Class 9 Social Science History MCQ The French Revolution

Question : which of these provisions form a part of the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen?
(a) All the options
(b) Liberty means powers to do what is not injurious to others
(c) They are equal in rights before the law
(d) Men are born free

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

Question : Which of these people were entitled to vote?
(a) Only men above 25 years of age and Men who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of a labourers wage
(b) Men who paid taxes equal to at least 3 days of a labourers wage
(c) Men and women above 30 years of age
(d) Only men above 25 years of age

Question : According to the new constitution of 1791, the National Assembly was to be
(a) elected indirectly
(b) appointed by the king
(c) a hereditary body
(d) Elected directly

Question : The new Constitution made France a
(a) Constitutional Monarchy
(b) Communist state
(c) None of the options
(d) Fully democratic state

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

Question : What did Louis XVI do, seeing the power of his revolting subjects?
(a) He accorded recognition to the National Assembly and Accepted checks on his powers
(b) Ordered his army to crush the revolt
(c) Accepted checks on his powers
(d) He accorded recognition to the National Assembly

Question : Who led the representatives of the Third Estate in Versailles on 20th June?
(a) Both Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes
(b) Louis XVI
(c) Abbe Sieyes
(d) Mirabeau

Question : On 20th June, the representatives of the Third Estate assembled in the indoor tennis court of Versailles for
(a) Drafting a Constitution for France which limited the kings power
(b) Making an appeal to support the king in times of need
(c) Declaring a revolt
(d) hunger strike

Question : In the meeting of the Estates General, the members of the Third Estate demanded that
(a) All the three Estates should have one vote altogether
(b) None of the options
(c) Each member of the three Estates should have one vote
(d) Each Estate should have one vote

Question : When did Louis XVI call an assembly of Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes?
(a) 5 May, 1789
(b) 10 March, 1780
(c) 14 July, 1789
(d) 2 January, 1775

Question : Which of these books was written by John Locke?
(a) Two Treatises on Government
(b) The Social Contract
(c) All the options
(d) The Spirit of the Laws

Question : In which of these countries was the model of government as advocated by Montesquieu put into effect?
(a) USA
(b) China
(c) USSR
(d) All the options

Question : The term Old Regime is usually used to describe
(a) Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D.
(b) None of the options
(c) Society of France after 1789 A.D.
(d) France before 1000 B.C.

Question : Which social groups emerged in the 18th century?
(a) All the options
(b) Middle class
(c) Administrative officials
(d) Lawyers

Question : What was Estates General?
(a) A political body
(b) Head of all landed property
(c) Advisor of the king
(d) Post of Army General

Question : What was the name of tax which was directly paid to the state by the Third Estate?
(a) taille
(b) All the options
(c) livres
(d) Tithes

Question : What was the Subsistence Crisis which occurred frequently in France?
(a) An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood
(b) Subsidy in food grains
(c) Large-scale production of food grains
(d) None of the options

Question : What was the effect of the rise of population of France from about 23 million in 1715 to28 million in 1789?
(a) Rapid increase in the demand for food grains
(b) Housing problem occurred
(c) All the options
(d) Education became difficult

Question : The word livres stands for:
(a) unit of currency in France
(b) None of the options
(c) Tax to be paid directly to the state
(d) tax levied by the Church

Question : When did the French Revolution begin?
(a) July 14, 1789
(b) January 10, 1780
(c) August 12, 1782
(d) None of the options

Question : A guillotine was _______________________
(a) A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded
(b) A fine sword with which heads were cut off
(c) A special noose to hang people
(d) None of the options

Question : Who wrote the pamphlet called What is the Third Estate?
(a) Abbe Sieyes
(b) Rousseau, a philosopher
(c) Mirabeau, a nobleman
(d) Montesquieu

Question : Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate
(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

Question : In the war against Prussia and Austria, the army sang which patriotic
(a) Marseillaise written by the poet Roget de Lisle
(b) Viva France written by a French peasant
(c) None of the options
(d) Liberty, written by an unknown woman poet

Question : How does a Subsistence Crisis happen?
(a) All the options
(b) Leads to weaker bodies, diseases, deaths and even food riots
(c) Food prices rise and the poorest cannot buy bread
(d) Bad harvest leads to scarcity of grains

Question : Which of the following is not the idea of the revolutionary journalist Desmoulins about Liberty?
(a) Liberty is Happiness, Reason, Equality and Justice
(b) Liberty is the Declaration of Right
(c) Liberty is not a child who has to be disciplined before maturity
(d) Liberty is finishing off your enemies

Question : Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention
(a) Declared France a Republic
(b) All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote
(c) Declared France a constitutional monarchy
(d) Abolished the monarchy

Question : That each member should have one vote was advocated by:
(a) Rousseau
(b) Jean Paul Marat
(c) the Jacobins
(d) Georges Danton

Question : The Third Estate comprised
(a) All the options
(b) Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers
(c) Peasants and artisan
(d) Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.

Question : Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club ?
(a) Artisans
(b) Shopkeepers
(c) Daily-wage workers
(d) Men with property

Question : 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

Question : In the meeting of the Estates General, the members of the Third Estate demanded that
(a) All the three Estates should have one vote altogether
(c) Each Estate should have one vote
(b) Each member of the three Estates should have one vote
(d) None of the above

Question : A triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and:
(a) Africa
(b) Asia
(c) Australia
(d) none of the above

Question : The Third Estate comprised
(a) Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers
(b) Peasants and artisan
(c) Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.
(d) All the above

Question : Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention
(a) Declared France a constitutional monarchy
(b) Abolished the monarchy
(c) All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote
(d) Declared France a Republic

Question : How does a ‘Subsistence Crisis’ happen ?
(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

Question : French women demanded the right:
(a) to vote
(b) to be elected to the assembly
(c) to hold political office
(d) all of the above

Question : Upon becoming free, the slave wore:
(a) blue cap
(b) white cap
(c) red cap
(d) green cap

Question : Who were not considered ‘passive citizens’?
(a) Women
(b) children
(c) Non-propertied men
(d) wealthy people

Question : Who led the representatives of the Third Estate in Versailles on 20th June?
(a) Mirabeau
(b) Abbe Sieyes
(c) Louis XVI
(d) Both a and b

Question : Who said: The task of representing the people has been given to the rich?
(a) Mirabeau
(b) Jean-Paul Marat
(c) Rousseau
(d) Georges Denton

Question : Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate
(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

Question : A guillotine was ____________________
(a) A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded
(b) A fine sword with which heads were cut off
(c) A special noose to hang people
(d) none of the above

Question : The National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the
(a) monarch
(b) wealthy man
(c) businessmen
(d) press

Question : The word livres stands for:
(a) unit of currency in France
(b) tax levied by the Church
(c) Tax to be paid directly to the state
(d) none of these

Question : Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate’?
(a) Mirabeau
(b) Abbe Sieyes
(c) Jean-Paul Marat
(d) Olympe de Gouges.

Question : According to the new constitution of 1791, the National Assembly was to be
(a) Elected directly
(b) appointed by the king
(c) elected indirectly
(d) a hereditary body

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

Question : What was the ‘Subsistence Crisis’ which occurred frequently in France?
(a) An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood
(b) Subsidy in food grains
(c) Large-scale production of food grains
(d) None of the above

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

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

Question : What was ‘Estates General’?
(a) Post of Army General
(b) A political body
(c) Head of all landed property
(d) Advisor of the king