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