G9history Revision Worksheet

GRADE IX
HISTORY REVISION WORKSHEET

SESSION:-2024-2025
CH-1:THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

CH-2:SOCIALISM IN EUROPE AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Q1 MCQ: SELECT THE CORRECT OPTION:-
1 Who among the following was not given the right to vote according to the constitution of
1791? a. Active Citizens
b. Members of clergy
c. Passive citizen
d. Landlords
2 Which of the present-day country was not included in the Russian Empire?
a) Lithuania
b) Estonia
c) Belgium
d) Belarus
3 What did the red cap worn by the Sans Culottes in France symbolize?
a) Fraternity
b) Justice
c) Equality
d) Liberty
4 Why did Louis XVI call a meeting for a estate General?

a. He wanted to discuss the administrative strategies
b. He wanted to nominate his son to be the next king.
c. He wanted to increase the taxes.
d. He wanted to discuss the strategies of the war.
5 Which of the following owned majority of the land in Russia?

a) Nobility, Crown and Church
b) Workers, Nobility, Church
c) Tsar, Peasants and Workers
d) Peasants, Nobility and workers
6 Most aristocrat amongst the workers group were the:-

a) Ship makers
b) textile workers
c) Metal workers
d) Road builders
7 Manor is an estate consisting of:-

a) Countryside and nearby areas
b) Monarch’s palaces
c) Lord’s land and his mansion
d) Assembly hall
8 In 1914, WW-I broke out between two European alliances – Germany, Austria ,Turkey and France, Britain,
Russia, Italy, Romania.
9 The procession was led by Father Gapon to the

a) Summer Palace
b) Winter Palace
c) Palace of Luxemburg
d) Palace of St. Petersburg
10 After the new Govt. was recognized in France in 1791, King’s powers were checked by
a) People
b) Constitution
c) National Assembly
d) Estate General
11 Which among the following was not a cause of the Revolution of 1917?
a) Food shortages were deeply felt in the worker’s quarters.
b) Parliamentarians wished to preserve the elected government.
c) Tsar desired to dissolve the Duma.
d) The Revolutionaries supported the Tsar.
12 Choose the correct option:-

Column-A Column -B
A. Castle or stately residence belonging to a king or a
1.Tithe
nobleman
B. An estate consisting of the Lord’s land and his Men 2.Taille
C. A tax directly paid to the state 3.Chateau
D.A tax levied by Church 4.Manor
Options:-
I] A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
II] A-2, B-4, C-3, D-1
III] A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
IV] A-1, B2, C-3, D-4
13 Identify the painting from the options given below:-

a) Statue of Liberty
b) Reign of Terror
c) Formation of Estate General
d) Tennis Court Oath
14 What was the name of the Russian Parliament?

a) Reichstag
b) Duma
c) National assembly
d) House of Soviets
15 All political parties were illegal in Russia before?

a) 1906
b) 1916
c) 1912
d) 1914
16 Socialists :-
a) Preferred private property
b) Opposed private property
c) Favoured individually controlled property
Regarded Private property as solution to all problems.
17 The Revolution of 1905 started with the event of Bloody Sunday, it was named so
because:- a) It was a Sunday and people hated that day.
b) It was not a Sunday and people wanted the event to be on the coming Sunday
c) It was associated with bloodshed on a Sunday.
d) None of the above.
18 Identify the famous socialists of 19th century Europe

a) Lenin and Stalin
b) Locke and Montesquieu

c) Darwin and Spencer
d) Karl Marx and En`gles
19 Consider the statements given below and choose the correct answer
Statement I: In 1914, WW-I broke out between two European alliances – Germany, Austria, Turkey and
France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Romania.
Statement II: The Tsarina Alexandra’s German origins and poor advisers, especially a monk
called Rasputin, made the autocracy unpopular in Russia
Options:-
a. Statement (i) is correct and (ii) is incorrect.
b. Statement (i) is incorrect and (ii) is correct
c. Both (i) & (ii) are incorrect
d. Both (i) & (ii) are correct
20 Petrograd city was divided into two parts by the river Neva with Right bank having:-
a) Winter Palace,
b) the official buildings
c) Palace where the Duma met
d) worker’s quarters
QII ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN BRIEF:-
1 Discuss the role played by the philosophers in the French Revolution.
2 How did inequality in the French society lead to revolution in the country? Give three reasons.
3 What were the features of constitution of 1791 of France?
4 Describe the events leading to the formation of Convention government.
5 Why anti-German sentiments ran high in Russia during the WW-I?
6 Enlist the results of Bloody Sunday.
7
What according to you were the prime causes of the Revolutions of 1917 in Russia?
8 Describe the social condition of Russia before the Revolution.
QIII READ THE GIVEN TEXT AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
On the morning of 14 July 1789, the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. The king had commanded troops to
move into the city. Rumours spread that he would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens. Some
7,000 men and women gathered in front of the town hall and decided to form a peoplesí militia. They broke into
a number of government buildings in search of arms. Finally, a group of several hundred people marched
towards the eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress-prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to find
hoarded ammunition. In the armed fight that followed, the commander of the Bastille was killed and the
prisoners released ñ though there were only seven of them. Yet the Bastille was hated by all, because it stood for
the despotic power of the king. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets to
all those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction.
1 Name the event mentioned in the above paragraph. Why was the Fort hated by all?
2 What was the reason of people’s anger?

a) Army was called to kill the people of Paris.
b) The king had started a war
c) A rumour spread the king will order the army to open fire upon the citizens.
d) Many prisoners fled from the jail.
3 Why people decided to form a people’s militia? The stone fragments were sold in the markets-Give reason.

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GRADE IX

HISTORY REVISION WORKSHEET

CH-1:THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

4 Why did Louis XVI call a meeting for a estate General?

5 Which of the following owned majority of the land in Russia?

6 Most aristocrat amongst the workers group were the:-

7 Manor is an estate consisting of:-

9 The procession was led by Father Gapon to the

12 Choose the correct option:-

13 Identify the painting from the options given below:-

14 What was the name of the Russian Parliament?

15 All political parties were illegal in Russia before?

18 Identify the famous socialists of 19th century Europe

b) Locke and Montesquieu

QII ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN BRIEF:-

1 Discuss the role played by the philosophers in the French Revolution.

3 What were the features of constitution of 1791 of France?

4 Describe the events leading to the formation of Convention government.

5 Why anti-German sentiments ran high in Russia during the WW-I?

6 Enlist the results of Bloody Sunday.

8 Describe the social condition of Russia before the Revolution.

2 What was the reason of people’s anger?

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