Assignment - ch-1 End Of Bipolarity

Class 11 | Political Science

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1.​ In which year the Berlin Wall was built?

(a) 1960
(b) 1961
(c) 1965
(d) 1955

2.​ Which one of the following statements about the Berlin Wall is incorrect?
(a) It symbolised the division between the capitalist and the communist world.
(b) It was built immediately after the Second World.
(c) It did not mark the unification of the two parts of Germany.
(d) It was broken by the people on 9th November, 1989.

3.​ For how many years did the Civil War continue in Tajikistan?
(a) 15 years
(c) 12 years
(b) 5 years
(d) 10 years

4.​ The Communist Party staged an abortive coup in August 1991, against which Soviet leader?
(a) Boris Yelstin
(b) Mikhail Gorbachev
(c) Leonid Brezhnev
(d) Joseph Stalin

5.​ Which of the following statements given below is/are correct about the Soviet Leader Vladimir Lenin?
(a) He was an outstanding theoretician and practitioner of marxism.
(b) He began rapid industrialisation and forcible collectivisation of agriculture.
(c) He proposed the Asian Collective Security System.
(d) He was the first elected President of Russia.

6.​ Which of the following statements with regard to the Tajikistan conflict is/are incorrect?
(a) The main zone of conflict was the South zone.
(b) The civil war started in 1991.
(c) It was a decade long civil war fuelled primarily by a clash between ethnic groups.
(d) The civil war came to an end in 2001.

7.​ The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) came into being after the Socialist Revolution in Russia in
(a) 1914
(b) 1917
(c) 1939
(d) 1991
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 8.​ Which among the following statements about the Soviet System is not true?
(a) The Soviet Union had complex communication.
(b) It had a complex machinery production system and transport sector that connected its remotest areas with
efficiency.
(c) It had a domestic consumer industry that produced everything from pins to cars.
(d) Soviet Union disintegrated in 1992.

9.​ . Which one of the following was NOT a consequence of disintegration of the USSR?
(a) Many new states emerged.
(b) Russia emerged as a new superpower.
(c) Power relations in world politics changed
(d) The capitalist system emerged as the winner.

10.​ Which among the following is not an outcome of the disintegration of the USSR?
(a) End of the ideological war between the US and the USSR.
(b) Birth of CIS.
(c) Change in balance of power in the world order.
(d) Crisis in the Middle East.

11.​Why did Russia become the successor of the USSR?

(a) Russia led the formation of CIS
(b) It inherited the Soviet Seat in the UN
(c) It was the largest republic
(d) Boris Yeltsin was more charismatic than Gorbachev

12.​This picture symbolised the division between ___________ and _________ world
(a) Capitalist and Communist
(b) Communist and Socialist
(c) Socialist and Capitalist
(d) Socialist and Consumerist

13.​The statements given below are related to Shock Therapy. Choose the option that represents only the true
statements.
I. The value of the Ruble, the Russian currency, declined due to Shock Therapy.
II. Shock therapy strengthened communism.
III. Shock therapy reduced the prices of goods.
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IV. Shock therapy destroyed the old system of social welfare.
Choose the correct option.
(a) I and II
(c) I, Il and III
(b) Il and III
(d) I and IV

14.​Arrange the following in chronological order.

I. End of the Second World War—1945
II. Disintegration of the USSR—1991
III. Fall of the Berlin Wall—1989
IV. Indo-Russian Strategic Agreement—2001

Choose the correct option.

(a) I, I, II, IV
(b) I, III, II, IV
(c) I, IV, II, I
(d) I, IV, I, II

Passage-Based Questions

A.​ Study the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

The Soviet system, however, became very bureaucratic and authoritarian, making life very difficult for its citizens.
Lack of democracy and the absence of freedom of speech stifled people who often expressed their dissent in jokes and
cartoons.
Most of the institutions of the Soviet state needed reform: the one-party system represented by the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union had tight control over all institutions and was unaccountable to the people. The party refused to
recognise the urge of people in the fifteen different republics that formed the Soviet Union to manage their own affairs
including their cultural affairs.
Although, on paper, Russia was only one of the fifteen republics that together constituted the USSR, in reality Russia
dominated everything, and people from other regions felt neglected and often suppressed.

1.​ How many republics formed the Soviet Union?

(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 16

2.​ Which among the following republics dominated in the USSR?

(a) Ukraine
(c) Georgia
(b) Russia
(d) Latvia
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 3.​ Why did people become dissatisfied with the rule of Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
(a) Because the Soviet Union had tight control over all the institutions.
(b) Because the government was not accountable towards the people.
(c) Because people were devoid of their basic fundamental rights.
(d) All of the above

4.​ How did the people of the Soviet Union express their dissatisfaction?
(a) In the form of protests
(b) Jokes and Cartoons
(c) Newspapers
(d) Magazines

B.​ Study the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

The declaration on the disintegration of the USSR and the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
came as a surprise to the other republics, especially to the Central Asian ones. The exclusion of these republics was an
issue that was quickly solved by making them founding members of the CIS. Russia was now accepted as the successor
state of the Soviet Union. It inherited the Soviet seat in the UN Security Council. Russia accepted all the international
treaties and commitments of the Soviet Union.

1.​ CIS here stands for ........

(a) Commonwealth of Independent States
(b) Commonwealth of International Successor
(c) Common Independent States
(d) Commonwealth of Independent Sovereigns

2.​ Which among the following state was accepted as a successor state of the Soviet Union?
(a) Ukraine
(b) Latvia
(c) Russia
(d) Belarus

3.​ Disintegration of USSR came as a surprise because

(a) it emerged as a great power after the Second World War.
(b) it had vast energy resources.
(c) in the arms race, Soviet Union managed to match the US.
(d) All of the above

4.​ What kind of role was played by the successor of Soviet Union in the International Politics?
(a) It accepted all international treaties and commitments of the Soviet Union.
(b) It inherited the Soviet Seat in the UN Security Council.
(c) It signed treaties with the US.
(d) Both (a) and (b)
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 2-markers

1. State any two features of the Soviet system. or Which were the two important features of the Soviet system?
OR
Mention any two characteristics of the Soviet political system.
OR
Describe any two features of the Soviet System.

2. Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Highlight any two arguments in support of your answer.
OR
Mention any two main reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union.

3. Highlight any two major distinctions between the Soviet economy and the capitalist economy.

4. How was the US benefited by the Soviet disintegration?

5. The Soviet system was based on the principles of equality and planned economy controlled by the state.
Whereas in a capitalist economy, private ownership is dominant. Land and productive assets are owned and controlled
by the capitalist.

6. Name the major republics that succeeded the Soviet Union after its disintegration. What was its position in the
international domain?

7. The end of the USSR does not mean the end of socialism. Explain.

3/4-markers

1. Why did the Soviet System become so weak and the Soviet economy stagnated?

2. Explain any four issues of tension and conflicts in the former Soviet Republic.

3. Differentiate between the capitalist and the socialist models of development.

4. What is the relationship between India and Russia?

6-markers

1. Give any three examples to show that most former Soviet republics were prone to conflicts and tensions.
OR
Describe the factors that make most of the former Soviet Republics prone to conflicts and threats.
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2. Explain the consequences of the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
OR
Describe any four consequences of the disintegration of Soviet Union.

3. Examine any six characteristics of the Soviet System during 1971 to 1991.

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

5. If the Soviet Union had not disintegrated and the world had remained bipolar. how would that situation have affected
the world politics?