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Which of the following is true about 'Bastille Storming'?

A
It was a fortress prison in France.

B
It symbolized despotic powers of the French king.

C
French common men used to hate the Bastille.

D
All of these

Solution

It was used as a state prison by the kings of France. Bastille was a symbol of absolute monarchy, social inequality and injustice.
Question 2
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The Jacobin government abolished ______ in the French colonies.

A
Serfdom

B
Feudalism

C
Slavery

D
Drudgery

Solution

The Jacobin government abolished slavery in the French colonies. The National Convention (radical assembly of the Jacobins that replace the Legislative Assembly in France) finally voted to end slavery in all the French colonies on February 4, 1794.
Question 3
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Which of the following European powers had defeated Napoleon?

A
Britain

B
Prussia

C
Russia

D
All of these

Solution

Under the treaty of Fontainebleau, the allies (Austria, Prussia and Russia) had exiled Napoleon to Elba, an Island in the Mediterranean. They gave him full control over it and allowed him to retain the title of Emperor. Therefore this treaty formally ended Napoleon reign as the French emperor.
Question 4
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Who signed the Constitution of France?

A
Louis XVI

B
Louis XIV

C
Louis XIII

D
Louis V

Solution

The Constitution was created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution and Louis XVI was forced to sign the constitution. This constitution reduced the political powers of the king and tells that each action of king Louis XVI will be passed only after the acceptance in National Assembly. It was the first written constitution of France which collapsed the monarchy.
Question 5
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Who refuted the 'doctrine of divine and absolute right of monarch'?

A
John Locke

B
Rousseau

C
Montesquieu

D
Louis XVI

Solution

John Locke was inspired by the humanistic and enlightened viewpoint that all humans are equal. So he refuted the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the monarch in his book 'Two Treatises of Government'.
Question 6
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For the maintenance of the public force and for the expenses of the administration a common ______ is indispensable.

A
Tax

B
Law

C
Rule

D
None of these

Solution

The Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizens states, “A common contribution is essential for the maintenance of the public forces and for the cost of administration. This should be equitably distributed among all the citizens in proportion to their means.” Here the common contribution refers to tax.
Question 7
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Who destroyed the French Republic and established an empire?

A
Louis XVI

B
Napoleon

C
Louis XIV

D
Louis V

Solution

Napoleon destroyed the French Republic and established an empire. Napoleon Bonaparte was a great military strategist who rose to power after the war against Europe and fall of the Directory. He declared himself as the 'Emperor of the French Republic', after establishing the empire by destroying French Republic.
Question 8
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Under the ______ constitution, all people were given the right to vote.

A
Girondin

B
Jacobin

C
Muscadin

D
Thermidorian

Solution

Under the Jacobin constitution, all people were given the right to vote. Jacobin Constitution, the Constitution of 1793, was enacted by the National Convention in June, then endorsed by a public referendum. Consequently, it proclaims, in the presence of the Supreme Being, the following Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen.
Question 9
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Who called himself the 'Emperor of the French Republic'?

A
Louis XIV

B
Louis XVI

C
Nicholas II

D
Napoleon

Solution

Napoleon Bonaparte was a great military strategist who rose to power after the war against Europe and fall of the Directory. He declared himself as the 'Emperor of the French Republic'.
Question 10
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Peasants were about ______ of the total population during French Revolution.

A
90%

B
95%

C
80%

D
75%

Solution

During the French revolution, the French society was divided into three estates. The peasants belong to the third estate and have to pay all the taxes, the third estate constituted 97% of the population out of which most of them were peasants (About 90%). The peasants were unhappy and wanted more rights and equality among all estates.

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Question 1

It was a fortress prison in France.

It symbolized despotic powers of the French king.

French common men used to hate the Bastille.

All of these

Solution

Question 2

Serfdom

Feudalism

Slavery

Drudgery

Solution

Question 3

Britain

Prussia

Russia

All of these

Solution

Question 4

Louis XVI

Louis XIV

Louis XIII

Louis V

Solution

Question 5

John Locke

Rousseau

Montesquieu

Louis XVI

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Question 6

Tax

Law

Rule

None of these

Solution

Question 7

Louis XVI

Napoleon

Louis XIV

Louis V

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Question 8

Girondin

Jacobin

Muscadin

Thermidorian

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Question 9

Louis XIV

Louis XVI

Nicholas II

Napoleon

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Question 10

90%

95%

80%

75%

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