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Project

Make a poster or write a slogan on the topic “February Revolution 1917”.

Assertion-Reason Type Questions

Each question consists of two statements, namely, Assertion (A) and Reason (R). For selecting the correct
answer, use the following code:
a. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).

b. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
c. Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.

d. Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.
1. A: The Tsar dismissed the first Duma within 25 days and re-elected the second Duma within two
months.

R: Liberals and revolutionaries were kept out.
2. A: Industrialisation brought men, women, and children to factories.

R: Working hours were often long and wages were poor.
3. A: Marx believed that to free themselves from Capitalist exploitation, workers had to construct a
radically Socialist society where all property was socially controlled.
R: He was convinced that workers would triumph in their conflict with Capitalists. A communist

society was the natural society of the future.
4. A: Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary politician and the founder of Russian Communist Party,
said that imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism.

R: The colonies not only served as the major source for raw materials, but also became the market
for finished goods.

Case Study-based Questions

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

The Bolshevik Party was renamed the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik). In November 1917, the
Bolsheviks conducted the elections to the Constituent Assembly, but they failed to gain majority support.
In January 1918, the Assembly rejected Bolshevik measures and Lenin dismissed the Assembly. He
thought the All Russian Congress of Soviets was more democratic than an assembly elected in uncertain
conditions. In March 1918, despite opposition by their political allies, the Bolsheviks made peace with
Germany at Brest Litovsk. In the years that followed, the Bolsheviks became the only party to participate
in the elections to the All Russian Congress of Soviets, which became the Parliament of the country.
Russia became a one-party state. Trade unions were kept under party control. The secret police (called
the Cheka first, and later OGPU and NKVD) punished those who criticised the Bolsheviks. Many young
writers and artists rallied to the Party because it stood for socialism and for change. After October
1917, this led to experiments in arts and architecture. But many became disillusioned because of the
censorship the Party encouraged.

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