Question

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:

The Central Asian republics did not ask for independence and wanted to remain with the Soviet Federation. In December 1991, under the leadership of Yeltsin, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus declared that the Soviet Union was disbanded. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union was banned. Capitalism and democracy were adopted as the bases for the post-Soviet republics. 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.

1. Which ideology was adopted by the post-Soviet countries?
   1. Socialist
   2. Capitalist and Democratic
   3. Communist
   4. Democratic
2. Which republic among the following became the successor of the Soviet Union?
   1. Belarus
   2. Ukraine
   3. Commonwealth of Independent States
   4. Russia
3. Which one of the following is a Central Asian country?
   1. Chechnya
   2. Dagestan
   3. Tajikistan
   4. Czechoslovakia
4. Which part of Soviet Union had vast hydrocarbon resources?
   1. Eastern Europe
   2. Central Asian Republics
   3. Yugoslavia
   4. Czechoslovakia

Answer 1

1. Capitalist and Democratic
2. Russia
3. Tajikistan
4. Central Asian Republics