Multiple Choice Questions
The French Revolution
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Q. 1
Which of the following were national colours of France?
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Red-blue-yellowB
Blue-white-redC
Red-yellow-whiteD
Red-white-blackClick an option to check your answer
Q. 2
When Louis XVI ascended the throne of France?
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1773B
1776C
1775D
1774Click an option to check your answer
Q. 3
Choose the correctly matched pair.
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Directory - Seven member executive bodyB
Louis XVI - Executed on 21 January 1793C
Pain d'égalité - White flour breadD
Robespierre - Guillotine inventorClick an option to check your answer
Q. 4
The Bastille symbolized:
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Despotic power of the kingB
Armed might of FranceC
Benevolence of the kingD
Prestige and powerClick an option to check your answer
Q. 5
French society in the 18th century was divided into three estates, and only members of the ______ paid taxes.
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Nobility and clergyB
Second estateC
First estateD
Third estateClick an option to check your answer
Q. 6
Political body of France
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Lok SabhaB
DumaC
Estates GeneralD
ReichstagClick an option to check your answer
Q. 7
Members of the Third Estate were led by:
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Mirabeau and Abbe SieyesB
Louis XVI and Marie AntoinetteC
Lenin and KerenskyD
Rousseau and VoltaireClick an option to check your answer
Q. 8
Who was King in France at the time of the Revolution?
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Louis XVIB
Louis XIVC
Nicholas IID
Marie AntoinetteClick an option to check your answer
Q. 9
A broken chain symbolizes:
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Strength lies in unityB
Chains used to fetter slavesC
Royal powerD
Act of becoming freeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 10
When was slavery abolished in French Colonies?
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1851B
1848C
1849D
1850Click an option to check your answer
Q. 11
Main aim of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
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To establish the right to bear armsB
To guarantee freedom of religionC
To protect natural and inalienable rightsD
To promote the right to private propertyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 12
Louis XVI was sentenced to death on the charge of ___________.
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HeresyB
SeditionC
BlasphemyD
TreasonClick an option to check your answer
Q. 13
National anthem of France sung by Marseilles volunteers?
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The Star-Spangled BannerB
God Save the QueenC
La MarseillaiseD
Ode to JoyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 14
Storming of the Bastille
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14th July, 1798B
14th July, 1789C
14th June, 1789D
14th June, 1798Click an option to check your answer
Q. 15
Which of the following believed social position must depend on merit?
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NobilityB
PeasantsC
Middle classD
WorkersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 16
Which of the following constituted the privileged class?
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Peasants and nobilityB
Clergy and nobilityC
First and Third EstateD
Clergy and peasantsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 17
18th century French society was divided into:
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Four EstatesB
CastesC
Three EstatesD
Two EstatesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 18
A broken chain stands for the act of becoming free.
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FalseB
TrueClick an option to check your answer
Q. 19
What is feudalism?
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A classless system.B
Peasants owned the land.C
To be a crowned king.D
A social system in medieval Europe.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 20
Who wrote ‘The social contract’?
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RousseauB
MontesquieuC
VoltaireD
John LockeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 21
Voting in the Estates General was conducted on the principle of?
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Each member one voteB
Each Estate one voteC
Universal adult franchiseD
Male adult franchiseClick an option to check your answer
Q. 22
Marseillaise composed by poet Roget de L'Isle was sung for the first time by volunteers from Marseilles as they marched into Paris and so got its name.
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FalseB
TrueClick an option to check your answer
Q. 23
Term for extreme situation where basic livelihood is endangered?
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TithesB
Subsistence crisisC
Estate privilegesD
Feudal duesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 24
On what pretext was Louis XVI sentenced to death?
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RevoltB
TreasonC
Helping AustriaD
None of the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 25
Choose the correctly matched pair.
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The Law Tablet - Symbol of ignoranceB
Red Phrygian cap - Symbol of unityC
The bundle of rods or fasces - Symbol of freedomD
Sceptre - Symbol of royal powerClick an option to check your answer
Q. 26
Choose the correctly matched pair.
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Clergy - Group in the ChurchB
Livre - Tax on agricultural produceC
Taille - Tax levied by the ChurchD
Tithe - Tax paid directly to the stateClick an option to check your answer
Q. 27
The burden of financing activities of the state through taxes was borne by the _____ alone.
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Second estateB
Fourth estateC
First estateD
Third estateClick an option to check your answer
Q. 28
Term for sudden overthrow of a government by a small group?
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ReformationB
RevolutionC
InsurrectionD
Coup d'étatClick an option to check your answer
Q. 29
The greatest achievement of the National Assembly convened in France in 1789 was:
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Issuing of Declaration of Rights.B
The passing of laws checking the power of the monarch.C
Establishment of a new judiciary.D
Establishment of a new legislature.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 30
How many members constituted a Directory?
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SixB
SevenC
EightD
FiveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 31
Why was the subsistence crisis caused in France?
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Increase in population led to a rapid increase in the demand for food grains.B
The government imposed various taxes.C
The wages of the people were low.D
There was widespread unemployment.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 32
Which of the following was a factor in the rise of Napoleon?
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Fall of the Jacobin governmentB
Robespierre's Reign of TerrorC
Political instability of the DirectoryD
Nationalist forcesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 33
The Bastille was hated by all in France because:
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It housed some dreaded criminalsB
Its commander tortured the inmatesC
It stood for the despotic power of the King.D
It was a fortress prisonClick an option to check your answer
Q. 34
The third estate enjoyed:
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Privileges by birthB
Feuded privilegesC
Both (a) and (b)D
No PrivilegeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 35
In Paris, most people were protesting against the high price of bread.
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TrueB
FalseClick an option to check your answer
Q. 36
What was the convention in the context of revolutionary France?
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A French schoolB
The newly elected assemblyC
A women organisationD
The clubClick an option to check your answer
Q. 37
The winged woman personified?
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National colours of FranceB
Act of becoming freeC
Personification of LawD
Rays of the Sun will drive away the clouds of ignoranceClick an option to check your answer
Q. 38
The tax paid to the church by 3rd estate was-
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TitheB
ReligionC
TailleD
IncomeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 39
Choose the correctly matched pair.
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2nd estate - ClergyB
3rd estate - Big businessmen, merchants, etc.C
3rd estate - NobilityD
1st estate - NobilityClick an option to check your answer
Q. 40
Where did the Third Estate form and announce the National Assembly?
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Indoor Tennis CourtB
Hall of MirrorsC
Firoz Shah GroundD
Winter PalaceClick an option to check your answer
Q. 41
The term Old Regime (France) refers to:
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The society and institution of France under the Jacobins.B
Society and institution of France before 1789.C
The society and institution under an old Emperor.D
The society and institution of France after 1789.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 42
The most important of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy and nobility
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Exemption from taxes to the stateB
Right to collect duesC
Participate in warsD
Ownership of landClick an option to check your answer
Q. 43
Bundle of rods or fasces symbolize?
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Royal powerB
Equality before lawC
Law is the same for allD
Strength lies in unityClick an option to check your answer
Q. 44
Which estates enjoyed privileges by birth?
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ClergyB
NobilityC
The third estateD
Both Clergy and NobilityClick an option to check your answer
Q. 45
Which of the following refuted the doctrine of divine and absolute right?
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MontesquieuB
Louis XVIC
VoltaireD
John LockeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 46
What did the red cap worn by Sans Culottes in France symbolize?
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EqualityB
LibertyC
LoveD
BrotherhoodClick an option to check your answer
Q. 47
French legacy to the world?
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Liberty, Freedom and EqualityB
DemocracyC
RepublicanismD
Socialism and nationalismClick an option to check your answer
Q. 48
The society of estates was part of the:
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Ryotwari systemB
Zamindari systemC
New Revenue systemD
Feudal systemClick an option to check your answer
Q. 49
Event leading to declaration of war against Prussia and Austria?
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The election of the ConventionB
The storming of the Tuileries PalaceC
The Marseillaise becoming the national anthemD
The signing of the Constitution by Louis XVIClick an option to check your answer
Q. 50
Group founded in 1783 opposing planters' interests?
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The ConventionB
The Society of the Friends of the BlacksC
The National AssemblyD
The Mosaic ClubClick an option to check your answer
Q. 51
Choose the correctly matched pair.
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Arthur Young - French revolutionary leaderB
Louis XVI - Called the Estates General in 1789C
Mirabeau - President of the National AssemblyD
Abbé Sieyès - Leader of the peasant revoltsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 52
Society based on freedom, equal laws and opportunities was advocated by:
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Thomas Hobbes and VoltaireB
John Locke and RousseauC
Karl Marx and Friedrich EngelsD
Montesquieu and Adam SmithClick an option to check your answer
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