POL Ch. 1 (A) MCQ

The Bolshevik Revolution also known as October Revolution took place in which year ?

• 1918

• 1917

• 1939

• 1945

The Berlin wall fall in ______

• November 1989

• December 1989

• January 1990

• February 1990

Berlin is the capital of _______

• United States

• USSR

• Germany

• France

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

• 1918

• 1989

• 1945

• 1917

Russian word Bolshevik means

• Minority

• Majority

• Menshevik

• Socialism

The Russian revolution in 1917 was inspired by idea of

• Socialism

• Capitalism

• Humanism

• Socialism as well as Capitalism

The Warsaw Pact (1955) formed by the Soviet Union to counter NATO was ________

• an economic alliance

• a military alliance

• an political alliance

• Non of the above

Which of the among the following was NOT a consequence of disintegration of the USSR ?

• Russia emerged as a new superpower

• Emergence of new states

• Power relations in world politics changed

• The Capitalist system become dominate

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

• 1955

• 1965

• 1985

• 1975

Which state was the successor of the Soviet Union ?

• US

• Russia

• Germany

• Ukraine