Leonid Brezhnev was the third General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Who succeeded him when he died of a heart attack?

Related Mcqs:

1. On what date was Leonid Brezhnev elected to the dual office of secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and Soviet President?

   A. 6 June 1977
   B. 2 June 1977
   C. 26 June 1977
   D. 16 June 1977

2. In which year Mikhail Gorbacheve took over as the first elected Secretary General of the Communist party of Russia. In the same year Martial law was lifted in Pakistan.

   A. 1980
   B. 1982
   C. 1985
   D. 1987

3. As the leader of Romania during the Cold War, this corrupt man often refused to co-operate with Soviet policy, which gained him the friendship of the United States and many other Western powers. Many believe his wife was the real “power behind the throne”, especially in the later years. Who was this Communist leader?

   A. Nicolae Ceausescu
   B. Vaclav Havel
   C. Lech Walesa
   D. Andrei Gromyko

4. In WW11, the German-Soviet war saw many nationalities participate in the campaign against the Soviet Union. Which nationality contributed the most people to the German war effort against the Soviets?

   A. Romanians
   B. Italians
   C. Russians
   D. Ukrainians

5. The “Sino-Soviet split” involved relationship between the Soviet Union and:

   A. United States
   B. Japan
   C. China
   D. Great Britain

6. Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945. Who succeeded him as Germany’s Reichskanzler for a period of 23 days?

   A. Karl Doenitz
   B. Heinrich Himmler
   C. Adolf Eichmann
   D. Rudolf Hess

7. As Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, this Russian diplomat started the western world when he signed he Nazi-Soviet Pact of 23 August 1939. Who was he?

   A. V. M. Molotov
   B. Georgi M. Malenkov
   C. Maxim Litvinov
   D. Konstantin A. Umansky

8. What is the name of the loose confederation for Eurasia founded after the fall of the Soviet Union?

   A. Commonwealth of independent States (CIS)
   B. Eurasian Treaty Organization (ETO)
   C. Union of Former Soviet Republics (UFSR)
   D. Russian Imperial Federation (RIF)

9. The merry month of May: on what date did President Nixon make his first visit to the then-Soviet Union?

   A. 22 May 1972
   B. 12 May 1972
   C. 2 May 1972
   D. 20 May 1972

10. There was a great unrest against communist people’s Democratic Party. In this situation who with the help of ISI trained the anti-Government Mujahadeen?

    A. Britain
    B. USA
    C. France
    D. Russia