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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: The Soviet economy was then more developed than the rest of the world except for the US.

    Reason: The Soviet Union became a great power after the Second World War

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: Gorbachev did nothing to save the disintegration of soviet system.

    Reason: These developments were accompanied by a rapidly escalating crisis within the USSR that hastened its disintegration.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: The Russian Republic, where Yeltsin won a popular election, began to shake off centralized control.

    Reason: A coup took place in 1991 that was encouraged by Communist Party hard-liners.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: The exclusion of these republics was an issue that was quickly solved by making them founding members of the CIS.

    Reason: The declaration on the disintegration of the USSR and the formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) came as a surprise to the other republics, especially to the Central Asian ones.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: The Shock Therapy brought success which was not anticipated at all.

    Reason: Each of these countries was required to make a total shift to a capitalist economy, which meant rooting out completely any structures evolved during the Soviet period.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: Each state from this bloc was now linked directly to the West and not to each other in the region.

    Reason: The transition also involved a breakup of the existing trade alliances among the countries of the Soviet bloc.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: In Georgia, the demand for independence has come from two provinces, resulting in a Civil War.

    Reason: In Central Asia, Tajikistan witnessed a Civil War that went on for ten years till 2001.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: Central Asian countries were already in control of US.

    Reason: Central Asia has also become a zone of competition between outside powers and oil companies.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: After the Second World War, the east European countries that the Soviet Army had liberated from the fascist forces came under the control of the USSR.
    Reason: The Soviet System, however, became very bureaucratic and authoritarian, making life very difficult for its citizens.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: Cold War had a great cost on the economy of the country.

    Reason: In the arms race, the Soviet Union managed to match the US from time to time.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: Reforms were necessary to keep the USSR abreast of the information and technological revolutions taking place in the West.
    Reason: Mikhail Gorbachev, who had become General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1985, sought to reform this system.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: 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.

    Reason: People supported Gorbachev in his every decision he has taken.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: Shock Therapy was the transitional form from authoritarian socialist system to a democratic capitalist system in Russia, Central Asia and East Europe under the influence of the World Bank and IMF.

    Reason: The model of transition in Russia, Central Asia and east Europe that was influenced by the World Bank and the IMF came to be known as ‘Shock therapy’.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: Development was now envisaged through more trade, and thus a sudden and complete switch to free trade was considered essential.
    Reason: Shock therapy also involved a drastic change in the external orientation of these economies.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: Most of the former Soviet Republics are prone to conflicts, and many have had civil wars and insurgencies.

    Reason: In Russia, two republics, Chechnya and Dagestan, have had violent secessionist movements.

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    Directions: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:

    Q. Assertion: The hydrocarbon resources have brought an enormous prosperity to these countries. K

    Reason: The Central Asian Republics are areas with vast hydrocarbon resources.

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