- 1. When did the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan take place?
A) 1991
B) 1985
C) 1967
D) 1979
- 2. Which country invaded Afghanistan in 1979?
A) China
B) United States
C) United Kingdom
D) Soviet Union
- 3. What was the name of the operation launched by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan?
A) Operation Enduring Freedom
B) Operation Storm-333
C) Operation Red Dawn
D) Operation Desert Storm
- 4. Which country was often referred to as the 'leading' Western provider of aid to the mujahideen?
A) United Kingdom
B) France
C) Germany
D) United States
- 5. Who was the President of the United States during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
A) Bill Clinton
B) George H. W. Bush
C) Jimmy Carter
D) Ronald Reagan
- 6. What was the approximate duration of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan?
A) 3 years
B) 23 years
C) 9 years
D) 15 years
- 7. How did the United States provide aid to the mujahideen in Afghanistan?
A) Through diplomatic negotiations
B) Through covert operations and weapons supply
C) Through economic sanctions
D) Through public protests
- 8. Who famously referred to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as the 'Vietnam of the Soviet Union'?
A) Zbigniew Brzezinski
B) Henry Kissinger
C) Ronald Reagan
D) George Kennan
- 9. What was the code name of the covert operation led by the CIA to support the mujahideen?
A) Operation Cyclone
B) Operation Rolling Thunder
C) Operation Urgent Fury
D) Operation Eagle Claw
- 10. Which Afghan leader sought assistance from the Soviet Union prior to the invasion?
A) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
B) Hafizullah Amin
C) Abdul Rashid Dostum
D) Ahmad Shah Massoud
- 11. What term is often used to describe the period following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan?
A) Reconstruction Period
B) Stability Era
C) Golden Age
D) Civil War
- 12. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the invasion of Afghanistan?
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Vladimir Putin
C) Leonid Brezhnev
D) Mikhail Gorbachev
- 13. Who became the leader of the Soviet Union after Leonid Brezhnev's death?
A) Yuri Andropov
B) Dmitry Medvedev
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Boris Yeltsin
- 14. Which country was the first to officially recognize the Afghan mujahideen as a legitimate government?
A) Saudi Arabia
B) Pakistan
C) United States
D) Iran
- 15. Which Afghan resistance group was supported by the United States during the Soviet invasion?
A) Taliban
B) Mujahideen
C) Al-Qaeda
D) Hizb-i Islami
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