Questions on socialism in europe and the russian revolution
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Answer:
A key player in the Russian Revolution, the SRs' general ideology was revolutionary socialism of democratic socialist and agrarian socialist forms. After the February Revolution, it shared power with liberal and other democratic socialist forces within the Russian Provisional Government.
Explanation:
Question 1.
One of the groups which liked to change the society, was the ________ .
Answer:
Liberals
Question 2.
Industrialisation broughf men, women and children to ________ .
Answer:
Factories
Question 3.
Who was Giuseppe Mazzini.
Answer:
He was an Italian nationalist.
Question 4.
Marx argued that industrial society was the ________ .
Answer:
Capitalist
Question 5.
Workers in England and Germany began to form associations to fight for ________ .
Answer:
Better living and working conditions
Question 6.
Socialists took over the government in Russia through the ________ .
Answer:
October Revolution of 1917
Question 7.
Tsar Nicholas II ruled Russia and its empire in ________ .
Answer:
1914
Question 8.
Government supervised large factories to ensure the ________ .
Answer:
Minimum wages and limited hours of work
Question 9.
All political parties were illegal in ________ .
Answer:
Russia before 1914
Question 10.
What was the new name given to the Bolshevik Party ?
Answer:
Russian Communist Party
Question 11.
The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded in ________ .
Answer:
1898 by Socialists.
Question 12.
In Russia, the war was initially popular and people rallied around ________ .
Answer:
Tsar Nicholas II.
Question 13.
The government tried to control the demonstrators and called out the ________ .
Answer:
Cavalry.
Question 14.
Petrograd had led the February Revolution that brought down the ________ .
Answer:
Monarchy in February 1917.
Question 15.
On 2nd March, Soviet leaders and Duma leaders formed a ________ .
Answer:
Provincial Government to run the country.
Question 16.
What type of a nation did liberals want ?
Answer:
Liberals wanted a nation which tolerated all religions.
Question 17.
The political party formed in mid-1920 in India, by the inspiration of Russian Revolution was the ________ .
Answer:
Communist Party.
Question 18.
The government suspended the Duma on ________ .
Answer:
25 February.
Question 19.
Mention the most significant result of the February Revolution.
Answer:
The abdication of Tsar Nicholas-II.
Question 20.
Explain the significance of the Russian revolution.
Answer:
The major significance of the Russian revolution was the establishment of a socialist state.
Question 21.
What does the term ‘conservative’ mean ?
Answer:
The conservatives believed in respect for the past and change through a gradual process.
Question 22.
List the names of two workers associations.
Answer:
(a) Labour Party in Britain
(b) Socialist Party in France.
Question 23.
Name the international body formed to coordinate socialist efforts.
Answer:
The Second International body was formed in 1870, to coordinate socialist efforts throughout Europe.
Question 24.
Who were socialists ?
Answer:
Socialists were those people who were against private property and saw it as the root of all social ills of the time.
Question 25.
Who was the ruler of Russia during the October Revolution.
Answer:
Kerenskii was the ruler of Russia during the October Revolution.