I X CL ASS (HI STORY)

THE FRENCH REVOL UTI ON (COM PUL SORY)

WORK SHEET
I. M ultiple Choice questions
1. The Bastille was hated by all in fr ance because [ A ]
A) it stood for the despotic power of the king B) it was a fortress prison
C) its commander tortured the inmates. D) it housed some dreaded criminals

2. Which of the following led to a chain of events leading to the Fr ench Revolution in 1789 ?
A) People's protest against church politics. [ B ]
B) People’s protest against the high price of bread.
C) People’s protest against lack of employment.
D) People’s protest against rising price of houses.
3. Austr ian Pr incess M ar ie Antoinette was the Queen of which of the following Fr ench r uler
A) Louis XIII B) Louis XIV C) Louis XV D) Louis XVI [ D ]
4. The ter m Old Regime (Fr ance) r efer s to [ A ]
A) The society and institution under an old Emperor.
B) Society and institution of France before 1789.
C) The society and institution of France after 1789.
D) The society and institution of France under the Jacobins.
5. Why was the subsistence cr isis caused in Fr ance ? [ B ]
A) The wages of the people was low.
B) There was widespread unemployment.
C) Increase in population led to rapid increase in the demand of food grains.
D) The government imposed various taxes.
6. Which of thefollowing refers to thepolitical body representing the threeestates of pre-revolutionary
Fr ance ? [ C ]
A) Parliament of France B) National Assembly
C) Estates General D) Estates Committee
7. M ar seillaise is the_________________of Fr ance. [ C ]
A) National Flag B) National Assembly C) National Anthem D) National University
8. Who among the following was cor wned as the Fr ench Emper or in 1804 ? [ C ]
A) Lous XVII B) Louis XVIII
C) Napoleon Bonaparte D) Robespierre
9. On What char ge was the Emper or L ouis XVI sentenced to death ? [ C ]
A) On the charge of corruption B) On the charge of mis-government.
C) On the charge of treason. D) On the charge of exploitation.
10. Which per iod of 18h cent ur y is r ef er r ed as t he Reign of Ter r or in the Hist or y of Fr ance ?
A) Period between 1750-1751 B) Period between 1760-1761 [ D ]
C) Period between 1782-1783 D) Period between 1793-1794
11. I n Fr ance Guillotine r efer r ed to a system of_______________ [ A ]
A) Beheading a person B) Awarding a person C) Taxing a person D) Threatening a person
12. The greatest achievement of the National Assembly convened in France in 1789 was [ B ]
A) issuing of Declaration of Rights.
B) passing of laws checking the power of the monarch.
C) establishment of a new judiciary.
D) establishment of a new legislature
13. The Jacobins of Fr ance wer e known as Sansculottes because [ B ]
A) They wore red caps B) They stopped wearing knee-breeches.
C) They wore striped pants. D) They wore red waist bands.
14. I n which year did L ouis XVI ascend the thr one of Fr ance ? [ D ]
A) 1685 B) 1700 C) 1750 D) 1774
15. Dir ect tax was also known as ...... [ B ]
A) Livre B) Taille C) Jaille D) Income tax
16. Who wr ote the spir t of the laws ? [ C ]
A) John Locke B) Rousseau C) Montesquieu D) Karl Marx
17. He wr ot e an inf l uent i al pamphlet cal led ‘W hat is t he Thir d Est at e’? Name t he per son:
[ A ]
A) Abb’e Sieyes B) Mirabean C) Rousseau D) Montesquieu
18. Whose name is associated with the ‘Reign of Ter ror ’? [ B ]
A) Mirabean B) Manimilian Robespirre
C) Rogent de L’Isle D) None of the above
19. Who was Olympe de Gonges ? [ A ]
A) A Politically active woman in revolutionary France
B) A Social reformer
C) A Supporter of Jacobin club
D) All the above
20. Who wer e called the active citizens ? [ A ]
A) One who had right to vote B) One who participated in war
C) One who did not have right to vote D) None of the above
21. Who wer e the member s of the Jacobin Club ? [ B ]
A) Prosperous sections of the society B) Less prosperous sections of the society
C) Political leaders D) All the above
22. Who wer e known as the ‘sans-culottes’? [ C ]
A) Revolutionaries B) Noble C) Jacobins D) Clergy
23. What did the r ed cap wor n by the sans culottes men sysmbolise ? [ B ]
A) Revolution B) Liberty C) Equality D) Fraternity
24. Which per iod is refer red to as the Reign of Ter ror ? [ A ]
A) The peirod from 1793 to 1794 B) The period from 1780 to 1790
C) The period from 1770 to 1784 D) The period from 1799 to 1824
25. Dr Guillotin was a per son who invented................ [ A ]
A) Guillotine B) Cannon C) Gun Powder D) Non of the above
26. When did Napoleon Bonapar te Cr own himself as Emper or of Fr ance ? [ B ]
A) In 1812 B) In 1804 C) In 1809 D) In 1800
27. Wher e was Napoleon Bonapar te defeated ? [ C ]
A) In Prussia B) In Austria C) At Waterloo D) None of the above
28. Storming of the Bastille [ A ]
A) 14th July, 1789 B) 14th July, 1798 C) 14th June, 1789 D) 14th June, 1798
29. The Bastille symbolised [ B ]
A) benevolence of the king B) Despotic power of the king
C) armed might of France D) Prestige and power
30. 18th centur y Fr ench Society was divided into [ C ]
A) castes B) four Estates C) three Estates D) two Estates
31. Which of the following constituted the pr ivileged class ? [ D ]
A) Clergy and peasants B) Peasants and nobility
C) First and Third Estate D) Clergy and nobility
32. The most impor tant of the pr ivileges enj oyed by the cler gy and nobility [ D ]
A) Right to collect dues B) ownership of land
C) Participate in wars D) exemption from taxes to the state
33. Which of the following believed social position must depend on mer it ? [ A ]
A) Middle class B) Nobility C) Workers D) Peasants
34. Society based on fr eedom, equal laws and oppor tunities was advocated by [ C ]
A) middle class and people of the Third Estate
B) clergy and nobility
C) Philosophers suh as John Locke and Rousseau
D) englishmen Georges Danton and Arthur Young
35. Which of the following r efuted the doctr ine of divine and absolute r ight ? [ A ]
A) John Locke B) Rousseau C) Montesquieu D) Voltaire
36. Who advocate gover nment based on Social Contr act ? [ C ]
A) Darwin B) Spencer C) Rousseau D) Montesquieu
37. Division of power within the gover nement was put for th in [ B ]
A) ‘Two Treaties of Government’ B) “The Spirit of the Laws”
C) ‘Le Moniteur Universal’ D) “The Social Contract”
38. Where did the thir d Estate for m and announce the National Assembly ? [ A ]
A) Indoor Tennis Court B) Hall of Mirrors
C) Firoz Shah Ground D) Winter Palace
39. M ember s of the Thir d Estate wer e led by [ C ]
A) Louis XVI and Marie Antionette B) Lenin and Kerensky
C) Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes D) Rousseau and Voltaire
40. Which of the following was the main obj ective of the Constitution of 1791 ? [ A ]
A) to limit the powers of the king alone B) do away with feudal privileges
C) give equal rights to women D) establish a constitutional monarchy
41. A br oken chain symbolised [ D ]
A) Chains used to fetter slaves B) Strength lies in unity
C) Royal Power D) Act of becoming free
42. The winged woman per sonified [ C ]
A) National colours of France
B) Act of becoming free
C) Personification of Law
D) Rays of the Sun will drive away the clouds of ignorance
43. Bundle of r ods or fasces symbolised [ D ]
A) Royal power B) Equality before law
C) Law is the same for all D) Strength lies in unity
44. Which of the following symbolised Eter nity ? [ D ]
A) Sceptre B) Eye within a triangle radiating light
C) The Law Tablet D) Snake biting its tail to from a
45. Which of the following wer e the national colour s of Fr ance? [ C ]
A) Blue-Green-Yellow B) Red-Green-Blue C) Blue-White-Red D) Yellow-Red-White
46. M ember of the Jacobin Club wer e known as [ D ]
A) Conservatives B) Revolutionaries C) Terrorists D) San-Culottes
47. Fr ance on 21st September, 1792 was declared a [ D ]
A) Socialist State B) Democracy C) Communist State D) Republic
48. Which of the following was a factor in the r ise of Napoleon ? [ C ]
A) Fall of the Jacobin government B) robespierres Reign of Terror
C) Political instability of the Directory D) Nationalist forces
49. Fr ench legacy of the wor ld [ D ]
A) Democracy B) Socialism and nationalism
C) Republicanism D) Liberty, Freedom and Equality
II . Fill in the Blanks:
1. The red cap worn by Sans Culottees in France symbolise ................. (L iber ty)

2. The group was not benefitted by the French revolution was ................. (Nobility)
3. The name of the direct tax paid by the thrid estate to the state was ......... (Taille)
4. The book ‘Two Treatises of Government’was written by ....................... (John L ocke)
5. The French Revolution take palce in ................ (1789)
6. In context of France the volunteers from Marseilles sang the ‘Marseillaise’a patriotic song was composed
by ....................... (Roget de L I SL E)
7. The tax called ‘Tithe’was collected from the French peasants by.......... (The Church)
8. The Social Contract Theory was proposed by ......................... (Rousseau)
9. Montesquieu proposed the theory of ............................... (Division of Power s)
10. The Reign of Terror introduced in France between 1793-94 was ............... (Robespier re)
11. Napoleon was finally defeated in the ballttle of ................. (Water loo)
12. The storming of the Bastille fort took palce on ............................ ( 14 July 1789)
13. The National Assembly completed the draft of the constitution in .............. (1791)
14. French women got the right to vote in ................... (1946)
15. King in France at the time of the Revolution was ............... (L ouisXVI )
16. Political body of France was ............................ (Estates General)
17. Voting in the Estates General was conducted on the principle of ........(each Estate one vote)
18. The Estates General was last convened in ........... (1614)
I II . M atch the following columns:
1. M atch the column A with column B.
Column A Column B
i) Estate belong to a king or nobleman a) Tithe
ii) An estate consisting of the Lord’s land and his manor b) Taille
iii) A tax directly paid to the state c) Chateau
iv) A tax levied by Church equal to 1/10th of the agricultural produts d) Manor
Ans. i-c, ii-d, iii-b, iv-a
2. M atch the following histor ical year s with events mentioned against them
Year Event
i) 1774 a) Battl e of Waterl oo and def eat Napol ean.
ii) 1789 b) Napol eon became the emperor of France.
iii) 1804 c) L oui s X V I became the ki ng of France.
iv) 1815 d) Bastille was stormed.
Ans. i-c, ii-d, iii-b, iv-a
 2. SOCI AL I SM I N EUROPE AND THE RUSSI AN REVOL UTI ON(COM PUL SORY)
WORK SHEET
M ULTI PL E CHOI CE QUESTI ONS

1. Which one of the following was one of the thr ee demands that ‘Vladimir L enin’pr oposed in his
Apr il Theses ? [ B ]
A) To rename the Bolshevik party as the communist party.
B) To nationalise the Banks.
C) To have common systems of election.
D) To support provisional Governemnt.
2. 23r d Febr uar y 1917 came to be called the I nternational Women’s Day because: [ B ]
A) Russian women got the right to vote
B) In many factories women led the strike against the government.
C) Russian women started a new party.
D) Russian women attacked the palace of the Tsar.
3. Which of the following incidents or events are related to revolution of 1905 in Russia ? [ B ]
A) Establishment of Russian Social Democratic Workers party
B) Bloody sunday incident
C) Abdication of Russian Tsar
D) Suspension of Duma in 1917
4. The name of St. Peter sbur g Changes to petr ogr ad after 1914 because: [B ]
A) Rusians disliked the earlier name.
B) Anti-German Sentiments during war made the Russians change the name.
C) Russian monk Rasputin advised the Tsar to Change the name
D) Russians wanted a Shorter and simpler name.
5. Who among the following initiated the ideas of communism ? [B ]
A) Robert Owen B) Karl Marx C) Louis Blanc D) Stalin2.

6. The most impor tant outcome of the Russian Revolution was: [D ]

A) Formation of a Constitutuional Assembly on the basis of a Universal Adult Franchise.
B) Formation of the Provincial Government.
C) End of monarchy.
D) Formation of Soviet Union.
7. Which of the following groups of countr ies for med the Centr al power dur ing the Fir st Wor ld
War. [B ]
A) England, Germany, Itly B) Austria , Germany , Turkey
C) Turkey, Germany, France D) France , England , Russia
8. Wor ker s in England and Ger many began for ming associations to fight for better living and
wor king conditions.some of such associations are given below. I dentify the one which is wrongly
matched [ C ]
a) Social Democratic Party (SPD) ..... In Germany
b) a Labour Party .... Britain
c) a Socialist Party ...... Italy
A) Both a and b are wrongly matched B) Both b and c are wrongly matched
C) Only c is wrongly matched D) All the above are correct
9. Which of the following was not par t of the ‘Apr il Thesis’? [ D ]
A) Land to be transferred to the tiller
B) Banks to be nationalised
C) Withdrawal from World War I
D) Establishment of political democracy through constitutional reforms
10. What does the Ter m ' Jadidists' mean ? [ B ]
A) Socialist reformers within the Russian Empire
B)Muslim reformers within the Russian Empire
C) Nationalist within the Rusian Empire
D) None of the above
11. The ----- Par ty renamed as Russian Communist Par ty. [ B ]
A) Mensheviks B) Bolsheviks C) People's party D) Nazi party
12. I dentify the incident which is not r elated to Bloody Sunday [ B ]
A) At the Putilov Iron Works, there was a call for industrial action.
B) The procession was led by Lenin
C) It was attacked by the police and the Cossacks
D) Over 100 workers were killed and about 300 wounded.
13. Which of the following was not a result of Russia's involvement in wor ld war I I? [ D ]
A) War exposed Russia as incapable of carrying out modern war fare
B) Breakdown of economy
C) Discredit of Government
D) Russia became of super power
14. M ost significant r esult of the Febr uar y Revolution [ B ]
A) Suspension of Duma B) Abdication of Tsar
C) Petrogad Soviet D) Women’s Participation
15. Which of the following was not a featur e of the October M enifesto ? [ D ]
A) Freedom of speech, press and association
B) Power to make laws conferred on the Duma
C) Authority of the Tsar was reduced
D) Final decision-making power was vested in the Tsar
16. Name the Tsar ina and the M onk Who made the Russian Autocr acy Unpopular. [ A ]
(A) The Tsarina Alexandra and the monk Rasputin
(B) The Tsarina Catherin and the monk Rasputin
(C) Kiev and Catherin
(D) None of the above
17. The I mper ial Russian ar my came to be known as .......... [ B ]
(A) TheArmy of the Realm
(B) The Russian steam roller
(C) The national Socialist army
(D) The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
18. Who was L eon Tr otskii ? [ C ]
(A) Formation of the Russian Social Democratic held under him
(B) Pro-government troops were sent under him.
(C) A Military Revolutionary Committee was appointed by the Soviet under him.
(D) None of the above
19. What was OGPU and NK VD? [ B ]
A) The secret Police of Germany under Hitler
B) The secret Police of Russia under Lenin
C) The secret Police of France under Napolleon
D) The secret Police of Italy under Mussolini
20. Consider the statements given below and identify the one which is tr ue . [ D ]
A. Bolsheviks ----(the ‘reds’).
B .The ‘greens’ ---(Socialist Revolutionaries)
C 'The whites'......... (pro-Tsarists)
A) only A and B are True B) only A and C are True
C) only C and B are True D) All the statements are true

21. Identify the ruler of Rusia based on the features given . [ A ]

A) They kept industries and banks nationalised
B) The land that had been socialised.
C) A process of centralised planning was introduced
D) They made the Five Year Plans.
A) The Bolsheviks B) The Mesheviks C) The Czars D) The Fuedal Lords
22. What wer e known as kolkhoz? [A ]
A) Collective farms B) Collective houses C) Collective factories D) Collective nations
23. The city where the construction of a steel plant was achieved in thr ee year s in Russia. [ A ]
A) Magnitogorsk, B) Novosibirsk C) Yekaterinburg D) Vladivostok