Political Science Test - 29

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union, he was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991.

Governments saw advantages in some criteria presented by the UNSC and disadvantages in others depending on their interests and aspirations. Even if they had no desire to be members themselves, countries could see that the criteria were problematic. They were not sure about how big an economic or military power did they have to be able to qualify for Security Council membership, what level of budget contribution would enable a state to buy its way into the Council, and whether a big population would be an asset or a liability for a country trying to play a bigger role in the world. Another issue was that if respect for democracy and human rights was the criterion, countries with excellent records would be in line to be members; they might not be effective as the UN Council members.

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of that country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.

Option 1 is vague, as it does not talk about the services originating from one nation and their delivery towards another nation. Internet service provider may be a local one catering only to local customers.

Option 2 does not talk about flow of services across the borders; rather, it concerns the migration of people across the border.

Option 3 comes under the flow of ideas rather than flow of services.

Option 4 is correct as working in a call centre pertains to the globalisation of services. A call centre employee would schedule his timing according to his foreign employer company. He would acquire a new accent and speak a different language to communicate with his clients who are living thousands of miles away.

By September the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, had achieved majorities in the Petrograd and Moscow soviets and won increasing support among the hungry urban workers and soldiers. In October they staged a nearly bloodless coup (the “October Revolution”), occupying government buildings and strategic points.

The Second Five-Year Plan emphasised industry development over agricultural development. With growing investment, the bulk of industries like electricity, communication, and railways could be developed in the private sectors. However, as these industries attracted more investment than agriculture, the possibility of food shortages loomed large.

Hegemony is the political, economic, and military predominance of one state over other states. In Ancient Greece, hegemony denoted the politico-military dominance of the hegemon city-state over other city-states.

The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, also known as the 1984 Sikh Massacre, were a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs in India following the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards.

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is 1st the business school of the world in the University of Pennsylvania.

Economic aspect of globalisation determines the roles of international institutions like the IMF and the WTO in regard to determining the economic policies across the world. A much broader way of understanding of economic globalisation requires us to look at the distribution of economic gains among states involved, that is, who gets the most from globalisation and who gets less, indeed who loses from it. Incapacitation of state would be a political consequence.