Match List- I with List- II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(1) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
(2) (A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(3) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

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Here's the correct matching of List I with List II (as per the given options):

(A) Disintegration of the Soviet Union - (III) 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.

(B) Shock Therapy - (I) 1990
The shock therapy transition process was first implemented in Eastern Europe in Poland, on January 1, 1990. The countries that followed with the shock therapy stabilization and liberalization program were Czechoslovakia (which started on January 1, 1991), Bulgaria (February 1, 1991), Russia (February 2, 1992), Albania (July 1992), Estonia (September 1992), and Latvia (June 5, 1993).

(C) Invasion of Afghanistan - (IV) 1979
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan took place in 1979 when the Soviet Union intervened in the Afghan civil war. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 further weakened the Soviet system, leading to international and domestic challenges.

(D) Mikhail Gorbachev elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party - (II) 1985
In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the role of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. As part of his leadership, he designated Boris Yeltsin to head the Communist Party in Moscow and instigated a series of comprehensive reforms within the Soviet Union.