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Multiple choice history russia, 1905-41 the 1905 revolution russian revolution the russian revolution

What percent of the Russian empire's population earned their living from agriculture in the nineteenth century?

  1. $40 \%$
  2. $60 \%$
  3. $70 \%$
  4. $85 \%$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
About 85% of the Russian empire's population earned their living from agriculture. This proportion was higher than in most European countries. For instance in France and Germany the proportion was between 40% and 50 %. In Russia, cultivators produced for the market as well as for their own needs and Russia was a major exporter of grain. 
Multiple choice history russia, 1905-41 the 1905 revolution russian revolution the russian revolution

Which of the following factors made autocracy unpopular in Russia?

  1. The German origin of Tsarina Alexandria

  2. Poor advisors like Rasputin

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Tsarina's German background made her unpopular during WWI, and Rasputin's influence over the royal family was widely resented, both contributing to the decline of the monarchy's popularity.

Multiple choice history russia, 1905-41 the 1905 revolution russian revolution the russian revolution

What is the term used when factories are taken away from private owners and run by the state?

  1. Privatized

  2. Nationalized

  3. Socialism

  4. Proletariat
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • Nationalisation means when the factories are taken away from private owners and run by the state. The profits then belong to the state.
  • All factories in Russia were nationalized as per the War Communism policies.
Multiple choice history russia, 1905-41 the 1905 revolution russian revolution the russian revolution

Who argued that capitalism is a system in which those with money pay those without money to make things happen?

  1. Karl Marx

  2. Vladimir Lenin

  3. Nicholas II

  4. Admiral Kolchak
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • Karl Marx argued that capitalism is a system in which those with money pay those without money to make things happen.
  • They then sell these things for a profit i.e for more than they paid the workers to make them. They use this money to hire more people and so on.
Multiple choice history russia, 1905-41 the 1905 revolution russian revolution the russian revolution

In which year was the USSR set up?

  1. 1921

  2. 1920

  3. 1924

  4. 1922
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Union of Soviet Socialist Repuplics (USSR), or The Soviet Union, was formed in 1922 by The Treaty on the Creation of the USSR which legalized the unification of Russian, Transcaucasian, Ukrainian and Byelorussian republics that had occurred from 1918. 

Multiple choice history russia, 1905-41 the 1905 revolution russian revolution the russian revolution

One action taken by both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin was _______.

  1. attempting to bring democracy to Russia

  2. jailing or murdering potential opponents

  3. supporting the Russian Orthodox Church

  4. providing economic aid to Japan after World War I and World War II
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Though Lenin was a socialist dictator and Stalin believed in communism, both ruled with an iron fist and they eliminated those who opposed them.

Multiple choice history russia, 1905-41 the 1905 revolution russian revolution the russian revolution

Which of these is not a demand of Vladimir Lenin in April Theses?

  1. Land to be transferred to the peasants

  2. Nationalisation of factories and banks

  3. War be brought to a close

  4. Transfer of political power to middle class
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Lenin's April Theses demanded the transfer of power to the Soviets (workers and peasants), not the middle class. The other options (land to peasants, nationalization, ending the war) were core parts of his platform.

Multiple choice history russia, 1905-41 the 1905 revolution russian revolution the russian revolution

In which city was the construction of steel plant achieved in three years?

  1. Magnitogorsk

  2. Samara

  3. Ivanovo

  4. Saratov
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Magnitogorsk Steel Plant was a part of Stalin's first five year plan, and he wanted a industry based town after the two American cities- Gary, Indiana and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania .

Multiple choice history the chalukyas of badami and the pallavas of kanchi pallava epoch the pallavas of kanchi (350 a.d. to 895 a.d.) the chalukyas of badami (540 a.d. - 753 a.d.) the kadambas/mayuravarma (325 a.d. to 540 a.d.) vatapi: age of pulakeshin ii

Who was defeated by Vikramaditya VI?

  1. Rajaraja Chola III

  2. Vishnuvardhana

  3. Narasimha II

  4. Kulothunga Chola II
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Vishnuvardhana was the important Hoysala king who came after Nrupakama, Ereyanga and Ballala. As a great king of this dynasty, he won Gangavadi from the Cholas and earned the title ‘Talakadugonda’. He tried to expand his kingdom but was defeated by the Chalukyan king Vikramaditya VI.