Babrak Karmal
Babrak Karmal
  • 1. When was Babrak Karmal born?
A) 1929
B) 1959
C) 1949
D) 1939
  • 2. Which country was Babrak Karmal the leader of?
A) Pakistan
B) Iraq
C) Afghanistan
D) Iran
  • 3. During Babrak Karmal's presidency, Afghanistan signed a friendship treaty with which country?
A) United States
B) China
C) United Kingdom
D) Soviet Union
  • 4. Babrak Karmal was succeeded by which President of Afghanistan?
A) Mohammad Najibullah
B) Ashraf Ghani
C) Hamid Karzai
D) Abdul Rashid Dostum
  • 5. What was the name of the Afghan intelligence agency under Babrak Karmal's government?
A) MOSSAD
B) CIA
C) MI6
D) KHAD
  • 6. In which city was Babrak Karmal born?
A) Mazar-i-Sharif
B) Herat
C) Kandahar
D) Kabul
  • 7. Who was the leader of Afghanistan just before Babrak Karmal came to power?
A) Nur Muhammad Taraki
B) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
C) Mohammad Daoud Khan
D) Hafizullah Amin
  • 8. Which neighboring country did Babrak Karmal's government accuse of supporting mujahideen in Afghanistan?
A) China
B) India
C) Iran
D) Pakistan
  • 9. What was Babrak Karmal's birth name?
A) Mohammad Daoud Khan
B) Hafizullah Amin
C) Sultan Hussein
D) Mir Akbar Khyber
  • 10. Who introduced Babrak Karmal to Marxism?
A) Nur Mohammad Taraki
B) Mikhail Gorbachev
C) Mir Akbar Khyber
D) Mohammad Daoud Khan
  • 11. What faction of the PDPA did Babrak Karmal lead?
A) Parcham faction
B) Democratic faction
C) Revolutionary faction
D) Khalq faction
  • 12. In which year was the PDPA split into factions?
A) 1978
B) 1967
C) 1986
D) 1973
  • 13. Which city did Babrak Karmal live in under protection after his exile?
A) Moscow
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Kabul
D) Prague
  • 14. What position did Babrak Karmal hold after being brought back by the Soviet Union in 1979?
A) General Secretary of PDPA
B) President of Afghanistan
C) Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
D) Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Council
  • 15. Who replaced Babrak Karmal as Chairman of the Council of Ministers in 1981?
A) Mikhail Gorbachev
B) Mohammad Najibullah
C) Hafizullah Amin
D) Sultan Ali Keshtmand
  • 16. What was Babrak Karmal's relationship with Abdul Rashid Dostum after returning to Afghanistan in 1991?
A) Dostum exiled him from Afghanistan
B) They were political rivals
C) He became an associate of Abdul Rashid Dostum
D) Kārmal served as Dostum's advisor
  • 17. What was the cause of Babrak Karmal's death in 1996?
A) Car accident
B) Liver cancer
C) Heart attack
D) Assassination
  • 18. In which village was Babrak Karmal born?
A) Kamari
B) Kabul
C) Herat
D) Paktia
  • 19. What rank did Babrak Karmal's father hold in the Royal Afghan Army?
A) Colonel
B) Lieutenant general (three-star rank)
C) Major general
D) Private
  • 20. Which provinces was Babrak Karmal's father a former governor of?
A) Paktia and Herat
B) Nangarhar and Balkh
C) Kandahar and Kunduz
D) Kabul and Jalalabad
  • 21. What was the ethnic background that some sources claimed Babrak Karmal belonged to?
A) Tajik
B) Hazara
C) Pashtun
D) Uzbek
  • 22. Which organization did Babrak Karmal become involved with during his university years?
A) Afghan Democratic Union
B) Wikh-i-Zalmayan (Awakened Youth Movement)
C) Tajik Nationalist Party
D) Pashtun Freedom Fighters
  • 23. Why was Babrak Karmal initially denied admission to Kabul University?
A) Because of poor academic performance
B) For lack of necessary qualifications
C) Due to a family dispute
D) Due to his student political activism and openly leftist views
  • 24. In what year was Babrak Karmal arrested because of his student union activities?
A) 1948
B) 1956
C) 1960
D) 1953
  • 25. By how much did the Gross National Product (GNP) per capita decrease from 1978 to 1981?
A) 600 Afghan afghanis
B) 300 Afghan afghanis
C) 700 Afghan afghanis
D) 518 Afghan afghanis
  • 26. What was Babrak Karmal's role in the Ministry of Planning?
A) Director
B) Consultant
C) Advisor
D) Employee from 1961 to 1963
  • 27. How long did Major Saddiq Alamyar remain in jail?
A) For a decade
B) For five years
C) Until Karmal's death
D) Until the end of Soviet occupation
  • 28. Who congratulated Babrak Karmal on his rise to the Chairmanship of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council?
A) Yuri Andropov
B) Alexander Puzanov
C) Alexei Kosygin
D) Leonid Brezhnev
  • 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) National Revolutionary Party
B) Islamic Unity Party
C) Parchamites
D) Khalq faction
  • 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) January 1983
B) March 1980
C) June 1981
D) December 1982
  • 34. What was one of the contradictions in the Fundamental Principles?
A) Prohibition of all forms of property
B) Complete freedom without any state intervention
C) The state could take families under its supervision
D) No mention of national security
  • 35. What was the Saur Revolution also known as?
A) The August Revolution
B) The October Revolution
C) The March Revolution
D) The April Revolution
  • 36. Who was imprisoned for twelve years during Karmal's rule?
A) Saleh Mohammad Zeary
B) Amin's daughter along with her baby
C) Parchamite leaders
D) Khalq commanders loyal to Amin
  • 37. Who became Deputy Prime Minister after Daoud's seizure of power?
A) Hassan Sharq
B) Faiz Mohammad
C) Niamatullah Pazhwak
D) Abdul Qadir
  • 38. What was continued as part of the national policy of reconciliation?
A) Land redistribution
B) Industrialization efforts
C) The literacy programme
D) Military expansion
  • 39. To what amount did the defense budget increase by 1981 after the Soviet intervention?
A) $208 million US$
B) $22 percent of total expenditure
C) $6.4 million US$
D) $325 million US$
  • 40. How many military zones were established to better organize the Afghan military?
A) Three
B) Ten
C) Five
D) Seven
  • 41. What was the size of the Afghan army before and after the Soviet intervention?
A) 25,000 troops before, 100,000 after
B) 100,000 troops before, 25,000 after
C) 200,000 troops before, 50,000 after
D) 50,000 troops before, 75,000 after
  • 42. What was Major Saddiq Alamyar known for during Karmal's time?
A) Negotiating peace with opposition groups
B) Implementing educational reforms
C) Committing the Kerala massacre
D) Leading a successful coup against Karmal
  • 43. What was one of the domestic challenges faced by Babrak Karmal?
A) Widespread public support
B) Stable political environment
C) Successful economic reforms
D) Escalating unrest in the country
  • 44. What event marked an early sign of trouble during Karmal's leadership?
A) A declaration of independence from the Soviet Union
B) An economic reform announcement
C) Two major uprisings on 3 Hoot (22 February)
D) The signing of a peace treaty
  • 45. What was the primary economic activity in Afghanistan during Karmal's rule?
A) Agriculture
B) Industry
C) Trade
D) Service sector
  • 46. When did the general amnesty of prisoners occur under Karmal's government?
A) The day after Karmal took power
B) 22 April 1980
C) 6 January
D) 1 January 1980
  • 47. Which sector was the smallest in terms of GDP contribution in 1981?
A) Industry
B) Agriculture
C) Service sector
D) Trade
  • 48. Which Soviet official refused to help Babrak Karmal during his time in hiding and revealed his location?
A) Alexei Kosygin
B) Alexander Puzanov
C) Leonid Brezhnev
D) Yuri Andropov
  • 49. What role did students play during Karmal's leadership?
A) They were neutral observers
B) They participated in months-long protests
C) They formed a new political party
D) They supported Karmal's policies
  • 50. What position did Karmal hold in the reestablished PDPA?
A) Deputy Prime Minister
B) General Secretary
C) Minister of Education
D) Second Secretary
  • 51. What languages did Babrak Karmal work as a translator for?
A) French and Russian
B) Arabic and Persian
C) Spanish and Italian
D) English and German
  • 52. Who granted amnesty to Babrak Karmal in 1956?
A) Mohammed Najibullah
B) Hafizullah Amin
C) Muhammad Daoud Khan
D) Nur Muhammad Taraki
  • 53. What majority did the Parchamites hold during the party conference in March 1982?
A) A simple majority
B) A three-fifths majority
C) A two-thirds majority
D) A unanimous decision
  • 54. What percentage of government revenue was spent on defense by the Afghan government?
A) 2.2%
B) 8.3%
C) 22%
D) 40%
  • 55. Where did Babrak Karmal die?
A) In a plane crash along with Dostum
B) In Hairatan
C) In Kabul during a battle
D) Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital
  • 56. Where was Babrak Karmal based after the fall of Najibullah's government?
A) Kabul
B) Hairatan
C) Moscow
D) Tashkent
  • 57. Who led the rebels that took Kabul on April 16, 1992?
A) Babrak Karmal
B) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
C) Najibullah
D) Abdul Rashid Dostum
  • 58. Who was appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the Revolutionary Council after the Saur Revolution?
A) Karmal
B) Watanjar
C) Taraki
D) Amin
  • 59. Which political party collaborated with Mohammed Daoud Khan in overthrowing the monarchy?
A) Islamic Unity Party
B) Soviet Communist Party
C) National Revolutionary Party
D) Parchamite PDPA
  • 60. What was the date of Babrak Karmal's pre-recorded speech broadcast via Radio Kabul?
A) 27 December 1979
B) 1 January 1980
C) 4 September 1979
D) 28 December 1979
  • 61. Who was given a leading position in the Soviet-style Central Committee established by Daoud's government?
A) Babrak Karmal
B) Mohammad Taraki
C) Hassan Sharq
D) Niamatullah Pazhwak
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