Q 1– 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
(b) Jean-Paul Marat
Q 2– What was the name of tax which was directly paid to the state by the Third Estate?
(a) tithes
(b) livres
(c) taille
(d) all of these
(c) taille
Q 3– The National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the
(a) monarch
(b) wealthy man
(c) businessmen
(d) press
(a) monarch
Q 4– Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate’?
(a) Mirabeau
(b) Abbe Sieyes
(c) Jean-Paul Marat
(d) Olympe de Gouges.
(b) Abbe Sieyes
Q 5– The burden of financial activities of state during the Old Regime was borne by the ________.
Third estate
Q 6– In France, the eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of a social group, termed as the ________.
Middle class
Q 7– The American constitution and its guarantee of individual rights was an important example for political thinkers in ________.
France
Q 8– The agitated crowd stormed and destroyed the Bastille on ________.
14th July, 1789
Q 9– The constitution of 1791 vested the power to make laws in the ________.
National Assembly
Q 10– What was the newly elected assembly called?
The newly elected assembly was called the convention.
Q 11– The constitution began with a Declaration of the rights of ________
Man and citizen
Q 12– The National Assembly of France voted in April 1792 to declare war against ________.
Prussia and Austria
Q 13– The members of the Jacobin Club belonged mainly to ________.
The less prosperous sections of society.
Q 14 – Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?
(a) Artisans
(b) Shopkeepers
(c) Daily-wage workers
(d) Men with property
(d) Men with property
Q 15– On 20th June, the representatives of the Third Estate assembled in the indoor tennis court of Versailles for
(a) hunger strike
(b) drafting a Constitution for France which limited the king’s power
(c) declaring a revolt
(d) making an appeal to support the king in times of need
(b) drafting a Constitution for France which limited the king’s power
Q 16– Which of the following is true about Bastille Storming?
A. It was a fortress prison in France
B. It represented despotic powers
C. French common man hated Bastille
D. All the above
D. All the above
Q 17– In the war against Prussia and Austria, the army sang which patriotic song?
(a) ‘Liberty’, written by an unknown woman poet
(b) ‘Marseillaise’ written by the poet Roget de L’Isle
(c) ‘Viva France’ written by a French peasant
(d) None of the above
(b) ‘Marseillaise’ written by the poet Roget de L’Isle
Q 18– Which of these people were entitled to vote?
(a) Only men above 25 years of age
(b) Men and women above 30 years of age
(c) Men who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of a labourer’s wage
(d) Both (a) and (c)
(d) Both (a) and (c)
Q 19– The new Constitution made France a
(a) Constitutional Monarchy
(b) Communist state
(c) Fully democratic state
(d) None of the above
(a) Constitutional Monarchy
Q 20– Which of these books was written by John Locke?
(a) The Spirit of the Laws
(b) Two Treatises on Government
(c) The Social Contract
(d) All the above
(b) Two Treatises on Government
Q 21– French women demanded the right:
(a) to vote
(b) to be elected to the assembly
(c) to hold political office
(d) all of the above
(d) all of the above
Q 22– The Assembly elected in 1792 was called
(a) Convention
(b) Congress
(c) Congregation
(d) Council
(a) Convention
Q 23– One important law that came into effect soon after the storming of the Bastille in 1789 was the ________.
Abolition of censorship.
Q 24– In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself as Emperor of the ________ .
France.
Q 25– A triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and:
(a) Africa
(b) Asia
(c) Australia
(d) none of the above
(a) Africa
Q 26– The political body representing the three estates of pre-revolutionary France as ________.
Estates General.
Q 27– On what charge was Louis XVI sentenced to death?
(a) Cruelty
(b) Treason
(c) Incapability
(d) Misuse of powers
(b) Treason
Q 28– Why is the period from 1793 to 1794 referred to as the ‘Reign of Terror’?
(a) Louis XVI’s successor became a tyrant
(b) Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment
(c) Jacobins opted for loot and plunder
(d) None of the above
(b) Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment
Q 29– A triangular slave trade started among ________ .
Europe, Africa and the Americas.
Q 30 –Women in France won the right to vote in ________.
1946.
Q 31– Upon becoming free, the slave wore:
(a) blue cap
(b) white cap
(c) red cap
(d) green cap
(c) red cap
Q 32– Who among the following reintroduced slavery in France after it was abolished by Jacobin regime?
(a) Louis XIV
(b) Robespierre
(c) Napoleon
(d) Marat
(c) Napoleon
Q 33– Who were not considered ‘passive citizens’?
(a) Women
(b) children
(c) Non-propertied men
(d) wealthy people
(d) wealthy people
Q 34– The Third Estate comprised
(a) Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers
(b) Peasants and artisan
(c) Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.
(d) All the above
(d) All the above
Q 35– In which of the battle was Napoleon finally defeated?
(a) Russia
(b) Waterloo
(c) Versailles
(d) Paris
(b) Waterloo
Q 36– ‘The Spirit of Laws’ was written by:
(a) Montesquieu
(b) Rousseau
(c) Jean Paul Marat
(d) John Locke
(a) Montesquieu
Q 37– 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
(d) All the above
Q 38– Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention
(a) Declared France a constitutional monarchy
(b) Abolished the monarchy
(c) All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote
(d) Declared France a Republic
(d) Declared France a Republic
Q 39– Finally, a group of several hundred people marched towards the …………….. part of the city and stormed the fortress-prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to find hoarded ammunition.
(a) Eastern
(b) Northern
(c) Western
(d) Southern
(a) Eastern
Q 40– Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate
(a) The Third Estate was made of the poor only
(b) Within the Third Estate some were rich and some were poor
(c) Richer members of the Third Estate owned lands
(d) Peasants were obliged to serve in the army, or build roads
(a) The Third Estate was made of the poor only
Q 41– Why was the fortress-prison, the Bastille, hated by all?
(a) It stood for the despotic power of the king.
(b) Because of dictatorship
(c) Aristocracy
(d) None of these
A. It stood for the despotic power of the king.
Q 42– The word livres stands for:
(a) unit of currency in France
(b) tax levied by the Church
(c) tax to be paid directly to the state
(d) none of these
(a) unit of currency in France
Q 43– A guillotine was ____________________
(a) A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded
(b) A fine sword with which heads were cut off
(c) A special noose to hang people
(d) none of the above
(a) A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded
Q 45– The word livres stands for:
(a) unit of currency in France
(b) tax levied by the Church
(c) Tax to be paid directly to the state
(d) none of these
(a) unit of currency in France
Q 46– What was ‘Estates General’?
(a) Post of Army General
(b) A political body
(c) Head of all landed property
(d) Advisor of the king
(b) A political body
Q 47– 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
(c) Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D.
Q 48– Which of these books was written by John Locke?
(a) The Spirit of the Laws
(b) Two Treatises on Government
(c) The Social Contract
(d) All the above
(b) Two Treatises on Government
Q 49– 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
(d) Both a and b
Q 50– Which of these provisions were passed by the Assembly on the night of 4 August 1789?
(a) Abolition of the feudal system of obligations
(b) Clergy had to give up its privileges
(c) Tithes were abolished
(d) All the above
(d) All the above