Q.1
In which East European city did serious riots occur in 1953, following the news of Stalin's death? There was clearly an expectation that Stalin's passing would be followed by liberalisation of the tight dictatorships that prevailed in Communist states.
  • Berlin
  • Prague
  • Budapest
  • Warsaw
Q.2
In 1950 the United Nations Security Council resolved to assist a UN member faced with an attack by a Communist state on its northern border. Which state was the victim?
  • South Vietnam
  • Thailland
  • South Korea
  • Malaya
Q.3
Which Central European country experienced a coup in 1948, in which the Communists seized power and became part of the Soviet sphere of interest?
  • Hungary
  • Austria
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Poland
Q.4
Which international conference after the end of World War II was held in Germany to define the settlement between the defeated power and the victorious allies?
  • Potsdam
  • Casablanca
  • Tehran
  • Yalta
Q.5
Which post war American president gave his name in the 1940s to the doctrine that stated that the USA would come to the aid of "free peoples" menaced by Communist aggression?
  • Roosevelt
  • Truman
  • Eisenhower
  • Kennedy
Q.6
How did the Western Allies defeat the Soviet blockade of West Berlin between 1947 and 1948?
  • By threatening nuclear strikes
  • By airlifting supplies into West Berlin from the three Western zones of Germany
  • By forcing a way, using military means, to West Berlin on surface routes like railways and motorways
  • By imposing economic sanctions on the USSR and its allies
Q.7
Which of the following states was not a founder member of NATO?
  • Canada
  • France
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
Q.8
In 1949 the situation changed again in favour of Communism when China emerged as a Communist power, following the defeat of the Kuomintang in the Civil War. Who now became China's leader?
  • Chiang Kai-Shek
  • Sun Yat Sen
  • Mao Zedong
  • Chou En Lai
Q.9
Which American presidential candidate promised in 1952 to travel to Korea to break the deadlock in the war there?
  • Taft
  • Truman
  • Eisenhower
  • Nixon
Q.10
The Allies determined that German war criminals would be put on trial. Where did these trials take place in 1946?
  • Aachen
  • Berlin
  • Munich
  • Nuremberg
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