Russian Revolution

Q.

What are the main causes of the Russian revolution?

Q. The Revolution of 1917 resulted in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II.

1. November
2. February
3. October

Q. Vladimir Lenin drew his influence from Communism, an ideology proposed by which philosopher?

1. Joseph Stalin
2. Immanuel Kant
3. Karl Marx
4. F. W. Taylor

Q. The first revolution that broke out in Russia in 1917 was known as the _____.

1. Communist Revolution
2. February Revolution
3. Russian Revolution
4. October Revolution

Q. S1: Tsar Alexander II liberated the serfs or peasants. The serfs started the first Russian Revolution.
S2: The serfs did not get sufficient land. They got revolutionary ideas from intellectuals and students.

Choose the correct option from the following.

1. S1 & S2 are true and S2 is the explanation for S1.
2. Both S1 & S2 are true but S2 is not the explanation for S1.
3. S1 is false; S2 is true.
4. S1 is true; S2 is false.

Q. On which day did the socialists in Russia celebrate International Working Women’s Day?

1. 23 February, 1917
2. 23 February, 1916
3. 23 February, 1918
4. 23 February, 1919

Q. _____ of the ____ family ruled over Russia in the 20th century.

1. Tsar Nicholas II, Romanov
2. Tsar Nicholas I, Vasa
3. Tsar Nicholas I, Romanov
4. Tsar Nicholas II, Vasa

Q. Describe the circumstances that led to the beginning of the Russian Revolution

Q. Which among the following is not true about Vladimir Lenin?

1. Lenin guided the farmers and the workers on the path of revolution.
2. Lenin led the Mensheviks party.
3. Lenin was declared a traitor and exiled out of Russia before the October Revolution.
4. Lenin proposed the ideology of Communism.

Q. Describe any three events that were responsible for the Revolution of 1905. Mention two important effects of the revolution.

Q. What was the contribution of Lenin to the Russian Revolution?

Q. The first Russian Revolution ended the reign of the in Russia.

1. Communists
2. Nazis
3. Soviets
4. Tsar

Q. What did the citizens do to force Tsar Nicholas II to give up his power?

1. The citizens kidnapped him.
2. The workers stopped the train in which the Tsar was returning to Petrograd.
3. The Tsar ordered a declaration of martial law, but nobody obeyed his orders.
4. The citizens seized his wealth.

Q. Which of the following highlights the communist ideology?

1. A company is owned by a small group of people and the profits earned are shared among them.
2. Land is owned collectively by all the farmers.
3. Land is owned by certain landlords, and they are leased out to farmers.
4. Free healthcare, education, and housing for everyone.

Q. Which of the following was not a demand of Lenin's 'April Thesis'?

1. Tsar should be exiled from Russia
2. War to be brought to an end
3. Land to be transferred to the peasants
4. Banks to be nationalised

Q. Where was Vladimir Lenin born?

1. Waterloo
2. Volga
3. Serbia
4. Petrograd

Q. A/An _________ is a social setup in which land is owned by a particular group of people.

1. agricultural society
2. feudal society
3. horticultural
4. hunter-gatherer

Q. Explain the contribution of Lenin of Russian revolution.

Q. Mention any five factors responsible for the failure of Provisional government which was formed after Russian Revolution.

Q. Who among the following were moderate in their political decisions?

1. Glasnosts
2. Bolsheviks
3. Marxists
4. Mensheviks

Q. Who led the march towards the winter palace in St Petersburg, on the Bloody Sunday?

1. Joseph Stalin
2. Father Georgy Gapon
3. Karl Marx
4. Vladimir Lenin

Q. Lenin declared Russia a ____.

1. Republic Union
2. Communist Union
3. Socialist Republic Union
4. Socialist Union

Q. The consequences of which event led to riots in St.Petersburg and the death of the governor-general of Moscow Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich?

1. Treaty of Sevres
2. Battle of Tannenberg
3. Influenza epidemic
4. Bloody Sunday

Q. Describe the important events of the October Revolution in Russia.

Q. Which of the following were outcomes of World War I?

1. European countries economy flourished
2. Russian revolution
3. Germany was powerless
4. League of Nations

Q. Write the information about Russian Revolution with reference to:
(a) Despotic rule in Russia
(b) Lenin's contribution.

Q. The Russian revolution took place in the year _________.

1. 1917
2. 1918
3. 1919
4. 1920

Q. In the words of ______, "Socialism is an organization of the society in which the material means of production are owned by the whole commodity and operated by organs, representative of and responsible to, all members of community being entitled to get benefits from the results of such socialist planned production on the basis of equal rights."

1. A. C. Pigou
2. Maurice Dobb
3. None of above
4. H. D. Dickinson

Q. Communism propagated the idea of ________ of land and other property by the people themselves.

1. hereditary ownership
2. private ownership
3. common ownership
4. individual ownership