This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > History > The French Revolution > Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many electors were there during period of constitutional monarchy A) 100, 000. B) 50, 000. C) 50, 0000. D) 25000. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 50, 000. 2. What colonies in Caribbean were important suppliers of commodities such as Tobacco, Indigo, Sugar and Coffee? A) Martinique, Guadeloupe and San Domingo. B) Marseilles, Paris and Martinique. C) Bordeaux, Nantes and Africa. D) Nantes, Paris and Guadeloupe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Martinique, Guadeloupe and San Domingo. 3. How much debt did War add to France? A) More than 1 billion livres. B) More than 4 billion livres. C) More than 3 billion livres. D) More than 2 billion livres. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than 2 billion livres. 4. What is deficit spending? A) A situation where the government spends the same amount it takes in taxes. B) Collecting no taxes. C) A situation where the government spends more money than it takes in taxes. D) An economic unit with income that is greater than or equal to expenditures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A situation where the government spends more money than it takes in taxes. 5. What does Sceptre symbolize? A) Symbol of Despotic Power. B) Symbol of Eternity. C) Symbol of Royal Power. D) Symbol of Freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbol of Royal Power. 6. When was Maximilian robespierre executed A) October 1794. B) Mar 1794. C) July 1794. D) Mar 1793. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) July 1794. 7. The colonies in the ..... were the important suppliers of tobacco, indigo, sugar and coffee. A) San Domingo. B) Nantes. C) Caribbean. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caribbean. 8. Which of the following would NOT belong to the Third Estate A) Craftsman. B) Peasant Farmer. C) Priest. D) Lawyer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Priest. 9. 5) King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, were A) Beloved by their people. B) Unknown to the people of France. C) Generally disliked and distrusted. D) Cruel and evil people who often had people beheaded. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generally disliked and distrusted. 10. Women were disappointed that the constitution of 1791 reduced them to which citizens. A) Active. B) Liability. C) Labor. D) Passive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Passive. 11. In the meeting of the Estates General, the members of the Third Estate demanded that A) All the three Estates should have one vote altogether. B) Each Estate should have one vote. C) Each member of the three Estates should have one vote. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the three Estates should have one vote altogether. 12. What was the purpose of the National Assembly's Tennis Court Oath? A) To raise taxes of the the Third Estate. B) Write a constitution for France and limit the king's power. C) To make plans to storm the Bastille. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write a constitution for France and limit the king's power. 13. Which of these is one of the main demands of the Declaration of Rights of Man? A) The constitution is to be rewritten every 4 years. B) The First and Second estates should be imprisoned. C) Public jobs should be based on talent not rank. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public jobs should be based on talent not rank. 14. All of the following are members of the third estate EXCEPT: A) Nobles. B) Workers. C) Peasants. D) Bourgeoisie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nobles. 15. The Napoleonic Code took ideals from the Enlightenment and French Revolution like ..... Hint:#16 from Study Guide A) Schools should only be for the rich. B) It got rid of taxes. C) All men are equal under the law. D) Only men should have power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All men are equal under the law. 16. Which Estate did the bourgeoisie belong to? A) Third Estate. B) Fourth Estate. C) First Estate. D) Second Estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third Estate. 17. ..... in Paris & symbol of royal authority stormed. A) Reign of terror. B) Prison. C) Assembly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prison. 18. Mention in which year this happened ..... (A) Bastille was stormed.(B) Napoleon ascended throne.(C) Reign of terror started and ended.(D) National Assembly completed draft of constitution. A) 1789 (B) 1791 (C) 1792-93 (D) 1805. B) 1776 (B) 1814 (C) 1717-1721 (D) 1747. C) 1791 (B) 1818 (C) 1747-48 (D) 1818. D) 1789 (B) 1804 (C) 1793-1794 (D) 1791. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1789 (B) 1804 (C) 1793-1794 (D) 1791. 19. Which of the following refuted the doctrine of divine and absolute right? A) John Locke. B) Rousseau. C) Montesquieu. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Locke. 20. What did the red cap symbolised wore by Sans-Culottes men? A) Royal power. B) Liberty. C) Eternity. D) Personification of the law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Liberty. 21. Abbe Sieyes, was originally a ..... A) Peasant. B) Priest. C) Businessman. D) King. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Priest. 22. What was the most important legacy of the French Revolution? A) Idea of Constitutional Monarchy. B) Idea of Democratic Rights. C) Ideas of Liberty and Democratic Rights. D) Ideas of Dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ideas of Liberty and Democratic Rights. 23. Who painted The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen? A) Leonardo da Vinci. B) Rousseau. C) The barber. D) Montesquieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The barber. 24. Which of the three estates was the poorest? A) 1st Estate. B) 2nd Estate. C) 3rd Estate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3rd Estate. 25. Before the French Revolution, the social and political system in France was called: A) The National Assembly. B) The bourgeoisie. C) The Old Regime. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Old Regime. 26. Which estate was the privileged class, containing the nobility? A) First. B) Fourth. C) Second. D) Third. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Second. 27. Why did the nobles call for the Estate General for the first time in nearly 200 years? A) They wanted to form a treaty with the third estate. B) They wanted to keep, secure, and extend their power. C) They wanted to go to war with England. D) They wanted to excommunicate various bishops. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They wanted to keep, secure, and extend their power. 28. Who advocated government based on Social Contract? A) Rousseau. B) Montesquieu. C) John Locke. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rousseau. 29. The Jacobins club got its name from? A) St Jacobus. B) St Jacobins. C) St Jacob. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) St Jacob. 30. ..... starts the Revolution? A) The National Assembly. B) The Great Fear. C) Storming of the Bastille. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Storming of the Bastille. 31. Who was the leader of Jacobins? A) Rousseau. B) Montesquieu. C) Locke. D) Robespierre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robespierre. 32. When the Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General, they pledged never to disband until a new constitution was created. This event is known as: A) Tennis Court Oath. B) Reign of Terror. C) The Great Fear. D) Women's March on Versailles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tennis Court Oath. 33. Who was the leader of jacobins club A) Maximilian robespierre. B) Charles de Gaulle. C) Charles X. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maximilian robespierre. 34. True or False Abolition of slavery was done in Martinique, Guadeloupe and San Domingo. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. When was the estate general meeting held last, before louis XVI A) 1615. B) 1714. C) 1614. D) 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1614. 36. Nobles:Had land and wealth. Did NOT have to pay taxes A) 1st Estate. B) Estates General. C) 3rd Estate. D) 2nd Estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2nd Estate. 37. What is the name for the second estate? A) Clergy. B) Bastille. C) Aristocracy. D) The ordinary people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aristocracy. 38. What do you mean by the term-'Sans Culottes'? A) Those with knee breeches. B) Those without knee breeches. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Those without knee breeches. 39. When was monarchy abolished in france A) 21 sep 1792. B) 30 sep 1792. C) 1 sep 1792. D) 11 sep 1792. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21 sep 1792. 40. The National Assembly was responsible for proclaiming the end of the monarchy and beginning the revolution. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. A tax paid to the French Church, normally about one-tenth of a family's income ..... A) The Catholic tax. B) The holy tax. C) The tithe tax. D) The income tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tithe tax. 42. What was the result of the Battle of Waterloo? A) It was a decisive military victory for Britain and Prussia. B) Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena. C) The French army collapsed. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 43. French merchants sailed from ..... to the African coast to buy slaves. A) Martinique. B) Bordeaux. C) Guadeloupe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bordeaux. 44. The legislative body consisting of representatives from all three Estates. A) 3rd Estate. B) Estates System. C) 2nd Estate. D) Estates General. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Estates General. 45. Which estates in France were exempted from paying taxes in the 18th century France? A) The first estate (clergy). B) The second estate (nobility). C) Both first and second estate. D) The third estate (traders, artisans and peasants). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both first and second estate. 46. What do you mean by the term 'Directory'? A) An executive made up of five members. B) A convention made up of six members. C) A council made up of six members. D) A congress made up of five members. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An executive made up of five members. 47. What was the population percent for the 1st Estate? A) 3%. B) 95%. C) 1%. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1%. 48. Who took over and improved France? A) Marie Antoinette. B) Napoleon. C) Jacques Necker. D) King Louis XVI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Napoleon. 49. In ..... King Louis XVI of France ascended the throne at the age of ..... A) 1775 | 20. B) 1774 | 21. C) 1774 | 20. D) 1775 | 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1774 | 20. 50. Who was seen as a traitor for attempting to flee the country? A) Marie Antoinette. B) Robespierre. C) King Louis XVI. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King Louis XVI. 51. Which one of the following is the author of 'The Social Contract'? A) Rosseau. B) Montesquieu. C) Mirabeau. D) Voltaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rosseau. 52. Where was louis XVI executed A) Place the Concorde. B) Place de la Concorde. C) Concorde Place. D) Concording the place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place de la Concorde. 53. About what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate? A) 1%. B) 50%. C) 98%. D) 10%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 98%. 54. Who was the leader of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution? A) Napoleon Bonaparte. B) Marie Antoinette. C) Maximilien Robespierre. D) Jean-Paul Marat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maximilien Robespierre. 55. This group was comprised of the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church who owned 10% of the land in France. A) First Estate. B) Second Estate. C) Third Estate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First Estate. 56. The bourgeoisie, city workers, and peasants belonged to this estate. A) First Estate. B) Second Estate. C) Third Estate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Estate. 57. What wasn't one of the three estates during the French Revolution A) Commoners. B) Serfs. C) Nobilty. D) Clergy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serfs. 58. What name was given to Robespierre period of control during the Revolution? A) Reign of Death. B) Reign of Terror. C) French Death. D) French Terror. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reign of Terror. 59. King Louis XVI was an absolute Monarch but a ..... ruler? A) Strong. B) Powerful. C) Weak. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weak. 60. When the Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated? A) In 1848. B) In 1815. C) In 1804. D) In 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In 1815. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 1Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 2Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 3Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 4Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 5Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 6Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 8Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books