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PADMA SESHADRI BALA BHAWAN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL , NUNGAMBAKKAM.

Class IX HISTORY - SOCIALISM IN EUROPE AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION


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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:-
1.Who were the liberals, radicals, conservatives & the Socialists?
2. How can you say that liberals were not democrats?
3. Mention two problems that emerged due to industrialization.
4.Socialists were against private property, and saw it as the root of all social ills of the time. Why?
5.How could society without property operate? What would be the basis of socialist society?
6. How, according to Karl Marx, could the conditions of workers improve?
7. Give any two features of socialism.
8. List the names of two advocates of co-operatives.
9.What was the name of the co-operative community built by Robert Owen? Where was it started?
10. Why were workers associations formed in France, Britain and Germany?
11. Name the Tsar in whose name the revolution broke out.
12.List the religious groups in Russia before 1914.
13.Describe in brief the Russian Empire in 1914.
14. What according to Lenin were the pre-requisites necessary to make the revolution a success?
15.The Russian Revolution of 1905 was dress rehearsal of the October revolution of 1917.comment.
16.What factors contributed to industrialization in Russia in the last quarter of the 19th century?
17. Why did the Russian Socialists feel peasants and not the workers would be the main force of the
Revolution in Russia?
18. Briefly explain the term “Bloody Sunday”.
19.Why is International Women’s Day celebrated on February 22nd?
20. Which treaty marked the end of Russia’s participation in the First World War?
21. Why did Stalin introduce collectivization?
22.Why was Kerenskii’s government unpopular?
23. Mention the features of Lenin’s ‘April Theses’.
24. Who were Soviets?
25. Who were Kulaks?
26.Explain the Russian February Revolution 1917.
27. Explain the circumstances which lead to October Revolution of 1917.
28. What were the impact of the Russian Revolution on Russia and the world?
29. What were the major changes introduced in agriculture by Stalin. Explain
30. How were the peasants in Russia different from other European peasants?

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