Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions: Mikhail Gorbachev who had become General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985, sought to reform the system. Reforms were necessarily to keep the USSR abreast of the information and technological revolutions taking place in the West. However, Gorbachev’s decision to normalize relations with the west and democratize and reform the Soviet Union had some other effects that neither he nor anyone else intended or anticipated. The people in the East European countries which were the part of the Soviet bloc started to protest against their government and Soviet control. Unlike in the past, the Soviet Union, under Gorbachev, did not intervene when the disturbances occurred, and the communist regimes collapsed one after another. a) The people in the …………… European countries started to protest against government and Soviet Control. (i) East (ii) West (iii) both (i) and (ii) (iv) South b) Who was Mikhail Gorbachev? (i) General Secretary of USA (ii) General Secretary of Communist Party of Soviet Union (iii) Commander of Army of USSR. (iv) Successor of Lenin c) When Gorbachev did become General Secretary? (i) 1985 (ii)1989 (iii) 1956 ( iv)1944​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.(ii) West

2.(ii) General secretary of communist party of Soviet Union

3.(i) 1985