The February Revolution

Q.

Why did the Tsarist autocracy collapse in 1917?

Q. A guillotine was ____________________

1. A special noose to hang people
2. none of the above
3. A fine sword with which heads were cut off
4. A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded

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

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

Q.

Why did the tsarist autocracy collapse in 1917?

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. 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. 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. 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. Alexander Kerensky
4. Tsar Nicholas

Q. Who were part of Petrograd Soviet?

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

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

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

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

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

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