Question 1.
Which among the following statements that describe the nature of the Soviet economy is wrong?
(a) Socialism was the dominant ideology
(b) State ownership/control existed over the factors of production
(c) People enjoyed economic freedom
(d) Every aspect of the economy was planned and controlled by the State

Answer

Answer: (c) People enjoyed economic freedom

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Question 2.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
(a) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
(b) Fall of the Berlin Wall
(c) Disintegration of the Soviet Union
(d) Russian Revolution.

Answer

Answer: (d) Russian Revolution
(a) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
(b) Fall of the Berlin Wall
(e) Disintegration of the Soviet Union

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Question 3.
Which among the following Is NOT an Outcome of the disintegration of the USS.R.?
(a) End of the ideological war between the U.S and U.S.S.R
(b) Birth of CTS
(c) Change in the balance of power in the world order
(d) Crises in the Middle East.

Answer

Answer: (d) Crises in the Middle East

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Question 4.
Match the following:

(i) Mikhail Gorbachev	(a) Successor of U.S.S.R.
(ii) Shock Therapy	(b) Military pact
(iii) Russia	(c) Introduced reforms
(iv) Boris Yeltsin	(d) Economic model
(v) Warsaw	(e) President of Russia

Answer

Answer: (i) – (e)
(ii) – (d)
(iii) – (a)
(iv) – (e)
(v) – (b)

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Question 5.
In which year Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of U.S.S.R.?
(a) 1989
(b) 1990
(c) 1987
(d) 1985

Answer

Answer: (d) 1985

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Question 6.
Russia took over the U.S.S.R. seat in the U.N. in:
(a) December 1991
(b) November 1989
(c) December 1990
(d) October 1992.

Answer

Answer: (a) December 1991

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Question 7.
Which one of the following was NOT given primacy by the makers of the Soviet System?
(a) Abolition of private property
(b) Society based on the principle of equality
(e) No opposition party to be allowed
(d) No state control over the economy

Answer

Answer: (d) No state control over the economy

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Question 8.
The Soviet political system was based on _________ ideology.

Answer

Answer: Socialist

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Question 9.
________ was the military alliance started by the U.S.S.R.

Answer

Answer: Warsaw Pact

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Question 10.
_______ party dominated the Soviet Union’s political system.

Answer

Answer: Communist

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Question 11.
______ initiated the reforms in the USSR in 1985.

Answer

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev

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Question 12.
The fall of the ________ symbolizes the end of the Cold War.

Answer

Answer: Berlin Wall

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Question 13.
In which year Socialist Revolution took place in Russia?

Answer

Answer: 1917

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Question 14.
In which year disintegration of the Soviet Union took place?

Answer

Answer: 1991

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Question 15.
The collapse of which country is known as the collapse of ‘Second World’.

Answer

Answer: U.S.S.R.

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Question 16.
In which year Warsaw Pact was disbanded?

Answer

Answer: July 1, 1991

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Question 17.
With the collapse of which country did the Cold War come to an end?

Answer

Answer: Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)

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Question 18.
When the U.S.S.R. came into being?

Answer

Answer: after the October Revolution of 1917

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Question 19.
In which year Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of U.S.S.R.?

Answer

Answer: 1985

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Question 20.
In which year Russia took over the U.S.S.R. seat in the U.N.?

Answer

Answer: December 1991

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Question 21.
How many Union Republics were there in U.S.S.R.?

Answer

Answer: 15

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Question 22.
Which leader of the U.S.S.R. started political and economic reforms in U.S.S.R.?

Answer

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev

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