US | MCQs

Explanation

Jos Biden is the 46th and current president of the United States.

Assumed office: January 20, 2021

Vice President: Kamala Harris

Preceded by: Donald Trump

Explanation

Dwight D. Eisenhower served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

He following his leadership as a general during World War II.

Additional Information:

1st President: George Washington (1789–1797)

2nd President: John Adams (1797–1801)

3rd President: Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809)

35th President: John F. Kennedy (1961–1963)

36th President: Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)

37th President: Richard Nixon (1969–1974)

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The U.S. president during the U-2 crisis was Dwight D. Eisenhower.

In 1960, a U.S. spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.

It leading to heightened Cold War tensions between the U.S. and the USSR.

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Barack Obama was elected as the first African American president of the United States in 2008.

He was inaugurated on January 20, 2009.

He was the 44th President of USA.

Explanation

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on 2 August 2022.

Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in: January 2019

Nancy Pelosi: only female in U.S. history to serve as speaker of the House

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Explanation

In the U.S. Administration, Ashton Carter served as the 25th Secretary of Defense.

He held this position from February 2015 to January 2017, under the Obama administration. 

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On June 22, 2025, the United States of America (USA) attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Iran–Israel war.

 The Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant, the Natanz Nuclear Facility, and the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center were targeted.

This attack is named Operation Midnight Hammer.

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Explanation

The Cuban Missile Crisis involved the USA, Russia, and Cuba.

It was a tense 13-day confrontation in 1962 over Soviet missiles deployed in Cuba.

It brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.

Explanation

In January 2020, Iran launched missiles at US troops in Iraq after the assassination of General Qasim Suleimani.

 Iran fired "more than a dozen ballistic missiles" at military bases in Ain al-Assad, northwest of Baghdad

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government, established in 1958.

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