Match List I with List II
| LIST I | LIST II | ||
| A. | Mikhail Gorbachev | I. | Successor of USSR |
| B. | Russia | II. | Military Pact |
| C. | Boris Yeltsin | III. | Introduction of Reforms |
| D. | Warsaw | IV. | President of Russia |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
(A) Mikhail Gorbachev — this matches (III) Introduction of Reforms.
(B) Russia — this matches (I) Successor of USSR.
(C) Boris Yeltsin — this matches (IV) President of Russia.
(D) Warsaw — this matches (II) Military Pact.
NCERT (2026-27): Contemporary World Politics — Chapter 1: The End of Bipolarity
NCERT (2026-27): “What was the Soviet System? … After the Second World War, the east European countries that the Soviet army had liberated from the fascist forces came under the control of the USSR. The political and the economic systems of all these countries were modelled after the USSR. This group of countries was called the Second World or the ‘socialist bloc’. The Warsaw Pact, a military alliance, held them together. The USSR was the leader of the bloc.… Gorbachev and the Disintegration … Russia was now accepted as the successor state of the Soviet Union. It inherited the Soviet seat in the UN Security Council.…” |
