Who said: The task of representing the people has been given to the rich?
  • Mirabeau
  • Jean-Paul Marat
  • Rousseau
  • Georges Denton
The National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the
  • monarch
  • wealthy man
  • businessmen
  • press
Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate’?
  • Mirabeau
  • Abbe Sieyes
  • Jean-Paul Marat
  • Olympe de Gouges.
Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?
  • Artisans
  • Shopkeepers
  • Daily-wage workers
  • Men with property
French women demanded the right:
  • to vote
  • to be elected to the assembly
  • to hold political office
  • all of the above
A triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and:
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Australia
  • none of the above
Upon becoming free, the slave wore:
  • blue cap
  • white cap
  • red cap
  • green cap
Who were not considered ‘passive citizens’?
  • Women
  • children
  • Non-propertied men
  • wealthy people
The Third Estate comprised
  • Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers
  • Peasants and artisan
  • Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.
  • All the above
Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention
  • Declared France a constitutional monarchy
  • Abolished the monarchy
  • All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote
  • Declared France a Republic
How does a ‘Subsistence Crisis’ happen?
  • Bad harvest leads to scarcity of grains
  • Food prices rise and the poorest cannot buy bread
  • Leads to weaker bodies, diseases, deaths and even food riots
  • All the above
Which of the following statements is untrue about the Third Estate
  • The Third Estate was made of the poor only
  • Within the Third Estate some were rich and some were poor
  • Richer members of the Third Estate owned lands
  • Peasants were obliged to serve in the army, or build roads
A guillotine was ____________________
  • A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person was beheaded
  • A fine sword with which heads were cut off
  • A special noose to hang people
  • none of the above
The word livres stands for:
  • unit of currency in France
  • tax levied by the Church
  • Tax to be paid directly to the state
  • none of these
What was the ‘Subsistence Crisis’ which occurred frequently in France?
  • An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood
  • Subsidy in food grains
  • Large-scale production of food grains
  • None of the above
What was ‘Estates General’?
  • Post of Army General
  • A political body
  • Head of all landed property
  • Advisor of the king
The term ‘Old Regime' is usually used to describe
  • France before 1000 B.C.
  • Society of France after 1789 A.D.
  • Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D.
  • None of the above
Which of these books was written by John Locke?
  • The Spirit of the Laws
  • Two Treatises on Government
  • The Social Contract
  • All the above
In the meeting of the Estates General, the members of the Third Estate demanded that
  • All the three Estates should have one vote altogether
  • Each member of the three Estates should have one vote
  • Each Estate should have one vote
  • None of the above
Who led the representatives of the Third Estate in Versailles on 20th June?
  • Mirabeau
  • Abbe Sieyes
  • Louis XVI
  • Both a and b
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