10th form Unit 9 “Across state system”
Quiz “Ukraine and its political system”
1. What is the capital of Ukraine?
A) Lviv
B) Kyiv
C) Kharkiv
D) Odessa
2. What type of government does Ukraine have?
A) Absolute monarchy
B) Federal republic
C) Unitary semi-presidential republic
D) Theocratic republic
3. Who is the current President of Ukraine as of 2025?
A) Petro Poroshenko
B) Volodymyr Zelenskyy
C) Viktor Yushchenko
D) Yulia Tymoshenko
4. Which body serves as Ukraine’s parliament?
A) Verkhovna Rada
B) Supreme Soviet
C) Duma
D) National Assembly
5. How many members are in the Verkhovna Rada?
A) 250
B) 300
C) 450
D) 500
6. When did Ukraine declare independence from the Soviet Union?
A) 1985
B) 1990
C) 1991
D) 1993
7. What is the term length for a Ukrainian president?
A) 4 years
B) 5 years
C) 6 years
D) 7 years
8. What is the name of Ukraine's constitutional court?
A) Supreme Constitutional Council
B) Ukrainian High Court
C) Constitutional Court of Ukraine
D) Council of Justice
9. Who appoints the Prime Minister of Ukraine?
A) The President alone
B) The Parliament alone
C) The Constitutional Court
D) The President with Parliament’s approval
10. Which political party is associated with President Zelenskyy?
A) Batkivshchyna
B) Sluga narodu
C) Narodnyi Front
D) European Solidarity
11. What is the legal system of Ukraine based on?
A) Common Law
B) Islamic Law
C) Civil Law
D) Customary Law
12. Ukraine’s regions are officially called:
A) Cantons
B) Provinces
C) Oblasts
D) States
13. Which peninsula was annexed by Russia in 2014, but is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine?
A) Donbas
B) Crimea
C) Transnistria
D) Kherson
14. The 2013–2014 Ukrainian protests that led to political upheaval were called:
A) Orange Revolution
B) Revolution of Dignity
C) Euromaidan
D) Velvet Revolution
15. What international agreement did Ukraine sign in 2014 that aligned it more with the European Union?
A) NATO Membership Protocol
B) Warsaw Pact
C) Association Agreement
D) Eastern Partnership Treaty
16. Which of these is NOT an official branch of Ukrainian government?
A) Executive
B) Judicial
C) Legislative
D) Military
17. Which language is the official state language of Ukraine?
A) Russian
B) Ukrainian
C) Polish
D) Belarusian
18. What major reform did Ukraine implement in 2019–2020?
A) Introduction of monarchy
B) Abolition of parliament
C) Decentralization and local governance reform
D) Legalization of communism
19. Which international organization is Ukraine striving to join as of the 2020s?
A) OPEC
B) BRICS
C) NATO
D) ASEAN
20. What is the constitutional status of religion in Ukraine?
A) Officially Christian Orthodox
B) Secular with freedom of religion
C) Islamic state
D) Religious monarchy
1. B) Kyiv
2. C) Unitary semi-presidential republic
3. B) Volodymyr Zelenskyy
4. A) Verkhovna Rada
5. C) 450
6. C) 1991
7. B) 5 years
8. C) Constitutional Court of Ukraine
9. D) The President with Parliament’s approval
10. B) Sluga narodu
11. C) Civil Law
12. C) Oblasts
13. B) Crimea
14. C) Euromaidan
15. C) Association Agreement
16. D) Military
17. B) Ukrainian
18. C) Decentralization and local governance reform
19. C) NATO
20. B) Secular with freedom of religion