The French Revolution (Class - IX)
Description: Social Studies | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Shankara Prabhu | |
Tags: Social Studies The French Revolution History Events and Processes Integers Class IX |
Why did the Parisian people storm the Bastille on 14th July, 1789?
a. The Bastille held the leaders of the French revolution and the people wanted to free them. b. The people hoped to find hoarded ammunition in the Bastille. c. The people wanted to demolish the fortress and sell its stone fragments.
Which of the following is correct about 'tithe'?
Who authored the revolutionary work 'The Spirit of the Laws', which proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary?
'The Marseillaise' became the national anthem of France after the revolution. Who composed this song?
The Estates General assembly denied entry to which of the following?
a. Women b. Artisans c. Peasants d. Priests
The land tax levied on the French peasantry and non-nobles was called
When was Louis XVI sentenced to death by a court on charge of treason?
The Jacobin men wore a red phrygian cap. What did this cap symbolise?
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. The three estates of the French society sent their representatives to the Parliament. b. The three estates consisted of the clergy (first estate), the nobility (second estate) and peasants, businessmen, lawyers, etc. (third estate). c. The monarch in the Old Regime did not have the power to impose taxes according to his will alone.
When was slavery finally abolished in the French colonies?
The Directory that ruled France was an executive made up of five members. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the reign of the Directory?
a. It abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic. b. Under the reign of the Directory, all men aged 21 years and above got the right to vote. c. The Directory was meant as a safeguard against the concentration of power in a single leader.
Which of the following were the French colonies that benefited from the slave trade?
a. Martinique b. Guadeloupe c. San Domingo d. Nantes
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. The Constitution of 1791 gave women the right to vote, to be elected to the Assembly and to hold political office. b. However, during the Reign of Terror, the new government issued laws ordering the reversal of voting rights for women. c. Women in France finally won the right to vote in 1946.
Which of the following statements is/are correct about Napolean Bonaparte?
a. He crowned himself the Emperor of France in 1804. b. He introduced a uniform system of weights and measures provided by the decimal system. c. He was defeated at Waterloo in 1815.
France was known to be under the 'Reign of Terror' under whose leadership?