Grade XII Political Science- The End Of Bipolarity- Revision Test

Q1. 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

Q2. 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.

Q3. Which was the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from Soviet Russia?

(a) Lithuania.
(b) Moldova.
(c) Armenia.
(d) Georgia.

Q4. Bolshevik Communist party was founded by

(a) Vladimir Lenin.

(b) Stalin.
(c) Nikita Khrushchev.
(d) Leonid Brezhnev.

Q5. The most severe conflict took place in the Balkan republics of:

(a) Bulgaria
(b) Greece
(c) Yugoslavia
(d) Macedonia

Q6. The Berlin wall fall in

(a) November 1989

(b) December 1989
(c) January 1990
(d) February 1990

Q8. In which year Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party of U.S.S.R.?
(a) 1989
(b) 1990
(c) 1987
(d) 1985

Q9. 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.

Q10. 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

Q11. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the year

(a) 1975
(b) 1977
(c) 1979
(d) 1981

Q12. Who became General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985?

(a) Joseph Stalin

(b) Nikita Khrushchev
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev
(d) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Q13. Which country in Central Asia witnessed a civil war that went on for ten years?

(a) Azerbaijan
(b) Tajikistan
(c) Uzbekistan
(d) Turkmenistan

Q14. When did the Soviet Union collapse?

(a) 1989
(b) 1990
(c) 1991
(d) 199

Q15. Which was the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from Soviet Russia?

(a) Lithuania
(b) Moldova
(c) Armenia
(d) Georgia

Q16. Bolshevik Communist party was founded by

(a) Vladimir Lenin

(b) Stalin
(c) Nikita Khrushchev
(d) Leonid Brezhnev

Q17. The Russian Revolution in 1917 was led by

(a) Joseph Stalin

(b) Nikita Khrushchev
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev
(d) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Q18. The Chechens are

(a) Buddhist group

(b) Christain ethnic group
(c) Jewish ethnic group
(d) Muslim ethnic group

Q19. The country that gave the aid and technical assistance for steel plants in India is

(a) The United States.

(b) USSR.
(c) Russia.
(d) Japan

Q20. The result of Arab Spring was:

a) Autocratic dictatorship b) Socialist system c) Post cold war d) Capitalist system

Q21. 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.

Q22. 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

Q23. 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

Q24. 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

Q25. Which country in Central Asia witnessed a civil war that went on for ten years?

(a) Azerbaijan
(b) Tajikistan
(c) Uzbekistan
(d) Turkmenistan

Q26. The 21st century witnessed emergence of new developments for democracies and
democratization in ____________ Asian countries.
a. West
b. East west
c. East
Q27.Arab Spring is located in
a.Tunisia
b.Tajikistan
c.Afghanistan
d.Khajakistan

Q28.Who was in power in Egypt since 1979

a. George Bush
b. Hosni Mubarak
c. Sardar Patel