The February Revolution

Q. On 27 February, 1917, soldiers and workers gathered to form a council called the .

1. Moscow Union
2. Soviet Council
3. Petrograd Soviet

Q. Who were part of Petrograd Soviet?

1. Workers
2. Soldiers
3. Government officials
4. Duma

Q. Arrange the following events that took place in Russia during February 1917, in the correct order of occurrence:
1) Sympathy strikes led by women;
2) A factory on the banks of Neva gets shut down;
3) Demonstrators attacked police headquarters;
4) The Third Duma was suspended;
5) Tsar is abdicated from the throne;
6) Calvary supports the demonstrators.

1. 2), 1), 5), 3), 4) , 7), 6)
2. 2), 4), 3), 5), 1) , 7), 6)
3. 2), 1), 3), 4), 5) , 7), 6)
4. 2), 1), 3), 5), 4) , 7), 6)

Q. During the February Revolution in Russia, the demonstrating workers walked to________

1. Ukraine
2. Nevsky Prospekt
3. St. Petersburg
4. Moscow

Q.

Vladimir Lenin was a

1. Leader of Bolshevik group

2. Metalworker

3. Ruler of Russia in 1914

4. Russian nationalist

Q.

The provisional government of 1917 in Russia was headed by _______.

1. Joseph Stalin

2. Lenin

3. Prince Lvov

4. Alexander Karensky

Q. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect with reference to the events leading up to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II?

1. The Tsar ordered a declaration of martial law, but there was nobody to broadcast his order.
2. The Tsar tried to return to Petrograd due to the riots, but railway workers stopped his train.
3. The military was not available to control the mutinies that broke out in the barracks.
4. Heeding the advice of his generals, the Tsar allowed Lenin to take over the throne.

Q.

Who led the procession of workers to the event 'Bloody Sunday' in Russia?

1. Stalin
2. Kerenski
3. Lenin
4. Father Gapon

Q. Arrange the following events that took place in Russia during February 1917, in the correct order of occurrence:
1) Sympathy strikes led by women;
2) A factory on the banks of Neva gets shut down;
3) Demonstrators attacked police headquarters;
4) The Third Duma was suspended;
5) Tsar is abdicated from the throne;
6) Calvary supports the demonstrators.

1. 2), 1), 4), 3) , 6), 5)
2. 2), 1), 3), 4) , 6), 5)
3. 2), 3), 4), 1) , 6), 5)
4. 2), 1), 4), 3) , 6), 5)

Q. Who led the provisional government after the February Revolution in Russia?

1. Vladimir Lenin
2. Leon Trotsky
3. Alexander Kerensky
4. Tsar Nicholas

Q. What is a 'soviet'?

1. Red Army
2. Active workers of the Bolshevik Party
3. A council of workers and peasants
4. A provisional government

Q. Which among the following was not a cause of the Russian Revolution?

1. Establishment of a communist regime
2. Autocracy of Tsar Nicholas II
3. Formation of the Social Democratic Party
4. Angry peasants and low-wage workers

Q. Who led the provisional government after the February Revolution in Russia?

1. Vladimir Lenin
2. Leon Trotsky
3. Tsar Nicholas
4. Alexander Kerensky

Q. On 27 February, 1917, soldiers and workers gathered to form a council called the .

1. Moscow Union
2. Soviet Council
3. Petrograd Soviet

Q. Which among the following was not a cause of the Russian Revolution?

1. Establishment of a communist regime
2. Angry peasants and low-wage workers
3. Autocracy of Tsar Nicholas II
4. Formation of the Social Democratic Party

Q. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect with reference to the events leading up to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II?

1. The Tsar ordered a declaration of martial law, but there was nobody to broadcast his order.
2. The Tsar tried to return to Petrograd due to the riots, but railway workers stopped his train.
3. The military was not available to control the mutinies that broke out in the barracks.
4. Heeding the advice of his generals, the Tsar allowed Lenin to take over the throne.

Q. What is a 'soviet'?

1. Active workers of the Bolshevik Party
2. Red Army
3. A council of workers and peasants
4. A provisional government

Q. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect with reference to the events leading up to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II?

1. The Tsar ordered a declaration of martial law, but there was nobody to broadcast his order.
2. The Tsar tried to return to Petrograd due to the riots, but railway workers stopped his train.
3. The military was not available to control the mutinies that broke out in the barracks.
4. Heeding the advice of his generals, the Tsar allowed Lenin to take over the throne.