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Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following were the leaders of the German revolutionary movement who tried to start a revolution in 1919?

a. Rosa Luxumberg
b. Lenin
c. Karl Liebkneeht
d. Joseph Stalin

  1. a and b
  2. b and d
  3. a and c
  4. b and c
  5. a and d
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Before the eighteenth century, the society was broadly divided into estates and orders. Who among the following controlled the economic and social power?

a. Peasants
b. Aristocracy
c. Church

  1. Only a
  2. a and b
  3. Only b
  4. b and c
  5. Only c
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

European states discriminated in favour of one religion or another. Which of the following states favoured the Catholic Church?

a. Austria
b. Spain
c. Britain

  1. only a
  2. a and b
  3. only b
  4. b and c
  5. only c
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following firmly believed in the value of individual effort, labour and enterprise?

a. Liberals
b. Radicals
c. Conservatives

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
a. Mensheviks 1. The Communist International, an organisation set up by Lenin to sponsor communist revolution all over the world.
b. Bolsheviks 2. The majority group of the Russian Social Democratic Republic formed after the overthrow of the Tsarist Empire.
c. Comintern 3. The minority group of the Russian Socialist Democratic Labour Party.
  1. a - 1, b - 2, c - 3
  2. a - 3, b - 2, c - 1
  3. a - 2, b - 3, c - 1
  4. a - 1, b - 3, c - 2
  5. a - 3, b - 1, c - 2
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following countries did Giuseppe Mazzini, after 1815, conspire with others to create a nation where all citizens would have equal rights?

  1. Italy
  2. France
  3. Germany
  4. Russia
  5. Austria
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. The liberals opposed the privileges of great landowners and wealthy factory owners.
b. The liberals did not believe in the universal adult franchise.
c. Suffragette movement was a movement to give women the voting right.

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following wanted the government to encourage cooperatives and replace capitalist enterprises in France?

  1. Robert Owen
  2. Friedrich Engels
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Derozio
  5. Louis Blanc
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In 1914, which of the following were the religious majority when Tsar Nicholas II ruled the Russian Empire?

  1. Catholics
  2. Orthodox Christians
  3. Protestants
  4. Muslims
  5. Buddhists
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

At the beginning of the twentieth century, which of the following countries was a major exporter of grain?

  1. France
  2. Austria
  3. England
  4. Russia
  5. Germany
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following years was the Socialist Revolutionary Party formed in Russia?

  1. 1898
  2. 1904
  3. 1900
  4. 1917
  5. 1919
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In 1914, the First World War broke out between two European alliances. Which of the following countries was not involved in it?

  1. Germany
  2. Turkey
  3. Netherlands
  4. France
  5. Britain
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When 4 members of the Assembly of Russian Workers were dismissed at the Putilov Iron Works, the workers at St. Petersburg went on a strike. Which of the following were not their demands?

a. Allotment of independent houses instead of dormitories
b. Reduction in the working time to eight hours
c. Increase in wages
d. Improvement in working conditions
e. Workers to be allowed to keep families with them

  1. Only b, c and d
  2. Only a and e
  3. Only b and e
  4. Only a, b and e
  5. Only b, c and e
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following countries did the Russian army lose badly between 1914 and 1916 and suffered over 7 million casualties by 1917?

a. Germany
b. Austria
c. England
d. France

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only b and c
  3. Only a and c
  4. Only b and d
  5. Only a and d
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. The industries and the banks were kept nationalised by the Bolsheviks during the civil war.
b. In December 1922, most of the non-Russian nationalities were given political autonomy in the Soviet Union.
c. The Bolshevik officials started the first Five Year Plan during 1933-1938.

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During 1918 and 1919, who among the following controlled most of the Russian Empire?

a. The Bolsheviks
b. The Socialist Revolutionaries
c. Pro-Tsarists

  1. Only a
  2. Only a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Only b and c
  5. Only c
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