All Categories MCQs
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General Description
Plato
- Biography: Ancient Greek philosopher (427–347 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy in Athens.
- Important Ideas:
- Theory of Forms
- Philosopher-King
- Ideal State
68101
MAD stands for:
Answer:
Mutually Assured Destruction
MAD is a doctrine of military strategy where a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.
68102
The 'Berlin Blockade' was broken by:
Answer:
The Berlin Airlift
Western Allies flew over 200,000 flights in one year to provide up to 8,893 tons of necessities daily to Berliners.
68103
The 'Non-Aligned Movement' consisted of:
Answer:
Countries not formally aligned with either power bloc
Founded in 1961, the NAM was a group of states that were not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc (US or USSR).
68104
The 'Kitchen Debate' was an impromptu exchange between:
Answer:
Nixon and Khrushchev
In 1959, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev debated the merits of capitalism vs. communism at an exhibition in Moscow.
68105
Senator Joseph McCarthy is associated with:
Answer:
Anti-Communist witch hunts
McCarthyism describes the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence, specifically regarding communism.
68106
The 'Red Scare' refers to:
Answer:
The fear of communist subversion in the US
The Red Scare (particularly the second one in the 1950s) involved heightened political repression and fear of communist influence on American institutions.
68107
Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
Answer:
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh was the revolutionary leader who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Viet Cong.
68108
The 'Prague Spring' of 1968 took place in:
Answer:
Czechoslovakia
The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia that was crushed by a Warsaw Pact invasion.
68109
Solidarity (Solidarność) was a trade union movement in which country?
Answer:
Poland
Led by Lech Wałęsa, Solidarity was the first independent trade union in a Warsaw Pact country and played a central role in ending communist rule in Poland.
68110
The Soviet Union officially dissolved in:
Answer:
1991
The USSR formally ceased to exist on December 26, 1991, marking the end of the Cold War.