Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: The Cold War Era

Question:

Who was the President of Cuba at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Options:

Fidel Castro

Nikita Khrushchev

John F. Kennedy

Richard Nixon

Correct Answer:

Fidel Castro

Explanation:

In April 1961, the leaders of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) were worried that the United States of America (USA) would invade communist-ruled Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro, the president of the small island nation off the coast of the United States.