Important Questions
1. What is meant by the Cold War (Delhi 2014)
OR
a. What is Cold War? (Delhi 2009)
2. What is meant by the Cuban Missile Crisis? (C.B.S.E. 2016)
3. Which two ideologies were involved in a conflict during the Cold-War era and why? (C.B.S.E. 2016)
4. What constrained the superpower to go for a full-fledged war in spite of having nuclear weapons? (C.B.S.E. 2016)
5. Mention any two major military features of the Cold War. (C.B.S.E. 2010,16)
Sample Questions
1. Why different arenas of the cold war did not convert into a hot war between the two alliances? (C.B.S.E. Sample Paper 2018)
2. Read carefully the passage given below and answer the following questions: (C.B.S.E. 2015)
(i) The Cold War was not simply a matter of power rivalries, military alliances, and of the balance of power. These were accompanied by a real ideological conflict as well, a difference over the best and most appropriate way of organizing political, economic and social life all over the world.
(ii) Why is a war-like situation called Cold War?
(iii) Identify one military pact each signed by each of the two superpowers to balance the power rivalries.
(iv) Identify one military pact each signed by each of the two superpowers to balance the power rivalries.
3. Why was the end of the Second World War considered to be the beginning of the Cold War? Explain. (All India 2016)
4. Describe any three reasons for the superpowers to have military alliances with smaller countries during the Cold War period. (Delhi 2015)
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What is Cold War? Why did the superpower depend on a military alliance with smaller countries? (Delhi 2012)
OR
What was the Cold War? Why did the superpowers need any allies during the Cold War? (Delhi 2008)
5. Why was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization also called Western Alliance? (Delhi 2015)
