The French Revolution Class 9 MCQ Questions with Answers

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The French Revolution Class 9 MCQ

Q1.Who said The task of representing the people has been given to the rich?

(1) Mirabeau
(2) Jean-Paul Marat
(3) Rousseau
(4) Georges Denton

Q2.Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate?

(1) Mirabeau
(2) Abbe Sieyes
(3) Jean-Paul Marat
(4) Olympe de Gouges.

Q3.French women demanded the right

(1) to vote
(2) to be elected to the assembly
(3) to hold political office
(4) all of the above

Q4.A guillotine was

(1) A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded
(2) A fine sword with which heads were cut off
(3) A special noose to hang people
(4) none of the above

Q5.Which of these provisions were passed by the Assembly on the night of 4 August, 1789?

(1) Abolition of feudal system of obligations
(2) Clergy had to give up its privileges
(3) Tithes were abolished
(4) All the above

Q6.Which of these rights were not established as natural and inalienable rights by the constitution of 1791?

(1) Right to life
(2) Freedom of speech and opinion
(3) Equality before the law
(4) All the above

Q7.The tax that was charged by the church from the peasants

(1) Tithes
(2) Taille
(3) Indirect tax
(4) Irrigation tax

Q8.The National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the

(1) monarch
(2) wealthy man
(3) businessmen
(4) press

Q9.According to the new constitution of 1791, the National Assembly was to be

(1) elected indirectly
(2) appointed by the king
(3) a hereditary body
(4) Elected directly

Q10.What did Montesquieu propose?

(1) He purposed the division of separation of power.
(2) He opposed the theory of separation of power.
(3) He argued that legislature, legislative and judiciary should be depended on each other.
(4) He purposed a division of power between judiciary, executive and legislature.

Q11.Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?

(1) Artisans
(2) Shopkeepers
(3) Daily-wage workers
(4) Men with property

Q12.What did Louis XVI do, seeing the power of his revolting subjects?

(1) He accorded recognition to the National Assembly and Accepted checks on his powers
(2) Ordered his army to crush the revolt
(3) Accepted checks on his powers
(4) He accorded recognition to the National Assembly

Q13.A triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and

(1) Africa
(2) Asia
(3) Australia
(4) none of the above

Q14.In the meeting of the Estates General, the members of the Third Estate demanded that

(1) All the three Estates should have one vote altogether
(2) None of the options
(3) Each member of the three Estates should have one vote
(4) Each Estate should have one vote

Q15.Which of these books was written by John Locke?

(1) Two Treatises on Government
(2) The Social Contract
(3) All the options
(4) The Spirit of the Laws

Q16.When was a legislative, to free all the slaves in the French overseas possession passed?

(1) In 1783
(2) In 1793
(3) In 1795
(4) In 1794

Q17.The Third Estate comprised

(1) Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers
(2) Peasants and artisan
(3) Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.
(4) All the above

Q18.The French Revolution started in

(1)1789
(2)1688
(3)1709
(4)1749

Q19.How does a Subsistence Crisis happen?

(1) Bad harvest leads to scarcity of grains
(2) Food prices rise and the poorest cannot buy bread
(3) Leads to weaker bodies, diseases, deaths and even food riots
(4) All the above

Q20.The spirit of laws was written by

(1) Montesquieu
(2) Rousseau
(3) Voltaire
(4) Locke

Q21.Name the French philosopher who said that the people are real masters of the rule and king rules with their consent.

(1) Voltaire
(2) Rousseau
(3) Locke
(4) Montesquieu

Q22.When did the French Revolution begin?

(1) July 14, 1789
(2) January 10, 1780
(3) August 12, 1782
(4) None of the options

Q23.The fortressprison in France is known as

(1) Central Jail of France
(2) Revolutionary Jail of France
(3) Central Jail of Revolutionary
(4) Bastille

Q24.Who led the representatives of the Third Estate in Versailles on 20th June?

(1) Mirabeau
(2) Abbe Sieyes
(3) Louis XVI
(4) Both (i) and (ii)

Q25.ho said The task of representing the people has been given to the rich?

(1) Mirabeau
(2) Jean-Paul Marat
(3) Rousseau
(4) Georges Denton

Q26.he National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the

(1) monarch
(2) wealthy man
(3) businessmen
(4) press

Q27.hich of the following state of French society paid all the taxes?

(1) 1st estate
(2) 2nd estate
(3) 3rd estate
(4) All a, b and c

Q28.ho wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate?

(1) Mirabeau
(2) Abbe Sieyes
(3) Jean-Paul Marat
(4) Olympe de Gouges.

Q29.hich group of people did not join the Jacobin club?

(1) Artisans
(2) Shopkeepers
(3) Daily-wage workers
(4) Men with property

Q30.he tax that was charged by the church from the peasants

(1) Tithes
(2) Taille
(3) Indirect tax
(4) Irrigation tax

Q31.rench women demanded the right

(1) to vote
(2) to be elected to the assembly
(3) to hold political office
(4) all of the above

Q32.hich one of the following is the author of The Social Contract?

(1) Rosseau
(2) Voltaire
(3) Montesquieu
(4) Mirabeau

Q33.triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and

(1) Africa
(2) Asia
(3) Australia
(4) none of the above

Q34.Upon becoming free, the slave wore

(1) blue cap
(2) white cap
(3) red cap
(4) green cap

Q35.Which of the following were the two leaders of National Assembly of France?

(1) Mirabeau and Voltaire
(2) Mirabeau and Rousseau
(3) Mirabeau and Montesquieu
(4) Mirabeau and Abbesieyes

Q36.Who were not considered passive citizens?

(1) Women
(2) children
(3) Non-propertied men
(4) wealthy people

Q37.Which period is referred to as the Reign of Terror?

(1) The period from 1793 to 1794
(2) The period from 1789 to 1794
(3) The period from 1789 to 1785
(4) The period from 1789 to 1799

Q38.Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention

(1) Declared France a constitutional monarchy
(2) Abolished the monarchy
(3) All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote
(4) Declared France a Republic

Q39.Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate

(1) The Third Estate was made of the poor only
(2) Within the Third Estate some were rich and some were poor
(3) Richer members of the Third Estate owned lands
(4) Peasants were obliged to serve in the army, or build roads

Q40.The word livres stands for

(1) unit of currency in France
(2) tax levied by the Church
(3) Tax to be paid directly to the state
(4) none of these

Q41.What was the Subsistence Crisis which occurred frequently in France?

(1) An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood
(2) Subsidy in food grains
(3) Large-scale production of food grains
(4) None of the above

Q42.What was Estates General?

(1) Post of Army General
(2) A political body
(3) Head of all landed property
(4) Advisor of the king

Q43.The term Old Regime is usually used to describe

(1) France before 1000 B.C.
(2) Society of France after 1789 A.D.
(3) Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D.
(4) None of the above

Q44.Louis XVII became the king of France in

(1)1784
(2)1764
(3)1774
(4)1789