Question 1.
Operation Iraqi Freedom was launched on:
(a) 21 April 2003
(b) 19 March 2004
(c) 23 March 2003
(d) 19 March 2003

Answer

Answer: (d) 19 March 2003

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Question 2.
Which one of the following statements related to the Iraq invasion by the US is incorrect?
(a) More than forty other countries were involved in this invasion
(b) The UN had given consent to invade Iraq
(c) The invasion was to prevent Iraq from developing weapons of mass destruction
(d) The US lost over 3000 military personnel in this war

Answer

Answer: (b) The UN had given consent to invade Iraq

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Question 3.
Which one of the following was a part of its global war on terrorism by the US.?
(a) ‘Operation desert storm’
(b) Computer war
(c) ‘Operation enduring freedom’
(d) Videogame war

Answer

Answer: (c) ‘Operation enduring freedom’

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Question 4.
Which among the following statements about hegemony is incorrect?
(a) The word implies the leadership or predominance of one state.
(b) It was used to denote the predominance of Athena in ancient Greece.
(c) The country has a hegemonic position will possess unchallenged military power.
(d) Hegemonic position is fixed. Once a hegemon. always a hegemon.

Answer

Answer: (d) Hegemonic position l.a fixed. Once a hegemon, always a hegemon.

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Question 5.
Which among the following statements is wrong about the Contemporary World Order?
Or
Which of the following statements are incorrect about the contemporary world order?
(a) There is an absence of a world government, which could regulate the state’s behaviour.
(b) The U.S. is the predominant player in world affairs.
(c) States are using force against one another.
(d) States which violate international law, are severely punished by the U.N.

Answer

Answer: (d) States which violate international law, are severely punished by the U.N.

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Question 6.
Which among the following statements is wrong with regard to Operation Iraqi Freedom’?
(a) More than forty countries joined in the U.S.-led coalition of the willing to invade Iraq.
(b) The reason given for invading Iraq was to prevent it from developing weapons of mass destruction.
(c) The action was taken within the prior approval of the U.N.
(d) The US-led coalition did not face major resistance from Iraqi forces.

Answer

Answer: (c) The action was taken within the prior approval of the U.N.

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Question 7.
The strategy of staying as far removed from the dominant power as possible is also known as ________

Answer

Answer: The strategy of staying as far removed from the dominant power as possible is also known as to hide.

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Question 8.
Match the following:

1. Operation Infinite Reach	(a) War against Al-Qaeda and Taliban
2. Operation Enduring Freedom	(b) Coalition of the willing
3. Operation Desert Storm	(c) Missile attack in Sudan
4. Operation Iraqi Freedom	(d) First Gulf War

Answer

Answer:

1. Operation Infinite Reach	(c) Missile attack in Sudan
2. Operation Enduring Freedom	(a) War against Al-Qaeda and Taliban
3. Operation Desert Storm	(d) First Gulf War
4. Operation Iraqi Freedom	(b) Coalition of the willing

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Question 9.
Who won the U.S. presidential election in 1992 and in 1996?

Answer

Answer: William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton of the Democratic Party

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Question 10.
What do you understand by ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’?

Answer

Answer: On 19 March 2003, the U.S. launched its invasion of Iraq under the code name ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’. Saddam Hussain was defeated in the war.

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Question 11.
Write one constraint on American Power.

Answer

Answer: The first constraint is the institutional architecture of the American state itself.

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Question 12.
In which year Iraq invaded Kuwait?

Answer

Answer: August 1990

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Question 13.
Which American President ordered ‘Operation Infinite Reach’?

Answer

Answer: President Bill Clinton

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Question 14.
Which American President launched ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’?

Answer

Answer: President George W.Bush

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Question 15.
Who was the President of the U.S.A. during ‘First Gulf War’?

Answer

Answer: George H.W. Bush

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Question 16.
In which year U.S. Military research project began?

Answer

Answer: 1950

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