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POL Ch. 1 (A) MCQ

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

1918

b)

1917

c)

1939

d)

1945

2.

The Berlin wall fall in ______

a)

November 1989

b)

December 1989

c)

January 1990

d)

February 1990

3.

Berlin is the capital of _______

a)

United States

b)

USSR

c)

Germany

d)

France

4.

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

a)

1918

b)

1989

c)

1945

d)

1917

5.

Russian word Bolshevik means

a)

Minority

b)

Majority

c)

Menshevik

d)

Socialism

6.

The Russian revolution in 1917 was inspired by idea of

a)

Socialism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Humanism

d)

Socialism as well as Capitalism

7.

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

a)

an economic alliance

b)

a military alliance

c)

an political alliance

d)

Non of the above

8.

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

a)

Russia emerged as a new superpower

b)

Emergence of new states

c)

Power relations in world politics changed

d)

The Capitalist system become dominate

9.

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

a)

1955

b)

1965

c)

1985

d)

1975

10.

Which state was the successor of the Soviet Union ?

a)

US

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

Ukraine

11.

The ______ gave the aid and technical assistance for steel plants in India is

a)

The United States

b)

USSR

c)

Russia

d)

Japan

12.

The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the year

a)

1975

b)

1977

c)

1979

d)

1981

13.

The Western Alliance was headed by

a)

United States

b)

Brazil

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Balkan countries

14.

The rivalry between USA & USSR during the post-second world war period is known as_______ .

a)

Apartheid

b)

Cold War

c)

Policy of Non-Alignment

d)

Hot war

15.

Which of the following was NOT given primacy by the makers of Soviet System ?

a)

Abolition of private property

b)

Society based on the principle of equality

c)

One party system

d)

No state control over the economy

16.

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

a)

The old system of social welfare was destroyed

b)

Industries were put up for sale to the private sector

c)

The value of Russian currency, the Ruble rose

d)

Russia started to import food grains

17.

What type of economy was proposed by Shock Therapy ?

a)

Communist

b)

Socialist

c)

Capitalist

d)

Mixed

18.

Reforms Gorbachev initiated in the USSR are:

a)

Glasnost

b)

Perestroika

c)

Both (a) and (b)

d)

None of the above