Q 1 – Which of the following state of French society paid all the taxes?
(a) 1st estate
(b) 2nd estate
(c) 3rd estate
(d) All a, b and c
Q 2 – The tax that was charged by the church from the peasants :
(a) Tithes
(b) Taille
(c) Indirect tax
(d) Irrigation tax
Q 3 – What did Rousseau preach?
(a) There should not be social contract between the state and the monarch.
(b) There should be no relation between the state and the dictator.
(c) There is a social contract between the people and the monarch.
(d) The state should be divided between legislature and legislative for administrative purposes.
Q 4 – What did Montesquieu propose?
(a) He purposed the division of separation of power.
(b) He opposed the theory of separation of power.
(c) He argued that legislature, legislative and judiciary should be depended on each other.
(d) He purposed a division of power between judiciary, executive and legislature.
Q 5 – Which one of the following is the author of ‘The Social Contract’?
(a) Rosseau
(b) Voltaire
(c) Montesquieu
(d) Mirabeau
Q 6 – Which of the following were the two leaders of National Assembly of France?
(a) Mirabeau and Voltaire
(b) Mirabeau and Rousseau
(c) Mirabeau and Montesquieu
(d) Mirabeau and Abbesieyes
Q 7 – Name the French Revolutionary who edited the paper ‘L’ Ami due peuple.
(a) Jean-Paul Marat
(b) Voltaire
(c) Abbe-Sieyes
(d) Montesquieu
Q 8 – Which period is referred to as the ‘Reign of Terror?
(a) The period from 1793 to 1794
(b) The period from 1789 to 1794
(c) The period from 1789 to 1785
(d) The period from 1789 to 1799
Q 9 – What is Directory?
(a) It was executive made up from 3rd estate of French society
(b) It was executive made up from the members of French parliament.
(c) It was executive made up of five members.
(d) It was an elected body by the French Citizen.
Q 10 – When was a legislative, to free all the slaves in the French overseas possession passed?
(a) In 1783
(b) In 1793
(c) In 1795
(d) In 1794
Q 11 – The French Revolution started in:
(a) 1789
(b) 1688
(c) 1709
(d) 1749
Q 12 – Louis XVII became the king of France in :
(a) 1784
(b) 1764
(c) 1774
(d) 1789
Q 13 – The term subsistence stands for:
(a) An extreme condition where basic condition for survival is fulfilled.
(b) A social division of society.
(c) A group of French army.
(d) An extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered.
Q 14 – The spirit of laws was written by:
(a) Montesquieu
(b) Rousseau
(c) Voltaire
(d) Locke
Q 15 – Name the French philosopher who said that the people are real masters of the rule and king rules with their consent.
(a) Voltaire
(b) Rousseau
(c) Locke
(d) Montesquieu
Q 16 – Which of the following tax was paid by the peasants of France :
(i) Taille (ii) Tithe (iii) Indirect taxes (iv) No tax was given
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (iv)
(d) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Q 17 – What happened in the month of July?
(a) The city of Paris was in state of alarm.
(b) The city of Paris was set on fire.
(c) The city of Paris became free.
(d) Louis XVII became the king of Paris.
Q 18 – The fortress-prison in France is known as:
(a) Central Jail of France
(b) Revolutionary Jail of France
(c) Central Jail of Revolutionary
(d) Bastille
Q 19 – The events which are important in the making of the modern world :
(i) French Revolution (ii) Russian Revolution (iii) Rise of Nazism (iv) Chinese Revolution
(a) (i) and (iv)
(b) (i) and (iii)
(c) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(d) (iii) and (iv)
Q 20 – Which event gave the idea of liberty, freedom and equality ?
(a) Glorious Revolution of 1688
(b) The French Revolution
(c) The Russian Revolution
(d) The American War of Independence
Q 21 – Name the philosopher who sought to repute the doctrine of divine and absolute right of
monarch in France.
(a) John Locks
(b) Rousseau
(c) Voltaire
(d) None of the above
Q 22 – Who said: The task of representing the people has been given to the rich?
(a) Mirabeau
(b) Jean-Paul Marat
(c) Rousseau
(d) Georges Denton
Q 23 – Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate’?
(a) Mirabeau
(b) Abbe Sieyes
(c) Jean-Paul Marat
(d) Olympe de Gouges
Q 24 – Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?
(a) Artisans
(b) Shopkeepers
(c) Daily-wage workers
(d) Men with property
Q 25 – How does a ‘Subsistence Crisis’ happen?
(a) Bad harvest leads to scarcity of grains
(b) Food prices rise and the poorest cannot buy bread
(c) Leads to weaker bodies, diseases, deaths and even food riots
(d) All the above
Q 26 – What was ‘Estates General’?
(a) Post of Army General
(b) A political body
(c) Head of all landed property
(d) Advisor of the king
Q 27 – Who led the representatives of the Third Estate in Versailles on 20th June?
(a) Mirabeau
(b) Abbe Sieyes
(c) Louis XVI
(d) Both a and b
Q 28 – According to the new constitution of 1791, the National Assembly was to be
(a) Elected directly
(b) appointed by the king
(c) elected indirectly
(d) a hereditary body
Q 29 – Which of these rights were not established as ‘natural and inalienable’ rights by the constitution of 1791?
(a) Right to life
(b) Freedom of speech and opinion
(c) Equality before the law
(d) All the above
Q 30 – The term ‘Old Regime’ is usually used to describe
(a) France before 1000 B.C.
(b) Society of France after 1789 A.D.
(c) Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D.
(d) None of the above
Q 31 –Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Louis XVI becomes king of France | A. 1792-93 |
| (b) France becomes a republic | B. 1804 |
| (c) Napoleon becomes Emperor | C. 1774 |
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