French Revolution

Storming of Bastille

• 14th July,1789

• 14th June 1789

• 14th July1798

The Bastille symbolised

• benevolence of the king

• despotic power of the king

• armed might of France

• prestige and power

18th century French society was divided into

• castes

• Four Estates

• Three Estates

• Two Estates

Which of the following constituted the privileged class

• Clergy and peasants

• Peasants and nobility

• The first and the third estate

• Clergy and Nobility

The most important of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy and nobility

• right to collect dues

• ownership of land

• participate in wars

• exemption from taxes to the state

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

• Middle class

• Nobility

• Workers

• Peasants

Society based on freedom,equal laws,and oppourtunities was advocated by

• middle class and people of third estate

• Clergy and Nobility

• Philosophers such as John Locke and Rousseau

• englishmen John Danton and Arthur Young

Which of the following refuted the doctrine of divine and absolute right.

• John Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

Who advocated the government based on social contract.

• Darwin

• Spencer

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

DIviision of power in the government was put forth in

• "Two Treaties of Government:"

• "The spirit of the laws"

• " Le Moniteur Universal"

• "The Social Contract"