Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET July 2016 Political Science
Arrange the following revolutions in the sequence in which they took place.
- 1. Chinese Revolution
- 2. Cuban Revolution
- 3. Bolshevik Revolution
- 4. Puritan Revolution
A1, 2, 4, 3
B2, 1, 3, 4
C4, 3, 1, 2 ✓ Correct
D4, 3, 2, 1
Correct answer: (C) 4, 3, 1, 2 — The chronological order is Puritan, Bolshevik, Chinese and Cuban Revolution, so the sequence is 4, 3, 1, 2.
Explanation
★The chronological order is Puritan, Bolshevik, Chinese and Cuban Revolution, so the sequence is 4, 3, 1, 2.
★The Puritan Revolution in England ran from 1642 to 1660 against the crown and the established church.
★The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 brought Lenin and the Soviet state to power in Russia.
★The Chinese Communist Revolution culminated in 1949, with the party growing since 1921.
★The Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro triumphed in 1959 against Batista.
★Placing the Cuban or Chinese revolution first ignores the much earlier English upheaval.
★Aristotle, in Politics, called any change a revolution and traced its general cause to the feeling of inequality.
★Dating each event fixes the order from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
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