Multiple Choice Questions of French Revolution (Class - IX)
1. On which of the following day did ‘Storming of the Bastille’ occur?
(a) 14th July, 1789
(b) 14th July, 1798
(c) 14th June, 1789
(d) 14th June, 1798
2. What did Bastille symbolize?
(a) Benevolence of the king
(b) Despotic power of the king
(c) Armed might of France
(d) Prestige and power
3. 18th century French society was divided into
(a) Castes
(b) Four Estates
(c) Three Estates
(d) Two Estates
4. Which of the following constituted the privileged class?
(a) Clergy and peasants
(b) Peasants and nobility
(c) First and Third Estate
(d) Clergy and nobility
5. The most important of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy and nobility
(a) Right to collect dues
(b) Ownership of land
(c) Participate in wars
(d) Exemption from taxes to the state
6. Which of the following believed social position must depend on merit?
(a) Middle class
(b) Nobility
(c) Workers
(d) Peasants
7. Society based on freedom, equal laws and opportunities was advocated by
(a) Middle class and people of the Third Estate
(b) Clergy and nobility
(c) Philosophers such as John Locke and Rousseau
(d) Englishmen Georges Danton and Arthur Young
8. Which of the following refuted the doctrine of divine and absolute right?
(a) John Locke
(b) Rousseau
(c) Montesquieu
(d) Voltaire
9. Who advocated government based on Social Contract?
(a) Darwin
(b) Spencer
(c) Rousseau
(d) Montesquieu
10. Division of power within the government was put forth in
(a) 'Two Treaties of Government'
(b) 'The Spirit of the Laws'
(c) 'Le Moniteur Universal'
(d) 'The Social Contract'
11. Who was the King of France at the time of the Revolution?
(a) Louis XIV
(b) Louis XVI
(c) Marie Antoinette
(d) Nicholas II
12. Political body of France
(a) Duma
(b) Reichstag
(c) Lok Sabha
(d) Estates General
13. Voting in the Estates General was conducted on the principle of
(a) Each member one vote
(b) Male adult franchise
(c) Universal adult franchise
(d) Estates General
14. The Estates General was last convened in
(a) 1604
(b) 1614
(c) 1416
(d) 1641
15. Where did the Third Estate form and announce the National Assembly?
(a) Indoor Tennis Court
(b) Hall of Mirrors
(c) Firoz Shah Ground
(d) Winter Palace
16. Members of the Third Estate were led by
(a) Louis XVI and Marie Antionette
(b) Lenin and Kerensky
(c) Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes
(d) Rousseau and Voltaire
17. Which of the following was the main objective of the Constitution of 1791?
(a) To limit the powers of the king alone
(b) Do away with feudal privileges
(c) Give equal rights to women
(d) Establish a constitutional monarchy
18. A broken chain symbolized
(a) Chains used to fetter slaves
(b) Strength lies in unity
(c) Royal power
(d) Act of becoming free
19. The winged woman personified
(а) National colours of France
(b) Act of becoming free
(c) Personification of Law
(d) Rays of the Sun will drive away the clouds of ignorance
20. Bundle of rods or fasces symbolized
(a) Royal power
(b) Equality before law
(c) Law is the same for all
(d) Strength lies in unity
21. Which of the following symbolized Eternity?
(a) Sceptre
(b) Eye within a triangle radiating light
(c) The Law Tablet
(d) Snake biting its tail to form a ring
22. Which of the following were the national colours of France during the?
(a) Blue-green-yellow
(b) Red-green-blue
(c) Blue-white-red
(d) Yellow-red-white
23. National Anthem of France
(a) Vande Matram
(b) Roget de L Isle
(c) Le Moniteur Universal
(d) Marseilles
24. Members of the Jacobin Club were known as
(a) Conservatives
(b) Revolutionaries
(c) Terrorists
(d) San-culottes
25. France on 21st September, 1792 was declared a
(a) Socialist State
(b) Democracy
(c) Communist State
(d) Republic
26. Which of the following was a factor in the rise of Napoleon?
(a) Fall of the Jacobin government
(b) Robespiere’s Reign of Terror
(c) Political instability of the Directory
(d) Nationalist forces
27. French legacy to the world
(a) Democracy
(b) Socialism and nationalism
(c) Republicanism
(d) Liberty, Freedom and Equality
28. In the context of France the volunteers from Marseilles sang the Marseillaise, a patriotic song when they marched into Paris. Who composed this song?
(a) Maximilian Robespierre
(b) Marie Antoinette
(c) Roget de L’Isle
(d) Mirabeau
29. What did the Red Cap worn by Sans Culottes in France symbolize?
(a) Liberty
(b) Brotherhood
(c) Love
(d) Equality
30. Which of the following refers to the political body representing the three estates of pre-revolutionary France?
(a) Parliament of France
(b) National Assembly
(c) Estates General
(d) Estates Committee
31. The word ‘Guillotine’ during French Revolution era refers to
(a) Beheading a person
(b) Awarding a person
(c) Taxing a person
(d) Threatening a person
32. The French Revolution took place on…..
(a) July 14, 1789
(b) July 14, 1788
(c) July 14, 1786
(d) July 14, 1785
33. On what charges was Louis XVI guillotined?
(a) Cruelty
(b) Treason
(c) Absolute Role
(d) Misgovernance
34. The tax called tithe was collected from French Peasants by
(a) The Church
(b) The emperor
(c) The Nobles
(d) Chief of the Army
35. Why was the subsistence crisis caused in France?
(a) The wages of the people were low
(b) There was widespread unemployment
(c) Increase in population led to rapid increase in the demand of food grains
(d) The government imposed various taxes
36. The Bastille was hated by all in France because
(a) It stood for the despotic power of the king
(b) It was a fortress prison
(c) Prison In charge tortured the inmates
(d) It housed dreaded criminals
Answers | French Revolution |
1. (a) 14th July, 17892. (b) Despotic power of the king
3. (c) Three Estates
4. (d) Clergy and nobility
5. (d) Exemption from taxes to the state
6. (a) Middle class
7. (c) Philosophers such as John Locke and Rousseau
8. (a) John Locke
9. (c) Rousseau
10. (b) 'The Spirit of the Laws'
11. (b) Louis XVI
12. (d) Estates General
13. (d) Estates General
14. (b) 1614
15. (a) Indoor Tennis Court
16. (c) Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes
17. (d) Establish a constitutional monarchy
18. (d) Act of becoming free
19. (c) Personification of Law
20. (d) Strength lies in unity
21. (d) Snake biting its tail to form a ring
22. (c) Blue-white-red
23. (d) Marseilles
24. (d) San-culottes
25. (d) Republic
26. (c) Political instability of the Directory
27. (d) Liberty, Freedom and Equality
28. (c) Roget de L’Isle
29. (a) Liberty
30. (c) Estates General
31. (a) Beheading a person
32. (a) July 14, 1789
33. (b) Treason
34. (a) The Church
35. (c) Increase in population led to rapid increase in the demand of food grains
36. (a) It stood for the despotic power of the king