This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 9 > 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 (25 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) 1st estate. B) 4th estate. C) 2nd estate. D) 3rd estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3rd estate. 4. Who among the following proposed the Social Contract theory? A) Locke. B) Thomas Paine. C) Montesquieu. D) Rousseau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rousseau. 5. Thousands of women marched to ..... to force the king to accept the decrees. A) Versailles. B) Paris. C) Marseille. D) Toulouse. 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) Abbe Sieyes. B) Rousseau. C) John Locke. D) Montesquieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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 War of 1812. B) The 7 Years War. C) The Russian Revolution. D) The American Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) 1892. B) 1854. C) 1901. D) 1848. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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) Two estates. B) Three estates. C) Three states. D) Two states. 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) Celebrating. C) Executed. D) Blasted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Executed. 17. 'The Spirit of Laws' was written by? A) Montesquieu. B) Rousseau. C) Jean Paul Marat. D) John Locke. 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) King Louis XIV. C) Marie Antoinette. 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 1786. B) 14 July 1787. C) 14 July 1788. D) 14 July 1789. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 14 July 1789. 21. Who seized power after the fall of the Jacobin government? A) Common people. B) Napoleon Bonaparte. C) Wealthy middle class. D) Robespierre's son. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wealthy middle class. 22. When did Louis XVI became the king of France? A) In 1774. B) In 1772. C) In 1770. D) Yen 1787. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Louis XIV. D) Robespierre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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. 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