End of Bipolarity

The USSR came into being after the socialist revolution in Russia in

• 1915

• 1916

• 1917

• 1918

The revolution of Russia in 1917 was inspired by the ideals of

• socialism

• capitalism

• socialism as well as capitalism

• none of the above

After the second world war the east European countries that the soviet army had liberated from the fascist forces came under the control of

• Russia

• Ukraine

• Turkmenistan

• USSR

The WARSAW Pact was

• an economic alliance

• a political alliance

• a military alliance

• none of the above

Which of the following statement about USSR is not true

• it had a complex communications network

• it had vast energy resources including oil, iron and steel

• it lacked a transport sector that could connect its remotest areas with efficiency

• the Soviet state ensured a minimum standard of living for all citizens

Gorbachev became general secretary of the communist party of the Soviet Union

• 1990

• 1985

• 1986

• 1991

Who among the following began rapid indutrialisation and forcible collectivisation of agriculture

• Vladmir Lenin

• Boris yeltsin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

Which of the following is not true about Vladmir Lenin

• he was the founder of the Bolshevik Communist Party

• he was the leader of the Russian revolution in 1917

• he was the founder head of the USSR

• he reintroduced the collectivisation programme

Which of the following countries declared that the Soviet Union was disbanded in December 1991

• RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND TURKMENISTAN

• RUSSIA, TURKMENISTAN AND BELARUS

• RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND BELARUS

• RUSSIA, BELARUS AND GERGIA

WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTED PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE WITH THE WEST

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Boris Yelltsin