Question:1.On which of the following day did ‘Storming of the Bastille’ occur?

Options:
(a) 14th July, 1789
(b) 14th July, 1798
(c) 14th June, 1789
(d) 14th June, 1798
Answer: (a)

Question:2.What did Bastille symbolize?

Options:
(a) Benevolence of the king
(b) Despotic power of the king
(c) Armed might of France
(d) Prestige and power
Answer: (b)

Question:3.Which of the following constituted the privileged class?

Options:
(a) Clergy and peasants
(b) Peasants and Nobility
(c) First and Third Estate
(d) Clergy and Nobility
Answer: (d)

Question:4.Which of the following believed social position must depend on merit?

Options:
(a) Middle class
(b) Nobility
(c) Workers
(d) Peasants
Answer: (a)

Question:5.
Assertion(A):According to the constitution of 1791 not all the citizens had the right to vote
Reason(R):Only men above 18 years of age who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of laborers
wage were given right to vote
Options:
(a).Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is correct explanation of (A)
(b).Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not correct explanation of (A)
(c).(A) is True but (R) is false
(d).Both (A) and (R) is false
Answer: (c)

Question:6.Which of the following is correct in context to france under Robespierre’s

government
A. Laws placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices were issued
B. Peasants were forced to transport their grains to the cities and sell it at prices fixed by the
government.
C. Equality was also sought to be practiced through forms of speech and address.
D. Churches were given to the clergy class for the betterment of society
Options:
(A).A,B and C
(B).A,C and D
(C).B,C and D
(D).All the Above
Answer: (a)

Question:7.Where did the Third Estate form and announce the National Assembly?
Options:
(a) Indoor Tennis Court
(b) Hall of Mirrors
(c) Palace of Tuileries
(d) Winter Palace
Answer: (a)

Question:8. Members of the Third Estate were led by

Options:
(a) Louis XVI and Marie Antionette
(b) Lenin and Kerensky
(c) Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes
(d) Rousseau and Voltaire
Answer: (c)

Question:9.
Assertion (A): It was finally in 1946 that women in France won the Right to Vote.
Reason (R): The example of the political activities of French women during the
revolutionary years were kept alive as an inspiring memory.
Options:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is correct but R is wrong.
(d) A is wrong but R is correct.
Answer: (b)
Question:10.
Assertion (A): A broken chain stands for the act of becoming free.
Reason (R): Chains were used to fetter slaves.
Options:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is correct but R is wrong.
(d) A is wrong but R is correct.
Answer:(a)

Question:11.
Assertion (A): The news spread that Louis XVI planned to impose further taxes.
Reason (R): To meet the expenses of the state generated anger and protest against the
system of privileges.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is correct but R is wrong.
(d) A is wrong but R is correct.
Answer: (a)

Question:12.The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was inspired by
Options:
(a) American Revolution
(b) Indian Independence Movement
(c) Chinese Revolution
(d) Russian Revolution
Answer: (a)

Question:13.Which of the following were the national colours of France during the French
Revolution?
Options:
(a) Blue-green-yellow
(b) Red-green-blue
(c) Blue-white-red
(d) Yellow-red-white
Answer: (c)

Question:14.National Anthem of France

Options:
(a) Long Live France
(b) Roget de L'Isle
(c) Le Moniteur Universal
(d) Marseilles
Answer: (d)

Question:15.Members of the Jacobin Club were known as

Options:
(a) Conservatives
(b) Revolutionaries
(c) Terrorists
(d) San-culottes
Answer: (d)

Question:16.What did the Red Cap worn by Sans Culottes in France symbolize?
Options:
(a) Liberty
(b) Brotherhood
(c) Love
(d) Equality
Answer: (a)

Question:17.The tax called tithe was collected from French Peasants by

Options:
(a) The Nobles
(b) The Emperor
(c) The Church
(d) Chief of the Army
Answer: (c)

Question:18.Why was the subsistence crisis caused in France?

Options:
(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
Answer: (c)

Question:19.Which of the following is correct with reference to Chateaux?

Options:
(a) prayer house for the poor
(b) stately residence belonging to a nobleman
(c) castle belong to the army chief
(d) public library in france
Answer: (b)

Question:20.Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate’?

Options:
(a) Mirabeau
(b) Abbe Sieyes
(c) Jean-Paul Marat
(d) Olympe de Gouges.
Answer: (b)

Question:21.Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?

Options:
(a) Artisans
(b) Shopkeepers
(c) Daily-wage workers
(d) Men with property
Answer: (d)

Question:22.Upon becoming free, the slave wore:

Options:
(a) blue cap
(b) white cap
(c) red cap
(d) green cap
Answer: (c)

Question:23.Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention

Options:
(a) Declared France a constitutional monarchy
(b) Voting rights to men with property
(c) All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote
(d) Declared France a Republic
Answer: (d)

Question:24.How does a ‘Subsistence Crisis’ happen?

Options:
(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
Answer: (d)

Question:25.Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate?

Options:
(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
Answer: (a)

Question:26.What was ‘Estates General’?

Options:
(a) Post of Army General
(b) A political body
(c) Head of all landed property
(d) Advisor of the king
Answer: (b)

Question:27.The term ‘Old Regime’ is usually used to describe

Options:
(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
Answer: (c)

Question:28.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
Answer: (b)
Question:29.Which of these provisions were passed by the Assembly on the night of 4 August,
1789?
Options:
(a) Abolition of feudal system of obligations
(b) Clergy had to give up its privileges
(c) Tithes were abolished
(d) All the above
Answer: (d)

Question:30.Which of these rights were not established as ‘natural and inalienable’ rights by the
constitution of 1791?
Options:
(a) Right to life
(b) Freedom of speech and opinion
(c) Equality before the law
(d) All the above
Answer: (d)

Question:31.Why was the fortress-prison, the Bastille, hated by all?

Options:
(a). It stood for the despotic power of the king.
(b). Because of dictatorship
(c). Aristocracy
(d). None of these
Answer: (a)

Question:32.Which estates in France were exempted from paying taxes?

Options:
(a). The First Estate
(b). The Second Estate
(c). The Third Estate
(d). Both First and Second Estate
Answer: (d)

Question:33.Assertion (A): During the eighteenth century France witnessed the emergence of a
middle class.
Reason (R): The emergence of the middle class happened on account of royal patronage.
Options:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both assertion and reason are false.
Answer: (c)

Question:34.Assertion (A): There was discrimination in French society.

Reason (R): French society was divided into three Estates.
Options:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both assertion and reason are false.
Answer: (a)

Question:35.Assertion (A): Tithes was the special tax levied by the church on peasants.
Reason (R) The taille was a direct tax.
Options:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both assertion and reason are false.
Answer: (b)

Question:36.Assertion (A): 1793 to 1794 is referred as reign of terror

Reason (R): a policy of severe control and punishment was adopted by Robespierre.
Options:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both assertion and reason are false.
Answer: (a)

Question:37.Who wrote “The Spirit of Laws” ?

Options:
(a) John Locke
(b) Montesquieu
(c) Voltaire
(d) Rousseau
Answer: (b)

Question:38.Where was Napoleon finally defeated in 1815 ?

Options:
(a) Paris
(b) Egypt
(c) Waterloo
(d) London
Answer: (c)

Question:39.Who said: The task of representing the people has been given to the rich ?
Options:
(a) Jean Paul Marat
(b) Montesquieu
(c) John Locke
(d) Rousseau
Answer: (a)

Question:40.In the war against Prussia and Austria, the army sang which patriotic song ?
Options:
(a) Viva France
(b) Long Live France
(c) Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity.
(d) Marseillaise
Answer: (d)

Question:41.The Assembly elected in 1792 was called :

Options:
(a) Congress
(b) Council
(c) Convention
(d) Congregation
Answer: (c)

Question:42.Who among the following Indian individuals responded to the ideas coming from
Revolutionary France ?
Options:
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) RamMohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Answer: (b)
Question:43.King Louis XVI belonged to which dynasty of kings ?
Options:
(a) Hapsburg
(b) Bourbon
(c) Romanov
(d) Windsor
Answer: (b)

Question:44.
Assertion: Upon his accession Louis XVI found an empty treasure
Reason : Long years of war had drained the financial resources
Options:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both assertion and reason are false.
Answer: (a)

Question:45.Who were denied entry to the Estate General Assembly ?

a) Members of the First Estate
b) Members of the Second Estate
c) More prosperous and educated members of the Third Estate
d) Peasants, artisans and women
Answer: (d)

Question:46.Who composed the song, the Marseillaise ?

Options:
a) Rousseau
b) George Denton
c) Roget de L’Isle
d) Voltaire
Answer: (c)

Question:47.Choose the correct one:

Options:
a) Louis XVI-Napoleon-Rule of Directory
b) Rule of Directory-Convention-Napoleon
c) Convention-Rule of Directory-Louis XVI
d) Convention-Rule of Directory-Napoleon
Answer: (d)
Question:48.Choose the correct one:
Options:
a) Tithe-Tax collected by Government
b) Taille-Tax collected by Church
c) Livre-Tax in France
d) Directory-five member committee
Answer: (d)

Question:49.What was Sceptre?

Options:
a) Symbol of Knowledge
b) Symbol of Royal Power
c) Symbol of Freedom
d) Symbol of Eternity
Answer: (b)

Question:50.It was worn by a slave upon becoming free. It symbolises freedom from bondage or
slavery.
Options:
a) Red Phrygian Cap
b) The Bundle of Rods
c) The Winged Ring
d) The Eye within a Triangle Radiating Light
Answer: (a)