1. What inspired the socialist revolution in Russia in 1917?
(a) The ideals of capitalism
(b) The need for an unequal society
(c) The need for a democratic society
(d) The ideals of socialism
Answer:(d) The ideals of socialism
2. When did the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) come into being?
(a) 1917
(b) 1918
(c) 1920
(d) 1930
Answer: (a) 1917
3. How was the economy controlled in the Soviet Union?
(a) Through a free market system
(b) Through state planning and control
(c) Through the principles of capitalism
(d) Through the principles of democracy
Answer:(b) Through state planning and control
4. What was the group of countries that came under the control of the USSR called?
(a) The First World
(b) The Second World
(c) The Third World
(d) The Free World
Answer:(b) The Second World
5. What was the main problem with the Soviet system?
(a) Lack of resources
(b) Lack of technology
(c) Bureaucracy and authoritarianism
(d) Lack of skilled labour
Answer:(c) Bureaucracy and authoritarianism
6. How did people often express their dissent in the Soviet Union?
(a) Through peaceful protests
(b) Through violent protests
(c) Through jokes and cartoons
(d) Through political parties
Answer:(c) Through jokes and cartoons
7. What happened to the Soviet economy in the late 1970s?
(a) It grew considerably
(b) It became stagnant
(c) It declined sharply
(d) None of these
Answer:(b) It became stagnant
8. Who became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985?
(a) Vladimir Putin
(b) Joseph Stalin
(c) Mikhail Gorbachev
(d) Leonid Brezhnev
Answer:(c) Mikhail Gorbachev
9. What was the unintended effect of Gorbachev’s decision to normalise relations with the West?
(a) Protests erupted in the East European countries that were part of the Soviet bloc
(b) Tensions between the Soviet Union and the West increased
(c) The Soviet Union became more authoritarian
(d) None of these
Answer:(a) Protests erupted in the East European countries that were part of the Soviet bloc
10. Which three major republics of the USSR declared that the Soviet Union was disbanded?
(a) Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
(b) Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
(c) Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
(d) Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Answer: (a) Russia, Ukraine and Belarus
11. The most severe conflict took place in the Balkan republics of:
(a) Bulgaria
(b) Greece
(c) Yugoslavia
(d) Macedonia
Answer: (c) Yugoslavia
12. What was the name of the military alliance that held the Second World together?
(a) United Nations
(b) Warsaw Pact
(c) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
(d) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
(b) Warsaw Pact
13. Who became the hero of opposing the coup that was encouraged by Communist Party hardliners in 1991?
(a) Vladimir Putin
(b) Mikhail Gorbachev
(c) Boris Yeltsin
(d) Leonid Brezhnev
(c) Boris Yeltsin
14. How long did the Communist Party rule the Soviet Union?
(a) Over 50 years
(b) Over 60 years
(c) Over 70 years
(d) Over 80 years
(c) Over 70 years
15. The Chechens Are
(a) Buddhist group.
(b) Christian ethnic group.
(c) Jewish ethnic group.
(d) Muslim ethnic group.
(d) Muslim ethnic group.
16. Why were ordinary people alienated by the Soviet Union’s administration?
(a) Slow and stifling administration
(b) Rampant corruption
(c) Inability to correct mistakes
(d) All of these
(d) All of these
17. What were Gorbachev’s promises regarding the Soviet Union’s economy?
(a) To maintain the status quo
(b) To reform the economy
(c) To nationalize all industries
(d) To increase centralization of authority in the economy
(b) To reform the economy
18. What was one of the effects of the Cold War confrontations?
(a) End of military blocs
(b) Increase in global trade
(c) End of democracy
(d) Triggered a massive arms race
(d) Triggered a massive arms race
19. What was the first enduring change resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union and socialist systems in eastern Europe?
(a) End of military blocs
(b) End of Cold War confrontations
(c) The emergence of new socialist systems
(d) The end of nuclear weapons
(b) End of Cold War confrontations
20. 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
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