The End of Bipolarity — Class 12 Political Science PYQs

Can Shock Therapy be called the best way to make transition from authoritarian socialist system to liberal capitalist system after the disintegration of Soviet Union ? Explain.

Explain any four reasons responsible for the economic stagnation in Soviet Union.

Explain any four conditions that helped the Soviet Union to become a super power after the Second World War.

Explain any four consequences of the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

Given below are two statements :
Statement-I : Mikhail Gorbachev, who had become General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985, sought to reform the Soviet System.
Statement-II : Gorbachev's decision to normalise relations with the West and democratise and reform the Soviet Union had some other effects that neither he nor anyone else intended or anticipated.
Options :

Which one of the following symbolised the division between the Capitalist and the Communist world ?

State any two arms control treaties signed between the US and Soviet Union.

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow :
The Central Asian republics did not ask for independence and wanted to remain with the Soviet Federation. In December 1991, under the leadership of Yeltsin, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus declared that the Soviet Union was disbanded. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was banned. Capitalism and democracy were adopted as the bases for the post-Soviet republics. 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.
(8.1) Which ideology was adopted by the post-Soviet countries ?

Given below are two statements :
Statement-I : The collapse of the 'Second World' of the Soviet Union and the socialist system in Eastern Europe had no profound consequences for world politics.
Statement-II : The end of the Soviet bloc meant the emergence of many new countries. All these countries had their own independent aspirations and choices.
Options :

Which one of the following republics was a party to declare that 'Soviet Union was disbanded' ?