The CIS was founded on 8 December 1991 by the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The country that is not a member of CIS is:

Related Mcqs:

1. A meeting on December 21, in which eight of nine remaining non-Slav Republics Moldova, Tajikistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan joined CIS was held in:

   A. Moscow
   B. Dushanbe
   C. Alma’ata (now Astana)
   D. Ashgabat

2. Which of the following countries were integral parts of the USSR until December 1991 but had separate UN membership?

   A. Turkmenistan
   B. Ukraine
   C. Georgia
   D. Tajikistan

3. Total membership of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is:

   A. 14
   B. 10
   C. 7
   D. 15

4. The CIS formally came into existence when President Gorbachev resigned and Soviet government voted itself out of existence in the year:

   A. 1992
   B. 1990
   C. 1993
   D. 1991

5. By “CIS Collective Security Treaty” Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan establish framework for the Commonwealth of Independent States in:

   A. 1991
   B. 1993
   C. 1990
   D. 1992

6. When Lithuania, Latvia, Byelorussia (now Belarus) and Kazakhstan declared independence from USSR?

   A. 1989
   B. 1990
   C. 1991
   D. 1992

7. Nursultan Nazarbayev became President in 1991 of what country?

   A. Uzbekistan
   B. Turkmenistan
   C. Kazakhstan
   D. Tajikistan

8. Another military leader General Than Shwe became dictator of which country in 1991?

   A. Thailand
   B. Myanmar
   C. Indonesia
   D. North Korea

9. European Free trade Association (EFTA), consisting of lceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein (from 1991) was established in:

   A. 1950
   B. 1960
   C. 1956
   D. 1951

10. What happened in Russia in 1991?

    A. USSR formally disintegrated into 15 republics
    B. President Gorbachev was ousted in bloodless coup
    C. both of these
    D. None of these