Question

Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party?
A. Leon Trotsky
B. Kerensky
C. Vladimir Lenin
D. Karl Marx

Answer 1

Hint: The Bolshevik was a far-left radical and revolutionary Marxist faction that was later split from the Mensheviks faction of the Marxist Russian social democratic labour party. Bolsheviks considered themselves as the leaders of the revolutionary proletariat of Russia. Their practices and beliefs were referred to as Bolshevism.

Complete answer: Bolshevik which literally means ‘one of the majority’ in Russian were the members of the Russian social-democratic workers’ party which were led by Vladimir Lenin. In 1917 he seized control of the government in Russia and became one of the dominant political parties. The party assumed the name Bolsheviks and called their opponents Mensheviks which means ‘those of the minority’. Although both factions participated together in the 1905 Russian revolution however their difference is increased. Bolsheviks continued to insist upon a highly disciplined centralised and the professional party and boycotted the first state Duma elections in 1906 and even refused to cooperate with the government and other political parties. Furthermore, they were disapproved of by the Mensheviks and Non-Russian social democrats on their methods of obtaining revenue which also included robbery.
-Leon Trotsky was a communist agitator and theorist and a leader in Russia's October revolution in 1917. After the end of the Tsarist monarchy, Trotsky returned to Russia and became the leader of the Bolshevik faction. He developed variants of Marxism which one known as Trotskyism.
-Alexander Kerensky revolutionary and lawyer who was an important political figure in the Russian revolution of 1917. He was the leader of the moderate socialist Trudovik faction of the socialist revolutionary party.
-Karl Marx was a German philosopher, political theorist, historian and socialist revolutionary etc. Marx's critical theories about economics, society and politics are together known as Marxism, which holds that human society is developed through class conflict. Karl Marx is famously known for the communist manifesto.
Therefore, the correct answer is option-C.

Note: In 1912, Lenin with a small group of people formed a different Bolshevik organisation and split from the Russian social-democratic workers’ party. It also alienated many of his colleagues who did not agree with Lenin on his political tactics and infallibility of orthodox Marxism.