Chapter 1 French Revolution MCQs

Vishal Kumar 30/04/2020

Take online test of the chapters French Revolution from NCERT History Textbook (S.St) of Class 9. The chapterwise multiple choice questions from Class 9 History will help you in understanding and checking your knowledge about the chapter. By taking online test of NCERT Class 9 History Textbook, you will be able to have deep understanding of that chapter. It will also help you in Summative Assessment and Formative Assessment examination.

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Vishal Kumar

Chapter 1 French Revolution Quiz

Take online test of the chapters French Revolution from NCERT History Textbook (S.St) of Class 9. The chapterwise multiple choice questions from Class 9 History will help you in understanding and checking your knowledge about the chapter. By taking online test of NCERT Class 9 History Textbook, you will be able to have deep understanding of that chapter. It will also help you in Summative Assessment and Formative Assessment examination.

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Why was the subsistence crisis caused in France?

The wages of the people were low

There was widespread unemployment

Increase in population led to rapid increase in the demand of food grains

The government imposed various taxes

2 / 35

The tax called tithe was collected from French Peasants by ?

The Church

The emperor

The Nobles

Chief of the Army

3 / 35

On what charges was Louis XVI guillotined?

Cruelty

Treason

Absolute Role

Misgovernance

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The word livres stands for ?

Unit of currency in France

A tax to be paid directly to the state

A tax levied by the Church

None of these

5 / 35

What is the term 'Guillotine' mentioned during the French Revolution?

Beheading a person

Awarding a person

Taxing a person

Threatening a person

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Which of the following refers to the political body representing the three estates of pre-revolutionary France?

Estates General

Estates Committee

Parliament of France

National Assembly

7 / 35

What did the Red Cap worn by Sans Culottes in France symbolize?

Liberty

Brotherhood

Love

Equality

8 / 35

In the context of France the volunteers from Marseilles sang the Marseillaise, a patriotic song when they marched into Paris. Who composed this song?

Roget de L’Isle

Mirabeau

Maximilian Robespierre

Marie Antoinette

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What is given by the French legacy to the world ?

Democracy

Socialism and nationalism

Republicanism

Liberty, Freedom and Equality

10 / 35

Which of the following was a factor in the rise of Napoleon?

Robespiere’s Reign of Terror

Political instability of the Directory

Nationalist forces

Fall of the Jacobin government

11 / 35

France on 21st September, 1792 was declared as a ?

Republic

Socialist State

Democracy

Communist State

12 / 35

Members of the Jacobin Club were known as ?

Conservatives

Terrorists

Revolutionaries

San-culottes

13 / 35

National Anthem of France ?

Vande Matram

Marseilles

Roget de L Isle

Le Moniteur Universal

14 / 35

Which of the following were the national colours of France during the?

Blue-green-yellow

Red-green-blue

Yellow-red-white

Blue-white-red

15 / 35

Which of the following symbolized Eternity?

Sceptre

Eye within a triangle radiating light

Snake biting its tail to form a ring

The Law Tablet

16 / 35

Bundle of rods or fasces symbolized ?

Royal power

Strength lies in unity

Equality before law

Law is the same for all

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The winged woman personified ?

National colours of France

Act of becoming free

Rays of the Sun will drive away the clouds of ignorance

Personification of Law

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A broken chain symbolized ?

Act of becoming free

Chains used to fetter slaves

Strength lies in unity

Royal power

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Which of the following was the main objective of the Constitution of 1791?

To limit the powers of the king alone

Do away with feudal privileges

Establish a constitutional monarchy

Give equal rights to women

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Members of the Third Estate were led by ?

Louis XVI and Marie Antionette

Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes

Lenin and Kerensky

Rousseau and Voltaire

21 / 35

Where did the Third Estate form and announce the National Assembly?

Hall of Mirrors

Firoz Shah Ground

Indoor Tennis Court

Winter Palace

22 / 35

The Estates General was last convened in ?

1614

1604

1416

1641

23 / 35

Voting in the Estates General was conducted on the principle of ?

Each member one vote

Male adult franchise

Universal adult franchise

Estates General

24 / 35

Political body of France Are Called ?

Duma

Reichstag

Estates General

Lok Sabha

25 / 35

Who was the King of France at the time of the Revolution?

Louis XIV

Marie Antoinette

Louis XVI

Nicholas II

26 / 35

Division of power within the government was put forth in ?

'Two Treaties of Government'

'Le Moniteur Universal'

'The Spirit of the Laws'

'The Social Contract'

27 / 35

Who advocated government based on Social Contract?

Darwin

Rousseau

Spencer

Montesquieu

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Which of the following refuted the doctrine of divine and absolute right?

Rousseau

John Locke

Montesquieu

Voltaire

29 / 35

Society based on freedom, equal laws and opportunities was advocated by ?

Middle class and people of the Third Estate

Englishmen Georges Danton and Arthur Young

Clergy and nobility

Philosophers such as John Locke and Rousseau

30 / 35

Which of the following believed social position must depend on merit?

Nobility

Middle class

Workers

Peasants

31 / 35

The most important of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy and nobility ?

Right to collect dues

Ownership of land

Participate in wars

Exemption from taxes to the state

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Which of the following constituted the privileged class?

Clergy and peasants

Peasants and nobility

Clergy and nobility

First and Third Estate

33 / 35

18th century French society was divided into ?

Castes

Three Estates

Four Estates

Two Estates

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What did Bastille symbolize?

Benevolence of the king

Despotic power of the king

Armed might of France

Prestige and power

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On which of the following day did ‘Storming of the Bastille’ occur?

14th July, 1789

14th July, 1798

14th June, 1789

14th June, 1798

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