Iron Curtain was an expression which described the ideological barrier between the democratic West and the USSR and communist-dominated countries of Eastern Europe after World War ll. Who first used this expression at Fulton, Missouri, USA in 1946?

Related Mcqs:

1. What 20th century British Prime Minister coined the phrase ‘Iron Curtain’?

   A. Tony Blair
   B. Harold Wilson
   C. Margaret Thatcher
   D. Winston Churchill

2. What two security organizations dominated the Cold War Era?

   A. The Security Council and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
   B. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Commitern
   C. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the Warsaw Pact
   D. The Anti Commitern Axis Organization and the League of Nations

3. Point out the peace treaty which was signed between Germany and the Allies (except USA) on 2 Jan 1991 after World War 1?

   A. Treaty of Vienna
   B. Treaty of Louisiana
   C. Treaty of Westphalia
   D. Treaty of Versailles

4. Big four (USA, UK, France and USSR) are related with:

   A. World War I
   B. World War II
   C. WTO
   D. League of Nations

5. SALT ll was initiated in 1972 and treaty was singed in 1979, in 1982 USA and USSR initiated a new series of negotiations. What are called those negotiations?

   A. Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START)
   B. SALT III
   C. SALT IV
   D. Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

6. There was a great unrest against communist people’s Democratic Party. In this situation who with the help of ISI trained the anti-Government Mujahadeen?

   A. Britain
   B. USA
   C. France
   D. Russia

7. Sardar Mohammad Daud’s entire family was murdered in 1978 when communist people’s democratic party of Afghanistan took over the government by launching a coup known as:

   A. Great Saur Revolution
   B. Great Communist Revolution
   C. Great People’s Revolution
   D. Great democratic Revolution

8. Which of the following were efforts to achieve more cooperative relations between the Western and Communist countries?

   A. Detente with the USSR
   B. Rapprochement with China
   C. German Ostpolitik
   D. All of the options given are correct

9. The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, between the U.S. and Spain, involved the purchase by the U.S. of the eastern part of what state from Spain?

   A. Mississippi
   B. Florida
   C. Louisiana
   D. Georgia

10. Which of these is an example of a revolution, based on strong ideologies, that lost its ideological fervor?

    A. Iran (1979) & the United States (1776)
    B. China (1949)
    C. Russia (1917)
    D. All these answers are correct