The Cold War and the New World Order – NDA History PYQs

NDA 2022-I

Q. 1. Nkrumah was one of the five leaders, who comprised the core of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). He was the leader of which country in Africa?

(a) Nigeria

(b) Kenya

(c) Uganda

(d) Ghana

Answer: (d) Ghana

Explanation: Kwame Nkrumah served as Ghana’s first President and founding NAM figure. He stood alongside Nehru, Tito, Nasser, and Sukarno in this founding group. Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda were not the countries he led. So option (d) Ghana is the correct answer. Concept Tested: African country led by Nkrumah, a founding NAM leader

NDA 2019-I

Q. 2. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 was announced to achieve which one of the following?

(a) Containment of the USSR

(b) Increasing agricultural production in the USA

(c) Offering friendship to Europe

(d) Strengthening the UNO

Answer: (a) Containment of the USSR

Explanation: The Truman Doctrine aimed to contain Soviet influence and communism’s spread. It committed US support to nations resisting this expansion. Agricultural policy, general European friendship, and UN strengthening were not its goal. So option (a) is the correct answer. Concept Tested: Central purpose of the Truman Doctrine

NDA 2019-I

Q. 3. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. In 1948, Burma was admitted to the United Nations and immediately supported the USA in the Cold War

2. In 1948, Burma joined the United Nations but refused to denounce China as the aggressor in the Korean War

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (b) 2 only

Explanation: Burma actually declared a policy of neutrality, not immediate US alignment. So statement 1 wrongly claims it quickly sided with the USA. Burma, alongside India, did refuse to brand China an aggressor in Korea. So statement 2 correctly describes this specific non-aligned stance. Only statement 2 is correct among the two. Concept Tested: Burma’s actual non-aligned stance in the early Cold War

NDA 2014-I

Q. 4. Which of the following is/are true relating to Nelson Mandela?

1. He was the first President of South Africa.

2. Mandela spent 18 years in prison on Robben Island.

3. Mandela became the President in 1990 after his release from the prison.

(a) 1 and 3 only

(b) 2 and 3 only

(c) 2 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

Answer: (c) 2 only

Explanation: Mandela was South Africa’s first democratically elected President, not its first President overall. So statement 1 overstates his place in the country’s full presidential history. He did spend 18 of his 27 prison years specifically at Robben Island. He was actually released in 1990 but became President only in 1994. So statement 3 wrongly conflates his release with his actual inauguration. Only statement 2 is correct among the three. Concept Tested: Precise dates in Mandela’s imprisonment and presidency

★ JOVIK Exam Insight: NDA often blurs Mandela’s 1990 release with his actual 1994 inauguration as President, four years apart.

NDA 2010-I

Q. 5. The immediate cause of the revival of human rights in post-Second World War period was

(a) massive loss of lives in the War

(b) nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans

(c) growing knowledge of brutal atrocities of Nazis over the Jews

(d) emergence of Soviet Union as a Superpower

Answer: (c) growing knowledge of brutal atrocities of Nazis over the Jews

Explanation: Revelations of the Holocaust directly spurred the human rights framework. This knowledge fed straight into the 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights. Wartime losses, the bombings, and Soviet ascendancy are separate factors. So option (c) is the correct answer. Concept Tested: Immediate trigger behind the postwar human rights framework

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