Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: End of Bi-Polarity

Question:

Arrange the following in chronological order:

(A) Berlin blockade by Soviet Union
(B) Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia
(C) Soviet intervention in Hungary
(D) Soviet intervention in Afghanistan
(E) Disintegration of the Soviet Union

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

(A), (B), (D), (C), (E)

(A), (C), (B), (D), (E)

(C), (B), (D), (E), (A)

(D), (E), (A), (C), (B)

Correct Answer:

(A), (C), (B), (D), (E)

Explanation:

The correct answer is option (2) - (A), (C), (B), (D), (E)

(A) Berlin blockade by Soviet Union - 1948-49

(C) Soviet intervention in Hungary - 1956

(B) Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia - 1968

(D) Soviet intervention in Afghanistan - 1979 - 89 

(E) Disintegration of the Soviet Union - 1991

 

Detailed explanation:

1948-49: Berlin blockade by the Soviet Union and the airlift of supplies to the citizens of West Berlin by the US and its allies.

1956: Soviet intervention in Hungary

The Soviet Union invaded Hungary to crush a revolution on November 4, 1956. The Hungarian Revolution itself began on October 23, 1956.

Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia: Occurred in 1968.

On August 20, 1968, the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague.

1979 -89: Soviet intervention in Afghanistan

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979. This invasion was aimed at supporting a pro-Soviet government in Afghanistan, but it led to a long and costly conflict known as the Soviet-Afghan War.

Disintegration of the USSR/Soviet Union - 1991

The Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, leading to the emergence of independent nations from the former Soviet republics. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia was accepted as the successor of the state of the Soviet Union. Events like the end of the ideological war between the USA and the USSR, the birth of CIS and the change in the balance of power in the world were the outcome of the Soviet disintegration.