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UPSC CDS Modern Indian History — practice questions — page 23

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About what share of the Russian empire's people lived by agriculture around 1900?Read the answer and worked solution →By 1914, women made up what share of Russia's factory labour force?Read the answer and worked solution →The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Socialist Revolutionary Party, which demanded nobles' land for peasants, was formed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Lenin led which group, which wanted a disciplined party controlling its membership?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1905 procession to the Winter Palace, fired on in what became Bloody Sunday, was led by:Read the answer and worked solution →During the 1905 Revolution the Tsar allowed an elected consultative Parliament called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Because of anti-German feeling during the war, St Petersburg was renamed:Read the answer and worked solution →Which monk's influence over Tsarina Alexandra made the autocracy unpopular?Read the answer and worked solution →Tsar Nicholas II abdicated on:Read the answer and worked solution →Lenin's April Theses demanded an end to the war, land to the peasants and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Military Revolutionary Committee that organised the October seizure was headed by:Read the answer and worked solution →Which ship shelled the Winter Palace on 24 October 1917?Read the answer and worked solution →In March 1918 the Bolsheviks made peace with Germany at:Read the answer and worked solution →The USSR was created from the Russian empire in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bolshevik secret police was first called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Well-to-do peasants raided during the grain collections of 1928 were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1929 and 1931, peasants resisting collectivisation cut cattle numbers by:Read the answer and worked solution →The bad harvests of 1930-1933 caused a Soviet famine in which over how many died?Read the answer and worked solution →The first two Soviet Five Year Plans covered 1927-1932 and:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Russian namesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the socialist wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the revolution datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Russian wordsRead the answer and worked solution →February or OctoberRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the political ideasRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Russian Revolution bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Germany surrendered to the Allies in:Read the answer and worked solution →The International Military Tribunal set up to prosecute Nazi war criminals sat at:Read the answer and worked solution →

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About what share of the Russian empire's people lived by agriculture around 1900?

  1. 85 per cent
  2. 45 per cent
  3. 25 per cent
  4. 65 per cent
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Correct answer: A. 85 per cent

1. France and Germany were at 40 to 50 per cent. 2. Russia was about 85 per cent. 3. Russia was a major grain exporter. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 2, Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution._

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By 1914, women made up what share of Russia's factory labour force?

  1. 71 per cent
  2. 31 per cent
  3. 11 per cent
  4. 51 per cent
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Correct answer: B. 31 per cent

1. They were paid half to three-quarters of a man's wage. 2. Women were 31 per cent of the workforce. 3. Workers were divided by skill and origin. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 2, Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution._

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The Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was founded in:

  1. 1905
  2. 1917
  3. 1898
  4. 1900
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Correct answer: C. 1898

1. All parties were illegal in Russia before 1914. 2. It was founded in 1898 by followers of Marx. 3. It ran a newspaper and organised strikes. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 2, Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution._

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