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Worksheet Class: IX Subject: Social Science Date: April 10, 2020 Topic: The French Revolution

The document contains 25 multiple choice questions about the French Revolution from a 9th grade social science class worksheet. The questions cover topics like the storming of the Bastille, the three estates system, Enlightenment philosophers' influence, and symbols of the French Revolution such as the national colors and anthem.

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Worksheet Class: IX Subject: Social Science Date: April 10, 2020 Topic: The French Revolution

The document contains 25 multiple choice questions about the French Revolution from a 9th grade social science class worksheet. The questions cover topics like the storming of the Bastille, the three estates system, Enlightenment philosophers' influence, and symbols of the French Revolution such as the national colors and anthem.

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Class: IX
Subject: Social Science
Date: April 10, 2020 Topic: The French Revolution

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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


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

2. What did Bastille symbolize?


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

3. 18th century French society was divided into


(a) Castes
(b) Four Estates
(c) Three Estates
(d) Two Estates

4. Which of the following constituted the privileged class?


(a) Clergy and peasants
(b) Peasants and nobility
(c) First and Third Estate
(d) Clergy and nobility

5. The most important of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy and nobility
(a) Right to collect dues
(b) Ownership of land
(c) Participate in wars
(d) Exemption from taxes to the state

6. Which of the following believed social position must depend on merit?


(a) Middle class
(b) Nobility
(c) Workers
(d) Peasants

7. Society based on freedom, equal laws and opportunities was advocated by


(a) Middle class and people of the Third Estate
(b) Clergy and nobility
(c) Philosophers such as John Locke and Rousseau
(d) Englishmen Georges Danton and Arthur Young

8. Which of the following refuted the doctrine of divine and absolute right?
(a) John Locke
(b) Rousseau
(c) Montesquieu
(d) Voltaire

9. Who advocated government based on Social Contract?


(a) Darwin
(b) Spencer
(c) Rousseau
(d) Montesquieu

10. Division of power within the government was put forth in


(a) 'Two Treaties of Government'
(b) 'The Spirit of the Laws'
(c) 'Le Moniteur Universal'
(d) 'The Social Contract'

11. Who was the King of France at the time of the Revolution?
(a) Louis XIV
(b) Louis XVI
(c) Marie Antoinette
(d) Nicholas II

12. Political body of France


(a) Duma
(b) Reichstag
(c) Lok Sabha
(d) Estates General

13. Voting in the Estates General was conducted on the principle of


(a) Each member one vote
(b) Male adult franchise
(c) Universal adult franchise
(d) Estates General

14. The Estates General was last convened in


(a) 1604
(b) 1614
(c) 1416
(d) 1641

15. Where did the Third Estate form and announce the National Assembly?
(a) Indoor Tennis Court
(b) Hall of Mirrors
(c) Firoz Shah Ground
(d) Winter Palace

16. Members of the Third Estate were led by


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

17. Which of the following was the main objective of the Constitution of 1791?
(a) To limit the powers of the king alone
(b) Do away with feudal privileges
(c) Give equal rights to women
(d) Establish a constitutional monarchy

18. A broken chain symbolized


(a) Chains used to fetter slaves
(b) Strength lies in unity
(c) Royal power
(d) Act of becoming free

19. The winged woman personified


(а) National colours of France
(b) Act of becoming free
(c) Personification of Law
(d) Rays of the Sun will drive away the clouds of ignorance

20. Bundle of rods or fasces symbolized


(a) Royal power
(b) Equality before law
(c) Law is the same for all
(d) Strength lies in unity
21. Which of the following symbolized Eternity?
(a) Sceptre
(b) Eye within a triangle radiating light
(c) The Law Tablet
(d) Snake biting its tail to form a ring

22. Which of the following were the national colours of France during the?
(a) Blue-green-yellow
(b) Red-green-blue
(c) Blue-white-red
(d) Yellow-red-white

23. National Anthem of France


(a) Vande Matram
(b) Roget de L Isle
(c) Le Moniteur Universal
(d) Marseilles

24. Members of the Jacobin Club were known as


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

25. France on 21st September, 1792 was declared a


(a) Socialist State
(b) Democracy
(c) Communist State
(d) Republic

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