This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > History > The French Revolution > Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which government was created by the 3rd Estate at that start of the Revolution? A) National Assembly. B) Directory. C) Committee of Public Safety. D) National Convention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Assembly. 2. When did Napoleon Bonaparte crown himself as the emperor because of the un-stability of the directory? A) 1804. B) 1807. C) 1809. D) 1800. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1804. 3. What was 'Estates General'? A) Post of Army General. B) A political body. C) Head of all landed property. D) Advisor of the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A political body. 4. 9) In the "Tennis Court Oath" , members of the Third Estate A) Swore to behead the king. B) Planned to storm the Bastille. C) Pledged to improve their tennis game. D) Promised to not disband until they had a written constitution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Promised to not disband until they had a written constitution. 5. Which King did Louis XVI have secret negotiations with? A) King of Austria. B) King of Germany. C) King of Prussia. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 6. Members of the Third Estate were led by A) Louis XVI and Marie Antionette. B) Lenin and Kerensky. C) Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes. D) Rousseau and Voltaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes. 7. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is similar to the U.S. Declaration of Independence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. What does sans-culottes mean? A) With knee breeches. B) With striped pants. C) Without striped pant. D) Without knee breeches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Without knee breeches. 9. One way in which Robespierre and Louis XVI of France are similar is that both ..... A) Adopted ideas of the Congress of Vienna. B) Implemented policies of religious tolerance. C) Were removed from power during the French Revolution. D) Decreased government control of the economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Were removed from power during the French Revolution. 10. Louis XVI was sentenced death on the charge of treason. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were executed publicly at the place A) Concorde Place. B) Orleans. C) Bastille. D) Berry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concorde Place. 12. Which is not one of the things napoleon did to improve France? A) Raised taxed. B) Built churches. C) Improved the economy. D) Created schools. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Built churches. 13. Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their ..... A) Geographic region. B) Social class. C) Religious beliefs. D) Education level. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social class. 14. Which of these rights were established as 'natural and inalienable' rights by the constitution of 1791? A) Right to life. B) Freedom of speech and opinion. C) Equality before the law. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 15. What was taille known as? A) Extreme poverty. B) Direct tax. C) Agricultural produce. D) Indirect tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct tax. 16. Arrange in order ..... (A) Napoleon's measures that carried of the revolutionary ideas of liberty and modern laws had an impact on people.(B) Napoleon was defeated in waterloo at 1814.(C) Napoleon, a military head crowned himself as Emperor in 1804.(D) Napoleon was seen as a liberator.(E) Napoleon's army was seen as an invading force. A) D-C-A-B-E. B) C-D-E-B-A. C) A-B-C-D-E. D) B-C-D-E-A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C-D-E-B-A. 17. Which of the following book was written by John Locke? A) The Spirit of the Laws. B) Two Treatise on Government. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two Treatise on Government. 18. When did the French women get the right to vote? A) 1803. B) 1789. C) 1940. D) 1946. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1946. 19. Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment? A) The Monarchy. B) The nobility. C) The clergy. D) The Bourgeoisie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Bourgeoisie. 20. When did Louis XVI call an assembly of Estates General to pass proposals for new taxes? A) 14th July, 1789. B) 5th May 1789. C) 4th August 1789. D) 20th June 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5th May 1789. 21. Which of these books was written by John Locke? A) The Spirit of the Laws. B) Two Treatises on Government. C) The Social Contract. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two Treatises on Government. 22. When did Napoleon crown himself as an Emperor? A) 1802. B) 1798. C) 1820. D) 1804. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1804. 23. What was tithes? A) A tax levied by the church. B) A tax levied by the King. C) Unit of currency in France. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tax levied by the church. 24. Louis XVI entered into secret negotiations with the king of- A) Prussia. B) Russia. C) USA. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prussia. 25. The most important of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy and nobility A) Right to collect dues. B) Ownership of land. C) Exemption from taxes to the state. D) Participate in wars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exemption from taxes to the state. 26. The Tennis Court Oath was a promise to always play tennis in France. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. In which book did Rousseau mention the idea of one person, one vote? A) Two Treatises of Government. B) The Spirit of the Laws. C) The Social Contract. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Social Contract. 28. Who among the following consisted in the First Estate? A) Nobles and Landlords. B) Priests and Church officials. C) Middle class people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Priests and Church officials. 29. What was 'Sceptre'? A) Symbol of royal power. B) Symbol of strength. C) Symbol of deep knowledge. D) Symbol of eternity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol of royal power. 30. When was slavery finally abolished in French colonies? A) 1845. B) 1848. C) 1948. D) 1787. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1848. 31. What was the reason of increased demand for food grains in France during 1715 to 1789? A) Rapid industrialization of agriculture land. B) Big Famines for many years. C) Heavy export of food grains from France to England. D) High rise in population during these years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High rise in population during these years. 32. This system was based on social classes. The people with the most money did not have to pay taxes. The Third Estate had to pay all the taxes. A) 1st Estate. B) 2nd Estate. C) 3rd Estate. D) Estate System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Estate System. 33. What do you mean by Old Regime? A) Building belonging to a community devoted to religious life. B) An estate consisting of the lord's land and his mansion. C) Societies and Institutions of France before 1789. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Societies and Institutions of France before 1789. 34. What was his (LOUIS XVI) age when he got married A) 14. B) 19. C) 20. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20. 35. How old was Marie Antoinette when she married Louis XVI? A) 30. B) 14. C) 7. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. 36. Which of these first demonstrated that popular protest would play role in the French Revolution? A) The reign of the Committee of Public Safety. B) The trail of Louis XIV. C) The Civil Constitution of the Clergy. D) The fall of the Bastille. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The fall of the Bastille. 37. Identify the statement which is wrong with reference to Robespierre. A) He banned the use of white flour. B) He rationed meat and bread. C) He exempted his party men from punishment. D) He converted churches into barracks or offices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He exempted his party men from punishment. 38. Who led the representatives of the Third Estate in Versailles on 20th June? A) Mirabeau. B) Abbe Sieyes. C) Louis XVI. D) Both Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes. 39. Who were not considered 'passive citizens'? A) Wealthy people. B) Women. C) Non-propertied men. D) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wealthy people. 40. Louis XVI came to throne in ..... A) 1782. B) 1774. C) 1770. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1774. 41. Who wasn't treated fairly before the French revolution? A) The first estate. B) The second estate. C) The third estate. D) The king and queen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The third estate. 42. This group accounted for 97% of the people of France. A) First Estate. B) Second Estate. C) Third Estate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Estate. 43. What was the Marseillaise? A) A romantic song. B) A patriotic song. C) A slogan. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A patriotic song. 44. What did Bastille symbolise as? A) Cowardice act of the king. B) Humanity. C) Military strength of France. D) Despotic power of the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Despotic power of the king. 45. The assembly of representatives from all three estates was called ..... A) National Assembly. B) Legislative Assembly. C) Estates-General. D) Old Regime. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Estates-General. 46. When the bastille was destroyed A) July 14, 1789. B) July 14, 1776. C) June 14, 1789. D) August 14, 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) July 14, 1789. 47. The Legislative Assembly divided into groups known as Radicals, Moderates, and Conservatives. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. The guards who were stationed around the Palace of Versailles to protect it were ..... A) German guards. B) Austrian guards. C) Swiss guards. D) French guards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swiss guards. 49. "Let them eat cake" A) Marie Antoinette. B) Louis XVI. C) King Henry. D) Napoleon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marie Antoinette. 50. Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention A) Declared France a constitutional monarchy. B) Abolished the monarchy. C) All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote. D) Declared France a Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Declared France a Republic. 51. Which of the following wars helped to inspire the French Revolution? A) The American Civil War. B) The French and Indian War. C) American Revolution. D) The Seven Years War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) American Revolution. 52. The estate general was formed on which day? A) 5th May 1789. B) 6th May 1789. C) 5th May 1790. D) 5th August 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5th May 1789. 53. This person became leader of Committee of Public Safety, changed the calendar to eliminate Sundays, and started the Reign of Terror. A) Robespierre. B) King Louis XVI. C) Marie Antoinette. D) Marat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robespierre. 54. Clergy and noblality enjoyed certain privileges by A) Birth. B) Properous. C) Job. D) Caste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth. 55. The first two estates ..... to pay taxes. A) Wanted. B) Refused. C) Liked. D) Disliked. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refused. 56. Who was the King of France during the French Revolution? A) Marie Antoinette. B) Napoleon Bonaparte. C) Louis XVI. D) Maximilien Robespierre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Louis XVI. 57. What did the Third Estate rename themselves at the time of the Tennis Court Oath? A) National Assembly. B) Directory. C) French Republic. D) First Estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Assembly. 58. The Bastille symbolised ..... A) Prestige and power. B) Benevolence of the king. C) Despotic power of the king. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Despotic power of the king. 59. When did the revolutionist storm Bastille A) July 15 1789. B) July 14 1789. C) June 14 1789. D) July 14 1889. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) July 14 1789. 60. What was the 'Subsistence Crisis' which occurred frequently in France? A) An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood. B) Subsidy in food grains. C) Large-scale production of food grains. D) None of the above. 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