Consider the following statements:1. NATO was formed in April 1949.2. ...
NATO was indeed formed in April 1949.
The USSR led the Eastern Alliance, not the Western Alliance; the USA led the Western Alliance.
CENTO was originally known as the Baghdad Pact.
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Consider the following statements:1. NATO was formed in April 1949.2. ...
Explanation:
1. NATO Formation:
The statement that NATO was formed in April 1949 is correct. NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was established on April 4, 1949, with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C. by 12 founding members.
2. USSR in the Cold War:
The statement that the USSR led the Western Alliance during the Cold War is incorrect. In fact, the USSR led the Eastern Bloc, which was the group of communist states in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. The Western Alliance, led by the United States, consisted of countries that were part of NATO and other allies.
3. CENTO Formation:
The statement that the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) was originally known as the Baghdad Pact is correct. CENTO, originally established as the Baghdad Pact Organization in 1955, was a defense alliance between Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom. It later became known as CENTO in 1959.
Therefore, out of the three statements given, only statement 1 and statement 3 are correct, making the correct answer option B) Only two.