SUBJECT: HISTORY (Chapter 2 – Socialism in Europe and Russian Revolution)
CLASS: IX
INSTRUCTIONS-
a. Answer to the questions carrying 1 mark are required to be answered in one word or one
sentence each.
b. Answer to the Questions carrying 3 marks should not exceed 100 words.
c. Answer to the Questions carrying 5 marks should not exceed 150 words.
d. Please do it yourself and do not copy.
e. Questions to be attempted: Q11, Q12, Q13, Q14, Q18, Q20 and Q22.
Q1. State any one argument of Karl Marx against the capitalists. (1)
Q2. What was the demand of workers of St. Petersberg in 1904? (1)
Q3. Name the two prominent political groups into which the Russian Socialist Democratic
Labour Party was divided in 1898. (0.5+0.5)
Q4. Who introduced collectivization of land in Russia? (1)
Q5. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason
(R). Read the statements and choose the correct option:
Assertion (A): Radicals felt that men of property should have the right to vote.
Reason (R): Radicals opposed the privileges of the rich or the men of property.
Options:
a. Both A and R is true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is correct but R is wrong.
d. A is wrong but R is correct.
Q6. Why were the socialists against the concept of private property? (1)
Q7. Name the two prominent industrial areas in the Russian empire. (1)
Q8. Describe the social, economic and political conditions in Russia before 1905. (3)
Q9. What were the efforts made to support the ideas of socialism in Europe by 1870's? (3)
Q10. How were the peasants in Russia different from that of other European Countries? (3)
Q11. What were the three major demands of the Bolsheviks introduced by Lenin in April 1917?
(3)
Q12. Draw a comparative analysis of the ideas of liberals, radicals and conservatives in Europe.
(3)
Q13. ‘The year 1904 was a particularly bad one for Russian workers and followed was 1905
Revolution’. Highlight the events preceding the 1905 Revolution. (3)
Q14. Describe the changes brought by Tzar Nicholas II after the 1905 Revolution. (3)
Q15. ‘After the October Revolution in Russia, the Bolsheviks introduced many measures’.
With reference to the statement, answer the following questions: (2+1)
a) Describe any two measures taken in favour of the common people.
b) Describe the measure taken against aristrocracy.
Q16. Discuss the main causes that led to the Russian Revolution? (5)
Q17.Elucidate the causes , events and outcome of February Revolution.? (5)
Q18. State the events that led to the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia . (5)
Q19. Examine the circumstances that led to the Civil War in Russia after the October
Revolution. (5)
Q20. Peasants under the leadership of Stalin led a miserable life. In light of the statement,
explain the collectivisation programme of Stalin. (5)
Q21. Explain the global influence of the Russian Revolution and the USSR. (5)
Q22. Read the source given below and answer the questions that follows:
During the civil war, the Bolsheviks kept industries and banks nationalised. They
permitted peasants to cultivate the land that had been socialised. Bolsheviks used
confiscated land to demonstrate what collective work could be. A process of centralised
planning was introduced. Officials assessed how the economy could work and set targets
for a five-year period. On this basis they made the Five Year Plans. The government fixed
all prices to promote industrial growth during the first two ‘Plans’. Centralised planning
led to economic growth. Industrial production increased (between 1929 and 1933 by 100
per cent in the case of oil, coal and steel). New factory cities came into being.
a) What was the objective of S (1)
b) Examine the role of women workers during the February Revolution in Russia. (4)
