What major change came in the international order after the Soviet Union dissolved?

The bipolar Cold War order ended

The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 ended the political and strategic rivalry that had divided the world into two main Cold War blocs. The United States led one bloc and the Soviet Union led the other. Once the Soviet Union ceased to exist, the institutional basis of that particular bipolar order disappeared. Many new independent states emerged, and international relationships entered a different phase. The event did not end every conflict or create a perfectly equal world, but it did end the Cold War’s two-superpower structure.

Option A is correct because it directly describes this major change. The Mongol Empire belonged to a much earlier period, American independence occurred in the eighteenth century, and the Renaissance had ended long before 1991. Remembering the year 1991 together with the breakup of the Soviet Union helps identify the transition from the Cold War bipolar system to a new international order.

This is a Class 10 General Knowledge question. Chapter: World History. Topic: Important Historical Events.