Questions and Answers
Class 9, Chapter 1 - The French Revolution | NCERT
1.
Which king ruled France when revolution began?
Louis XVI
Match society estates with their descriptions.
2.
1st estate
clergy
3.
2nd estate
nobility
4.
3rd estate
peasants, servants, artisans, lawyers
5.
What was the name of a political body French king had to convocate to raise taxes?
Estates General
6.
Which of French society estates were obligated to pay taxes?
3rd state
7.
To whom taille tax was paid?
state
8.
Who proposed a division of power within the government between
the legislative, the executive and the judiciary?
Montesquieu
Match dates.
9.
1774
Louis XVI becomes king of France
10.
1789
outbreak of French Revolution
11.
1791
new constitution of France
12.
1792
France declared a republic
13.
1793
execution of Louis XVI
14.
What was the direct cause of destruction of Bastille?
The king ordered troops to enter Paris.
15.
What kind of system was introduced in France by the constitution of 1791?
constitutional monarchy
16.
What inalienable rights were included in Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
freedom of opinion, freedom of speech, right to life, equality before law
17.
On which countries France declared war on April 1792?
Austria, Prussia