bipolarity

Question 1

when was the berlin wall toppled?

Answer 1

1989

Question 2

what led to the formation of USSR?

Answer 2

socialist revolution in Russia in 1917

Question 3

which is the biggest attempt in history to abolish private property?

Answer 3

socialist revolution in 1917

Question 4

which invasion by the soviet union weakened their system?

Answer 4

the soviet invasion of afghanistan in 1979

Question 5

who was the general secretary of the communist party in 1985?

Answer 5

mikhail gorbachev

Question 6

when did the communist party initiate a coup?

Answer 6

1991

Question 7

who came out as a national hero while opposing the coup in 1991?

Answer 7

boris yeltsin

Question 8

where did boris yeltsin win a popular election?

Answer 8

the russian republic

Question 9

when was the USSR announced as disbanded?

Answer 9

december 1991

Question 10

who announced that USSR was now disbanded?

Answer 10

russian, ukraine and belarus

Question 11

who was the leader when USSR was disbanded?

Answer 11

boris yeltsin

Question 12

which organization was the product of the disintegration of USSR?

Answer 12

Commonwealth of Independant States (CIS)

Question 13

how was the problem of exclusion of the central asian republics of USSR solved?

Answer 13

they were made the founding members of CIS

Question 14

what do you think made the soviet economy stagnate?

Answer 14

1. resources were used to maintain military and nuclear arsenal
2. development of satellite states in eastern europe

Question 15

what was followed by the division of public opinion in context of gorbachev’s reforms?

Answer 15

rise of nationalism and desire of sovereignty

Question 16

which was the first soviet republic that declared independece?

Answer 16

lithuania

Question 17

which event ended the cold war?

Answer 17

disintegration of USSR

Question 18

what were the two main engines of change during the shock therapy?

Answer 18

free trade regime and foreign direct investment (FDI)

Question 19

GDP of russia in 1999 was more than its GDP in 1989. ture/false?

Answer 19

false, GDP in 1999 was below than the GDP in 1989

Question 20

presidents of which countries appointed themselves for 10 years and then extended their term for another 10 years?

Answer 20

turkmenistan and uzbekistan

Question 21

judicial independece was established in most of the countries after disintegration of USSR. true/false?

Answer 21

false

Question 22

when did the economies start to revive?

Answer 22

2000

Question 23

which two russain republics had secessionist movements?

Answer 23

chechnya and dagestan

Question 24

which central asian country has been in a civil war for 10 years?

Answer 24

tajikistan

Question 25

which region of azerbaijan has conflict? what is the conflict?

Answer 25

nagorno-Karabakh

local armenians want to secede and join armenia

Question 26

which two countries are experiencing civil wars?

Answer 26

tajikistan and georgia

Question 27

in which countries are there movements against existing regimes?

Answer 27

ukraine, kyrgyztan and georgia

Question 28

what does russia consider central asian republics as?

Answer 28

‘near abroad’

Question 29

which country of eastern europe split peacefully? what two regions did it split into?

Answer 29

czechoslovakia

czechs and slovaks

Question 30

where did the most severe conflict take place after the disintegration?

Answer 30

in the balkan republics of yugoslavia.

Question 31

what did yugoslavia split into?

Answer 31

croatia, slovenia and bosnia and herzegovina

Question 32

who opposed the yugoslavia split? what did they do?

Answer 32

ethnic serbs.

massacre of non-serb bosnians

Question 33

which organisation intervened in the yugoslavia conflict?

Answer 33

NATO

Question 34

which vision is shared by india and russia?

Answer 34

multipolar world order

Question 35

under which agreement did india and russia sign more than 80 bilateral agreements?

Answer 35

Indo-Russian Strategic Agreement of 2001

Question 36

from where is india seeking to increase its energy imports?

Answer 36

russian, kazakhstan and turkmenistan.

Question 37

what is the advantage of india’s cooperation with kazakhstan and turkmenistan?

Answer 37

partnership and investment in oilfields.

Question 38

which rocket did russia give to india?

Answer 38

cryogenic rocket