History Chapter 1

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Question 1.

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 2.
The National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the
(a) monarch
(b) wealthy man
(c) businessmen
(d) press

Question 3.
Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate’?
(a) Mirabeau
(b) Abbe Sieyes
(c) Jean-Paul Marat
(d) Olympe de Gouges.

Question 4.
Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?
(a) Artisans
(b) Shopkeepers
(c) Daily-wage workers
(d) Men with property

Question 5.
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 6.
A triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and:
(a) Africa
(b) Asia
(c) Australia
(d) none of the above

Question 7.
Upon becoming free, the slave wore:
(a) blue cap
(b) white cap
(c) red cap
(d) green cap

Question 8.
Who were not considered ‘passive citizens’?
(a) Women
(b) children
(c) Non-propertied men
(d) wealthy people

Question 9.
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 10.
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 11.
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 12.
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 13.
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 14.
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 15.
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 16.
What was ‘Estates General’?
(a) Post of Army General
(b) A political body
(c) Head of all landed property
(d) Advisor of the king

Question 17.
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 18.
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 19.
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 20.
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 21.
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 22.
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 23.
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

Look at the following symbols. What did they stand for?

Question 1.
Which of the following state of French society paid all the taxes?
(a) 1^st estate
(b) 2^nd estate
(c) 3^rd estate
(d) All a, b and c

Question 2.
The tax that was charged by the church from the peasants :
(a) Tithes
(b) Taille
(c) Indirect tax
(d) Irrigation tax

Question 3.
What did Rousseau preach?
(a) There should not be social contract between the state and the monarch.
(b) There should be no relation between the state and the dictator.
(c) There is a social contract between the people and the monarch.
(d) The state should be divided between legislature and legislative for administrative purposes.

Question 4.
What did Montesquieu propose?
(a) He purposed the division of separation of power.
(b) He opposed the theory of separation of power.
(c) He argued that legislature, legislative and judiciary should be depended on each other.
(d) He purposed a division of power between judiciary, executive and legislature.

Question 5.
Which one of the following is the author of ‘The Social Contract’?
(a) Rosseau
(b) Voltaire
(c) Montesquieu
(d) Mirabeau

Question 6.
Which of the following were the two leaders of National Assembly of France?
(a) Mirabeau and Voltaire
(b) Mirabeau and Rousseau
(c) Mirabeau and Montesquieu
(d) Mirabeau and Abbesieyes

Question 7.
Name the French Revolutionary who edited the paper ‘L’ Ami due peuple.
(a) Jean-Paul Marat
(b) Voltaire
(c) Abbe-Sieyes
(d) Montesquieu

Question 8.
Which period is referred to as the ‘Reign of Terror?
(a) The period from 1793 to 1794
(b) The period from 1789 to 1794
(c) The period from 1789 to 1785
(d) The period from 1789 to 1799

Question 9.
What is Directory?
(a) It was executive made up from 3rd estate of French society
(b) It was executive made up from the members of French parliament.
(c) It was executive made up of five members.
(d) It was an elected body by the French Citizen.

Question 10.
When was a legislative, to free all the slaves in the French overseas possession passed?
(a) In 1783
(b) In 1793
(c) In 1795
(d) In 1794

Question 11.
The French Revolution started in:
(a) 1789
(b) 1688
(c) 1709
(d) 1749

Question 12.
Louis XVII became the king of France in :
(a) 1784
(b) 1764
(c) 1774
(d) 1789

Question 13.
The term subsistence stands for:
(a) An extreme condition where basic condition for survival is fulfilled.
(b) A social division of society.
(c) A group of French army.
(d) An extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered.

Question 14.
The spirit of laws was written by:
(a) Montesquieu
(b) Rousseau
(c) Voltaire
(d) Locke

Question 15.
Name the French philosopher who said that the people are real masters of the rule and king rules with their consent.
(a) Voltaire
(b) Rousseau
(c) Locke
(d) Montesquieu

Question 16.
Which of the following tax was paid by the peasants of France :
(i) Taille (ii) Tithe (iii) Indirect taxes (iv) No tax was given
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (iv)
(d) (i), (ii) and (iii)

Question 17.
What happened in the month of July?
(a) The city of Paris was in state of alarm.
(b) The city of Paris was set on fire.
(c) The city of Paris became free.
(d) Louis XVII became the king of Paris.

Question 18.
The fortress-prison in France is known as:
(a) Central Jail of France
(b) Revolutionary Jail of France
(c) Central Jail of Revolutionary
(d) Bastille

Question 19.
The events which are important in the making of the modern world :
(i) French Revolution (ii) Russian Revolution (iii) Rise of Nazism (iv) Chinese Revolution
(a) (i) and (iv)
(b) (i) and (iii)
(c) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(d) (iii) and (iv)

Question 20.
Which event gave the idea of liberty, freedom and equality ?
(a) Glorious Revolution of 1688
(b) The French Revolution
(c) The Russian Revolution
(d) The American War of Independence

Question 21.
Name the philosopher who sought to repute the doctrine of divine and absolute right of monarch in France.
(a) John Locke
(b) Rousseau
(c) Voltaire
(d) None of the above

Write true (T) or false (F)

1. On the morning of 14 July, 1789, the city of Paris was in a state of alarm.

2. In 1774, Louis XVII of the Bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of France.

3. The society of estates was part of the feudal system that dated back to the ancient ages.

4. A unit of currency called livre, was discontinued in 1794, in France.

5. The burden of financing activities of the state through taxes was borne by the second estate only.

6. The population of France rose from about 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789.

7. The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of social groups, termed the first class.

8. Montesquieu proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.

9. The revolutionary wars brought losses and economic difficulties to the people.

10. The members of the Jacobin club belonged mainly to the more prosperous section of society.

11. In the summer of 1792 the Jacobins planned an insurrection of a large number of Parisians who were angered by the short supplies and high prices of food.

12. The newly elected assembly was called the convention.

13. On 21 September, 1892 it abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic.

14. Louis XVI was sentenced to death by a court in the charge of betrayal.

15. The period form 1793 to 1794 is referred to as the Reign of Prosperity.

16. Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment.

Match the following

Column A	Column B
(a) Louis XVI becomes king of France	A. 1792-93
(b) France becomes a republic	B. 1815
(c) Napoleon becomes Emperor	C. 1792
(d) Napoleon defeated at Waterloo	D. 1804
(e) National Assembly voted in April	E. 1774

Column I	Column II	Column III
1. Sceptre was a	(a) a court in	A. royal power
2. The winged woman was a symbol	(b) in France in	B. 1804
3. Robespierre was convicted by	(c) of France in	C. of the law
4. Slavery was finally abolished	(d) of personification	D. 1848
5. Napoleon was crowned Emperor	(e) Symbol of	E. 1794

Fill in the blanks

1. One important law that came into effect soon after the storming of the Bastille in the summer of 1789 was the abolition of ……………. .

2. ……………. is born free and remains equal to man in rights.

3. ……………. was one of the most important of the politically active women in revolutionary France.

4. During the Reign of ……………., the new government issued laws ordering closure of women’s clubs.

5. ‘Blue-White-Red’ colour denotes the natural colours of ……………. .

6. ……………. is an executive made up of five members.

7. Napoleon was defeated at ……………. in 1815.

8. Port cities like ……………. and ……………. owed their economic prosperity to the flourishing slave trade.

9. The ideas of ……………. and democratic rights were the most important legacy of the French Revolution.

10. Tipu Sultan and ……………. are two examples of individuals who responded to the ideas coming from revolutionary France.

Q1. On ………………. the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. The king had commanded troops to move into the city.

A. 15 July 1779

B. 14 July 1779

C. 15 July 1789

D. 14 July 1789

Q2. Some 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the town hall and decided to form a …………?

A. Peoples party

B. Peoples’ militia

C. Peoples democracy

D. Peoples presence

Q3. Finally, a group of several hundred people marched towards the …………….. part of the city and stormed the fortress-prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to find hoarded ammunition?

A. Eastern

B. Northern

C. Western

D. Southern

Q4. Why was the fortress-prison, the Bastille, hated by all?

A. It stood for the despotic power of the king.

B. Because of dictatorship

C. Aristocracy

D. None of these

Q5. What was the main protest by the people?

A. Price of bread

B. Behavior of the king

C. Poverty of the people

D. High taxes

Q6. Who said “ the task of representing the people has to be given to the rich”?

A. Mirabeau

B. Jean Paul Marat

C. Rousseau

D. Georges Denton

Q7. The National Assembly formed a constitution in 1791, to limit the power of the …….?

A. Wealthy men

B. Businessmen

C. Monarch

D. Press

Q8. Who wrote the influential pamphlet- ‘What is the Third Estate"?

A. Mirabeau

B. Jean Paul Marat

C. Abbe Sieyes

D. Georges Denton

Q9. Which group of people did not join the Jacobin Club?

A. Artisans

B. Shopkeepers

C. Daily wage workers

D. Men with property

Q10. French women demanded the right to…..?

A. Vote

B. To be elected in the assembly

C. To hold political office

D. All

Q11. A triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and…..?

A. Asia

B. Australia

C. Africa

D. None

Q12. What did the slaves wear after becoming free?

A. Blue cap

B. Red cap

C. White cap

D. Green cap

Q13. Who were not considered passive citizens?

A. Women

B. Children

C. Non property men

D. Wealthy people

Q14. The third estate comprised……?

A. Poor and small peasants

B. Land less labour

C. Peasants and artisans

D. All

Q15. Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention?

A. It declared France a constitutional Monarchy

B. Abolished the Monarchy

C. All men and women above 21 got the right to vote

D. Declared France a Republic

Q16. How does a subsistence crisis happen?

A. Bad harvest leads of scarcity of grains

B. Food prices rise and the poor cannot buy bread

C. Leads to disease and death

D. All

Q17. Which of the following statements is false about the Third Estate?

A. It comprised of poor only

B. Some were rich some were poor

C. Rich members owned land

D. Peasant were obliged to serve in the army

Q18. What was a guillotine?

A. A device consisted of two poles and a blade to behead people

B. A fine sword to behead people

C. A special noose to hang people

D. None 0f these

Q19. What does the word livres stand for?

A. Unit of currency in France

B. Tax levied by the state

C. Tax levied by the Church

D. Tax to the Landlord

Q20. What was Estates General?

A. Post of army general

B. A political body

C. Head of all landed property

D. Advisor of the king

Q21. The term old regime is used to describe……?

A. France before 1000 BC

B. Society of France after 1789

C. Society of France before 1789

D. None

Q22. 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

Q23. In the meeting of the Estates General, the members of the Third Estate demanded that………

A. All the estates have one vote together

B. Each estate should have one vote

C. Each member of all three estates should have one vote each

D. None

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

A. Mirabeau

B. Abbe Sieyes

C. Louis XVI

D. A & B

Q25. Which of these provisions were passed by the Assembly on night of 4th August 1789?

A. Abolition of feudal system

B. Clergy had to give up its privileges

C. Tithes was abolished

D. All

Q26. According to the new constitution 1791, the National Assembly was to be …... ?

A. Elected directly

B. Appointed by the king

C. Elected indirectly

D. A hereditary body

Q27. Which of the following is true is about Bastille Storming?

A. It was a fortress prison in France

B. It represented despotic powers

C. French common man hated Bastille

D. All

Q28. When did the fall of Bastille take place?

A. 14 July 1789

B. 20 June 1789

C. 4 August 1789

D. 5 May 1789

Q29. Which estates in France were exempted from paying taxes?

A. The first Estate

B. The second Estate

C. First and Second estate both

D. The Third estate

Q30. What was Tithes?

A. A tax levied by the Church

B. Tax by the state

C. Tax by the Monarch

D. None

Question 1.
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