End of Bipolarity Test 1

Bolshevik Communist party was founded by

• Vladimir Lenin
• Leon Trotsky
• Joseph Stalin
• Mikhail Gorbachev

The USSR came into being after the Socialist Revolution in Russia in the year

• 1917
• 2001
• 1776
• 1945

The Berlin wall fall in _________.

• 2000
• 1989
• 1975
• 1961

Which country in Central Asia witnessed a civil war that went on for ten years?

• Uzbekistan
• Kazakhstan
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan

The revolution of Russia in 1917 was inspired by Ideals

• Anarchism and the desire for chaos
• Socialism and the desire for social and economic equality
• Monarchy and the desire for absolute power
• Capitalism and the desire for individual wealth

Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in:

• 1982
• 1985
• 1979
• 1990

Which one of the following was NOT an outcome of ‘Shock Therapy’?

• (A) The old system of social welfare got destroyed.

• (B) Industries were put up for sale to the private sector.

• (C) The value of the Russian currency, the ‘Ruble’ rose dramatically.

• (D) Russia started to import food grains.

The post-Soviet countries underwent a process of transition from an authoritarian socialist system to.................... capitalism system.

• a communist
• a democratic

• a capitalist
• a feudal

. ...................... witnessed a Civil War that went on for ten years till 2001.

• South Africa
• Nigeria
• Ghana
• Tajikistan

Which one of the following did Gorbachev not promise to reform?

• (A) To loosen the administrative system

• (B) To catch up with the west

• (C) To reform the economy

• (D) To maintain strict control over the government