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14. What were the demands made by the workers at St. Petersburg who went on strike?
(a) Reduction in working hours (b) Increase in wages
(c) Improvement in working conditions (d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these
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15. Whom did Russia fight against in World War 1?
(a) Britain and France (b) Germany and Austria
(c) America (d) Britain
Ans. (b) Germany and Austria
16. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) By 1916 railway lines in Russia began to breakdown
(b) There was labour shortage
(c) Large supply of grain was sent to feed the army
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these

17. On 27th February, soldiers and striking workers gathered to form___________?
(a) Soviet Council (b) Petrograd Soviet
(c) Moscow Union (d) Russian Council
Ans. (b) Petrograd soviet

18. Which of these are related to 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 nationalised
(d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these

19. Who led the Bolshevik group during the Russian Revolution?
(a) Lenin (b) Karl Marx (c) Fredrich Angels (d) Trotsky
Ans. (a) Lenin
20. When did the socialists take over the government in Russia?
(a) October Revolution in 1917 (b) November Revolution in 1917
(c) December Revolution in 1919 (d) February Revolution in 1920
Ans. (a) October Revolution in 1917

21. The Commune of farmers was known as____________.
(a) Duma (b) Mir (c) Tsar (d) Cossacks
Ans. (b) Mir

22. Who led the procession of 1,10,000 workers who went on strike?

(a) Karl Marx (b) Vladimir Lenin
(c) Kerenskii (d) Father Gapon
Ans. (d) Father Gapon

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