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Which of the following circumstances led to the subsistence crisis in France?

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Important Questions on The French Revolution

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What are the National colours of France?
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What was livre? 
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Read the statements and select the correct answer form the options given below:

Statement – I: On 5th May, 1789, Louis XVI called together an assembly of the Estate General to pass proposals for new taxes.

Statement – II: The members of the third estate demanded that voting now be conducted by the principle that each estate had one vote.

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Arrange the following events of French Revolution in a chronological sequence

I) Louis XVI is guillotined

II) The Oath of the Tennis court

Ill) The Bastille fall

IV) The French Republic is declared

V) The Great Fear

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Match Column A with Column Band choose the correct option-

Column A Column B
(I) Rousseau (a) Two Treatises of Government
(II) Montesquieu (b) Marseillaise
(III) Locke (c) The Social Contract
(IV) Roget de L'isle (d) The Spirit of the Laws

 

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Which one of the following terms represents the maxim 'no man/person shall be condemned unheard'?
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“The Social Contract” book was written by
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Who was the ruler of France during the French Revolution?
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In the 18th  Century, which class of French Society had to pay taxes to the state? 
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A tax levied by the church, comprising one-tenth of the agricultural produce was _____.
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What model of government did Montesquieu propose in his book ‘The Spirit of the Laws’?
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Statement I: Long years of war and the cost of extravagant court of the king drained the financial resources of France.

Statement II: Only the members of the third estate had to pay taxes to the state. 

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Which of the following provides the most appropriate sequence of events in the context of the French Revolution?
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Read the statements below carefully and choose the correct option.

Statement 1: On 20 June 1789, the Second Estate assembled at Versailles, declared themselves a National Assembly and began drafting a constitution for France to limit the powers of the monarch.

Statement 2: France became a constitutional monarchy in 1791.

Statement3: Louis XIV recognised the National Assembly and accepted the constitution.

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Why did crowds of angry French women storm into bread shops during the Revolution of 1789?
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What is '3' in the diagram above?

 

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What is 1 in the diagram above?

(a) Religious leaders

(b) Bourgeoisie

(c) Clergy

(d) Both (a) and (c)

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The American _____ and its guarantee of individual rights was an important example for political thinkers in France. (Constitution / Revolution)
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Who supported the third estate members even though he belonged to the Nobility?
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The timeline below is missing the descriptions of the important events during the French Revolution. Identify them by matching column A with column B and choose the correct option: 

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Column I Column II
1. A (p) Convocation of Estates General, Third Estate forms National Assembly, the Bastille is stormed, peasants revolt in the countryside.
2. B (q) France becomes a republic, the king is beheaded. Overthrow of the Jacobin republic, a Directory rules France.
3. C (r) Louis XVI becomes king of France, faces empty treasury and growing discontent within society of the Old Regime
4. D (s) Napoleon becomes emperor of France, annexes large parts of Europe.
5. E (t) Napoleon defeated at Waterloo.
6. F (s) A constitution is framed to limit the powers of the king and to guarantee basic rights to all human beings.