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French Revolution

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Number of prisoners released during storming of Bastille

a)

7000

b)

700

c)

70

d)

7

2.

Rammohan Roy and ____ responded to the ideas coming from revolutionary France.

a)

Aurangzeb

b)

Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar

c)

Tipu Sultan

d)

Ranjit Singh

3.

Louis XVI belonged to the ____ family of Kings.

a)

Bridgeston

b)

Bourbon

c)

Bourgeois

d)

Bolshevik

4.

Which of these was NOT a colony of the French in the Caribbean ?

a)

Martinique

b)

Guanacaste

c)

Gaudeloupe

d)

San Domingo

5.

Marie Antoinette belonged to ____

a)

Hungary

b)

Germany

c)

Austria

d)

Sweden

6.

Triangular Slave trade took place among _____

a)

Europe - Africa - Americas

b)

Africa - Europe - Asia

c)

Americas - Africa - Asia

d)

Europe - Americas - Australia

7.

Under Louis XVI, France helped ____ colonies of America to gain their independence.

a)

7

b)

14

c)

13

d)

15

8.

The currency of France before Franc was being used

a)

Roubles

b)

Mark

c)

Taille

d)

Livre

9.

Port cities like Bordeaux and ____ owed their economic prosperity to flourishing slave trade.

a)

San Domingo

b)

Nantes

c)

Martinique

d)

Versailles

10.

French society in the 18th century was divided into ____estates

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

11.

The term ____ was used to describe the society of France before 1789

a)

Old Regime

b)

Medieval Society

c)

Noblemen Pyramid

d)

Societal Divide

12.

Slavery was finally abolished in French colonies in _____

a)

1942

b)

1848

c)

1884

d)

1798

13.

Women in France got the right to vote in the year ___

a)

1946

b)

1964

c)

1846

d)

1864

14.

Directory was made up of ____ members

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

15.

Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in ____

a)

1915

b)

1815

c)

1851

d)

1951

16.

The period from 1793 - 1794 was Reign of Terror under ___

a)

Napoleon

b)

Robespierre

c)

Desmoulins

d)

Louis XVI

17.

Citoyenne meant ___

a)

Tax to be paid to Church

b)

Middle Class

c)

Female Citizen

d)

Caretaker

18.

Jacobins belonged to the ___ prosperous sections of society

a)

Very

b)

Less

c)

highly

19.

National Anthem of France

a)

D'egalite

b)

Monsieur

c)

Marsaillaise

d)

Versailles

20.

Who composed the French National Anthem ?

a)

Robespierre

b)

Roget de L'isle

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Seiyyes

21.

Political Symbolism: Broken Chains stood for ___

a)

Equality of all

b)

Driving away ignorance

c)

Act of becoming free

d)

Law is same for all

22.

Political Symbolism: Law Tablet

a)

Royal power

b)

All are equal before law

c)

National colours of France

d)

Driving away ignorance

23.

The French Constitution began with a Declaration of the Rights of _____

a)

France

b)

Man and Woman

c)

Man and Citizen

d)

King and public

24.

____ were entitled to vote as per constitution of 1791.

a)

Active citizens

b)

Passive citizens

25.

___ was a castle or stately residence belonging to a king or queen.

a)

Palace

b)

Chateau

c)

Manor

d)

Estate

26.

_____ wrote " What is the Third Estate?"

a)

Abbey Sieyes

b)

Mirabeau

c)

Rousseau

d)

Voltaire

27.

___ was born in a noble family but delivered powerful speeches at Versailles.

a)

Rousseau

b)

Abbey Sieyes

c)

Mirabeau

d)

Montesquieu

28.

"The Social Contract" was written by ___

a)

Mirabeau

b)

Rousseau

c)

Robespierre

d)

Montesquieu

29.

At the Estates General Meeting, there were ____ representatives of the third estate.

a)

200

b)

300

c)

500

d)

600

30.

"The Spirit of Laws" was written by ___

a)

Rousseau

b)

Montesquieu

c)

John Locke

d)

Voltaire

31.

"Two Treatises of Government" was written by ___

a)

Mirabeau

b)

John Locke

c)

John Lenin

d)

Jean Rousseau

32.

A situation where basic means of livelihood are endangered

a)

Hyper inflation

b)

Economic Pandemic

c)

Subsistence Crisis

d)

Monarchy

33.

A tax levied by the Church

a)

Tithe

b)

Taille

c)

Direct Tax

34.

Tax paid directly to the state

a)

Tithe

b)

Taille

c)

Duties

35.

____ formed the 1st estate in the old regime.

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

King

d)

Peasants