Political Science

The End of Bipolarity

Question:

Fill in the blanks:
(a) The Soviet Political System was
based on ideology.
(b) was the military alliance
started by the USSR.
(c) party dominated the
Soviet Union's political system.
(d) initiated the reforms
in the USSR in 1985.
(e) The fall of the symbolised
the end of the Cold War.

Answer:

 (a) socialist (b) Warsaw Pact
(c) Communist (d) Gorbachev
(e) Berlin wall

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The End of Bipolarity

Q 1.

Match the following:
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Q 2.

What was the immediate cause of disintegration of USSR?

Q 3.

When did the Berlin Wall fall?

Q 4.

What was Soviet system? Assess any four features of Soviet system.

Q 5.

What sot of conflicts had occurred in Soviet Republics? Explain.

Q 6.

Mention the methods of Shock Therapy' amongst the former Second World countries.

Q 7.

1. What was Soviet system?
2. How many republics formed Soviet Union?
3. Which republic dominated in the USSR?
4. Why did people become dissatisfied with the rule of Communist Party of Soviet Union?

Q 8.

When did Socialist Revolution take place in Russia?

Q 9.

What does CIS stand for?

Q 10.

Who was the General Secretary of Communist Party of Soviet Union in 1985?

Q 11.

Describe any four consequences of the disintegration of Soviet Union.

Q 12.

What was Socialist Bloc?

Q 13.

Explain any two reasons for disintegration of the USSR.

Q 14.

How did the USSR come into existence?

Q 15.

Mention some features of Soviet Society.

Q 16.

What was Shock Therapy?

Q 17.

Write anote onformationof Commonwealth of Independent States.

Q 18.

Who was Gorbachev? Why did he seek to reform Soviet Society?

Q 19.

Mention any two possibilities which were being presumed in changed scenario of world politics after disintegration of the USSR.

Q 20.

" The old system of social welfare was systematically destroyed". With reference to Shock Therapy, justify the statement.

Q 21.

What is the new name of former USSR?

Q 22.

What were the political reasons for disintegration of Soviet Union?

Q 23.

Arrange the following in chronological order:
(a) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
(b) Fall of the Berlin Wall
(c) Disintegration of Soviet Union
(d) Russian Revolution

Q 24.

What were the major consequences of the disintegration of the Soviet Union for countries like India?

Q 25.

Write a note on tension and conflicts that occurred in Russia.

Q 26.

Why did Gorbachev's reform policy fail in spite of his accurate diagnosis of the problem?

Q 27.

Why did Soviet system become so weak and Soviet economy stagnant?

Q 28.

Write an essay for or against the following proposition. "With the disintegration of the second world, India should change its foreign policy and focus more on friendship with the US rather than with traditional friends like Russia".

Q 29.

What is meant by Shock Therapy?

Q 30.

Explain six factors which helped Soviet Union becoming superpower after Second World War.

Q 31.

Mention any two characteristics of Soviet Political System.

Q 32.

Mention the causes of Soviet disintegration.

Q 33.

Why is it said that collapse of Berlin wall signified the collapse of bipolar world?

Q 34.

What was Shock Therapy? Was this the best way to make a transition from communism to capitalism?

Q 35.

When and how did Russia revive its economy?

Q 36.

What were the factors that forced Gorbachev to initiate the reforms in the USSR?

Q 37.

In what manner Gorbachev's reform policy was protested? Who took the command during these events?

Q 38.

Fill in the blanks:
(a) The Soviet Political System was
based on ideology.
(b) was the military alliance
started by the USSR.
(c) party dominated the
Soviet Union's political system.
(d) initiated the reforms
in the USSR in 1985.
(e) The fall of the symbolised
the end of the Cold War.

Q 39.

How did Shock Therapy affect trade and commerce of Russia?

Q 40.

"The Soviet Union lagged behind the West". Comment.  

Q 41.

"During the Cold War era India and the USSR enjoyed a special relationship which made critics to say that India  was part of Soviet camp". Examine the statement.
Or
"India and the USSR enjoyed mutual dimensional relationship."Justify the statement.

Q 42.

What was the largest garage sale in history?

Q 43.

In eastern Europe, Czechoslovakia split peacefully into two, with the Czechs and the Slovaks forming independent countries. But the most severe conflict took place in the Balkan republics of Yugoslavia. After 1991, it broke apart with several provinces like Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina declaring independence. Ethnic Serbs opposed this, and a massacre of non-Serb Bosnians followed. The NATO intervention and the bombing of Yugoslavia followed inter ¬ethnic civil war.
1. In Eastern Europe which republic split into two?
2. Name the republic/place where severe conflict took place.
3. Name various provinces with which Yugoslavia had been broken in 1991?
4. Which incidents resulted into inter-ethnic civil war?

Q 44.

Mention the role of Boris Yeltsin in the  disintegration of the USSR.

Q 45.

On a political map of world locate and label the following by giving symbols to them:
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1. A republic of Eastern Europe split into two independent countries peacefully.
2. Most dominating republic of Soviet Union.
3. Identify two major oil and gas producers of Soviet Union.
members of Commonwealth of Independent States.

Q 46.

Mention any three features that distinguish the Soviet economy from that of a capitalist country like the US.