The French Revolution Class 9 MCQ Questions with Answers + PDF

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The French Revolution Class 9 MCQ Questions with Answers + PDF

1. French revolution began in the year _____

1. 1789
2. 1750
3. 1780
4. 1790

 2. Fasces is

1. A free bird
2. wooden rods’ bundle tied around an axe
3. Andre Chenier
4. Women

3. Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes led the Third Estate in Versailles on —–

1. 20^th January
2. 20^th February
3. 20^th June
4. 20^th July

4. According to the new constitution of _____, the National Assembly was directly elected

1. 1790
2. 1791
3. 1767
4. 1781

5. _______ is the national anthem of France

1. Marseilles
2. The star
3. Deutschlandlied
4. Il Canto degli Italiani

6. Tithe was collected by the

1. Peasants
2. Church
3. King
4. Nobles

7. Guillotine refers to

1. Rewarding a person
2. Beheading a person
3. Imprisonment
4. Paying taxes

8. Napoleon Bonaparte lost the Battle of Waterloo in

1. 1815
2. 1816
3. 1817
4. 1818

9. ____ is the modernizer of Europe?

1. Napoleon Bonaparte
2. Louis XVI
3. Marie Antoinette
4. Georges Danton

10. ____was the king of France during French Revolution

1. Lousi XVII
2. Louis XVI
3. Louis V
4. Louis VI

11. ______that the task of representing the people was given to the rich

1. Mirabeau
2. Jean-Paul Marat
3. Rousseau
4. Georges Denton

12. In 1791, the National Assembly drafted a Constitution to limit the powers of the 

1. monarch
2. wealthy man
3. businessmen
4. press

13. ‘What is the third Estate’ pamphlet was written by __?

1. Mirabeau
2. Abbe Sieyes
3. Jean-Paul Marat
4. Olympe de Gouges

14. Jacobin club was not joined by_____

1. Artisans
2. Shopkeepers
3. Daily-wage workers
4. Men with property

15. French women fought for the right to:

1. vote
2. be elected to the assembly
3. hold political office
4. all of the above

22. Each member should have one vote was introduced by

1. Georges Danton
2. Rousseau
3. Jacobians
4. Jean Paul Marat

23. Livre stands for

1. Unit of currency
2. Taxes
3. Food
4. None of the above

24. ‘old regime’ can be defined as

1. France before 1000 B.C.
2. France after 1000 B.C.
3. French society and institutions before 1789 A.D.
4. All of the above

25. In 1791, the National Assembly drafted a Constitution to limit the powers of the monarchy.

1. monarch
2. wealthy man
3. businessmen
4. press

26. passive citizens did not include

1. Women
2.  Children
3. Non-propertied men
4. wealthy people

27. Which of the given lines about the Third Estate is not true:

1.  The Third Estate was only made up of poor people
2. Some people in the Third Estate were rich and some people in the Third Estate were poor?
3.  Lands were owned by the Third Estate’s wealthier members.
4. Peasants were compelled to join the army or construct roads.

28. What was the ‘Subsistence Crisis,’ which afflicted France on a regular basis?

1.  A dire situation endangering one’s basic means of subsistence
2.  Food grain subsidies
3.  Large-scale food grain production
4.  None of the preceding

29. What did ‘Estates General’ stand for?

1.  An army generalship
2.  A political body
3. The head of all landed property
4. The king’s advisor

30. Which of these books did John Locke write?

1. The Spirit of the Laws
2.  Two Treatises on Government
3.  The Social Contract
4. All the above

31. Which of these rights were not included as ‘natural and inalienable’ according the constitution 1791?

1. Right to life
2. Freedom of speech and opinion
3. Equality before the law
4. All the above

32. According to the new constitution of 1791, the National Assembly had to be

1.  Elected directly
2.  appointed by the king
3.  elected indirectly
4.  a hereditary body

33. The Estates General was last held in

1. 1614
2. 1615
3. 1616
4. 1617

34. Bastille symbolizes

1. Despotic power of the king
2. Pride and power
3. Rule of the superior
4. Slavery

35. Lousi XVI was beheaded on charges of

1. Cruelty
2. Treason
3. Misgoverance
4. Absolute rule

36. Three estates of pre-revolutionary France are

1. National Assembly
2. Estates General
3. Parliament
4. Monarch

37. Marseillaise, a patriotic song was composed by

1. Roget de Lisle
2. Mirabaeu
3. Napoleon Bonaparte
4. Marie Antoinette

38. French legacy to the world is

1. Democracy
2. Monarchy
3. Socialism
4. Liberty, freedom and equality

39. On 21^st September 1792, France was declared a

1. Republic
2. Socialist state
3. Democracy
4. Monarch

40. The members in the Jacobian club were called

1. Terrorists
2. San-culottes
3. Conservatives
4. Common people

41. Which colours are the national colours of France?

1. Blue white red
2. Red green blue
3. Blue pink black
4. Red white green

42. Which symbol represents eternity?

1. Snake biting its tail leading to formation of a ring
2. A bundle of sticks
3. Sceptre
4. Law tablet

43. Privilege class consisted of

1. Clergy and nobility
2. Peasants and churchmen
3. Kings and queens
4. Common man

44. Winged woman represented

1. Law personification
2. Liberty
3. France
4. Equality

45. The convention made which of the following decisions:

1.  declared France a constitutional monarchy
2.  abolished the monarchy
3.  All men and women over the age of 21 were granted the right to vote.
4. France was declared a republic.

46. On the night of August 4, 1789, the Assembly passed which of these provisions?

1. The feudal system of obligations was abolished
2.  The clergy had to give up their privileges
3.  Tithes were abolished
4.  All of the above were abolished

47. Which of these rights were not declared “natural and inalienable” by the 1791 Constitution?

1.  The right to life
2. The freedom of expression and opinion
3.  Equality before the law
4. All of the above

48. The red Phrygian cap stands for

1.  Freedom
2. Slavery
3. Equality
4. Rule

49. The broken chain stands for

1. the act of becoming free
2. loss
3. unity
4. equality

50. Sceptre stands for

1. Royal power
2. Royal people
3. Royal looks
4. Royal aura