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Gorbachev resigned as Soviet President on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Georgia joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The World Bank and IMF-influenced transition of post-communist economies is known as:Read the answer and worked solution →About what share of Russia's industries were put up for private sale under shock therapy?Read the answer and worked solution →Russia's real GDP in 1999 was compared to 1989 how?Read the answer and worked solution →Which former communist country split peacefully into two states?Read the answer and worked solution →The Soviet Union gave aid for which Indian steel plants?Read the answer and worked solution →The Soviet Union backed India in the UN on Kashmir and during which war?Read the answer and worked solution →How many bilateral agreements have India and Russia signed under their strategic partnership?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the BalticsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the CIS membersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the collapse yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the shock therapyRead the answer and worked solution →Before or after 1991Read the answer and worked solution →Which conflict whereRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Bipolarity bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Independent India fought three wars with its neighbours in which years?Read the answer and worked solution →Which article of the Constitution directs the State to promote international peace and security?Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru served as both Prime Minister and Foreign Minister during which years?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1956 India led world protest when Britain attacked Egypt over which issue?Read the answer and worked solution →India convened the Asian Relations Conference in March 1947, how long before Independence?Read the answer and worked solution →The Afro-Asian conference of 1955 that led to the NAM was held in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Nehru and Zhou Enlai jointly announced Panchsheel on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did China take over control of Tibet?Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1957 and 1959 China occupied which area of Ladakh and built a road there?Read the answer and worked solution →China launched its invasion of India in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Defence Minister had to leave the cabinet after the 1962 China war?Read the answer and worked solution →Full diplomatic relations between India and China were restored in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in 1960 by Nehru and which Pakistani leader?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Gorbachev resigned as Soviet President on which date?

  1. 9 November 1989
  2. 1 March 1985
  3. 15 August 1991
  4. 25 December 1991
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Correct answer: D. 25 December 1991

1. The USSR was dissolved in December 1991. 2. Gorbachev resigned on 25 December 1991. 3. Russia took the Soviet UN seat. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 2, The End of Bipolarity._

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Georgia joined the Commonwealth of Independent States in which year?

  1. 1993
  2. 1991
  3. 1985
  4. 2004
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Correct answer: A. 1993

1. Armenia, Azerbaijan and others joined the CIS in 1991. 2. Georgia joined later in 1993. 3. Russia leads the CIS. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 2, The End of Bipolarity._

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The World Bank and IMF-influenced transition of post-communist economies is known as:

  1. Perestroika
  2. Shock therapy
  3. Green Revolution
  4. New Deal plan
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Correct answer: B. Shock therapy

1. The transition was to a capitalist economy. 2. It was called shock therapy. 3. Private ownership and free trade were imposed. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 2, The End of Bipolarity._

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