Roots of the Modern World | Set 4
1. Czarina Alexandra Fyodorovna was under the sway of the wicked and notorious monk
………………, who claimed to have spiritual powers that could heal the young prince.
2. A provisional coalition government came into existence in ……………by March 3, 1917,
under the premiership of Prince George Lvov.
3. Under ………………..leadership, the Bolsheviks criticized and exposed the shortcomings
of the Provisional Government.
4. A huge armed demonstration was held against the Provisional Government
in…………….., on July 17, 1917.
5. …………………is rightly considered to be the Father of the Bolshevik Revolution.
6. According to the Constitution published and adopted on July 10, ……………………, Russia
was named as the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic.
7. In………………., the All-Russian Congress of Soviets created the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republic.
8. In………….., Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy (N.E.P) which was a blend of
state socialism and state capitalism.
9. In 1921, …………..introduced the New Economic Policy (N.E.P) which was a blend of
state socialism and state capitalism.
10. After Lenin’s death in 1924, there was a keen struggle between his lieutenants Leon
Trotsky and………………, for taking his place.
11. ……………….inaugurated an era of five-Year plans(1928) in order to convert the weak,
agrarian Russian economy into a powerful and stable industrial economy.
12. The monk Rasputin is killed by the nobles in …………..
13. On March 2, ………….. Czar Nicholas II forced to abdicate.
14. In Mar 3, 1917 - A Provisional coalition government in Russia under the Premiership
of ………….comes into existence.
15. In July 1917 - An armed demonstration held against the Provisional Government at……
16. October …………. - Revolution leads to the establishment of the dictatorship of the
laboring class.
17. …………….introduced the New Economic Policy in Russia.
18. ……………established a new constitution in USSR in 1936.
19. The Communist International, abbreviated as Comintern, also known as the …………
International (1919–1943), was an international communist organization.
20. …………………. was founded by Lenin in Moscow in March 1919 to coordinate the world
communist movement.
21. Third International was founded by ……………in Moscow in March 1919 to coordinate
the world communist movement.
22. Third International was founded by Lenin in Moscow in March …………. to coordinate
the world communist movement.
23. Stalin publicly disbanded the Comintern in…………….
24. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was in the year………………..
25. After the Kronstadt Uprising of March 1921, ……………saw that the situation was
dangerous.
26. Who proclaimed`, "Everything must be set aside to increase production.”?
27. ……………. thought that the collapse of Russian economy was mainly due to the
introduction of 'War Communism' during the Civil War.
28. Who declared a 'Retreat from Communism’?
29. In………….., Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy.
30. "In order to take two steps forward", …………said, "we shall have to take one step
backward."
31. The U.S.A. accorded recognition to the Soviet Union as late as…………….
32. The Soviet Union entered the League of Nations only in……………...
33. The Treaty of Rapallo was between Germany and ………….in 1922
34. In March 1919, Lenin founded the Third International (or Comintern) in Moscow with
…………….as its President.
35. Zinoviev was the President of the …………..from 1920 to1926.
36. The Russian Communist Party …………..decided the party policy and thus the policy of
the state
37. The Russian Communist Party the …………….decided the party organization and party
discipline
38. Trotsky joined the Bolshevik Party only in……………….
39. 'Socialism in One Country' is associated with……………….
40. …………..deeply believed that a socialist country could not be built up in Russia unless
the revolution spread to other parts of the world.
41. ………….advocated 'socialism in one country'.
42. ……………….believed that Russia, with her vast resources, could build up herself as a
socialist country alone, without support from the outside.
43. ‘There was no need for a world revolution’ who said?.
44. On January 21, 1924, ……………died.
45. In……………., Trotsky was deported from Russia.
46. In 1940, Trotsky was assassinated in…………………...
47. ……………..thought that rapid industrialization and collectivization of agriculture would
transform Russia into a rich and strong socialist state.
48. …………………. Made use of the State Planning Commission (Gosplan) to make a survey of
the country’s economic resources.
49. ……………. Denounced the ‘Jewish’ Communism in ‘My Struggle’, and pointed out that he
would attack Russia.
50. Italian dictatorship was initiated by………………….
51. ………………..developed the concept of the ‘Corporate State.’
52. In 1923, ………….secured the island of Corfu (that was in Greece).
53. In October…………….., Italy and Germany formed a close alliance known as the Berlin-
Rome Axis.
54. In October 1936, Italy and …….formed a close alliance known as the Berlin-Rome Axis.
55. In…………., Italy joined the Anti-Comintern Pact against Russia.
56. Mussolini entered World War II on June 10,…………..
57. Adolf Hitler, an ………………by birth, joined the German army during World War I.
58. Reichstag was the …………….Parliament
59. On June 30, 1934 ……………….massacred thousands of socialists for treason, for which
the day came to be known as ’Bloody Saturday.’
60. On October 14, 1933, ……………….gave notice of withdrawal from the League of Nations
and the Disarmament Conference.
61. On March 19, 1935, …………violated Part V of the Treaty of Versailles by re-introducing
military conscription.
62. On March 7, 1936, …………..dispatched troops to remilitarize the Rhineland.
63. To expand German territory and power, ……………followed a policy of naked
aggression.
64. With the help of……………, Hitler annexed Austria on March 11, 1938.
65. On March 15, 1939, …………invaded and annexed Czechoslovakia.
66. ………….. launched an armed attack on Poland, on September 1, 1939.
67. The ‘Cortes’ was the National Assembly in……………...
68. In ……………… Mussolini formed a political party which he names as Fascisti.
69. October 30, 1922 - King Victor Emmanuel III invited …………….to form the government
in Rome.
70. January 1930 - General Miguel Primo de Riviera of …………resigned from his office.
71. In 1931 - …………….invaded Manchuria.
72. A Republic was established in ………...under the leadership of Zamora.
73. In 1932 - ………….acquired a German Citizenship.
74. In …………….. The Nazi party acquired 44% seats in the Reichstag (German Parliament)
75. In August …………. - After the death of President Hindenburg, Hitler became an absolute
ruler and is called the Fuehrer.
76. In ………… - Italy invaded Ethiopia.
77. The Second World War can be traced to the Treaty of Versailles, which had been
imposed on……………...
78. In 1931, Japan grabbed Manchuria from…………..
79. World War II began with Hitler’s attack on Poland on September 1,……………...
80. The Anglo-Russian Alliance was formed on July 22, ……………, for mutual military aid in
the war against Germany.
81. The American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, was bombed by the Japanese on December
7,…………..
82. Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of…………..
83. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the President of …………
84. Japan continued to battle until atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
on August 6 and 9, …………….respectively, by the United States.
85. During the Second World War, the Nazi dictator, …………initiated a movement that
aimed at wiping out the whole race of Jews which was called the holocaust.
86. After the war, Japan was placed under the control of the Far Eastern Commission with
General …………….as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces.
87. In 1931 Japan captured…………...
88. In 1938 …………..annexed Austria.
89. September 3, 1939 - Britain and France declared war on ………….
90. September 1939 - ……………..attacked and captured Denmark and Norway.
91. November 30, 1939 - Soviet Union invaded……………...
92. Battle of Britain was in the year………………..
93. December 7, 1941 - …………..attacked Pearl Harbor.
94. December ……………. Germany and Italy declared war on USA.
95. August 1945 - US dropped Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, (6th) and Nagasaki (9th), in ……
96. …………. attacked Poland on September 1, 1939.
97. The U.S.A. entered the Second World War when …….attacked the Pearl Harbor in 1940.
98. The United Nations Organization was established in………………..
99. In August …………… the Atlantic Charter was issued by the U.S. President Roosevelt and
the British Prime Minister Churchill.
100. In October 1944, a scheme for the establishment of an international security
organization was discussed at Dumbarton Oaks Conference held in………………….