CBSE Class 9 History Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution MCQs

Question. The leader of the Bolshevik party was
(a) Stalin
(b) Lenin
(c) Karl Marx
(d) Louis Blanc

Answer :  B

Question. Which of the following groups of workers were regarded as aristocrats among workers ?
(a) Metal workers
(b) Ship builders
(c) Weavers
(d) Textile workers

Answer :  A

Question. 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

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

Answer :  A

Question. Capitalists believed in
(a) control of property by society
(b) workers rights
(c) sharing of profits with workers
(d) profit and private property

Answer :  D

Question. 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

Question. To coordinate the efforts of socialists all over Europe, an international body was formed in Europe (in 1889) called the :
(a) Second International
(b) Commune
(c) Labour Party
(d) Social Democratic Party

Answer :  A

Question. Which group wanted Russia to become a communist nation ?
(a) Bolsheviks
(b) White Russian
(c) Germans
(d) French

Answer :  A

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

Answer :  C

Question. When did the Tsar abdicated?
(a) 2nd March 1917
(b) 2nd March 1918
(c) 2nd March 1916
(d) 2nd March 1915

Answer :  A

Question. 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

Question. Which one of the following was one of the three demands that ‘Vladimir Lenin' proposed in his April Theses?
(a) To rename the Bolshevik party like the communist party
(b) To nationalise the Banks
(c) To have common systems of election
(d) To support the Provisional Government

Answer :  B

Question. What were the demands made by the workers in St. Petersburg who went 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

Question. The main occupation of the people of Russia in the beginning of the twentieth century was
(a) manufacturing
(b) poultry farming
(c) fishing
(d) agriculture

Answer :  D

Question.. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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

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

Answer :  B

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party?
(a) Karl marx
(b) Stalin
(c) Lenin
(d) Louis Blanc

Answer :  B

Question. What was the main occupation of the people of Russia in the beginning of the 20th century?
(a) Manufacturing
(b) Fishing
(c) Poultry
(d) Agriculture

Answer :  D

Question. Who was the successor of Lenin?
(a) Stalin
(b) Kerensky
(c) Trotsky
(d) Robert Owen

Answer :  A

Question. What made aristocracy unpopular in Russia?
(a) The German origin of Tsarina
(b) Poor advisors like Monk Rasputin
(c) The huge cost of fighting world war 1
(d) A & B

Answer :  D

Question.Who conspired in Italy to bring about a revolution?
(a) Bismarck
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Giuseppe Mazzini
(d) None

Answer :  C

Question. Whom did Russia fight against in World War 1?
(a) Britain and France
(b) Germany and Austria
(c) America
(d) Britain

Answer :  B

Question. Who led the Bolshevik group during the Russian Revolution?
(a) Lenin
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Fredrich Angels
(d) Trotsky

Answer :  A

Question. Who were the people who wanted to put an end to the existing government in Europe in 1815?
(a) Nationalists
(b) Conservatives
(c) Radicals
(d) Liberals

Answer :  B

Question.When was the socialist revolutionary party formed in Russia?
(a) 1898
(b) 1900
(c) 1905
(d) 1910

Answer :  B

Question. Society in 18th century Europe was divided into
(a) castes and classes
(b) estates and orders
(c) liberals, radicals and conservatives
(d) religious groups

Answer :  B

Question. Which of the following was not a feature of 19th century Europe?
(a) New cities
(b) High wages
(c) Industrial Revolution
(d) Expansion of Railways

Answer :  B

Question. The majority religion of Russia was
(a) Greek Orthodox Church
(b) Protestantism
(c) Russian Orthodox Christianity
(d) Catholicism

Answer :  C

Question. Which of the following groups of workers were regarded as aristocrats among workers?
(a) Metal workers
(b) Ship builders
(c) Weavers
(d) Textile workers

Answer :  A

Question. Which of the following was not a feature of the October Manifesto?
(a) Freedom of speech, press and association
(b) Power to make laws conferred on the Duma
(c) Authority of the Tsar was reduced
(d) Final decision-making power was vested in the Tsar

Answer :  D

Question.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 :  C

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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

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

Answer :  D

Question. In the Russian Civil War the Bolsheviks and the socialist revolutionaries were represented by which of the following colours?
(a) Whites and Reds
(b) Greens and Whites
(c) Reds and Greens
(d) None of these

Answer :  C