Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: End of Bi-Polarity

Question:

Which other event is associated with the same year in which the Berlin Wall was toppled?

Options:

The Soviet Union declared that the Warsaw Pact members are free to decide their own futures.

Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Lithuania becomes the first of the 15 Soviet republics to declare its independence.

The Communist Party hardliners stage an abortive coup against Gorbachev.

Correct Answer:

The Soviet Union declared that the Warsaw Pact members are free to decide their own futures.

Explanation:

1989 October:  Soviet Union declares that the Warsaw Pact members are free to decide their own futures; Berlin Wall falls in November 1989.