Contemporary World Politics NDA Questions

Contemporary World Politics MCQ Questions

13.
The economic model adopted by Russia and several other former Soviet republics after 1991, involving a rapid and often painful transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, is commonly described as:
A.
'Shock therapy'
B.
The Marshall Plan
C.
The Green Revolution
D.
The Five-Year Plan model
ANSWER :
A. 'Shock therapy'
14.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, most of the former Soviet republics came together to form a loose association aimed at facilitating cooperation, known as the:
A.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
B.
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
C.
Warsaw Pact (continued)
D.
European Union
ANSWER :
B. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
15.
The physical structure that had long symbolised the division of Europe during the Cold War, and whose fall in 1989 became a powerful symbol of the end of Cold War divisions, was the:
A.
Iron Curtain (as a physical wall)
B.
Great Wall of China
C.
Maginot Line
D.
Berlin Wall
ANSWER :
D. Berlin Wall
16.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reunification of a previously divided European country, separated since the end of the Second World War, took place in 1990. This country is:
A.
Yugoslavia
B.
Vietnam
C.
Germany
D.
Korea
ANSWER :
C. Germany
17.
The disintegration of the Soviet Union left the United States as the sole surviving superpower, giving rise to what is commonly described as a:
A.
Multipolar world order
B.
Unipolar world order, with the USA as the dominant/hegemonic power
C.
World government under the UN
D.
Return to Cold War bipolarity
ANSWER :
B. Unipolar world order, with the USA as the dominant/hegemonic power
18.
The 1990-91 conflict in which a US-led international coalition intervened to reverse Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait is commonly known as the:
A.
Vietnam War
B.
Korean War
C.
Iran-Iraq War
D.
First Gulf War
ANSWER :
D. First Gulf War