When did the French Revolution occur?

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(a)

14th July, 1789

(b)

14th July 1798

(c)

14th June, 1789 

(d)

14th June, 1798

In the context of France, fall of the Bastille took place on

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(a)

14th July, 1789 

(b)

14th July 1798

(c)

14th June, 1789 

(d)

14th June, 1798

Who was the queen of France on the eve of the French Revolution?

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(a)

Marie Antionette

(b)

Marie Theresa

(c)

Marie Balchant

(d)

Aquiva Monessert

18th century French society was divided into

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(a)

castes

(b)

four Estates

(c)

three Estates

(d)

two Estates

Which of the following constituted the privileged class?

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(a)

Clergy and peasants

(b)

Peasants and nobility

(c)

First and Third Estate 

(d)

Clergy and nobility

What was tithes?

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(a)

A tax levied by the church

(b)

A tax levied by the king

(c)

Unit of currency in France

(d)

None of these

King in France at the time of the Revolution was

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(a)

Louis XIV

(b)

Louis XVI

(c)

Marie Antionette

(d)

Nicholas II

Which of the following is Not a factor in subsistence crisis?

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(a)

Bad harvests

(b)

Abundance of grain

(c)

Security of grain

(d)

Increased food prices

Which of the following believed social position must depend on merit?

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(a)

Middle class

(b)

Nobility

(c)

Workers

(d)

Peasants

Where did the Third Estate form and announce the National Assembly?

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(a)

Indoor Tennis Court

(b)

Hall of Mirrors

(c)

Firoz Shah Ground

(d)

Winter Palace

Which one of the following was not benefitted by the French Revolution?

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(a)

Peasants

(b)

Workers

(c)

Nobility

(d)

Agricultural labourers

Which of the following were the national colours of France?

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(a)

Blue-green-yellow

(b)

Red-green-blue

(c)

Blue-white-red

(d)

Yellow-red-white

Bundle of rods or fasces symbolised

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(a)

Royal power

(b)

Equality before law

(c)

Law is the same for all

(d)

Strength lies in unity

The national assembly of France voted in April 1792, to declare war against :

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(a)

Britain and Germany

(b)

Prussia and Austria

(c)

Italy and Germany 

(d)

Russia and Prussia

National Anthem of France

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(a)

Vande Matram

(b)

Roget De L'Isle

(c)

Le Moniteur Universel

(d)

Marseillaise

Who composed the patriotic song 'Marseillaise'?

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(a)

John Locke

(b)

Jacques Rousseau

(c)

Voltaire

(d)

Roget de L'Isle

On what date was France declared a republic by the Convention?

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(a)

21 st Sept. 1790

(b)

21 st Sept. 1792

(c)

23rd Sept. 1792

(d)

23rd Sept. 1790

In the context of France what was "the convention"?

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(a)

A French school

(b)

The newly elected assembly

(c)

The club

(d)

A women organisation

Which period in history of France is known as "Regn of Terror"? 

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(a)

1793 to 1798

(b)

1793 to 1799

(c)

1793 to 1794

(d)

1793 to 1797

In which year did the women of France get the right to vote?

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(a)

1947

(b)

1948

(c)

1958

(d)

1946

When was slavery abolished in France finally?

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(a)

1848

(b)

1849

(c)

1850

(d)

1851

Important law that came into immediate effect after storming of the Bastille.

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(a)

Freedom of expression

(b)

Freedom of religion

(c)

Abolition of censorship

(d)

Rights of man

The ideas of _________ and _________ were the most important legacy of the French Revolution.

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(a)

Democracy, equality

(b)

Socialism, nationalism

(c)

Liberty, equality

(d)

Liberty, democratic rights

Tax from peasants to Church was called__________.

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(a)

Tithes

________ wrote the Social Contract.

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(a)

Rousseau