History : India and the Contemporary World - I For Class IX The French Revolution

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1 History : India and the Contemporary World - I For Class IX The French Revolution (Q.1) Who was Olympe de Gouges? (A) A poetess (B) A sports woman (C) A religious leader (D) A school teacher (Q.2) What was the Convention? (A) A gathering place (B) An elected assembly (C) Hereditary (Q.3) What was the demand of the Third Estate regarding their voting right? (A) One vote (B) Two vote (C) Three vote (D) Four vote (Q.4) In France not all citizens had the right to (A) Vote (B) Equality (C) Freedom (D) All of these (Q.5) The people of the Third estate were engaged in professions such as : (A) Lawyers (B) Administrative officials (C) Both (1) and (2) (Q.6) What were the three divisions of the society that prevailed at the time of French revolution? (A) The clergy (B) Nobility (C) The common people (D) All the above

2 (Q.7) What is a republic? (A) Elected government (B) Hereditary monarchy (C) Presidential government (Q.8) What was the meaning of the term 'Third Estate' at the time of French Revolution? (A) Privileged class society (B) Underprivileged class society (C) Peasants (D) Both (1) and (2). (Q.9) When did the French Revolution begin? (A) July 14, 1789 (B) January 10, 1780 (C) August 10, 1782 (Q.10) The word Anonymous was related with (A) Currency of France (B) Tax levied by the Church (C) Tax to be paid directly to the state (Q.11) The word Liver was related with (A) Unit of currency in France (B) Tax levid by the Church (C) Tax to be paid directly to the state (Q.12) What were the main peculiar themes and approches of Nazism? (A) Nazism denied various minorities a right to live. (B) It waged a relentless battle against democracy and socialism. (C) Nazism drew upon a long tradition of anti Jewish feeling. (D) All of these

3 (Q.13) Which of the following events were important in the making or shaping of the modern world? (A) The French Revolution (B) The Russian Revolution (C) The Rise and end of Nazism (D) All of these (Q.14) Who was in power in Russia during the days of Russian Revolution? (A) Napolean Bonapart (B) Tsar Nicholas II (C) Louis XVI (Q.15) What were the ideas promoted by the French revolution? (A) Liberty (B) Equality (C) Freedom (D) All of these. (Q.16) When was Napoleon defeated at Waterloo? (A) 1804 (B) 1810 (C) 1815 (D) 1821 (Q.17) When did Napoleon crown himself the emperor of France? (A) 1800 (B) 1806 (C) 1809 (D) 1804 (Q.18) When did the National Assembly complete the draft of the constitution and what was its main intention? (A) 1791 (B) 1789 (C) 1769 (D) 1782 (Q.19) When did Louis XVI call an assembly of the Estates to pass proposals for new taxes?

4 (A) 1780 (B) 1784 (C) 1789 (D) 1774 (Q.20) In which year did the populatiuon of France rise from about 23 million in 1715 to 28 million? (A) 1789 (B) 1774 (C) 1775 (D) 1770 (Q.21) What was the name of tax paid directly to the state by the Third Estate? (A) Clergy (B) Tithe (C) Taille (Q.22) The Church too extracted its share of taxes called (A) Taille (B) Tithes (C) Livre. (Q.23) French society in the eighteenth century was divided into how many estates? (A) Four (B) Two (C) Three (D) Five (Q.24) Under Louis XVI, France helped thirteen American colonies to gain their independence from which country? (A) Britain (B) Russia (C) Austria. (Q.25) When did Louis XVI become the king of France? (A) 1774 (B) 1789

5 (C) 1753 (D) 1719 (Q.26) What was the main aim of the national assembly? (Q.27) What is a "Guillotine"? Who invented it? (Q.28) Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? Name out two laws passed by him? (Q.29) What is the national Anthem of France and who composed it? (Q.30) Who were the Sans-Culottes? (Q.31) Describe the incident which sparked the Revolution? (Q.32) What do you mean by revolution? (Q.33) What was the impact of the French revolution on France? (Q.34) Explain, the growing middle class envisages an end to privileged. (Q.35) Explain how the new political system worked in the France? (Q.36) Describe the role of the philosophers in the French revolution? (Q.37) Explain the women role during the revolutionary years?

6 (Q.38) Which groups of the French society benefited from the revolution, which sections of the society would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution? (Q.39) Explain the democratic rights we enjoy today whose origins could be traced to the French Revolution? (Q.40) Who was Olympe de Gouges? What role did she play for women rights? (Q.41) What was the impact of French revolution on the world? (Q.42) What were the meanings of the following symbols The broken chain, scepter, Blue-white-red, the bundle of roads, the winged woman? (Q.43) Explain the rise of Napoleon. (Q.44) Who was Rousseau? Name the famous works by him? (Q.45) Name the three main social classes in France? (Q.46) What were causes for the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France? ( 4 Marks ) (Q.47) Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France? ( 4 Marks )