Class 9 CBSE - History
Chapter: The French Revolution
Maximum Marks: 30
Time: 1 Hour
General Instructions:
- All questions are compulsory.
- Marks are indicated against each question.
- Support your answers with examples wherever necessary.
SECTION A: OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS (10 Marks)
(Each question carries 1 mark)
1. Who authored 'The Social Contract'?
a) Montesquieu
b) Rousseau
c) Voltaire
d) Locke
2. In which year did the Storming of Bastille occur?
a) 1787
b) 1788
c) 1789
d) 1790
3. What was the tax called which was collected by the Church from peasants?
a) Taille
b) Tithe
c) Livre
d) Salic Law
4. Which class of French society was called the 'Third Estate'?
a) Clergy
b) Nobility
c) Common people
d) Royal family
5. Which document declared that 'men are born and remain free and equal in rights'?
a) The French Constitution of 1791
b) Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
c) Napoleonic Code
d) Magna Carta
6. What was the name of the political club most associated with Robespierre?
a) Jacobin Club
b) Girondin Club
c) Cordelier Club
d) Royalist Club
7. Louis XVI belonged to which dynasty?
a) Bourbon
b) Capetian
c) Hapsburg
d) Tudor
8. What term refers to the old order of society in France before the Revolution?
a) Old Regime
b) Ancien Régime
c) Feudal Order
d) Estates System
9. The Estates-General was called after how many years?
a) 150 years
b) 175 years
c) 200 years
d) 100 years
10. What was the new assembly called after the fall of the monarchy in 1792?
a) National Assembly
b) Legislative Assembly
c) National Convention
d) Directory
SECTION B: SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS (20 Marks)
Answer the following questions in detail.
(Each question carries 5 marks)
11. Explain the immediate causes that led to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789.
12. Describe the main features of the Constitution of 1791 framed by the National Assembly.
13. What was the 'Reign of Terror'? How did it come to an end?
14. How did the Revolution affect the everyday life of the people of France? Explain with
examples.
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