The World after World War II Book Back Questions & Answers

Unit 4 > Social > Class 10 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium

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  • 1. Who was the first director of Whampoa Military Academy?

    a) Sun Yat-Sen

    b) Chiang Kai-Shek

    c) Michael Borodin

    d) Chou En Lai

    Correct answer: b) Chiang Kai-Shek

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  • 2. Which American President followed the policy of containment of Communism?.

    a) Woodrow Wilson

    b) Truman

    c) Theodore Roosevelt

    d) Franklin Roosevelt

    Correct answer: b) Truman

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  • 3. When was Peoples Political Consultative Conference held in China?

    a) September 1959

    b) September 1948

    c) September 1954

    d) September 1949

    Correct answer: d) September 1949

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  • 4. The United States and European allies formed _______________ to resist any Soviet aggression in Europe.

    a) SEATO

    b) NATO

    c) SENTO

    d) Warsaw Pact

    Correct answer: b) NATO

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  • 5. Who became the Chairman of the PLOs Executive Committee in 1969?

    a) Hafez al-Assad

    b) Yasser Arafat

    c) Nasser

    d) Saddam Hussein

    Correct answer: b) Yasser Arafat

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  • 6. When was North and South Vietnam united?

    a) 1975

    b) 1976

    c) 1973

    d) 1974

    Correct answer: b) 1976

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  • 7. Where was Arab League formed?

    a) Cairo

    b) Jordan

    c) Lebanon

    d) Syria

    Correct answer: a) Cairo

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  • 8. When was the Warsaw Pact dissolved?

    a) 1979

    b) 1989

    c) 1990

    d)1991

    Correct answer: d)1991

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  • Fill in the blanks

  • 1. __________________ was known as the Father of modern China.

    Correct answer: Dr. Sun Yat Sen

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  • 2. In 1918, the society for the study of Marxism was formed in ____________ University.

    Correct answer: Peking

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  • 3. After the death of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the leader of the Kuomintang party was _________.

    Correct answer: Chiang Kai Shiek

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  • 4. _____________ treaty is open to any Arab nation desiring peace and security in the region.

    Correct answer: Central

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  • 5. The treaty of _____________ provided for mandates in Turkish -Arab Empire.

    Correct answer: Versailles

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  • 6. Germany joined the NATO in _________________.

    Correct answer: 1955

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  • 7. _____________ was the Headquarters of the Council of Europe.

    Correct answer: Strassbourg

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  • 8. _____________ treaty signed on February 7, 1992 created the European Union.

    Correct answer: The Maastricht

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  • Find out the correct statement

  • 1. i) In China (1898) the young emperor, under the influence of the educated minority, initiated a series of reforms known as the 100 days of reforms. ii) The Kuomintang Party represented the interests of the workers and peasants. iii) Yuan Shih-Kai had lost prestige in the eyes of Nationalists, when he agreed to the demand of Japan to have economic control of Manchuria and Shantung. iv) Soviet Union refused to recognize the Peoples Republic of China for more than two decades.

    a) (i) and (ii) are correct

    b) (ii) and (iii) are correct

    c) (i) and (iii) are correct

    d)(i) and (iv) are correct

    Correct answer: c) (i) and (iii) are correct

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  • 2. i) In 1948, the Soviets had established left wing government in the countries of Eastern Europe that had been liberated by the Soviet Army. ii) The chief objective of NATO was to preserve peace and security in the North Atlantic region. iii) The member countries of SEATO were committed to prevent democracy from gaining ground in the region. iv) Britain used the atomic bomb against Japan to convey its destructive capability to the USSR.

    a) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

    b) (i) and (ii) are correct

    c) (iii) and (iv) are correct

    d) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

    Correct answer: b) (i) and (ii) are correct

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  • 3. Assertion (A): Americas Marshall Plan was for reconstruction of the war-ravaged Europe. Reason (R): The US conceived the Marshal Plan to bring the countries in the Western Europe under its influence.

    a) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A

    b) Both (A) and (R) are wrong

    c) Both (A) and (R) are correct and is the correct explanation of A

    d) (A) is wrong and (R) is correct

    Correct answer: c) Both (A) and (R) are correct and is the correct explanation of A

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  • Match the following

  • 1. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen

    Correct answer: Kuomintung

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  • 2. Syngman Rhee

    Correct answer: South Korea

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  • 3. Anwar Sadat

    Correct answer: Egypt

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  • 4. Ho-Chi Minh

    Correct answer: North Vietnam

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  • 5. Ngo Dinh Diem

    Correct answer: South Vietnam

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