DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL GREATER NOIDA
WORK SHEET 2023-24
SUBJECT- HISTORY
CLASS – IX
SOCIALISM IN EUROPE AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
I. VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE (VSA)
A. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
1. In the context of Russia, Duma refers to which of the following:
a. A Judicial Body
b. An Executive Body
c. An Elected Consultative Parliament
d. An Army Establishment
2. Which of the following titles is associated with the Russian ruler?
a. Emperor
b. Kaisar
c. Tsar
d. The King
3. The Russian Secret Police was referred by which of the following names?
a. Gestapo
b. Cheka
c. Central Intelligence Agency
d. Storm Troopers
B. Fill in the Blanks
1. 22nd February came to be known as ____________.
2. __________ was the writer of “The Soviet State of Russia”.
C. True/ False
1. Louis Blanc wanted the government to establish co-operatives and replace capitalist
enterprises.
2. According to Socialists, private property was the roots of all evils in the society.
II. SHORT ANSWER TYPE (SA) 3 marker
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Why do we say that Liberals could not be called Democrats?
What were the policies of the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks?
Highlight the impact of ‘Bloody Sunday’ which took place in the Russian society.
Explain the views of different socialists and philosophers regarding the vision of
the future or to transform the society.
5. Explain the Lenin’s ‘April Theses’.
III. LONG ANSWER TYPE (LA) 5 marker
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Explain the major events that were responsible for the Russian Revolution of 1905.
What is meant by ‘October revolution’?
Explain the collectivisation policy of Stalin.
How did Russia’s participation in the World War-I become a cause for the fall of
Tsar? Explain.
5. What social changes were seen in the society after industrialisation?
IV.
MAP SKILS
In the World Political map identify and locate:
• Central powers of the First World War
• Allied power of the First World War
V. SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS
EXTRACT: Stalinism and Collectivisation-The period of the early Planned Economy was linked
to the disasters of the collectivisation of agriculture. By 1927-1928, the towns in Soviet
Russia were facing an acute problem of grain supplies. The government fixed prices at
which grain must be sold, but the peasants refused to sell their grain to government
buyers at these prices. Stalin, who headed the party after the death of Lenin,
introduced firm emergency measures. He believed that rich peasants and traders in the
countryside were holding stocks in the hope of higher prices. Speculation had to be
stopped and supplies confiscated. In 1928, Party members toured the grain-producing
areas, supervising enforced grain collections, and raiding ‘kulaks’ – the name for well todo peasants. As shortages continued, the decision was taken to collectivise farms. It was
argued that grain shortages were partly due to the small size of holdings. After 1917,
land had been given over to peasants. These small-sized peasant farms could not be
modernised. To develop modern farms, and run them along industrial lines
with machinery, it was necessary to ‘eliminate kulaks’, take away land from peasants,
and establish state-controlled large farms. What followed was Stalin’s collectivisation
programme. From 1929, the Party forced all peasants to cultivate in collective farms
(kolkhoz). The bulk of land and implements were transferred to the ownership of
collective farms. Peasants worked on the land, and the kolkhoz profit was shared.
Enraged peasants resisted the authorities and destroyed their livestock. Between 1929
and 1931, the number of cattle fell by one-third. Those who resisted collectivisation
were severely punished. Many were deported and exiled. As they
resisted collectivisation, peasants argued that they were not rich and they were not
against socialism. They merely did not want to work in collective farms for a variety of
reasons. Stalin’s government allowed some independent cultivation, but treated such
cultivators unsympathetically.
1. Who were well to do peasants?
2. What steps were taken by Stalin’s government to combat the food scarcity
problem?
3. What necessary steps were taken to eliminate ‘kulaks’?
4. Why the cattle number got reduced to one- third between 1929 and 1931?
5. Was the independent cultivation allowed in the end? How were the cultivators
treated?
VI. ACTIVITY
Imagine that you are a striking worker in 1905 who is being tried in court for your act of
rebellion. Draft a speech you would make in your defence. Act out your speech for your
class.