Question

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.

• A. S1 & S2 are true and S2 is the explanation for S1.
• B. Both S1 & S2 are true but S2 is not the explanation for S1.
• C. S1 is true; S2 is false.
• D. S1 is false; S2 is true.

Answer 1

The correct option is A S1 & S2 are true and S2 is the explanation for S1.

After Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War in 1861, Tsar Alexander II liberated the serfs, but they were not given enough land. The angry peasants and the low waged employees became the major reason for the first revolution. The Tsar government tried to suppress revolutionary ideas which started spreading among intellectuals and students who further spread them to the peasants.