AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

SOCIAL SCIENCE, CLASS IX (2022-23)

HISTORY

WORKSHEET ON SOCIALISM IN EUROPE AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

1 MARKERS-
Q1. Who were the socialists?
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Q2. Name the international body which was formed by the socialists of Europe to coordinate
their efforts.

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Q3. Name the political party formed by the socialists who supported the ideas of Karl Marx in
Russia, in 1898.

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Q4. Name the political party formed in the countryside in 1900, to fight for peasant’s rights.

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Q5. Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks?

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Q6. Who were the Jadidists?

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Q7. Which event is known as ‘Bloody Sunday’?

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Q8. What was Duma?

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Q9.The capital of Russia in 1917 was Petrograd. What is its present name?

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Q10.Give one example of a famous philosopher who supported the idea of a socialist society.

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Q11.What was kolkhoz?

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Q12.What was ‘collectivisation’?

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Q13.Name the Tsar and Tsarina who ruled Russia when the Russian revolution took place.

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Q14.Name the countries which formed the two alliances during the First World War.

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Q15.Give one point of difference between the February and October Revolutions.

FEBRUARY REVOLUTION OCTOBER REVOLUTION

Q16.What was the ‘April Theses’?

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3 MARKERS-
Q17.Mention any three steps taken by Stalin’s government for centralized planning to promote
economic growth in Russia.

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Q18.Give any two points of difference between the ideas of the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.
Name their leaders.

BOLSHEVIKS MENSHEVIKS

Q19.Mention one point of difference between the views of conservatives, radicals and the
liberals.

RADICALS LIBERALS CONSERVATIVES

Q20.Profound social and economic changes took place in Europe in the 19 th century due to
industrialization. Mention any three of them.

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