Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: US Hegemony in World Politics

Question:

This is a phrase used for a road between Kuwait and Basra, on which the retreating Iraqi army was attacked by American aircraft during the First Gulf War in February 1991. What was it?

Options:

'highway of slaughter'

'highway of death'

'highway of risk'

'highway of fire'

Correct Answer:

'highway of death'

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2- ‘Highway of Death’

A popular picture of burned and broken vehicles was taken on the ‘Highway of Death’, a road between Kuwait and Basra, on which the retreating Iraqi army was attacked by American aircraft during the First Gulf War in February 1991.