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The end of bipolarity was caused most directly by which singular event?
AAmerican withdrawal from NATO
BChinese economic reforms in 1978
CReunification of Germany
DDisintegration of the Soviet Union
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Disintegration of the Soviet Union
1. The chapter explains bipolarity required two superpowers.
2. The world was divided into two centres of power: USA and USSR.
3. Soviet disintegration ended one centre of power, ending bipolarity.
4. Other events are correlated but not the singular cause.
_Source: Maharashtra Balbharati Std XII Political Science, Ch 1 "The World since 1991", §1.2 ¶2_
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