The French Revolution

What kind of leader was King Louis XVI?

• Very militaristic

• Weak and indecisive

• Powerful and well respected

• Friendly and well-liked

How much debt did War add to France?

• More than 2 billion livres.

• More than 1 billion livres.

• More than 3 billion livres.

• More than 4 billion livres.

Identify the tax levied by the church, comprising one-tenth of the agricultural produce.

• Taille

• Citoyen

• Tithe

• Anony

Read the statements and choose the correct option:

Assertion: The price of bread which was the staple diet of the majority rose rapidly

Reason: The population of France rose from about 23 million in 1715 to 28 million in 1789. This led to a rapid increase in the demand for food grains

• Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

• Both assertion and reason are true, and the reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

• The assertion is true, but the reason is false.

• Both assertion and reason are false.

Identify the suitable option for the picture.

• Women marched to protest against the Revolutionary government.

• Women marched to Versailles and brought the king back with them to Paris.

• Women marched to welcome king Louis Phillip to Paris

• None of the above

Choose the correct name for the picture.

• The Spider and the Fly

• The Lion and the Fly

• The Spider and the Mosquito

• The Spider and the Snake

In the early years, the government did introduce laws that helped improve the lives of women. Which government it was?

• Jacobin government

• Directory government

• Revolutionary government

• Napoleon government

The writer of ‘Two Treatises of Government’ is:

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Mirabeau

In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).

Read the statements and choose the correct option:

Assertion (A): One of the most revolutionary social reforms of the Jacobin regime was the abolition of slavery in the French colonies.

Reason (R): Branded and shackled, the slaves were packed tightly into ships for the three-month-long voyage across the Atlantic to the Caribbean.

• Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

• Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

• The assertion is true, but the reason is false.

• Both assertion and reason are false.

Napoleon was defeated in the battle of (a)