In 1962, the United States and the USSR almost went to war over the issue of Soviet nuclear weapons in

Related Mcqs:

1. The ‘Outer Space Treaty’ forbids the placing of nuclear weapons or any other weapons of mass destruction on celestial bodies and into outer space in general, was signed in:

   A. 1967
   B. 1965
   C. 1965
   D. 1966

2. In WW11, the German-Soviet war saw many nationalities participate in the campaign against the Soviet Union. Which nationality contributed the most people to the German war effort against the Soviets?

   A. Romanians
   B. Italians
   C. Russians
   D. Ukrainians

3. Cuban missile crises which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war ended which Soviet Union promised to dismantle nuclear missiles in:

   A. 1961
   B. 1962
   C. 1963
   D. 1964

4. When North Korea announced that it has nuclear weapons and will soon be carrying out a nuclear test to demonstrate this capability?

   A. 25th March 2003
   B. 25th April 2003
   C. 15th July 2003
   D. 28th August 2003

5. The foreign policy adopted by the United States in the early years of the Cold War to stop the expansion of the Soviet Union was known as:

   A. the Marshall Plan
   B. containment
   C. mutual assured destruction
   D. peaceful coexistence

6. Nuclear weapons crises during the cold war included which of the following?

   A. Cuba (1962)
   B. Able Archer (1983)
   C. The Arab Israeli War (1979)
   D. All of the options given are correct

7. 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

8. Kargil issue was the main cause of war between Pakistan and India in 1999 and war was stopped by the intervene of:

   A. UK
   B. Russia
   C. USA
   D. China

9. After North Korea’s nuclear explosion, what is the current number of nuclear states including Israel?

   A. 10
   B. 7
   C. 8
   D. 9

10. The 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty prohibits all test detonations of nuclear weapons except:

    A. underground
    B. on moon
    C. Antarctica
    D. under sea