FRENCH REVOLUTION

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

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

Q12. What did the slaves wear after becoming free?

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

Q18. What was a guillotine?

• 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