CAPF AC 2025 Q35: Current Affairs – International Organisations & Groupings
Consider the following statements about international events :
1. The First Gulf War was related to the Iraq invasion of Kuwait.
2. Mikhail Gorbachev was the President of the Soviet Union at the time of its disintegration.
3. Boris Yeltsin was the first elected President of Russia.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
- (a) Nil
- (b) 1
- (c) 2
- (d) 3
Answer: (d) 3
Explanation
Three international events
How to think: check each statement against the dates.
All three are well-known facts about the end of the Cold War.
| Statement | Fact | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 1. First Gulf War related to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait | Iraq invaded Kuwait on 2 August 1990; a US-led coalition drove it out in the 1991 Gulf War | Correct |
| 2. Gorbachev was President of the Soviet Union at its disintegration | He was the only President of the USSR (1990-91) and resigned on 25 December 1991 as the Union ended | Correct |
| 3. Yeltsin was the first elected President of Russia | Boris Yeltsin won the Russian presidency in the popular vote of June 1991 | Correct |
All three statements are correct.
Bank key corrected: the stored key was (c) 2; all three are true, so (d).
Answer: (d) 3.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Incorrect. Every one of the three statements is correct.
- (b) Incorrect. Three statements are correct, not one.
- (c) Incorrect. The third statement is also true: Yeltsin won the 1991 election.
- (d) CORRECT. All three statements are true.
Key point
Gulf War: Iraq invaded Kuwait 2 August 1990; coalition operation Desert Storm January-February 1991. USSR dissolved 26 December 1991 after Gorbachev's resignation on 25 December. Yeltsin: first popularly elected President of Russia, June 1991.
Remember
1990 Kuwait, 1991 Soviet end, 1991 Yeltsin elected: all three correct.
Common mistakes
- Treating the Iran-Iraq War as the only 'Gulf War'; the 1990-91 war is the usual meaning.
- Thinking Gorbachev was already out of office before the Union broke up.
- Confusing Yeltsin's election as President of Russia (1991) with his later re-election in 1996.
Exam tip
Educated guess: all three are textbook facts about 1990-91 and none has a twist. When no statement looks suspicious, 'all three' is the likely answer.
Sources
- NCERT Class XII Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 2 (The End of Bipolarity) and Chapter 3 (US Hegemony in World Politics: the Gulf War)
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 660 (2 August 1990) on Iraq's invasion of Kuwait