SOCIALISM IN EUROPE AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION_2

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

Why did a lockout take place at a factory on the right bank of the River Neva on 22 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 the River Neva

• (d) Both (a) and (c)

When did the government suspend the Duma?

• (a) 25 February, 1917

• (b) 26 February, 1917

• (c) 27 February, 1917

• (d) 28 February, 1917

In order to control the situation, the government called the cavalry. How did the cavalry react?

• (a) The cavalry killed a large number of workers

• (b) Most of the cavalry did not turn up due to extreme cold

• (c) The cavalry refused to fire on the demonstrators

• (d) None of the above

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 Ans.

When did the Tsar abdicate the throne?

• (a) 28 February, 1917

• (b) 2 March, 1917

• (c) 10 April, 1917

• (d) 15 May, 1918

Which of the following events took place after the Tsar abdicated on 2nd March?

• (a) Provisional government was formed

• (b) It was decided to set up a Constituent Assembly

• (c) Constituent Assembly was formed by revolutionaries only

• (d) Both A and B

When did Lenin return to Russia from his exile?

• (a) March 1917

• (b) April 1917

• (c) August 1917

• (d) July 1918

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

. Why were most of the Bolshevik Party members initially surprised by ‘April Theses’?

• (a) They wanted continuation of World War

• I (b) They thought that time was not ripe for a socialist revolution

• (c) Government needed to be supported at this time

• (d) all the above