22 questions
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks (Communists)?
Lenin
Putin
Hitler
Franco
Who was the Tsar of Russia when the revolutions began to take place?
Alexander III
Alexander II
Nicholas II
Nicholas III
Who was Rasputin?
Priest who controlled the church
Holy Man who has influence over Czarina Alexandra
Noble and trusted friend of Nicholas II
Noble who was left in charge while Nicholas was gone
What two sides fought in the Russian Civil War?
Red Army and Yellow Army
White Army and Blue Army
Red Army and White Army
White Army and Green Army
Who supported women sufferage movement?
Liberals
Conservatives
Radicals
None
What was the soviet hat chosen after October Revolution ?
Budeonovka
Fedora
Fez
None
Who were the people inspired by Ideas of French Revolution?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Derozio
Both A &B
None
What percent of the Russia’s population were agriculturists?
35
70
85
75
Women made up………………%of factory labours
45%
30%
25%
31%
What were the demands made by the workers in St. Petersburg who went on a strike?
Reduction of working time to eight hours
Increase in wages
Improvement in working conditions
All the above
Why did the Tsar dismiss the first Duma within 75 days of its election?
Because it was incapable of taking good decisions
Because the Tsar did not want anyone to question his authority
The term of first Duma was of 75 days only
None of the above
Who conspired in Italy to bring about a revolution?
Bismarck
Karl Marx
Guiseppe Mazzini
Robert Owen
What was the position of Russia’s army in Germany and Austria between 1914 and 1916?
Russian army brought a lot of destruction in Germany and Austria.
It killed a large member of people and was victorious
Russian army lost badly
None of the above
Why did a lockout take place at a factory on the right bank of the River Neva on 22 February, 1917?
It was extremely cold for the workers to work, because of frost and heavy snow
The workers were being forced to join the army
Food shortages were deeply felt in the workers’ quarters situated on the left bank of the River Neva
Both (a) and (c)
In the context of Russia who launched the slogan-‘‘Peace, Land and Bread’’?
Chernov
Rasputin
Lenin
Trotski
Who started ‘Collectivisation Programme’ in Russia?
Lenin
Karl Marx
Rasputin
Stalin
Which of the following is true about the peasants of Russia?
Except in a few cases, they had no respect for the nobility
Peasants wanted the land of the nobles to be given to them
Frequently they refused to pay rent and even murdered the landlords
All the above
Industrialization did not lead to which of the following problems?
poor wages
long working hours
liberalism
development of new industrialised regions
Karl Marx wanted workers to overthrow :
capitalism
rule of private property
accumulation of profits by capitalists
radicals
Russian peasants were different from other European peasants because:
They had no respect for the nobility
They pooled their land together
They were not different
both (a) and (b)
After the abdication of Tsar Nicolas II in 1917, Soviet leaders and Duma leaders formed a:
National Government to run the country
Provisional Government to run the country
Local Government to run the country
Central Government to run the country
In the context of Russia, which group was the supporter of women’s ‘Suffragette Movements’?
Liberals
Radicals
Conservatives
None