Analyze the historical events and figures related to the Russian Duma and the Weimar Republic.

Step 1: Answer Question 01.

• Assertion (A): The Tsar changed the voting laws and packed the third Duma with conservatives and politicians. Liberals and politicians were kept out. (True)
• Reason (R): He didn't want any questioning of his authority or any reduction in his power. (True)
• The reason correctly explains the assertion.

The correct option is (a).

a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Step 2: Answer Question 02.
Match column A with suitable options from column B:

• A. German Parliament $\rightarrow$ IV. Reichstag
• B. World's Biggest Stock Exchange $\rightarrow$ III. Wall Street Exchange
• C. Making up for a wrong done $\rightarrow$ II. Reparation
• D. Gestapo $\rightarrow$ I. Secret State Police

The correct matching is A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I.

The correct option is (b).

b) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

Step 3: Answer Question 03.
Consider the following statements and choose the incorrect one.

• (a) Use of Article 48 by the President led to the suspension of civil rights in Germany. (Correct)
• (b) The people of Germany didn't welcome the Weimar Republic due to the war clause. (Correct)
• (c) Use of Proportional Representation brought stability for the German parliament. (Incorrect - it often led to instability due to many small parties and coalition governments).

The incorrect statement is (c).

c) Use of Proportional Representation brought stability for the German parliament.

Step 4: Answer Question 04.
The image depicts a sans-culottes couple, identifiable by their distinctive clothing, such as the trousers (not breeches) worn by the male figure, which were a symbol of the working class during the French Revolution.

The correct option is (b).

b) Sans-culottes couple

Step 5: Answer Question 05.
A subsistence crisis is an extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered. This often occurs due to poor harvests, leading to a scarcity of food grains, rising food prices, and weakened bodies susceptible to disease.

Step 6: Answer Question 06.
After the October Revolution of 1917, the Bolshevik party introduced several major changes:

• Most industries and banks were nationalized in November 1917.
• Land was declared social property, and peasants were allowed to seize the land of the nobility.
• In cities, Bolsheviks enforced the partition of large houses according to family requirements.
• The use of old aristocratic titles was banned.
• New uniforms were designed for the army and officials.
• Russia became a one-party state (the Communist Party).

Step 7: Answer Question 07 (first option).
The peace treaty signed with Germany after World War I was the Treaty of Versailles.
Its main features included:

• Germany was forced to accept the war guilt clause, holding it responsible for the war and damages.
• Germany had to pay reparations amounting to $$$6.3 billion (or 6,600 million pounds).
• Germany lost its overseas colonies.
• A tenth of its population, 13% of its territories, and 75% of its iron and 26% of its coal were given to France, Poland, Denmark, and Lithuania.
• The Rhineland was demilitarized.
• The German army was limited to 100,000 men, and it was forbidden to have an air force or submarines.