Babrak Karmal
Babrak Karmal
  • 1. When was Babrak Karmal born?
A) 1929
B) 1939
C) 1949
D) 1959
  • 2. Which country was Babrak Karmal the leader of?
A) Pakistan
B) Iran
C) Afghanistan
D) Iraq
  • 3. During Babrak Karmal's presidency, Afghanistan signed a friendship treaty with which country?
A) Soviet Union
B) United States
C) China
D) United Kingdom
  • 4. Babrak Karmal was succeeded by which President of Afghanistan?
A) Abdul Rashid Dostum
B) Mohammad Najibullah
C) Ashraf Ghani
D) Hamid Karzai
  • 5. What was the name of the Afghan intelligence agency under Babrak Karmal's government?
A) CIA
B) MI6
C) MOSSAD
D) KHAD
  • 6. In which city was Babrak Karmal born?
A) Mazar-i-Sharif
B) Kabul
C) Herat
D) Kandahar
  • 7. Who was the leader of Afghanistan just before Babrak Karmal came to power?
A) Hafizullah Amin
B) Nur Muhammad Taraki
C) Mohammad Daoud Khan
D) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
  • 8. Which neighboring country did Babrak Karmal's government accuse of supporting mujahideen in Afghanistan?
A) China
B) Iran
C) Pakistan
D) India
  • 9. What was Babrak Karmal's birth name?
A) Hafizullah Amin
B) Mir Akbar Khyber
C) Mohammad Daoud Khan
D) Sultan Hussein
  • 10. Who introduced Babrak Karmal to Marxism?
A) Mir Akbar Khyber
B) Mikhail Gorbachev
C) Nur Mohammad Taraki
D) Mohammad Daoud Khan
  • 11. What faction of the PDPA did Babrak Karmal lead?
A) Khalq faction
B) Parcham faction
C) Democratic faction
D) Revolutionary faction
  • 12. In which year was the PDPA split into factions?
A) 1973
B) 1967
C) 1986
D) 1978
  • 13. Which city did Babrak Karmal live in under protection after his exile?
A) Moscow
B) Kabul
C) Czechoslovakia
D) Prague
  • 14. What position did Babrak Karmal hold after being brought back by the Soviet Union in 1979?
A) Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
B) President of Afghanistan
C) Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
D) General Secretary of PDPA
  • 15. Who replaced Babrak Karmal as Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1981?
A) Mohammad Najibullah
B) Hafizullah Amin
C) Sultan Ali Keshtmand
D) Mikhail Gorbachev
  • 16. What was Babrak Karmal's relationship with Abdul Rashid Dostum after returning to Afghanistan in 1991?
A) They were political rivals
B) Kārmal served as Dostum's advisor
C) Dostum exiled him from Afghanistan
D) He became an associate of Abdul Rashid Dostum
  • 17. What was the cause of Babrak Karmal's death in 1996?
A) Liver cancer
B) Car accident
C) Assassination
D) Heart attack
  • 18. In which village was Babrak Karmal born?
A) Herat
B) Kabul
C) Paktia
D) Kamari
  • 19. What rank did Babrak Karmal's father hold in the Royal Afghan Army?
A) Lieutenant general (three-star rank)
B) Private
C) Colonel
D) Major general
  • 20. Which provinces was Babrak Karmal's father a former governor of?
A) Paktia and Herat
B) Kabul and Jalalabad
C) Nangarhar and Balkh
D) Kandahar and Kunduz
  • 21. What was the ethnic background that some sources claimed Babrak Karmal belonged to?
A) Pashtun
B) Tajik
C) Hazara
D) Uzbek
  • 22. Which organization did Babrak Karmal become involved with during his university years?
A) Pashtun Freedom Fighters
B) Wikh-i-Zalmayan (Awakened Youth Movement)
C) Tajik Nationalist Party
D) Afghan Democratic Union
  • 23. Why was Babrak Karmal initially denied admission to Kabul University?
A) Due to his student political activism and openly leftist views
B) Because of poor academic performance
C) For lack of necessary qualifications
D) Due to a family dispute
  • 24. In what year was Babrak Karmal arrested because of his student union activities?
A) 1948
B) 1953
C) 1956
D) 1960
  • 25. By how much did the Gross National Product (GNP) per capita decrease from 1978 to 1981?
A) 300 Afghan afghanis
B) 600 Afghan afghanis
C) 700 Afghan afghanis
D) 518 Afghan afghanis
  • 26. What was Babrak Karmal's role in the Ministry of Planning?
A) Consultant
B) Director
C) Advisor
D) Employee from 1961 to 1963
  • 27. How long did Major Saddiq Alamyar remain in jail?
A) For five years
B) For a decade
C) Until the end of Soviet occupation
D) Until Karmal's death
  • 28. Who congratulated Babrak Karmal on his rise to the Chairmanship of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council?
A) Yuri Andropov
B) Leonid Brezhnev
C) Alexei Kosygin
D) Alexander Puzanov
  • 29. What percentage of elected officials were non-PDPA members during the 1985–86 elections?
A) 40 percent
B) 80 percent
C) 60 percent
D) 20 percent
  • 30. Who took control over the ministries of finance, agriculture, communications, and border affairs?
A) Khalq faction
B) Islamic Unity Party
C) Parchamites
D) National Revolutionary Party
  • 31. Why did Karmal believe the country was not ready for a revolution?
A) Because people would not support armed actions without their backing
B) Lack of military strength
C) Insufficient international support
D) Due to economic instability
  • 32. Where was Babrak Karmal when his pre-recorded speech to the Afghan people was broadcast?
A) Kabul
B) Bagram
C) Moscow
D) Tashkent
  • 33. When was the NFF's founding congress held?
A) June 1981
B) January 1983
C) December 1982
D) March 1980
  • 34. What was one of the contradictions in the Fundamental Principles?
A) No mention of national security
B) Prohibition of all forms of property
C) Complete freedom without any state intervention
D) The state could take families under its supervision
  • 35. What was the Saur Revolution also known as?
A) The August Revolution
B) The March Revolution
C) The October Revolution
D) The April Revolution
  • 36. Who was imprisoned for twelve years during Karmal's rule?
A) Saleh Mohammad Zeary
B) Khalq commanders loyal to Amin
C) Parchamite leaders
D) Amin's daughter along with her baby
  • 37. Who became Deputy Prime Minister after Daoud's seizure of power?
A) Faiz Mohammad
B) Niamatullah Pazhwak
C) Abdul Qadir
D) Hassan Sharq
  • 38. What was continued as part of the national policy of reconciliation?
A) Industrialization efforts
B) Military expansion
C) The literacy programme
D) Land redistribution
  • 39. To what amount did the defense budget increase by 1981 after the Soviet intervention?
A) $325 million US$
B) $22 percent of total expenditure
C) $208 million US$
D) $6.4 million US$
  • 40. How many military zones were established to better organize the Afghan military?
A) Five
B) Ten
C) Seven
D) Three
  • 41. What was the size of the Afghan army before and after the Soviet intervention?
A) 100,000 troops before, 25,000 after
B) 200,000 troops before, 50,000 after
C) 50,000 troops before, 75,000 after
D) 25,000 troops before, 100,000 after
  • 42. What was Major Saddiq Alamyar known for during Karmal's time?
A) Leading a successful coup against Karmal
B) Implementing educational reforms
C) Negotiating peace with opposition groups
D) Committing the Kerala massacre
  • 43. What was one of the domestic challenges faced by Babrak Karmal?
A) Escalating unrest in the country
B) Stable political environment
C) Widespread public support
D) Successful economic reforms
  • 44. What event marked an early sign of trouble during Karmal's leadership?
A) The signing of a peace treaty
B) A declaration of independence from the Soviet Union
C) An economic reform announcement
D) Two major uprisings on 3 Hoot (22 February)
  • 45. What was the primary economic activity in Afghanistan during Karmal's rule?
A) Service sector
B) Trade
C) Industry
D) Agriculture
  • 46. When did the general amnesty of prisoners occur under Karmal's government?
A) 6 January
B) The day after Karmal took power
C) 22 April 1980
D) 1 January 1980
  • 47. Which sector was the smallest in terms of GDP contribution in 1981?
A) Agriculture
B) Service sector
C) Trade
D) Industry
  • 48. Which Soviet official refused to help Babrak Karmal during his time in hiding and revealed his location?
A) Leonid Brezhnev
B) Alexei Kosygin
C) Alexander Puzanov
D) Yuri Andropov
  • 49. What role did students play during Karmal's leadership?
A) They were neutral observers
B) They supported Karmal's policies
C) They participated in months-long protests
D) They formed a new political party
  • 50. What position did Karmal hold in the reestablished PDPA?
A) Minister of Education
B) General Secretary
C) Deputy Prime Minister
D) Second Secretary
  • 51. What languages did Babrak Karmal work as a translator for?
A) Arabic and Persian
B) English and German
C) Spanish and Italian
D) French and Russian
  • 52. Who granted amnesty to Babrak Karmal in 1956?
A) Hafizullah Amin
B) Muhammad Daoud Khan
C) Nur Muhammad Taraki
D) Mohammed Najibullah
  • 53. What majority did the Parchamites hold during the party conference in March 1982?
A) A simple majority
B) A unanimous decision
C) A three-fifths majority
D) A two-thirds majority
  • 54. What percentage of government revenue was spent on defense by the Afghan government?
A) 2.2%
B) 22%
C) 40%
D) 8.3%
  • 55. Where did Babrak Karmal die?
A) In Hairatan
B) Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital
C) In Kabul during a battle
D) In a plane crash along with Dostum
  • 56. Where was Babrak Karmal based after the fall of Najibullah's government?
A) Moscow
B) Tashkent
C) Hairatan
D) Kabul
  • 57. Who led the rebels that took Kabul on April 16, 1992?
A) Abdul Rashid Dostum
B) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
C) Najibullah
D) Babrak Karmal
  • 58. Who was appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council after the Saur Revolution?
A) Watanjar
B) Taraki
C) Karmal
D) Amin
  • 59. Which political party collaborated with Mohammed Daoud Khan in overthrowing the monarchy?
A) National Revolutionary Party
B) Parchamite PDPA
C) Islamic Unity Party
D) Soviet Communist Party
  • 60. What was the date of Babrak Karmal's pre-recorded speech broadcast via Radio Kabul?
A) 1 January 1980
B) 27 December 1979
C) 28 December 1979
D) 4 September 1979
  • 61. Who was given a leading position in the Soviet-style Central Committee established by Daoud's government?
A) Hassan Sharq
B) Babrak Karmal
C) Mohammad Taraki
D) Niamatullah Pazhwak
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