Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: End of Bi-Polarity

Question:

The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan under whose leadership?

Options:

Nikita Khrushchev

Leonid Brezhnev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Joseph Stalin

Correct Answer:

Leonid Brezhnev

Explanation:

Leonid Brezhnev, who led the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, introduced the concept of the Asian Collective Security system and played a prominent role in the détente phase of Soviet-American relations. His leadership was marked by significant international events, including the suppression of a popular rebellion in Czechoslovakia and the controversial invasion of Afghanistan.