Socialism in Eu...

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Who among the following were the leaders of the German revolutionary movement who tried to start a revolution in 1919?

a. Rosa Luxemburg
b. Lenin
c. Karl Liebknecht
d. Joseph Stalin

Before the eighteenth century, the society was broadly divided into estates and orders. Who among the following controlled the economic and social power?

a. Peasants
b. Aristocracy
c. Church

European states discriminated in favour of one religion or another. Which of the following states favoured the Catholic Church?

a. Austria
b. Spain
c. Britain

Who among the following firmly believed in the value of individual effort, labour and enterprise?

a. Liberals
b. Radicals
c. Conservatives

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. The liberals opposed the privileges of great landowners and wealthy factory owners.
b. The liberals did not believe in the universal adult franchise.
c. Suffragette movement was a movement to give women the voting right.

In which of the following countries did Giuseppe Mazzini, after 1815, conspire with others to create a nation where all citizens would have equal rights?

Who among the following wanted the government to encourage cooperatives and replace capitalist enterprises in France?

In 1914, which of the following were the religious majority when Tsar Nicholas II ruled the Russian Empire?

At the beginning of the twentieth century, which of the following countries was a major exporter of grain?

In which of the following years was the Socialist Revolutionary Party formed in Russia?

When four members of the Assembly of Russian Workers were dismissed at the Putilov Ironworks, the workers at St. Petersburg went on a strike. Which of the following were not their demands?

a. Allotment of independent houses instead of dormitories
b. Reduction in the working time to eight hours
c. Increase in wages
d. Improvement in working conditions
e. Workers to be allowed to keep families with them

In 1914, the First World War broke out between two European alliances. Which of the following countries was not involved in it?

In which of the following countries did the Russian army lose badly between 1914 and 1916 and suffered over 7 million casualties by 1917?

a. Germany
b. Austria
c. England
d. France

During 1918 and 1919, who among the following controlled most of the Russian Empire?

a. The Bolsheviks
b. The Socialist Revolutionaries
c. Pro-Tsarists

Which of the following statements is/are false?

a. The industries and the banks were kept nationalised by the Bolsheviks during the civil war.
b. In December 1922, most of the non-Russian nationalities were given political autonomy in the Soviet Union.
c. The Bolshevik officials started the first Five Year Plan during 1933-1938.