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Chapter 1 French Revolution MCQ Questions for Class 9 History with answers

1. What did the term ‘Old Regime’ mean?
(a) History of France before 1789 A.D.
(b) Administration of France before 1789 A.D.
(c) Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D.
(d) None of the above
► (c) Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D.

2. What was ‘Estates General’?
(a) Head of the Army
(b) A political body
(c) Persons of high rank in state administration
(d) Head of Church
► (b) A political body

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

4. 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 of the above
► (d) All of the above

5. Who wrote the pamphlet called ‘What is the Third Estate’?
(a) Mirabeau, a nobleman
(b) Abbe Sieyes
(c) Rousseau, a philosopher
(d) Montesquieu
► (b) Abbe Sieyes

6. What was the name of tax which was directly paid to the state by the Third Estate?
(a) Tithes
(b) Livres
(c) Taille
(d) All of the above
► (c) Taille

7. Who among the following consisted in the Second Estate ?
(a) Nobles and Landlords
(b) Priests and Church officials
(c) Common People
(d) Middle Class people
► (a) Nobles and Landlords

8. Which of the following was a factor in the rise of Napoleon ?
(a) Fall of the Jacobin government
(b) Robespierre’s Reign of Terror
(c) Political instability of the Directory
(d) Nationalist forces
► (c) Political instability of the Directory

9. 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) Each member of the three Estates should have one vote
(c) Each Estate should have one vote
(d) None of the above
► (a) All the three Estates should have one vote altogether

10. 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
► (d) Exemption from taxes to the state

11. 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
► (a) unit of currency in France

12. Which social groups emerged in the 18th century?
(a) Lawyers
(b) Administrative officials
(c) Middle class
(d) All of the above
► (d) All of the above

13. 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
► (b) Two Treatises on Government

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

15. On what pretext was Louis XVI sentenced to death?
(a) Revolt
(b) Treason
(c) Helping Austria
(d) None of the above
► (b) Treason

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

17. The new Constitution made France a
(a) Constitutional Monarchy
(b) Communist state
(c) Fully democratic state
(d) None of the above
► (a) Constitutional Monarchy

18. What did the red cap worn by Sans Culottes in France symbolise ?
(a) Liberty
(b) Brotherhood
(c) Love
(d) Equality
► (a) Liberty

19. 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 of the above
► (d) All of the above

20. A large number of Jacobins came to be known as the ‘sans-culottes’. What does it mean?
(a) People without knee breeches
(b) People with black shirts
(c) People with black trousers
(d) People without shirts
► (a) People without knee breeches

21. Which of these provisions form a part of the ‘Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen’?
(a) Men are born free
(b) They are equal in rights before the law
(c) Liberty means powers to do what is not injurious to others
(d) All of the above
► (d) All of the above

22. The National Assembly voted in April 1792 to declare war against
(a) Prussia
(b) Austria
(c) England
(d) Both (a) and (b)
► (d) Both (a) and (b)

23. Why is the period from 1793 to 1794 referred to as the ‘Reign of Terror’?
(a) Louis XVI’s successor became a tyrant
(b) Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment
(c) Jacobins opted for loot and plunder
(d) None of the above
► (b) Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment

24. As a result of elections held after the Jacobins’ revolt in 1792, which of these steps were taken in France?
(a) Elections were held
(b) Monarchy was abolished
(c) France was declared a Republic
(d) All of the above
► (d) All of the above

25. The greatest achievement of the National Assembly convened in France in 1789 was:
(a) Issuing of Declaration of Rights.
(b) The passing of laws checking the power of the monarch.
(c) Establishment of a new judiciary.
(d) Establishment of a new legislature.
► (a) Issuing of Declaration of Rights.

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

27. What was the effect of the rise of population of France from about 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789 ?
(a) Education became difficult
(b) Rapid increase in the demand for foodgrains
(c) Housing problem occurred
(d) All of the above
► (b) Rapid increase in the demand for foodgrains

28. Instead of the traditional Monsieur (sir) and Madame (madam), all French men and women were henceforth addressed as
(a) Citoyen
(b) Citoyenne
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
► (c) Both (a) and (b)

29. Who among the following reintroduced slavery in France after it was abolished by Jacobin regime ?
(a) Louis XIV
(b) Robespierre
(c) Napoleon
(d) Marat
► (c) Napoleon

30. Who seized power after the fall of the Jacobin government?
(a) Common people
(b) Descendants of Louis XVI
(c) Wealthy middle class
(d) Robespierre’s son
► (c) Wealthy middle class

31. Tax from peasants to Church was called:
(a) Taille
(b) Tithe
(c) Lagan
(d) Jazia
► (b) Tithe

32. Who among the following proposed the Social Contract theory?
(a) Locke
(b) Thomas Paine
(c) Montesquieu
(d) Rousseau
► (d) Rousseau