{"id":92695,"date":"2025-06-01T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92695"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:30:45","slug":"which-of-the-following-statements-about-cold-war-is-are-correct-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-about-cold-war-is-are-correct-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following statements about &#8216;Cold War&#8217; is\/are correct?\n  1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following statements about &#8216;Cold War&#8217; is\/are correct?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. It refers to the political and military rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.<\/li>\n<li>2. The Cold War also refers to the years between the Truman Doctrine and the Khrushchev Thaw.<\/li>\n<li>3. The term refers to a certain kind of behaviour, characterized by superpower confrontation, unaccompanied by ideology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;1 and 2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;2 and 3 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1, 2 and 3&#8243; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CISF-AC-EXE &#8211; 2019<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cisf-ac-exe-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cisf-ac-exe-2019\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nStatement 1 is correct about the &#8216;Cold War&#8217;.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; Statement 1 is true: The Cold War was primarily characterized by the geopolitical, ideological, and military rivalry between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, and their respective allies.<br \/>\n&#8211; Statement 2 is false: While the Truman Doctrine (1947) is often considered a starting point of the Cold War, the Khrushchev Thaw (mid-1950s) was a period of slightly improved relations and reduced repression within the Soviet Union and its bloc; it did not mark the end of the Cold War. The Cold War lasted until the early 1990s.<br \/>\n&#8211; Statement 3 is false: The Cold War was intensely ideological. It was a conflict between the capitalist-democratic system championed by the US and the communist system led by the USSR, in addition to being a superpower confrontation.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe term &#8220;Cold War&#8221; is used because the two main adversaries never directly engaged in large-scale armed combat against each other, but instead pursued their conflict through proxy wars, espionage, propaganda, and the nuclear arms race.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following statements about &#8216;Cold War&#8217; is\/are correct? 1. It refers to the political and military rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. 2. The Cold War also refers to the years between the Truman Doctrine and the Khrushchev Thaw. 3. 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