Question

What was the principal function of the Warsaw Pact?

• A. To keep USSR united
• B. To support Central Asian Republic
• C. To counter NATO forces in Europe
• D. To develop nuclear weapon

Hint:

Mnemonic: NATO $\leftrightarrow$ Warsaw Pact as Cold War military counter-alliances.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Define the Pact’s role.
Signed in 1955, the Warsaw Pact created a unified military command and mutual-defense arrangement for the USSR and its satellite states.
Step 2: Principal objective.
Its central purpose was to balance and deter NATO by coordinating Eastern Bloc forces in Europe.
Step 3: Discard other options.
Keeping the USSR united (A) was a domestic political aim, not the pact’s treaty function; (B) is geographically off; (D) nuclear development was handled by the USSR, not by the Pact as an institution.
Step 4: Conclude.
\[ \boxed{\text{Countering NATO in Europe (Option C) was the core function.}} \]