1. Which conference was held in 1972 by the United Nations?
    1. United Nations conference on trade and development
    2. United Nations conference on investment
    3. United Nations conference on education
    4. United Nations conference on trade and defence
  2. When and why did India sign the twenty-years ‘Treaty of Peace and Friendship’ with the Soviet Union?
  3. When and where the first NAM Summit was held?
  4. Why was the NATO also called Western Alliance?
  5. Which ideologies were represented by the Western alliance and the Eastern alliance respectively?
  6. Mention the methods of ‘Shock Therapy’ amongst the former Second World countries.
  7. Write a note on tension and conflicts that occurred in Russia.
  8. What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
  9. Mention any four realities that have changed the world politics after the Cold War.
  10. Name any two founders of Non-aligned Movement. The first NAM summit was the culmination of which three factors?
  1. Name the prime minister of the USSR who invited India and Pakistan in 1966 in Tashkent.
    1. Lenin
    2. Kosizin
    3. Mikhail Gorbachev
    4. Breznov
  2. Mention the name of the Eastern alliance led by the Soviet Union.
  3. Highlight features of the old system of social welfare that got destroyed due to shock therapy.
  4. Which two republics of the USSR have had violent secessionist movements at the time of its disintegration?
  5. Discuss the economic relationship between India and the Soviet Union during the Cold War era.
  6. Highlights the main political developments in Czechoslovakia of Eastern Europe.
  7. In which region was the nationalist dissatisfaction with the Soviet Union strongest and why?
  8. List any two differences between the socialism and communism.
  9. Describe any four consequences of the disintegration of Soviet Union.

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