Question : The Brezhnev Doctrine, articulated in 1968, was intended to:
Option 1: Promote economic reforms in the Soviet Union
Option 2: Justify Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe
Option 3: Establish détente with the United States
Option 4: Support decolonization movements
Correct Answer: Justify Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe
Solution : The Brezhnev Doctrine, articulated by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1968, was intended to justify Soviet intervention in Eastern Europe to maintain communist rule, as demonstrated by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Question : The policy of "containment," aimed at preventing the spread of communism, was first articulated in:
Option 1: The Truman Doctrine
Option 2: The Marshall Plan
Option 3: The X Article
Option 4: The Eisenhower Doctrine
Question : The Marshall Plan was aimed at:
Option 1: Rebuilding war-torn Europe
Option 2: Establishing military bases in Europe
Option 3: Promoting communism in Eastern Europe
Option 4: Strengthening European colonial powers
Question : The space race between the US and the Soviet Union was a prominent aspect of:
Option 1: Economic competition
Option 2: The Cold War
Option 3: The arms race
Option 4: Decolonization
Question : Land reforms in India were intended to break the concentration of:
Option 1: Industrial wealth
Option 2: Urban landholdings
Option 3: Rural landholdings
Option 4: Foreign investments
Question : India's stance during the Suez Crisis of 1956 demonstrated its:
Option 1: Support for the United States
Option 2: Alliance with the Soviet Union
Option 3: Non-aligned position
Option 4: Opposition to decolonization
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