A revolutionary with the unlikely name of Bernardo O. Higgins was the founding father and first leader of which of these countries?

Related Mcqs:

1. As the leader of Romania during the Cold War, this corrupt man often refused to co-operate with Soviet policy, which gained him the friendship of the United States and many other Western powers. Many believe his wife was the real “power behind the throne”, especially in the later years. Who was this Communist leader?

   A. Nicolae Ceausescu
   B. Vaclav Havel
   C. Lech Walesa
   D. Andrei Gromyko

2. What twentieth century leader made the following statement about another world leader. I go the impression that here was a man who could be relied upon when he had given his world’?

   A. Franklin Roosevelt
   B. Ronald Reagan
   C. Bill Clinton
   D. Nevile Chamberlain

3. The founding members of SEATO were Australia, France, Great Britain, New Zealand , Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand and US. Pakistan officially withdrew from it in:

   A. 1972
   B. 1982
   C. 1967
   D. 1976

4. There were 77 founding members of the Group of 77, but the organization has since expanded to:

   A. 130 members countries
   B. 120 members countries
   C. 110 members countries
   D. 100 members countries

5. Of what revolutionary political party was Saddam Hussein a member?

   A. Ba’ath
   B. Subha Tulfa
   C. Shi’a
   D. Abid al-Majid

6. Cuba’s Fidel Castro appointed his own brother Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in 1959, and Vice President in 1976. What’s the name of Fidel’s brother?

   A. Haimar
   B. Fulgencio
   C. Raul
   D. Lufs

7. This corrupt former president of Nicaragua looted funds and international aid when a deadly earthquake hit Managua. And removed from office by a revolutionary organization known as the FSLN?

   A. Daniel Ortega Saavedra
   B. Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
   C. Anastasio Somoza Debayle
   D. Augusto Cesar Sandino

8. Which French revolutionary did Carlyle call the ‘Sea Green Incorruptible’?

   A. Napoleon
   B. Jacques Rene Hebert
   C. Robespierre
   D. Georges Jacques Danton

9. The modern idea of nationalism is a combination of: i.Enlightenment and liberal concepts of self-ruling community ii.French revolutionary idea of community of equal citizens iii.German conceptions of a people formed by history, and culture iv.Marxist understanding of class consciousness

   A. i, ii
   B. i, ii, iii
   C. i, iv, ii
   D. i, ii, iii, iv

10. Between which two countries strategic Arms limitation Talk (SALT) were held to stop the expansion of strategic weapons in both countries?

    A. USA and Britain
    B. USSR and Britain
    C. USA and USSR
    D. USSR and Germany