Arrange the following statements in their sequence.
(A) The Cuban Missile Crisis
(B) The Second World War
(C) The Formation of Eastern Alliance
(D) The First World War
(E) The Formation of Western Alliance

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) (A), (B), (D), (C), (E)
(2) (D), (A), (B), (E), (C)
(3) (A), (C), (E), (B), (D)
(4) (D), (B), (E), (C), (A)

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The correct chronological sequence of these historical events is:

(D) The First World War (1914-1918)
(B) The Second World War (1939-1945)
(E) The Formation of Western Alliance (NATO established in 1949)
(C) The Formation of Eastern Alliance (Warsaw Pact established in 1955)
(A) The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

Detailed explanation:
(D) The First World War occurred first among these events, from 1914 to 1918. This global war, also known as the Great War, involved most of the world's great powers at the time and was one of the deadliest conflicts in history.

(B) The Second World War followed, spanning from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.

(E) After the end of the Second World War, the Western Alliance, primarily consisting of North American and European nations, was formed. This is best exemplified by the creation of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) in 1949, designed as a system of collective defense against the Soviet Union and its allies.

(C) In response to the formation of NATO, the Eastern Bloc, led by the Soviet Union, formed its own military alliance known as the Warsaw Pact in 1955, which included countries from Central and Eastern Europe.

(A) The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in 1962 and was a significant event during the Cold War. It was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union initiated by the Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This crisis is considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.