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

Related Mcqs:

1. 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:

   A. Armenia
   B. Belarus
   C. Ukraine
   D. Belarus

2. 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

3. 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

4. The ECO was expanded to include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in:

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

5. The name given to the first meeting of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in Shanghai in April 1996, in which they signed a treaty on friendly relationship between the member states by resolving all their problems, was:

   A. CIS
   B. ASEAN
   C. Asian-5
   D. Shanghai-5

6. Big four (USA, UK, France and USSR) are related with:

   A. World War I
   B. World War II
   C. WTO
   D. League of Nations

7. SALT ll was initiated in 1972 and treaty was singed in 1979, in 1982 USA and USSR initiated a new series of negotiations. What are called those negotiations?

   A. Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START)
   B. SALT III
   C. SALT IV
   D. Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

8. Iron Curtain was an expression which described the ideological barrier between the democratic West and the USSR and communist-dominated countries of Eastern Europe after World War ll. Who first used this expression at Fulton, Missouri, USA in 1946?

   A. George Washington
   B. Sir Winston Churchill
   C. Reagan
   D. Roosevelt

9. What former top politician of the USSR came to power in Georgia after a coup in 1992?

   A. Mikhail Saakashvili
   B. Eduard Shevardnadze
   C. Gnadi Timushenko
   D. Viktor Yushchenko

10. 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