The Operation Desert Storm was related with which of the following wars?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Gulf war
The UN operation against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait, called ‘Operation Desert Storm’, was fought in what came to be known as the First Gulf War.
Note 1: This question is taken from the chapter ‘US Hegemony in World Politics’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
Note 2: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
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* A similar question.
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “Beginning of the ‘New World Order’ … A massive coalition force of 660,000 troops from 34 countries fought against Iraq and defeated it in what came to be known as the First Gulf War. However, the UN operation, which was called ‘Operation Desert Storm’, was overwhelmingly American. An American general, Norman Schwarzkopf, led the UN coalition and nearly 75 per cent of the coalition forces were from the US.…” |