French Revolution - Extra Questions

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Class 9 History Chapter 1 extra Questions and Answers

1. When did the French Revolution begin?Or

When was the Bastille Prison stormed?

2. Louis XVI belonged to which dynasty?

3. Who belonged to the third estate?
4. The new Constitution of France drafted in 1791 immediately after the
revolution made France what kind of state?
5. Who was the leader of the Jacobin club?
6. Who was the author of the pamphlet called ‘What is the Third Estate’?
7. Who was the editor of the paper called “L’ami du peuple” (The friend
of the people)?
8. What was the charge on which king Louis XVI was sentenced to death?
9. What was the name of the assembly which was called in France in
1792?
10. A triangular slave trade was held between which areas of the world
during the 18th century?
11. When did Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France?
12. When and where was Napoleon Bonaparte finally defeated?
13. Name the French port cities related with the slave trade.
14. Who did seize power after the fall of the Jacobin government?
15. Who did lead the representatives of the third estate in Versailles on
20th June, 1789?
16. Which social groups emerged in the 18th century?
17. What was the name of the direct tax collected by the state from the
peasants in 18th century France?
18. Name the French colonies in the Caribbean.

19. When was slavery finally abolished in the French colonies?.

20. Who wrote a ‘Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens’?

21. When did the women in France get the right to vote?|
22. Name the symbol of eternity in the French society.
23. Which section of French society was forced to give up their power
after the French Revolution?
24. Whom did Louis XVI get married to?
25. Why was the Bastille hated by all?
26. Name the classes which formed the privileged estates.
27. When was monarchy abolished and France declared a republic?
28. Name the authors of these following books.
(i) The Social Contract
(ii) The Spirit of Laws
29. Explain the terms Liberty, Equality and Fraternity of French
Revolution.
30. Name the European countries which share common boundaries with
France.
33. Name the important political clubs formed by women in France to
fight for their political rights.
35. How Robespierre’s end came?
36. What was Guillotine?
37. Who introduced ‘Reign of terror’ in France?
38. Who were ‘Sans-Culottes’?
39. What were political clubs?
40. What was ‘Marseillaise’?
42. When was the draft of the National Assembly’s constitution
completed and what was its main objective?
43. What was tithe?
44. What was a ‘Manor’?
45. What does ‘Chateau’ mean?
46. What do you know about Abbe Sieyes.
47. What was the Estates General?
48. How was division of power suggested by philosopher Montesquieu?
49. Why was Bastille Prison attacked?
50. What does ‘subsistence crisis’ mean?

OR
Who had stormed the Bastille during the last years of the 18th century?
Short Answer Type Questions
1. What was the subsistence crisis? Why did it occur in France during the
Old Regime?

2. What was the system of voting in the Estates General? What change
did the Third Estate want in this system?

3. What were ‘natural and inalienable rights’?

4. What was the importance of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

5. Discuss the role of women in the French Revolution.

6. Who were the people who comprised the Third Estate? Who paid the
taxes and to whom?

7. Who formed the National Assembly? On which day is ‘Bastille Day’

celebrated and why?

8. Name three famous writers and philosophers who influenced the

French Revolution. What were their ideas?

9. Who were the sans culottes? Who were able to control them in the
end?

10. Which single event turned the revolution into a Reign of Terror?
Describe the role of Robespierre in it.

11. Describe the role of the Bourbon kings in the French Revolution.

12. How was French Society organised? What privileges did certain
sections of society enjoy?
Or
How far was the French society responsible for the drastic changes
brought about by the revolution?
13. Write the importance of Napoleon Bonaparte in the History of France
and the world.

14. What was the Estates General? Which demand of the Third Estate did
Louis XVI reject?

15. What is the significance of ‘The Tennis Court Oath’ in the French
Revolution?

16. Write three main features of the French constitution of 1791.

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

18. How was the Church responsible for the French Revolution? Mention
three points.

Long Answer Type Questions

1. Explain the “Reign of Terror” in brief. [CBSE 2015]

2. Explain the features of the constitution of France drafted in 1791.

3. Describe the incidents that led to the storming of the Bastille.

4. Why did slavery begin and why was it abolished in French colonies?

5. what is a revolution? In what ways did the French Revolution mean

different to different people?

6. Describe how the new political system of constitutional monarchy

worked in France.
7. How did Robespierre propose to bring about equality in the French
society?

8. What are the three important ideas of the French Revolution? How
were they guaranteed under the constitution of 1791?

9. What were the causes for the empty treasure of France under Louis
XIV? Assess any three causes.

10. ‘‘The inequality that existed in the French society in the Old Regime
became the cause of French Revolution.’’ Justify the statement by giving
three suitable examples.

11. Why did King Louis XIV conclude to increase taxes? Assess any three
points.