This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > History > The French Revolution > Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does a 'Subsistence Crisis' happen? A) Bad harvest leads to scarcity of grains. B) Food prices rise and the poorest cannot buy bread. C) Leads to weaker bodies, diseases, deaths and even food riots. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 2. Who was the composer of the national anthem Marseillaise A) Mirabeau. B) Roger de l'Isle. C) Montesquieu. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roger de l'Isle. 3. On 20th June 1789, from which estate did the people declare the national assembly? A) 2nd estate. B) 3rd estate. C) 4th estate. D) 1st estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3rd estate. 4. Who among the following proposed the Social Contract theory? A) Locke. B) Rousseau. C) Montesquieu. D) Thomas Paine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rousseau. 5. Thousands of women marched to ..... to force the king to accept the decrees. A) Versailles. B) Toulouse. C) Paris. D) Marseille. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Versailles. 6. Which of the following was a reason why France was nearly bankrupt? A) The king lowered taxes. B) The king took their money to create jobs. C) The king spent the taxes on wars and himself. D) They had fought against the Americans in the revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The king spent the taxes on wars and himself. 7. Who wrote the book, The Spirit Of The Laws? A) Montesquieu. B) John Locke. C) Rousseau. D) Abbe Sieyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Montesquieu. 8. Why were the people of France starving of hunger? A) They only had wine. B) Agricultural crop failure caused a shortage of food. C) They sold all the food to Germany. D) The King wanted to punish the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agricultural crop failure caused a shortage of food. 9. The French people, especially the middle class, were inspired by the Enlightenment thinkers and what recent contemporary event? A) The 7 Years War. B) The American Revolution. C) The Russian Revolution. D) The War of 1812. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The American Revolution. 10. The French first estate was formed of ..... A) The French nobles. B) The French military. C) The French clergy. D) The French middle and working-class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The French clergy. 11. Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate A) The Third Estate was made of the poor only. B) Within the Third Estate some were rich and some were poor. C) Richer members of the Third Estate owned lands. D) Peasants were obliged to serve in the army, or build roads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Third Estate was made of the poor only. 12. In which year was slavery finally abolished? A) 1854. B) 1848. C) 1901. D) 1892. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1848. 13. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It stood for the despotic power of the king. 14. French society in the eighteenth century was divided into A) Three states. B) Three estates. C) Two states. D) Two estates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three estates. 15. Which of the following statements is false about the Third Estate? A) It comprised of poor only. B) Some were rich some were poor. C) Rich members owned land. D) Peasant were obliged to serve in the army. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It comprised of poor only. 16. During the reign of terror many people were A) Happy. B) Blasted. C) Celebrating. D) Executed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Executed. 17. 'The Spirit of Laws' was written by? A) Montesquieu. B) Jean Paul Marat. C) John Locke. D) Rousseau. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Montesquieu. 18. Which of the following was a cause of the French revolution? A) Government debt due to overspending and involvement in wars. B) France had a surplus of food due to bountiful harvests. C) Men between the ages of 18-25 were required to join the army. D) France had no king to lead the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government debt due to overspending and involvement in wars. 19. Monarch of France during the French Revolution. He was beheaded and charged with treason for trying to flee France. A) King Louis XVI. B) Marie Antoinette. C) King Louis XIV. D) Robespierre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Louis XVI. 20. On the morning of ..... , the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. A) 14 July 1787. B) 14 July 1789. C) 14 July 1786. D) 14 July 1788. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14 July 1789. 21. Who seized power after the fall of the Jacobin government? A) Napoleon Bonaparte. B) Wealthy middle class. C) Robespierre's son. D) Common people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wealthy middle class. 22. When did Louis XVI became the king of France? A) In 1772. B) In 1774. C) In 1770. D) Yen 1787. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In 1774. 23. Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety and established the Reign of Terror? A) Napoleon. B) Louis XVI. C) Robespierre. D) Louis XIV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robespierre. 24. The nobility belonged to this estate. A) First Estate. B) Second Estate. C) Third Estate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second Estate. 25. When did the third assembly keep a meeting and where? A) 20 June, indoor tennis court. B) 21 June, indoor tennis court. C) 20 June, Paris badminton court. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20 June, indoor tennis court. 26. This government believes in giving the power to the people and separating the government into separate branches A) Anarchy. B) Oligarchy. C) Theocracy. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democracy. 27. King Louis XVI belonged to which dynasty of kings? A) House of Bourbon. B) House of Bonaparte. C) House of Capet. D) House of Valois. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) House of Bourbon. 28. After the Jacobins' revolt in 1792, which of these events happened in France? A) Elections were held. B) France was declared a Republic. C) Monarchy was abolished. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 29. When did France become a republic? A) Sep, 1791. B) Sep, 1792. C) Oct, 1791. D) Oct, 1792. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sep, 1792. 30. What was Estate General? A) Post of Army General. B) A Political body. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Political body. 31. In the context of France, what was 'tithes'? A) A tax levied by the Church. B) Direct tax levied by the State. C) The tax levied on the articles of everyday consumption. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tax levied by the Church. 32. Who were the bourgeoisie? A) The nobles. B) The peasants. C) The 1st Estate. D) The middle class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The middle class. 33. Which of the following statement is true in the context of Robespierre? A) He converted churches into barracks or offices. B) He rationed meat and bread. C) He followed a policy of severe control and punishment. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 34. About 60% of the land was owned by A) Clergys. B) Third estate. C) Nobles. D) First estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nobles. 35. What is the name for the first estate? A) Tennis court oath. B) The Clergy. C) The Jacobins. D) The directory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Clergy. 36. The reason why the prices of bread were rising fast before the revolution was ..... A) Heavy taxes on the third estate. B) Bad weather conditions that destroyed crops. C) Peasants forced to plant cash-crops instead of grain. D) King Louis XVI giving French grain to the Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bad weather conditions that destroyed crops. 37. Which revolution was caused by bankruptcy of the treasury, tax burden on the Third Estate, inflation and abuses of the Old Regime? A) Russian. B) Mexican. C) Cuban. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) French. 38. Louis XVI was of which family. A) Louis. B) Bonaparte. C) Bourbon. D) Romanwas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bourbon. 39. In which year the Jacobins planned an insurrection? A) In the spring of 1765. B) In the winter of 1794. C) In the summer of 1792. D) In the autumn of 1786. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the summer of 1792. 40. Napoleon closely embodied the ideas of the French Revolution more than Louis XVI because ..... A) Napoleon rose to power without being a member of the elite aristocracy. B) Napoleon wasn't married to a former princess. C) Louis XVI was a constitutional monarch. D) Napoleon was elected head of France before he had any power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Napoleon rose to power without being a member of the elite aristocracy. 41. On which date was the assembly of the Estates General held? A) 5 May 1789. B) 14 May 1789. C) 5 March 1789. D) 14 July 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 May 1789. 42. The term 'Old Regime' is usually used to describe A) France before 1000 B.C. B) Society of France after 1789 A.D. C) Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D. 43. Which Revolution gave the ideas of Liberty, Freedom and Equality to the world? A) The American Revolution. B) The French Revolution. C) The Russian Revolution. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The French Revolution. 44. The Roman Catholic clergy belonged to this estate. A) First Estate. B) Second Estate. C) Third Estate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Estate. 45. Who was the head of Jacobin Club? A) MaximillionRobespierre. B) Rousseau. C) AbbeSieyes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MaximillionRobespierre. 46. Which of these provisions were passed by the Assembly on the night of 4 August, 1789? A) Abolition of feudal system of obligations. B) Clergy had to give up its privileges. C) Tithes were abolished. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 47. The National Assembly completed the draft for the constitution of France in A) 1790. B) 1792. C) 1789. D) 1791. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1791. 48. Assertion:The French Revolution had a significant impact on the world.Reason:The French Revolution inspired people in other countries to demand democracy and equality. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong. D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). 49. Society based on freedom, equal laws and opportunities was advocated by A) Middle class and people of 3rd Estates. B) Clergy and nobility. C) Philosophers such as John Locke and Rousseau. D) Englishmen George Danton and Arthur Young. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Philosophers such as John Locke and Rousseau. 50. Who legislated to free all slaves in the French overseas possessions in 1794? A) Directory. B) Monarchy. C) Convention. D) Republican Women. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convention. 51. What do you mean by Taille? A) Tax to be paid directly to the state. B) A tax levied by the church, comprising one-tenth of the agricultural produce. C) None of these. D) No idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tax to be paid directly to the state. 52. Population of France in 1715 A) 28, 000, 000. B) 23, 000, 000. C) 28, 00, 000. D) 23, 00, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23, 000, 000. 53. Louis XVI became the King of France in: A) 1789. B) 1764. C) 1784. D) 1774. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1774. 54. The Constitution of 1791 given power to make laws to whom? A) Convention. B) National Assembly. C) Directory. D) Clergy and Nobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Assembly. 55. Monarchy was abolished and France was declared a republic on- A) 21 August 1792. B) 21 September 1791. C) 21 September 1972. D) 21 August 1791. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21 September 1972. 56. Jacques Necker was a: A) King. B) Real estate agent. C) Stalemate. D) Financial advisor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Financial advisor. 57. One important law which came into effect soon after the storming of the Bastille. A) No freedom of expression. B) No freedom of speech. C) Abolition of Slavery. D) Abolition of Censorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Abolition of Censorship. 58. The 3rd Estate had which percent of population? A) 1%. B) 3%. C) 95%. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 95%. 59. Voting in the Estates General was conducted on the principle of A) Male adult franchise. B) Universal adult franchise. C) Estates General. D) Each member one vote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Each member one vote. 60. When did the Jacobins storm the Palace of the Tuileries? A) July 14, 1789. B) August 10, 1792. C) September 21, 1792. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) August 10, 1792. 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