Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET January 2025 Political Science
Russian Marxist thinker and ruler Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in which year?
A1921
B1924 ✓ Correct
C1919
D1927
Correct answer: (B) 1924 — Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in 1924, so the answer is option 2.
Explanation
★Vladimir Ilyich Lenin died in 1924, so the answer is option 2.
★Lenin died on 21 January 1924, after leading the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and founding the Soviet state.
★His death opened the power struggle that ended in the rise of Joseph Stalin over Leon Trotsky.
★Lenin's main contributions include What Is to Be Done (1902) and Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1916).
★The other years, 1919, 1921 and 1927, do not mark his death.
★Spotting cue: Lenin 1924 and Stalin's subsequent rise are a fixed pair NET tests.
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