Day: May 22, 2026

Q.1 To what extent did the end of the Cold War affect the significance of the Non-Aligned Movement? Critically comment. [20 Marks] Ans: Though it is argued that the movement was conceived to avoid Cold War politics between USA and USSR blocks, the end of the Cold War does not remove the need for the […]

Q.1 To what extent did the end of the Cold War affect the significance of the Non-Aligned Movement? Critically comment. [20 Marks] Q.2 “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent.” Discuss Winston Churchill’s perspective. [10 Marks] Q.3 Examine how the Brussels Treaty contributed to […]

Q.1 Analyze the contribution of Ho Chi Minh to the cause of Vietnam’s independence. [10 Marks] Ans: Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) was founder of the Indochina Communist Party (1930) and its successor, the Viet-Minh (1941), and president from 1945 to 1969 of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). Role of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam’s […]

Q.1 Analyze the contribution of Ho Chi Minh to the cause of Vietnam’s independence. [10 Marks] Q.2 Analyze the contribution of the Western-educated elite to the anti-colonial struggles in West Africa. [10 Marks] Q.3 “The Suez crisis had shown the UNO at its best and it proved to be Britain’s last fling of the imperial dice.” […]

Q.1 “A series of political events served as the catalyst for exacerbating inherent tensions in the Yugoslav republic.” In the light of the given statement, delineate the factors and events leading to the breakup of Yugoslavia in the bloody civil war. [10 Marks] Ans: Yugoslavia—the land of South (i.e. Yugo) Slavs—was created at the end of […]

Q.1 “A series of political events served as the catalyst for exacerbating inherent tensions in the Yugoslav republic.” In the light of the given statement, delineate the factors and events leading to the breakup of Yugoslavia in the bloody civil war. [10 Marks] Q.2 Examine the policy of Glasnost adopted by Mikhail Gorbachev. [10 Marks] Q.3 […]