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(HISTORY OF USA)
(HALF LENGTH PAPER-2)

Time Allowed: 3 hours

Total Marks: 100

Objective
1. The defiance of _________ initiated Montgomery bus boycott.
a. Malcolm X
b. Rosa Parks
c. W.E.B. Bois
d. None of these

2. Kennedy is the only US president who has won_____ award.

a. Grammy award
b. Academy award
c. Pulitzer award
d. None of these

3. After Kennedy, the only Catholic president of the US is _______

a. Ronald Regan
b. Joe Biden
c. Gerald Ford
d. Jimmy Carter

4. The secretary of state under president Donald Trump is _______

a. Chuck Hagel
b. Mike Casper
c. Mike Pompeo
d. Donald Rumsfeld

5. Michael Kavanagh was appointed as judge of Supreme Court by Donald Trump in

______.
a. 2017
b. 2018
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c. 2019
d. 2020

6. US-Mexico border length is ______.

a. 2445 km
b. 3145 km
c. 3845 km
d. None of these

7. US-Canada border length is ______.

a. 7881 km
b. 6588 km
c. 8891 km
d. None of these

8. Who negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia?

a. James Monroe
b. William Seward
c. Henry Stimson
d. None of these

9. NAFTA has been replaced by ______.

a. TPP
b. QUAD
c. USMCA
d. None of these

10. The home state of president-elect Joe Biden is _______

a. Delaware
b. Florida
c. Wisconsin
d. Nevada

11. Mother of vice president-elect Kamala Harris came to the US from______

a. Sri Lanka
b. British Jamaica
c. Tamil Nadu, India
d. Armenia

12. Silicon Valley is a region in _____

a. Utah
b. Nevada
c. Texas
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d. California

13. Little Rock Nine incident happened in______.

a. North Carolina
b. Arkansas
c. Tennessee
d. West Virginia

14. ______ is lone star state of the US.

a. California
b. Maine
c. Indiana
d. Texas

15. ________ is capital of Hawaii.

a. Sacramento.
b. Rising Star
c. Honolulu
d. Palo Alto

16. How many states of the US have ratified Twenty Seventh Amendment?
a. 42
b. 38
c. 46
d. All states

17. The US has ______ aircraft carriers.

a. 10
b. 9
c. 11
d. 13

18. The idea of Thucydides trap between the US and China was purported by _______.
a. Graham Allison
b. Joseph Nye
c. Jared Diamond
d. Thucydides

19. The idea of “New Type of Great Power relations” was given by________.
a. Barack Obama
b. Donald Trump
c. Antonio Guterres
d. Xi Jinping
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20. Abraham Accord was spearheaded by ________.

a. Muhammad Bin Salman
b. Donald Trump Jr.
c. Jared Kushner
d. Ivanka Trump

Subjective

Attempt any four Questions:

Q 2. Why the US reverted to “splendid isolationism” after World War I?

Q 3. What were the shortcomings in Articles of Confederation which led to adoption of the
US constitution?

Q 4. What were the landmark events of 19th century which provided an impetus to African
American Civil Rights struggle?

Q 5. Critically analyze the major issues of the Gilded Age.

Q 6. Presidential election 2020 shows that the US is more divisive than 2016. Discuss.

Q 7. What will be the future of JCPOA under President Joe Biden?

Q 8. Write short notes on TWO of the following

i. Iran-Contra Affair
ii. Korean War
iii. Truman Doctrine