RISE OF SOCIALISM AND RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 2021-2022 (COMPLETE SOLUTION)

Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

Class 9 CBSE BOARD

MCQs Questions with Answers

Question 1.
What was the position of Russia’s army in Germany and Austria between 1914 and 1916?
(a) Russian army brought a lot of destruction in Germany and Austria.
(b) It killed a large member of people and was victorious
(c) Russian army lost badly
(d) None of the above

Answer (c) Russian army lost badly

 

Question 2.
Why did the Tsar dismiss the first Duma within 75 days of its election?
(a) Because it was incapable of taking good decisions
(b) Because the Tsar did not want anyone to question his authority
(c) The term of first Duma was of 75 days only
(d) None of the above

Answer (b) Because the Tsar did not want anyone to question his authority

 

Question 3.
In the World War I, which started in 1914, Russia fought against
(a) Britain and France
(b) Germany and Austria
(c) America
(d) All the above

Answer (b) Germany and Austria

Question 4.
What were the demands made by the workers in St. Petersburg who went ko on a strike?
(a) Reduction of working time to eight hours
(b) Increase in wages
(c) Improvement in working conditions
(d) All the above

Answer (d) All the above

Question 5.
Which of the following is true about the peasants of Russia?
(a) Except in a few cases, they had no respect for the nobility

(b) Peasants wanted the land of the nobles to be given to them
(c) Frequently they refused to pay rent and even murdered the landlords
(d) All the above

Answer (d) All the above

 

Question 6.
The procession of workers to the Winter Palace was attacked by the police killing
100 workers. This incident is called
(a) Black Sunday
(b) Bloody Sunday
(c) Rebellious Sunday
(d) Unlucky Sunday

Answer (b) Bloody Sunday

Question 7.
By the mid-19th century in Europe, the idea which attracted widespread attention on the restructuring of society was
(a) Capitalism
(b) Socialism
(c) Dictatorship
(d) None of the above

Answer (b) Socialism

 

Question 8.
When was the Socialist Revolutionary Party formed in Russia?
(a) 1898
(b) 1900
(c) 1905
(d) 1910

Answer (b) 1900

 

Question 9.
Why did some liberals and radicals become revolutionaries in France, Italy, Russia etc.?
(a) They wanted to concentrate powers in their own hands
(b) They wanted to overthrow the existing monarchs
(c) They were against equal rights
(d) None of the above

Answer (b) They wanted to overthrow the existing monarchs

Question 10.
Who conspired in Italy to bring about a revolution?
(a) Bismarck
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Guiseppe Mazzini
(d) None of the above

Answer (c) Guiseppe Mazzini

 

Question 11.
What kind of developments took place as a result of new political trends in Europe?
(a) Industrial Revolution occurred
(b) New cities came up
(c) Railways expanded
(d) All the above

Answer (d) All the above

Question 12.
How can you say that the ‘liberals’ were not ‘democrats’?
(a) They did not believe in universal adult franchise
(b) They felt that only men of property should have a right to vote
(c) Women should not have right to vote
(d) All the above

Answer (d) All the above

 

Question 13.
In order to develop societies, liberals and radicals believed
(a) in the value of individual effort, labour and enterprise
(b) in the privileges of the old aristocracy
(c) that those who had capital should work with restraint
(d) all the above

Answer (a) in the value of individual effort, labour and enterprise

 

Question 14.
What were the ideas of ‘conservatives’ regarding social change in the 19th century?
(a) They accepted that some change was required
(b) They believed that change should be done by a slow process
(c) They were completely opposed to any such change
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer (d) Both (a) and (b)

Question 15.
Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct regarding what the ‘liberals’ wanted?
(a) Not to tolerate all the religions
(b) To oppose uncontrolled power of dynastic rulers
(c) Universal adult franchise
(d) Government appointed by the king

Answer (b) To oppose uncontrolled power of dynastic rulers

Question 16.
According to the views held by the people of Europe regarding social change, they came to be called
(a) liberals
(b) radicals
(c) conservatives
(d) all the above

Answer (d) all the above

Question 17.
Which of the statements given about the Socialist Revolutionary Party is not true?
(a) The Socialist Revolutionary Party was formed by socialists active in the countryside
(b) They struggled for peasants’ rights and demanded that land from nobles be transferred to them
(c) They were one united group fighting for their rights
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer (c) They were one united group fighting for their rights

 

Question 18.
The majority religion of Russia was ___________ but the empire also included _________
(a) Russian Orthodox Church, grown out of Greek Orthodox Church
(b) Russian Orthodox Church
(c) Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and Buddhists
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer (d) Both (b) and (c)

 

Question 19.
Industrialisation did not lead to which of the following problems?
(a) poor wages
(b) long hours of work
(c) liberalism
(d) development of new industrialised regions

Answer (c) liberalism

 

Question 20.
Which of these statements is/are correct about Europe after the French Revolution?
(a) Suddenly it seemed possible to change the aristocratic society of the 18th century.
(b) However not everyone wanted a complete transformation of society.
(c) Some wanted gradual shift, while others wanted complete change of society.
(d) All the above

Answer (d) All the above

 

Question 21.
The people who wanted to put an immediate end to the existing governments in Europe (in 1815) were called:
(a) nationalists
(b) liberals
(c) revolutionaries
(d) radicals

Answer (d) radicals

 

Question 22.
Which among the following groups was against any kind of political or social change?
(a) nationalists
(b) conservatives
(c) liberals
(d) radicals

Answer (b) conservatives

 

Question 23.
Karl Marx wanted workers to overthrow :
(a) capitalism
(b) rule of private property
(c) accumulation of profits by capitalists
(d) radicals

Answer (a) capitalism

 

Question 24.
Which religion was followed by most of the people of Russia?
(a) Catholics
(b) Protestants
(c) Russian Orthodox Christianity
(d) None of the above

Answer (c) Russian Orthodox Christianity

 

Question 25.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the majority of Russian people worked in the:
(a) Industrial sector
(b) Agricultural sector
(c) Mining sector
(d) Transport sector

Answer (b) Agricultural sector

 

Question 26.
The Jadidists of Russia aimed that:
(a) Socialist should rule Russia
(b) Democrats should rule Russia
(c) Modernised Muslims should rule Russia
(d) Liberal Christians should rule Russia

Answer (a) Socialist should rule Russia

 

Question 27.
Russian peasants were different from other European peasants because:
(a) They had no respect for the nobility
(b) They pooled their land together
(c) They were not different
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer (d) both (a) and (b)

 

Question 28.
After 1905, most committees and trade unions were:
(a) declared illegal
(b) declared legal
(c) active
(d) none of the above

Answer (a) declared illegal

 

Question 29.
The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded in
(a) 1898 by Socialists
(b) 1899 by Communists
(c) 1899 by Lenin
(d) 1899 by Middle Class

Answer (a) 1898 by Socialists

 

Question 30.
After the abdication of Tsar Nicolas II in 1917, Soviet leaders and Duma leaders formed a:
(a) National Government to run the country
(b) Provisional Government to run the country
(c) Local Government to run the country
(d) Central Government to run the country

Answer (b) Provisional Government to run the country

 

Question 31.
In the context of Russia, what was ‘KULAK’?
(a) A collective Farm
(b) A Russian Church
(c) Well-to-do Peasants
(d) Landless Labourers

Answer (c) Well-to-do Peasants

 

Question 32.
Which one of the following refers to the secret police of Russia?
(a) Cheka
(b) Gestapo
(c) Security Police
(d) F.B.I.

Answer (a) Cheka

 

Question 33.
Who started ‘Collectivisation Programme’ in Russia?
(a) Lenin
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Rasputin
(d) Stalin

Answer (d) Stalin

 

Question 34.
In the context of Russia who launched the slogan-‘‘Peace, Land and Bread’’?
(a) Chernov
(b) Rasputin
(c) Lenin
(d) Trotsky

Answer (c) Lenin

 

Question 35.
Who led the Bolshevik group in Russia during Russian Revolution?
(a) Karl Marx
(b) Friedrich Engels
(c) Vladimir Lenin
(d) Trotsky

Answer (c) Vladimir Lenin

 

Question 36.
Socialists took over the government in Russia through the?
(a) October Revolution in 1917
(b) November Revolution in 1918
(c) December Revolution in 1919
(d) February Revolution in 1920

Answer (a) October Revolution in 1917

 

Question 37.
Why were most of the Bolshevik Party members initially surprised by ‘April Theses’?
(a) They wanted continuation of World War I
(b) They thought that time was not ripe for a socialist revolution
(c) Government needed to be supported at this time
(d) All the above

Answer (b) They thought that time was not ripe for a socialist revolution

 

Question 38.
In the context of Russia, which group was the supporter of women’s ‘Suffragette Movements’?
(a) Liberals
(b) Radicals
(c) Conservatives
(d) None of these

Answer (b) Radicals

 

Question 39.
When did the Tsar abdicate the throne?
(a) 28 February, 1917
(b) 2 March, 1917
(c) 10 April, 1917
(d) 15 May, 1918

Answer (b) 2 March, 1917

 

Question 40.
In the context of Russia who launched the slogan-‘‘Peace, Land and Bread’’?
(a) Chernov
(b) Rasputin
(c) Lenin
(d) Trotsky

Answer (c) Lenin

 

Question 41.
On 27th February 1917, soldiers and striking workers gathered to form a council called
(a) Soviet Council
(b) Petrograd Soviet
(c) Moscow Union
(d) Russian Council

Answer (b) Petrograd Soviet

 

Question 42.
Which of the following events took place after the Tsar abdicated on 2nd March?
(a) Provisional government was formed
(b) It was decided to set up a Constituent Assembly
(c) Constituent Assembly was formed by revolutionaries only
(d) Both A and B

Answer (a) Provisional government was formed

 

Question 43.
When did the government suspend the Duma?
(a) 25 February, 1917
(b) 26 February, 1917
(c) 27 February, 1917
(d) 28 February, 1917

Answer (a) 25 February, 1917

 

Question 44.
In order to control the situation, the government called the cavalry. How did the cavalry react?
(a) The cavalry killed a large number of workers
(b) Most of the cavalry did not turn up due to extreme cold
(c) The cavalry refused to fire on the demonstrators
(d) None of the above

Answer (c) The cavalry refused to fire on the demonstrators

 

Question 45.
Why did a lockout take place at a factory on the right bank of the River Neva on 22 February, 1917?
(a) It was extremely cold for the workers to work, because of frost and heavy snow
(b) The workers were being forced to join the army
(c) Food shortages were deeply felt in the workers’ quarters situated on the left bank of the River Neva
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer (d) Both (a) and (c)

 

Question 46.
Why did the support of people to the Tsar for war gradually started decreasing?
(a) Because of rising prices
(b) Army was sick and tired of war
(c) Because Tsar Nicholas II refused to consult the main parties in Duma
(d) None of the above

Answer (b) Army was sick and tired of war

ASSERTION AND REASON BASED MCQs

 

Directions: In the questions given below, there are two statements marked as

Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

(c) A is correct but R is wrong.

(d) A is wrong but R is correct.

 

1.Assertion (A): Workers in England and Germany set up funds to help members in times of distress and demanded a reduction of working hours and the right to vote.

Reason (R): They began forming associations to fight for better living and working conditions.

Answer.  D. (A) is false , but (R) is true 

2. Assertion (A): Workers were a divided social group. Some had strong links withthe villages from which they came.

Reason (R): Workers were divided by skill.

Answer. D. (A) is false, but (R) is true

CASE STUDY BASED QUESTION

 

1.    Read the source given below and answer the following questions :

One of the groups which looked to change society were the liberals. Liberals wanted a nation which
tolerated all religions. We should remember that at this time European states usually discriminated
in favour of one religion or another (Britain favoured the Church of England, Austria and Spain
favoured the Catholic Church). Liberals also opposed the uncontrolled power of dynastic rulers.
They wanted to safeguard the rights of individuals against governments. They argued for a
representative elected parliamentary government, subject to laws interpreted by a well-trained
judiciary that was independent of rulers and officials. However, they were not 'democrats'. They did
not believe in universal adult franchise, that is, the right of every citizen to vote. They felt men of
property mainly should have the vote. They also did not want the vote for women.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.
1.1. ___________ become one of the most significant and powerful ideas to shape society in the
twentieth century, through the revolution in Russia. (1)
(a) Communism (b) Socialism
(c) Dictatorship (d) Democracy

Answer. b

1.2. Liberals wanted a nation which tolerated : (1)
(a) No religion (b) One religion
(c) Few religions (d) All religions

Answer    d

  1.3. Which countries favoured the Catholic Church? (1)
(a) France and Spain (b) Spain and Italy
(c) Austria and Spain (d) Spain and Germany

Answer    c

  1.4. What was the suffragette? (1)
(a) Women’s movement (b) Right to vote
(c) Land acquisition (d) Proletariat class

Answer     b

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