This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > History > The French Revolution > Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word livres stands for A) Unit of currency in France. B) Tax levied by the church. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unit of currency in France. 2. The Estates General was last convened in ..... A) 1614. B) 1624. C) 1604. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1614. 3. Who did Louis XIV marry? A) Catherine the Great. B) Elizabeth. C) Marie Antoinette. D) Joan of Arc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marie Antoinette. 4. Which events was the officially started the French Revolution? A) Storming of the Bastille. B) Tennis Court Oath. C) Spanish Invasion. D) Shooting at Lexington and Concord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Storming of the Bastille. 5. Which of the following believed social position must be based on merit? A) Middle class. B) Nobility. C) Peasants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle class. 6. The book 'Two Treatises on Government' was written by? A) Karl Marx. B) Montesquieu. C) Rousseau. D) John Locke. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Locke. 7. What was the final outcome of the French Revolution? A) Unification of French city states. B) The declaration of the Edict of Nantes. C) Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France. D) The restoration of Louis XVI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France. 8. National Anthem of France A) The universal monitor. B) Marseillaise. C) ODI just. D) The Robage of The Isle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marseillaise. 9. What was it called when the peasants riot throughout France? A) The Great Fear. B) Storming of the Bastille. C) The French Republic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Fear. 10. When did the fall of Bastille take place? A) 14 July 1789. B) 5 May 1789. C) 20 June 1789. D) 4 August 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14 July 1789. 11. In the context of France, 'the fall of Bastille' took place on? A) 20th June 1789. B) 14th July 1789. C) 4th Aug 1789. D) 5th May 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14th July 1789. 12. Which of the following was the main objective of the Constitution of 1791? A) To limit the powers of the king alone. B) Do away feudal privileges. C) Establish a constitutional monarchy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To limit the powers of the king alone. 13. Which patriotic song sung by the army in the war against Prussia and Austria? A) January 21 hymn. B) It will be fine. C) Marseillaise. D) The awakening of the people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marseillaise. 14. Who was the king France at the time of the French Revolution? A) Louis XIV. B) Napoleon Bonaparte. C) Nicholas I. D) Louis XVI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Louis XVI. 15. 3) Members of the Third Estate? A) The middle class and the peasants. B) The Catholic clergy. C) The nobility. D) The Royals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The middle class and the peasants. 16. Which estates in France were exempted from paying taxes? A) First and second estate both. B) Second estate. C) First estate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First and second estate both. 17. What was Taille? A) A tax levied by the church. B) Tax by the state. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tax by the state. 18. Which document symbolized the end of the monarchy in France during the Revolution? A) Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. B) Tennis Court Oath. C) Constitution of 1791. D) Civil Constitution of the Clergy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constitution of 1791. 19. After the government of which ruler fell down and the middle class got the power to rule the country? A) Napolean. B) Marie Antonie. C) King Louis XVI. D) Jacobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jacobin. 20. Why was voting in the Estates General unfair A) Each estate voted by how many members there were. B) The King got two votes. C) Votes were not secret. D) Each estate got the same number of votes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Each estate got the same number of votes. 21. The Reign of Terror was from A) 1783-1784. B) 1723-1724. C) 1743-1744. D) 1793-1794. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1793-1794. 22. Why was censorship banned A) French thought it is important to give a person freedom to speak. B) It was very easy to spot and track criticizes of government. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) French thought it is important to give a person freedom to speak. 23. Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate'? A) Olympe de Gouges. B) Mirabeau. C) Abbe Sieyes. D) Jean-Paul Marat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abbe Sieyes. 24. Where did the Third Estate form and announce the National Assembly? A) Firoz Shah Ground. B) Hall of Mirrors. C) Winter Palace. D) Indoor Tennis Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indoor Tennis Court. 25. French legacy to the world ..... A) Socialism and Nationalism. B) Liberty, Freedom and Equality. C) Democracy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liberty, Freedom and Equality. 26. The act of freeing know as? A) Manor. B) Size. C) Emancipation. D) Negroes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emancipation. 27. Who took over after Robespierre? A) Napoleon Bonaparte. B) Marie Antoinette. C) Louis XVII. D) The Directory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Directory. 28. The word "estate" means ..... A) A royal title. B) A military rank. C) A social class. D) A political class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A social class. 29. In the context of France what was "the convention" ? A) The newly elected assembly. B) A French school. C) A women organisation. D) The club. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The newly elected assembly. 30. What event marked the beginning of the French Revolution? A) Napoleon's rise to power. B) Storming of the Bastille. C) Execution of King Louis XVI. D) Reign of Terror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Storming of the Bastille. 31. Who wrote the 'Declaration of the Rights to Women and Citizen'? A) Olympe de Gouges. B) Mirabeau. C) Right now 'CA'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Olympe de Gouges. 32. Number of ..... which were levied on articles of everyday cosumption like salt or tobacco A) Indirect taxes. B) Money. C) Gold. D) Direct taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indirect taxes. 33. One important law that came into effect soon after the storming of the Bastille in the summer of 1789 was ..... A) The schooling of the girls was forbidden. B) Sans-Culottes men were not allowed to were red cap. C) The abolition of censorship. D) Being self-reliant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The abolition of censorship. 34. When did Jacobins plan an insurrection? A) Winter of 1792. B) Summer of 1792. C) Summer of 1794. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer of 1792. 35. The Third Estate comprised A) Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers. B) Peasants and artisan. C) Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 36. The "Bourgeoisie" was a name for ..... A) The French military. B) The French clergy. C) The French middle-class. D) The French nobles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The French middle-class. 37. What are National Colours of France? A) Purple-Green-Orange. B) Blue-Pink-Yellow. C) Orange-White-Green. D) Blue-White-Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Blue-White-Red. 38. Arrange the following in the order of the form of Government France had ..... A) Republic-Monarchy-Dictatorship-Directory. B) Dictatorship-Monarchy-Directory-Republic. C) Monarchy-Republic-Directory-Dictatorship. D) Directory-Dictatorship-Monarchy-Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monarchy-Republic-Directory-Dictatorship. 39. When did Napoleon die? A) 5 May 1821. B) 29 May 1821. C) 28 July 1874. D) 17 December 1832. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 May 1821. 40. When the Robespierre convicted by a court? A) July 1694. B) June 1774. C) July 1794. D) June 1793. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) July 1794. 41. Which of the three estates was responsible for paying taxes? A) First Estate. B) Second Estate. C) Third Estate. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Estate. 42. When was Napoleon born? A) 15 August 1769. B) 2 November 1755. C) 5 September 1638. D) 7 May 1748. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15 August 1769. 43. In which battle Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated finally? A) Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube. B) Battle of Ligny. C) Battle of Sain-Dizier. D) Battle of Waterloo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Battle of Waterloo. 44. The prominent member of the Jacobins, a radical political organization, who wrote fiery editorials was ..... A) Robespierre. B) Marie Antoinette. C) Marat. D) Louis XVI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marat. 45. Which was the most famous club during the French revolution- A) Pantheon club. B) Breton club. C) Jacobin Club. D) Cordeliers Club. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jacobin Club. 46. What percentage of the population made up the first two estates in France? A) 75%. B) 50%. C) 3%. D) 97%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3%. 47. What is Triangular Slave Trade? A) Slave trade between Austria, France and Europe. B) Slave trade between Europe, Africa and Americas. C) Slave trade between Prussia, Britain and Austria. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slave trade between Europe, Africa and Americas. 48. The French Revolution was broke out in the year: A) 1779. B) 1789. C) 1799. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1789. 49. Which leader was convicted by the court in July 1794, arrested and sent to the guillotine? A) Maximilian Robespierre. B) Louis XVI. C) Napoleon Bonaparte. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maximilian Robespierre. 50. Maximilien Robespierre and the Jacobins are best known for ..... A) Supporting the reign of King Louis XVI. B) Instituting the Reign of Terror. C) Sending French troops to fight in the American Revolution. D) Protecting the freedom of religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instituting the Reign of Terror. 51. The French Revolution began on ..... A) 14 July 1790. B) 14 July 1798. C) 14 July 1789. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14 July 1789. 52. After being exiled and returning, Napoleon's final battle was at: A) Elba. B) Waterloo. C) London. D) Parris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waterloo. 53. Only members of ..... paid taxes in 18 th century in France A) Priest. B) Third estate. C) Nable. D) Buisness man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Third estate. 54. What is the idea of the gov. spending more money than it is taking in? A) Deficit spending. B) Defense spending. C) Inflation. D) National debt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deficit spending. 55. Group of persons invested with special functions in the church was called ..... A) Nobility. B) Clergy. C) Middle class. D) Parisians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clergy. 56. At what age did Napoleon die? A) 69. B) 50. C) 46. D) 51. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 51. 57. Which of the following believed a social position must depend on merit A) Peasants. B) Workers. C) Middle class. D) Nobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Middle class. 58. Which estate had the highest percentage of the population? A) 1st estate. B) 2nd Estate. C) 3rd Estate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd Estate. 59. Which Estate included government and military leaders? A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second. 60. The Women's Bread March to Versailles on October 1789 ..... A) Forced King Louis XVI and his family out of France. B) Forced King Louis XVI to step down the French throne. C) Forced King Louis XVI and his family to leave Versailles and move to Paris. D) Forced King Louis XVI and his family to escape to Austria. 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