Chapter 1 : French Revolution Q11.

A triangular slave trade took place

MCQs between Europe, the Americas and…..?
Q1. On ………………. the city of Paris was A. Asia B. Australia
in a state of alarm. The king had C. Africa D. None
commanded troops to move into the city. Q12. What did the slaves wear after
A. 15 July 1779 B. 14 July 1779 becoming free?
C. 15 July 1789 D. 14 July 1789 A. Blue cap B. Red cap
Q 2. Some 7,000 men and women gathered C. White cap D. Green cap
in front of the town hall and decided to Q13. Who were not considered passive
form a …………? citizens?
A. People’s party A. Women B. Children
B. People’s militia C. Non property men D. Wealthy people
C. People’s democracy Q14. The third estate comprised……?
D. People’s presence A. Poor and small peasants
Q3. Finally, a group of several hundred B. Land less labour
people marched towards the …………….. C. Peasants and artisans
part of the city and stormed the fortress- D. All
prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to Q15. Which of the following decisions was
find hoarded ammunition? taken by the convention?
A. Eastern B. Northern A. It declared France a constitutional
C. Western D. Southern Monarchy
Q4. Why was the fortress-prison, the B. Abolished the Monarchy
Bastille, hated by all? C. All men and women above 21 got the right
A. It stood for the despotic power of the king. to vote
B. Because of dictatorship D. Declared France a Republic
C. Aristocracy Q16. How does a subsistence crisis
D. None of these happen?
Q5. What was the tax to be paid directly to A. Bad harvest leads of scarcity of grains
the state by all the What was the main B. Food prices rise and the poor cannot buy
protest by the people? bread
A. Price of bread C. Leads to disease and death
B. Behavior of the king D. All
C. Poverty of the people Q17. Which of the following statements is
D. High taxes false about the Third Estate?
Q6. Who said “ the task of representing the A. It comprised of poor only
people has to be given to the rich”? B. Some were rich some were poor
A. Mirabeau B. Jean Paul Marat C. Rich members owned land
C. Rousseau D. Georges Denton D. Peasant were obliged to serve in the army
Q7. The National Assembly formed a Q18. What was a guillotine?
constitution in 1791, to limit the power of A. A device consisted of two poles and a
the …….? blade to behead people
A. Wealthy men B. Businessmen B. A fine sword to behead people
C. Monarch D. Press C. A special noose to hang people
Q8. Who wrote the influential pamphlet- D. None 0f these
„What is the Third Estate”? Q19. What does the word livres stand for?
A. Mirabeau B. Jean Paul Marat A. Unit of currency in France
C. Abbe Sieyes D. Georges Denton B. Tax levied by the state
Q9. Which group of people did not join the C. Tax levied by the Church
Jacobin Club? D. Tax to the Landlord
A. Artisans Q20. What was Estates General?
B. Shopkeepers A. Post of army general
C. Daily wage workers B. A political body
D. Men with property C. Head of all landed property
Q10. French women demanded the right D. Advisor of the king
to…..? Q21. The term old regime is used to
A. Vote describe……?
B. To be elected in the assembly A. France before 1000 BC
C. To hold political office B. Society of France after 1789
D. All
C. Society of France before 1789 Q.32 members of the Third Estate Known
D. None as?
Q22. Which of these books was written by (a) tithes (b) taille
John Locke? (c) feudal dues (d) manorial dues
A. The spirit of the laws Q.33. Who was the king of France during
B. Two treatises on Government the French Revolution?
C. The social contract (a) Louis XVIII (b) Louis XVII
D. All (c) Louis XVI (d) Louis XV
Q23. In the meeting of the Estates General, Q.34. An Englishman who travelled
the members of the Third Estate through France during the years 1787-
demanded that……… 1789 and wrote the descriptions of his
A. All the estates have one vote together journeys was __________.
B. Each estate should have one vote (a) George Danton
C. Each member of all three estates should (b) Arthur Young
have one vote each (c) Montesquieu
D. None (d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Q24. Who led the representatives of the Q.35. Which was the political body where
Third Estate in Versailles on 20th June? the three estates used to send their
A. Mirabeau B. Abbe Sieyes representatives?
C. Louis XVI D. A & B (a) Estates General (b) Assembly
Q25. Which of these provisions were (c) First Estate (d) Chateau
passed by the Assembly on night of 4th Q.36. What was an estate consisting of the
August 1789? lord‟s lands and his mansion known as?
A. Abolition of feudal system (a) chateau (b) manor
B. Clergy had to give up its privileges (c) bastille (d) castle
C. Tithes was abolished Q.37. When did the National Assembly of
D. All France complete the drafting of the
Q26. According to the new constitution 1791, Constitution?
the National Assembly was to be ___? (a) 1792 (b) 1789
A. Elected directly (c) 1774 (d) 1791
B. Appointed by the king Q.38. For a member of the Assembly, a
C. Elected indirectly man had to belong to the highest bracket of
D. A hereditary body taxpayers to qualify as an ____.
Q27. Which of the following is true is (a) clergy (b) taille
about Bastille Storming? (c) elector (d) tithes
A. It was a fortress prison in France Q.39. Which symbol expressed the
B. It represented despotic powers personification of law in France?
C. French common man hated Bastille (a) winged women (b) sceptre
D. All (c) eye within a triangle (d) law table
Q28. When did the fall of Bastille take Q.40. The National Anthem of France
place? which was sung for the first time by
A. 14 July 1789 B. 20 June 1789 volunteers as they marched into Paris was
C. 4 August 1789 D. 5 May 1789 ____________
Q29. Which estates in France were (a) Marseillaise (b) Versailles
exempted from paying taxes? (c) Bastille (d) Chateaux
A. The first Estate Q.41. On 21st September 1792, the
B. The second Estate monarchy was abolished and France was
C. First and Second estate both declared a ________.
D. The Third estate (a) autocratic (b) democratic
Q30. What was Tithes? (c) communist (d) republic
A. A tax levied by the Church Q.42. The period from _____________ was
B. Tax by the state referred to as the „Reign of Terror‟.
C. Tax by the Monarch (a) 1793-1794 (b) 1794-1795
D. None (c) 1795-1796 (d) 1792-1793
Q.31. Which unit of currency was Q.43. Women of France were disappointed
discontinued in the year 1794? that the Constitution of 1791 reduced them
(a) Dollar to _________.
(b) Livre (a) active citizens
(c) Rupee
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(d) electors Question Answer Question Answer
Q.44. The women in France win the right No. No.
to vote in ______. 1 B 26 C
(a) 1946 (b) 1942 2 B 27 D
3 A 28 A
(c) 1945 (d) 1947
4 A 29 C
Q.45. In which century the slave trade 5 A 30 A
began? 6 B 31 B
(a) sixteenth-century 7 C 32 B
(b) fifteenth century 8 C 33 C
(c) seventeenth century 9 D 34 B
(d) eighteenth century 10 D 35 A
Q.46. When was Napoleon Bonaparte 11 C 36 B
crowned as the Emperor of France? 12 B 37 D
13 D 38 C
(a) 1801
14 D 39 A
(b) 1802 15 D 40 A
(c) 1803 16 D 41 D
(d) 1804 17 A 42 A
Q.47. ______________ was regarded as the 18 A 43 B
moderniser of Europe in 1804. 19 A 44 A
(a) Napoleon 20 B 45 C
(b) Olympe de Gouges 21 C 46 D
(c) Robespierre 22 B 47 A
(d) Robespierre 23 A 48 C
24 D 49 B
Q.48. In the year ________ Napoleon
25 D 50 C
Bonaparte was defeated at the Battle of
Waterloo.
(a) 1814
(b) 1813
(c) 1815
(d) 1816
Q.49. One important law that came into
effect soon after the storming of the
Bastille in the summer of 1789 was the
abolition of _____________.
(a) leadership
(b) censorship
(c) invading force
(d) slavery
Q.50. Name the two individuals from
India who responded to the ideas coming
from revolutionary France
(a) Tantia Tope and Raja Rammohun Roy
(b) Tipu Sultan and Laxmi Bai
(c) Tipu Sultan and Rammohun Roy
d) Chandrasekhar Azad and Raja
Rammohun Roy

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