Human Rights Movement in the USSR

Q.

What does Taiga mean in Russian language?

1. terrible

2. impure

3. pure

4. hard

Q. Disarmament means __________________.

1. Act of reducing weapons
2. Act of limiting weapons
3. Act of abolishing weapons
4. All of the above

Q. What does "Glasnost" mean in Russian?

1. Human rights
2. Expression
3. Openness
4. Freedom

Q. Who among the following were the prominent leaders of the Human Rights movement in the USSR?

1. Andrei Sakharov
2. Andrew Sakharov
3. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
4. Alexander Solzheniteien

Q. What does "Glasnost" mean in Russian?

1. Human rights
2. Expression
3. Openness
4. Freedom

Q. Select statement(s) that is/are true regarding the rule in USSR.

1. Private ownership of property was not allowed.
2. All industries and agriculture in the country was owned and controlled by the government.
3. Uncensored press and media were not allowed.
4. Multi-party elections were allowed for the first time.

Q. Which Russian writer raised global awareness about the atrocities of the government authorities on prisoners in forced labour camps?

1. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
2. Karl Marx
3. Andrei Sakharov
4. Mikhail Gorbachev

Q.

Studies on political and social inequalities in democracy show that

Α. democracy and development go together

Β. inequalities exist in democracies

C. inequalities do not exist under dictatorship

D. dictatorship is better than democracy