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The Council of Europe, a step towards political cooperation, was set up in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Six countries signed the Treaty of Paris in April 1951 to set up which community?Read the answer and worked solution →The Treaties of Rome establishing the EEC and Euratom were signed on 25 March of which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom joined the European Community in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The first direct elections to the European Parliament were held in June of which year?Read the answer and worked solution →A traveller needs a visa from just one EU country to enter most of the others. Which 1985 agreement allows this?Read the answer and worked solution →The European Union itself was established by which treaty signed on 7 February 1992?Read the answer and worked solution →The euro was introduced as currency in twelve EU members in January of which year?Read the answer and worked solution →How many new members, including Poland and Hungary, joined the EU in May 2004?Read the answer and worked solution →Croatia became the 28th member of the EU in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In the 2016 British referendum, what share of voters chose to leave the EU?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two EU members hold permanent seats on the UN Security Council?Read the answer and worked solution →ASEAN was founded in 1967 by five countries signing which declaration?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these was NOT an original 1967 member of ASEAN?Read the answer and worked solution →The ASEAN Regional Forum, which coordinates security and foreign policy, was set up in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement came into effect in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Chinese premier proposed the four modernisations in 1973?Read the answer and worked solution →Deng Xiaoping announced China's open door policy and economic reforms in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →China privatised agriculture in 1982. In which year did it privatise industry?Read the answer and worked solution →India and China fought a border war in 1962 over Arunachal Pradesh and which region of Ladakh?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the EU foundersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the ASEAN foundersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the EU timelineRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the treatiesRead the answer and worked solution →EU or ASEANRead the answer and worked solution →Sort China's milestonesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the yearRead the answer and worked solution →Centres of power bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Belgium is smaller in area than which Indian state?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of Belgium's population lives in the Flemish region and speaks Dutch?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Council of Europe, a step towards political cooperation, was set up in which year?

  1. 1949
  2. 1957
  3. 1992
  4. 1945
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Correct answer: A. 1949

1. The OEEC came in 1948. 2. The Council of Europe followed in 1949. 3. The EEC came in 1957. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 4, Alternative Centres of Power._

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Six countries signed the Treaty of Paris in April 1951 to set up which community?

  1. European Defence Community
  2. European Coal and Steel Community
  3. European Economic Community
  4. European Atomic Community
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Correct answer: B. European Coal and Steel Community

1. France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg signed. 2. It created the European Coal and Steel Community. 3. The Treaties of Rome followed in 1957. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 4, Alternative Centres of Power._

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The Treaties of Rome establishing the EEC and Euratom were signed on 25 March of which year?

  1. 1973
  2. 1992
  3. 1957
  4. 1951
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Correct answer: C. 1957

1. The same six countries signed. 2. The date was 25 March 1957. 3. This created the European Economic Community. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 4, Alternative Centres of Power._

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