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CBSE TEST PAPER-04
Class – IX Social Science (Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution)
General Instruction:
All Questions are Compulsory.

Question No. 1 to 4 carries one mark each.
Question No. 5 to 10 carry three marks each.
Question No. 11 and 12 carry five marks each.
1. What was the symbolic colour of the Socialist Revolutionaries in Russia?

2. When did Lenin persuade the Petrograd Soviet and the Bolshevik Party to agree to a
socialist seizure of power?
3. Who was Robert Owen?
4. Name the countries which formed Central Power Bloc during World War-I.
5. Highlight the main events of October Revolution.
6. What did the Liberals believe in?
7. Mention any three after-effects of the Petrograd Revolution.
8. In what ways the working population in Russia differed from other countries in Europe,
before 1917?
9. Who were Soviets? What was their role in the revolution?
10. Highlight the vision of different socialists regarding the future of Russia.
11. Explain the main objectives of the Russian Revolutionaries.
12. Mention the events which led to the formation of Petrograd Soviet.
CBSE TEST PAPER-04
Class – IX Social Science (Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution)
[ANSWERS]
1. Green was the colour of the Socialist-Revolutionaries.

2. October 16, 1917.
3. Robert Owen was a leading English manufacturer who wanted to build a cooperative
community called New Harmony in Indiana (USA).
4. Germany, Austria, and Turkey.
5. October Revolution: In April 1917, the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia
from his exile. In July, the Bolsheviks held demonstrations against the Provisional
Government. By July and September, peasants seized land from the rich landlords.
On 16th October 1917, Lenin persuaded the Petrograd Soviets and the Bolshevik Party to
agree to a socialist seizure of power. On 24 October, the Bolshevik began an uprising in
Petrograd. By December, the Bolsheviks controlled the Moscow- Petrograd area.
6. The Liberals believed in:
1. Tolerance of all religions.
2. Safeguard of individual right against the government.
3. A representative government, well-trained administration and independent judiciary.
4. They did not want Universal Adult Franchise, but believed that only the properties
should be given the right to vote.
7. The three after-effects of the Petrograd Revolution are:
1. Army officials, landowners and industrialists became influential in the Provisional
Government.
2. Many Soviets like Petrograd Soviet were set up everywhere.
3. Vladimir Lenin returned to Russia after exile.
4. Lenin put forward his three demands in 'April Theses'.
8. The working population in Russia differed from other European countries, before 1917.
1. Workers were divided into social groups.
2. They were divided by skill.
3. They had strong ties with villages.
9. Soviet was a council of striking workers and soldiers formed in the February Revolution.
It played an important role in the revolution.
1. The Petrograd Soviet-led the revolution.
2. It helped the Bolsheviks to seize he power.
3. They gained victory in the civil war.
10. Socialists had different visions of the future of Russia.
1. Some believed in the idea of cooperatives. A leading English manufacturer, Robert
Owen, wanted to build a cooperative community called New Harmony.
2. Some socialists felt that cooperatives could not be built on a wide scale only through
individual initiative: they demanded that governments encourage cooperatives.
Frenchman Louis Blanc wanted the government to encourage cooperatives and
replace capitalist enterprise.
3. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel put forward the view that the industrial society was
capitalist. They wanted to overthrow capitalism and rule of private property. They
also wanted workers to construct a communist society where all property was socially
controlled.
11. The main objectives of the Russian Revolutionaries were:
1. Revolutionaries demanded that Russia should withdraw from the World War.
2. They demanded that land should go to the tiller.
3. They wanted to establish government farms.
4. They demanded that banks and industries should be nationalized.
5. They demanded an improvement in the working conditions & revised wages
6. They demanded that non-Russian should be given equal status so that they could
work for the development of Russia.
12. Following are the events which led to the formation of Petrograd Soviet:
1. On Sunday 25 February 1917, the government suspended Duma. Politicians spoke out
against the measures.
2. The streets thronged with people raising slogans about bread wages, better hours and
democracy.
3. The government tried to control the situation and called out the cavalry once again.
However, the cavalry refused to fire on the demonstrators.
4. An officer was shot at the barracks of a regiment and three other regiments mutinied,
voting to join the striking workers.
5. By the evening, soldiers and striking workers had gathered to form a Soviet or council
in the same building as the Duma met. This was the Petrograd Soviet.

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CBSE TEST PAPER-04

Class – IX Social Science (Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution)

All Questions are Compulsory.

1. What was the symbolic colour of the Socialist Revolutionaries in Russia?

1. Green was the colour of the Socialist-Revolutionaries.

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