Question

Q.1.Which among the following groups was against any kind of political or social change?
(a) Nationalists (b) conservatives (c) liberals (d) radicals


Q.2.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

Q.3.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

Q.4.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)

Q.5.Which of the following factors made autocracy unpopular in Russia?
(a) The German origin of the Tsarina Alexandra         (b) Poor advisors like the Monk Rasputin
(c) The huge cost of fighting in the World War I         (d) Both (a) and (b)

Q.6Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Socialists till 1914?
(a) They helped various associations to win seats in the parliaments in Europe
(b) Socialists, supported by strong figures in parliamentary politics, shaped and influenced legislation
(c) They succeeded in forming a government in Europe
(d) Governments continued to be run by conservatives, liberals and radicals

Q.7.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

Q.8.Which of the following statements is not correct about the ‘radicals’?
(a) They supported women’s right to vote
(b) They opposed the privileges of great landowners
(c) They were completely against the existence of private property
(d) They wanted a government based on the majority of a country’s population

Q.9.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

Q.10. 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

Q.11. Who conspired in Italy to bring about a revolution?
(a) Bismarck (b) Karl Marx (c) Giuseppe Mazzini (d) None

Q.12. When was the Socialist Revolutionary Party formed in Russia?
(a) 1898 (b) 1900 (c) 1905 (d) 1910

Q.13What 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

Q.14.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

Q.15.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

Q.16.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

Q.17.Which of the following statements is/are correct?
(a) By 1916, railway lines in Russia began to break down
(b) There were labour shortages and small workshops producing essentials were shut down
(c) Large supplies of grain were sent to feed the army
(d) All the above

Q.18. Why did a lockout take place at a factory on the right bank of the River Neva on22 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 theRiver Neva
(d) Both (a) and (c)

Q.19. 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

Q.20.When did the Tsar abdicate the throne?
(a) 28 February, 1917 (b) 2 March, 1917 (c) 10 April, 1917 (d) 15 May, 1918

Q.21.Which of these demands is/are referred to as Lenin’s 'April Theses'?
a) World War I should be brought to an end (b) Land should be transferred to the peasants
(c) Banks should be nationalised (d) All the above





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Answer 1

Answer:

1-(b)

2-(c)

3-(d)

4-(d)

5-(d)

6-(b)

7-(d)

8-(c)

9-(d)

10-(b)

11- (c)

12-(b)

13 (d)

14 (b)

15-(b)

16-(c)

17-(d)

18-(d)

19-(b)

20-(b)

21-(d)

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Answer 2

Answer:

1. The correct answer is option B
2. The correct answer is option C
3. The correct answer is option D
4. The correct answer is option D
5. The correct answer is option D
6. The correct answer is option B
7. The correct answer is option D
8. The correct answer is option C
9. The correct answer is option D
10. The correct answer is option B
11. The correct answer is option  C
12. The option is not given here
13. Correct option is Option D
14. Correct option is Option C
15. Correct option is Option C
16. Correct option is Option C
17. Correct option is Option A and B
18. Correct option is Option D
19. Correct option is Option D
20. Correct option is Option B
21. Correct option is Option D

Explanation:

1. Conservatives believe in tradition and convention. Simply put, they believe that how political systems and social structures worked in the world, is the best and they are against any kind of drastic social and political change.
2. The People who wanted to put an immediate end to the existing Government in Europe in 1815 were called Revolutionaries.
3. All of the above statements are correct about Europe after the French Revolution.

• The French Revolution brought the possibility of changing the structure of the aristocratic society.
• People fought for their liberty and equal rights. However, not all people fought for the same demands.

4. The majority religion of Russia was the Russian Orthodox Church but the empire also included Muslims.

Explanation: The believers of the majority belonged to the Orthodox Christian Domination. Under the rule of Prince Vladimir of Kyiv in 988, Russia adopted Christianity in a ceremony patterned on Byzantine rites.  the foundation for the rise of the Russian Orthodox Church was laid by Russia's Baptism.

5.

• The revolution began in Russia because of the bad conditions of Russian workers and prices of goods rose so quickly that wages declined by 20%. Membership of workers' associations also Rose dramatically. All these events led thousands of workers in Saint Petersburg to go on strike and demand a reduction in the working hours, an increase in wages, and improvement in the working conditions.
• Then in 1905 the incident known as Bloody Sunday took place it included strikes all over the country, universities were shut down and student bodies staged workouts and complained about the lack of civil liberties at the same time lawyers, engineers, doctors, and other middle-class workers established unions and demanded a constituent assembly.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

6. The correct option is (b) socialists, supported by strong figures in parliamentary politics, shape and influence legislation.

7.

Liberals were not democrats because they were against universal adult franchise i. e. the right vote to for every citizen.

They felt that only men of property should have the right to vote. They also didn't want the vote for women.

8. The statement which is not correct about radicals is c) they were completely against the existence of private property.

9. As a result of new political trends in Europe industrial revolution occurred, new cities came up and railways expanded.

10. By the mid -19th century in Europe, the idea which attracted widespread attention to the restructuring of the society was Socialism.

option (B).

11. Correct Option is,

Giuseppe Mazzini conspired in Italy to bring about a revolution.

12. 1902 is the correct answer but it is not an option.

The party was established in 1902 out of the Northern Union of Socialist Revolutionaries (founded in 1896), bringing together many local socialist revolutionary groups established in the 1890s, notably the Workers' Party of Political Liberation of Russia created by Catherine Breshkovsky and Grigory Gershuni in 1899.

13.All of the above were the demands made by the workers in St. Petersburg who went on a strike.

14. During the 1905 Revolution, there were many changes that were done by Tsar. One such change was dismissing of the first Duma in the span of 75 days. This was done because he didn’t want anyone to put the question his authority and also he didn’t want to suffer from any of the power reduction.

16. (C) Russian army lost badly in Germany and Austria between 1914 and 1916.

Tsar Nicholas II made the decision to seize leadership of the Russian army. Between 1914 and 1916, the army suffered heavy losses in Germany and Austria.

!7. (A) and (B) statements are correct. Because in 1916 in Russia railway lines are began to break down due to war and hence there were labour shortages and small workshops producing essentials were shut down.