Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution – MCQs
1. Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party?
a) Stalin
b) Karl Marx
c) Lenin
d) Trotsky
Correct Answer: c) Lenin
2. What was the main slogan of the Russian Revolution of 1917?
a) Power to the Tsar
b) Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
c) Peace, Land, and Bread
d) Unite and Rule
Correct Answer: c) Peace, Land, and Bread
3. Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
a) Tsar Nicholas I
b) Tsar Peter
c) Tsar Alexander II
d) Tsar Nicholas II
Correct Answer: d) Tsar Nicholas II
4. What type of economy did the Bolsheviks want to establish?
a) Capitalist
b) Feudal
c) Socialist
d) Imperialist
Correct Answer: c) Socialist
5. When did the October Revolution take place in Russia?
a) February 1917
b) October 1917
c) December 1916
d) March 1918
Correct Answer: b) October 1917
6. Which political thinker’s ideas inspired the Russian Revolution?
a) John Locke
b) Rousseau
c) Karl Marx
d) Montesquieu
Correct Answer: c) Karl Marx
7. What was the Duma in Russia?
a) A type of bread
b) A political party
c) A Russian court
d) The Russian Parliament
Correct Answer: d) The Russian Parliament
8. What event is called the ‘Bloody Sunday’?
a) Assassination of the Tsar
b) Mass killing of protestors by the Tsar’s troops in 1905
c) German invasion of Russia
d) Bolshevik takeover of Moscow
Correct Answer: b) Mass killing of protestors by the Tsar’s troops in 1905
9. What was the major result of the October Revolution?
a) Tsar came back to power
b) Russia became a constitutional monarchy
c) Bolsheviks established a socialist government
d) Russia became a democracy
Correct Answer: c) Bolsheviks established a socialist government
10. What was the name of the international communist organization founded by Lenin?
a) Red Force
b) Socialist League
c) Comintern
d) Marxist Front
Correct Answer: c) Comintern