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Q1. In which year did Mikhail Gorbachev become the leader of the Soviet Union?

🔹 A. 1985
🔹 B. 1983
🔹 C. 1990
🔹 D. 1979

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: A

Q2. Which Soviet republic declared independence first, accelerating the USSR’s dissolution?

🔹 A. Ukraine
🔹 B. Baltic states (Lithuania)
🔹 C. Kazakhstan
🔹 D. Georgia

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. How did the combination of glasnost and perestroika create a feedback loop that accelerated political change?

🔹 A. Greater openness revealed economic failures, prompting more reforms
🔹 B. Both policies were unrelated and had no effect
🔹 C. Glasnost slowed reforms while perestroika accelerated them
🔹 D. Perestroika suppressed glasnost’s impact

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: A

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