DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL - BOPAL, AHMEDABAD

CLASS –IX (2022-23)

WORKSHEET: 1
L-1 ( HISTORY): SOCIALISM IN EUROPE AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 
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SECTION –A 1X4= 4
(Objective Type Questions)

1. The name associated with April Theses is 

(a) Karl Marx 
(b) Robert Owen 
(c) Lenin 
(d) Stalin 
2. Which among the following groups was against any kind of political or social change?
(a) Nationalists 
(b) conservatives 
(c) liberals 
(d) radicals 
3. Correct the statement and rewrite:
Women were made up 41 percent of the factory labour force by 1914, but they were paid less
than men. 
4. The following questions consist of two statements — Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer
these questions selecting the appropriate option given below:
Assertion(A) : Workers in England and Germany set up funds to help members in times of
distress and demanded a reduction of working hours and the right to vote.  
Reason ( R ): They began forming associations to fight for better living and working conditions. 
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

SECTION -B
( Short Answer Questions) 3X3= 9
5. Describe the main events which led to February revolution in Petrograd. (3)  
6. What are the main points of “April Thesis”?

7. How were the peasants in Russia different from that of other European Countries? 

SECTION - C
(Case Based Questions) 1X4= 4
8. Read the given case and answer the questions that follow:

“Women workers, often… inspired their male co-workers… At the Lorenz telephone factory….
Marfa Vasileva almost single handedly called a successful strike. Already that morning, in
celebration of Women’s Day, women workers had presented red bows to the men … Then Marfa
Vasileva, a milling machine operator stopped work and declared an impromptu strike. The
workers on the floor were ready to support her… The foreman informed the management and
sent her a loaf of bread. She took the bread but refused to go back to work. The administrator
asked her again why she refused to work and she replied, “I cannot be the only one who is
satiated when others are hungry”. Women workers from another section of the factory gathered
around Marfa in support and gradually all the other women ceased working. Soon the men
downed their tools as well and the entire crowd rushed onto the street.
Q.1. Who was Marfa Vasileva ?     ( 1 )       
    
Q.2. Why is International Women’s Day celebrated?  (1)
     
Q.3. Write about the role of women in Russian Revolution. (2)
  

SECTION — D
(Long Answer Type Questions) 5X2=10

9. “Analyse five effects of the World War I on Russia.”

10.  Describe Socio economic condition of Russia before 1905.