History Ch-1 French Revolution (practise sheet)

 History Ch-1 French Revolution

 Practice sheet

Q1. Choose the correct option: 

i. Who among the following Indian individuals responded to the ideas
coming from Revolutionary France?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Rammohan Roy
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Sultan of Awadh

ii. Who wrote the pamphlet called ‘What is the Third Estate’?
(a) Mirabeau
(b) Abbé Sieyes
(c) Rousseau
(d) Montesquieu

iii. A guillotine was _______________________.
(a) a device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person
was beheaded
(b) a fine sword with which heads were cut off
(c) a special noose to hang people
(d)a hand gun

iv. What was ‘Estates General’?
(a) Post of Army General
(b) A political body
(c) Head of all landed property
(d) Advisor of the king

v. ‘The Spirit of Laws’ was written by _____________________.
(a) Montesquieu
(b) Rousseau
(c) Jean Paul Marat
(d) John Locke

vi. The red cap introduced by the Jacobin Club symbolized _____________.
(a) Liberty
(b) Equality
(c) Broken chain
(d) Fraternity

viiWhat is ‘Tithe’?

viii. Why was the Bastille hated by all?
ix. What was the ‘guillotine’?
x. Who composed the Marseillaise’, the national anthem of France?
xi. Who wrote ‘Two Treatises on Government’?

Q2. i. Why did King Louis XIV conclude to increase taxes?

ii. What was the contribution of Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes to the French Revolution?

iii. What landmark decisions were taken by the National Assembly led by the Third Estate on 4th August 1789?

Q.3 i. Why did slavery begin and why was it abolished in the French colonies?

ii. Write the main features of the French constitution of 1791.

iii. Despite various reforms introduced by Robespierre, why was his reign termed as the reign of terror? Explain any five points.

iv. What was the ‘Subsistence Crisis’? What were the factors responsible for it?