MCQ Questions | Class 9 Social Science Chapter 1 | The French Revolution with Answers

MCQ Questions for Class9 Social Science Chapter 1 The French Revolution

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NCERT Solutions Class 9 Social Science History
Book:	National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Board:	Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Class:	9th
Subject:	Social Science History India and the Contemporary World I
Chapter:	1
Chapters Name:	The French Revolution
Medium:	English

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Q1.	Which of the following state of French society paid all the taxes?
	A. 1^st estate
	B. 2^nd estate
	C. 3^rd estate
	D. All a, b and c

Ans: 3^rd estate
Explaination:
3^rd Estate consisted of all the poor people and thus, they were forced to pay all the taxes.

Q2.	The tax that was charged by the church from the peasants :
	A. Tithes
	B. Taille
	C. Indirect tax
	D. Irrigation tax

Ans: Tithes
Explaination:
The church charged taxes for the peasants known as tithes.

Q3.	What did Rousseau preach?
	A. There should not be social contract between the state and the monarch.
	B. There should be no relation between the state and the dictator.
	C. There is a social contract between the people and the monarch.
	D. The state should be divided between legislature and legislative for administrative purposes.

Ans: There is a social contract between the people and the monarch.
Explaination:
Rousseau preached that there should be a social contract between the people and the monarch.

Q4.	What did Montesquieu propose?
	A. He purposed the division of separation of power.
	B. He opposed the theory of separation of power.
	C. He argued that legislature, legislative and judiciary should be depended on each other.
	D. He purposed a division of power between judiciary, executive and legislature.

Ans: He purposed a division of power between judiciary, executive and legislature.
Explaination:
Montesquieu wanted a division of power between judiciary, executive and legislative.

Q5.	Which one of the following is the author of ‘The Social Contract’?
	A. Rosseau
	B. Voltaire
	C. Montesquieu
	D. Mirabeau

Ans: Rosseau
Explaination:
Rousseau wrote the book titled. ‘The Social Contract’. He said that there is a social contract between the people and the monarch.

Q6.	Which of the following were the two leaders of National Assembly of France?
	A. Mirabeau and Voltaire
	B. Mirabeau and Rousseau
	C. Mirabeau and Montesquieu
	D. Mirabeau and Abbesieyes

Ans: Mirabeau and Abbesieyes
Explaination:
Mirabeau and Abbe-Sieyes were the two leaders of National Assembly of France. While others were philosophers.

Q7.	Name the French Revolutionary who edited the paper ‘L’ Ami due peuple.
	A. Jean-Paul Marat
	B. Voltaire
	C. Abbe-Sieyes
	D. Montesquieu

Ans: Jean-Paul Marat
Explaination:
Jean Paul Marat was a French Revolutionary who edited the paper ‘L’ Arni due peuple. Others wrote different books.

Q8.	Which period is referred to as the ‘Reign of Terror?
	A. The period from 1793 to 1794
	B. The period from 1789 to 1794
	C. The period from 1789 to 1785
	D. The period from 1789 to 1799

Ans: The period from 1793 to 1794
Explaination:
Between the period 1793 to 1794 many cruel incidents took place. Thus, the period is called ‘Reign of Terror’.

Q9.	What is Directory?
	A. It was executive made up from 3rd estate of French society
	B. It was executive made up from the members of French parliament.
	C. It was executive made up of five members.
	D. It was an elected body by the French Citizen.

Ans: It was executive made up of five members.
Explaination:
An executive organ made up of five members was known as a Directory.

Q10.	When was a legislative, to free all the slaves in the French overseas possession passed?
	A. In 1783
	B. In 1793
	C. In 1795
	D. In 1794

Ans: In 1794
Explaination:
In 1794 a legislative was passed to free all the slaves in the French overseas possession.

Q11.	Who said: The task of representing the people has been given to the rich?
	A. Mirabeau
	B. Jean-Paul Marat
	C. Rousseau
	D. Georges Denton

Ans: Jean-Paul Marat

Q12.	The National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the
	A. monarch
	B. wealthy man
	C. businessmen
	D. press

Ans: monarch

Q13.	Who wrote an influential pamphlet What is the third Estate’?
	A. Mirabeau
	B. Abbe Sieyes
	C. Jean-Paul Marat
	D. Olympe de Gouges.

Ans: Abbe Sieyes

Q14.	Which group of people did not join the Jacobin club?
	A. Artisans
	B. Shopkeepers
	C. Daily-wage workers
	D. Men with property

Ans: Men with property

Q15.	French women demanded the right:
	A. to vote
	B. to be elected to the assembly
	C. to hold political office
	D. all of the above

Ans: all of the above

Q16.	A triangular slave trade took place between Europe, the Americas and:
	A. Africa
	B. Asia
	C. Australia
	D. none of the above

Ans: Africa

Q17.	Upon becoming free, the slave wore:
	A. blue cap
	B. white cap
	C. red cap
	D. green cap

Ans: red cap

Q18.	Who were not considered ‘passive citizens’?
	A. Women
	B. children
	C. Non-propertied men
	D. wealthy people

Ans: wealthy people

Q19.	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

Ans: All the above

Q20.	Which of the following decisions was taken by the convention
	A. Declared France a constitutional monarchy
	B. Abolished the monarchy
	C. All men and women above 21 years got the right to vote
	D. Declared France a Republic