Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 2 — Chapter 2: Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What did socialism emerge as a response to? [1]
(A) Industrial inequality and worker exploitation
(B) Agricultural abundance
(C) Religious conflict
(D) Peaceful prosperity
2. What did socialism criticise? [1]
(A) Capitalism and private ownership of industry
(B) Democracy
(C) Religious institutions
(D) Monarchy exclusively
3. Who was a major socialist thinker? [1]
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Adolf Hitler
(C) Otto von Bismarck
(D) Queen Victoria
4. What did Marx argue for? [1]
(A) A classless, collectively-owned society
(B) A society ruled by kings
(C) Complete individual ownership with no sharing
(D) No change to existing systems
5. What was utopian socialism? [1]
(A) Imagining ideal, cooperative communities
(B) A violent revolutionary movement
(C) A capitalist theory
(D) A religious movement
6. What did Marxist socialism advocate? [1]
(A) Revolutionary change to overthrow capitalism
(B) Gradual capitalist reform only
(C) No change at all
(D) Strengthening monarchy
7. What did socialist ideas influence? [1]
(A) Labour movements and workers' rights
(B) Only religious movements
(C) Only artistic movements
(D) Nothing significant
8. What major event did socialism influence? [1]
(A) The Russian Revolution
(B) The Renaissance
(C) The Industrial Revolution's beginning
(D) The French colonial expansion
9. What were the two phases of the Russian Revolution? [1]
(A) February and October Revolutions
(B) Only one phase occurred
(C) Spring and Winter Revolutions
(D) Northern and Southern Revolutions
10. Who was overthrown in the February Revolution? [1]
(A) Tsar Nicholas II
(B) Vladimir Lenin
(C) Joseph Stalin
(D) Karl Marx
11. Who seized power in the October Revolution? [1]
(A) The Bolsheviks
(B) The Tsar's forces
(C) Foreign powers
(D) Peasant landlords
12. What fuelled revolutionary sentiment in Russia? [1]
(A) WWI hardships, food shortages and inequality
(B) Economic prosperity
(C) Peaceful conditions
(D) Foreign investment
13. Who led the Bolsheviks? [1]
(A) Vladimir Lenin
(B) Tsar Nicholas II
(C) Adolf Hitler
(D) Karl Marx directly, in person
14. What did Lenin promise? [1]
(A) 'Peace, Land, and Bread'
(B) War and expansion
(C) More taxes
(D) Nothing specific
15. What state was established after the revolution? [1]
(A) The Soviet Union
(B) The Russian Empire, unchanged
(C) A democratic republic
(D) A monarchy under a new king
16. Why is the Russian Revolution historically significant? [1]
(A) It established communism and influenced 20th-century global politics
(B) It had no lasting impact
(C) Only affected Russia locally
(D) It restored the monarchy permanently