Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: End of Bi-Polarity

Question:

Match the following years in List 1 with the description associated with List 2:

List- 1 (Year)

List- 2 (Description)

(A) 1988

(I) Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined NATO

(B) 1990

(II) Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania became UN members

(C) 1991

(III) Lithuania declared its independence from the Soviet Union

(D) 2004

(IV) independence movement began in Lithuania

 

Options:

(A)- I, (B)- III, (C)- II, (D)- IV

(A)- IV, (B)- III, (C)- II, (D)- I

(A)- II, (B)- III, (C)- I, (D)- IV

(A)- III, (B)- IV, (C)- I, (D)- II

Correct Answer:

(A)- IV, (B)- III, (C)- II, (D)- I

Explanation:

The independence movement began in Lithuania in 1988, and later spread to Estonia and Latvia.

Lithuania became the first of the 15 Soviet republics to declare its independence in March 1990.

The three Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania became UN members in September 1991.

Three Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined NATO in March 2004.