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Who announced the disbanding of USSR in 1991?

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  1. Mikhail Gorbachev

  2. Nikita Krushchev

  3. Vladimir Putin

  4. Boris Yelstin

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Correct Option: D

In which year was the Palestinian Liberation Organisation(PLO) established?

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  1. 1967

  2. 1972

  3. 1964

  4. 1956

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Correct Option: C

In which year did the UN pass a resolution for the division of Palestine?

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  1. 1942

  2. 1944

  3. 1945

  4. 1947

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Correct Option: D

Communist hardliners in USSR encouraged a coup in _______ to remove Gorbachev from power.

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  1. 1991

  2. 1990

  3. 1989

  4. 1985

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Who came to power in Iraq in the year 1968?

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  1. Saddam Husain

  2. Arafat

  3. Jalal Talabani

  4. Abdul Salam Arif

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Which president of USSR tried to transform politics and bring radical changes?

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  1. Mikhail Gorbachev

  2. Nikita Krushchev

  3. Truman

  4. Stalin

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The nuclear tests were banned between _____ to _____.

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  1. 1970-1975

  2. 1980-1985

  3. 1985-1991

  4. 1995-2000

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Correct Option: C

In the 1980's Mikhail Gorbachev's attempts to change the Soviet Union resulted in ______.

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  1. strengthening of the Communist Party

  2. a series of economic and political reforms

  3. an increase in tensions between India and the Soviet Union

  4. a shift from producing consumer goods to producing heavy machinery

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following statement explains Glasnost?

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  1. Is intended to reduce armament through Perestroika

  2. Is like sliding the lid to let steam off by restructuring Soviet Economy through Perestroika

  3. Stems from Soviet Union's need to reduce armament in order to restructure Soviet Economy i.e Perestroika

  4. None of these

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In which year did the disbanding of USSR take place?

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  1. 1990

  2. 1991

  3. 1992

  4. 1995

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Correct Option: B