Summer Vacation Homework

MCQ OF CHAPTER 1.THE FRENCH REVOLUTION:

1. In which year Louis XVI became the king of France?

(a) 1874

(b) 1974

(c) 1774

Answer: (c)1774

2. When did the French Revolution begin?

(a) July 14,1789

(b) July 14,1689

(c) July 14,1589

Answer: (a)July 14,1789

3. Which classes formed the privileged estates?

(a) Clergy

(b) Nobility

(c) Both (b) and (c)

Answer: (c)Both b and c

4. 'The spirit of laws' written by:

(a) Voltaire

(b) Montesquieu

(c) Rousseau

Answer: (b)Montesquieu

5. Name the philosopher who sought to repute the doctrine of divine and absolute right of monarch in France?

(a) John Locke

(b) Voltaire

(c) Montesquieu

Answer: (a)John Locke

6. Who formed the National Assembly in France in 1789?

(a) First estate

(b) Second estate

(c) Third estate

Answer: (c)Third estate

7. When did Battle of Waterloo sealed the fate of France?

(a) 1951

(b) 1789

(c) 1815

Answer: (c)1815

8. The Assembly elected in 1792 was called:

(a) Congress

(b) Convention

(c) Council

Answer: (b)Convention

9. King Louis XVI belonged to which dynasty of kings?

(a) Bourbon

(b) Hapsburg

(c) Windsor

Answer: (a) Bourbon

10. Tax from peasants to Church was called:

(a) Taille

(b) Livre

(c) Tithe

Answer: (c)Tithe