MCQ Questions for Class 12 Political Science: Ch 2 The End of Bipolarity
1. Which was the first Soviet Republic to declare its independence from Soviet Russia?
(a) Lithuania.
(b) Moldova.
(c) Armenia.
(d) Georgia.
► (a) Lithuania.
2. Bolshevik Communist party was founded by
(a) Vladimir Lenin.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Nikita Khrushchev.
(d) Leonid Brezhnev.
► (a) Vladimir Lenin.
3. The most severe conflict took place in the Balkan republics of:
(a) Bulgaria
(b) Greece
(c) Yugoslavia
(d) Macedonia
► (c) Yugoslavia
4. The Berlin wall fall in _________.
(a) November 1989
(b) December 1989
(c) January 1990
(d) February 1990
► (a) November 1989
5. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
(a) 1989
(b) 1990
(c) 1991
(d) 1992
► (c) 1991
6. 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.
► (b) USSR.
7. The USSR came into being after the Socialist Revolution in Russia in the year
(a) 1915.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1918.
► (c) 1917.
8. The Russian Revolution in 1917 was led by
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Nikita Khrushchev.
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev.
(d) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
► (d) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
9. The Chechens are
(a) Bhuddhist group.
(b) Christain ethnic group.
(c) Jewish ethnic group.
(d) Muslim ethinic group.
► (d) Muslim ethinic group.
10. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in the year
(a) 1975.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1981.
► (c) 1979.
11. 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.
► (b) Nikita Khrushchev.
12. Which country in Central Asia witnessed a civil war that went on for ten years?
(a) Azerbaijan
(b) Tajikistan
(c) Uzbekistan
(d) Turkmenistan
► (b) Tajikistan