Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: The Cold War Era

Question:

Match List I with List II

LIST I

Incident

LIST II

Year

A. Formation of NATO

I. 1947

B. Cuban Missile Crisis

II. 1956

C. Truman's Doctrine

III. 1949

D. Soviet intervention in Hungry

IV. 1962

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I

A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

Correct Answer:

A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

Explanation:

The correct answer is option (2) - A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II

Correct Match:

LIST I

Incident

LIST II

Year

A. Formation of NATO

III. 1949

B. Cuban Missile Crisis

IV. 1962

C. Truman's Doctrine

I. 1947

D. Soviet intervention in Hungry

II. 1956

Explanation:

NATO was founded in 1949 as a collective defense alliance among Western European and North American countries to counter the threat of Soviet expansionism

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.

The Truman Doctrine was a significant Cold War foreign policy initiative introduced by U.S. President Harry S. Truman in 1947. It aimed to contain the spread of communism, particularly in Europe. Truman argued that the United States should provide economic and military assistance to countries threatened by communism.

1956 -Soviet intervention in Hungary
The Soviet Union invaded Hungary to crush a revolution on November 4, 1956. The Hungarian Revolution itself began on October 23, 1956.