendship’ with the Soviet Union in 1971 in order to counter the US-Pakistan, China axis. This treaty assumed India of Soviet support if the country forced any attack.
Question 8.
Why has India refused to sign the CTBT? (All Indio 2011)
Answer:
India has opposed the International treaties aimed at non-proliferation since they were selectively applicable to the non-nuclear powers and legitimized the monopoly of five nuclear powers. Thus, India has refused to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)
Question 9.
What was the main objective of the New International Order? (All India 2011)
Answer:
The main objective of the New International Order was the development of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) and to lift their people out of poverty.
Question 10.
What was the New International Order? (Delhi 2011)
Answer:
New International Order was the order aimed at the economic development of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) and to lift their people out of poverty.
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