Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: US Hegemony in World Politics

Question:

The bombings of the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in 1998 were attributed to whom?

Options:

Pakistan

Al Qaeda

Iraq

USSR

Correct Answer:

Al Qaeda

Explanation:

Another significant US military action during the Clinton years was in response to the bombing of the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania in 1998. These bombings were attributed to Al-Qaeda, a terrorist organisation strongly influenced by extremist Islamist ideas.