This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 9 > Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 17 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which estate was the privileged class, containing the nobility? A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) Fourth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. What was the main objective of the Constitution of 1791? A) To dethrone the king. B) To limit the powers of the nobility and clergy. C) To limit the powers of the king. D) To make the king more powerful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To limit the powers of the king. 6. ..... 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. 7. Who was the leader of Jacobins? A) Robespierre. B) Rousseau. C) Locke. D) Montesquieu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robespierre. 8. 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) Women's March on Versailles. B) Reign of Terror. C) The Great Fear. D) Tennis Court Oath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tennis Court Oath. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. When was the estate general meeting held last, before louis XVI A) 1789. B) 1614. C) 1615. D) 1714. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1614. 12. Nobles:Had land and wealth. Did NOT have to pay taxes A) 1st Estate. B) 2nd Estate. C) 3rd Estate. D) Estates General. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2nd Estate. 13. What is the name for the second estate? A) Clergy. B) The ordinary people. C) Bastille. D) Aristocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aristocracy. 14. 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. 15. When was monarchy abolished in france A) 1 sep 1792. B) 11 sep 1792. C) 21 sep 1792. D) 30 sep 1792. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21 sep 1792. 16. 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. 17. A tax paid to the French Church, normally about one-tenth of a family's income ..... A) The holy tax. B) The tithe tax. C) The income tax. D) The Catholic tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tithe tax. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. The legislative body consisting of representatives from all three Estates. A) Estates General. B) Estates System. C) 2nd Estate. D) 3rd Estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Estates General. 21. 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. 22. What do you mean by the term 'Directory'? A) A convention made up of six members. B) A congress made up of five members. C) A council made up of six members. D) An executive made up of five members. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An executive made up of five members. 23. Louis XVI A) Led France into war. B) Made France a better place. C) Led France into debt. D) Killed Marie Antoinette. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Led France into debt. 24. 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%. 25. Who took over and improved France? A) King Louis XVI. B) Napoleon. C) Marie Antoinette. D) Jacques Necker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Napoleon. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 7Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 8Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 9Class 9 History Chapter 1 The French Revolution Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books