French Revolution Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. Voting in the Estates General was conducted on the principle of

1. each member one vote
2. male adult franchise
3. universal adult franchise
4. each Estate one vote

17. Which of the following was a factor in the rise of Napoleon?

1. Fall of the Jacobin government
2. Robespierres Reign of Terror
3. Political instability of the Directory
4. Nationalist forces

18. Which of the following were the estates of French society?

1. First Estate
2. Second Estate
3. Third Estate
4. All the above

19. Which of the following is true about the Clergy and Nobles and Landlords?

1. Higher positions in the government were reserved for them
2. They were exempted from paying many of the taxes
3. They enjoyed number of privilages
4. All the above

20. Where did the Third Estate form and announce the National Assembly?

1. Indoor Tennis Court
2. Hall of Mirrors
3. Firoz Shah Ground
4. Winter Palace

21. Which of the following is true about the Third Estate?

1. It was consisted 95% of the French population
2. They had to pay numerous taxes
3. Their economic life was miserable
4. All the above

22. Which of the following refuted the doctrine of divine and absolute right?

1. John Locke
2. Rousseau
3. Montesquieu
4. Voltaire

23. King in France at the time of the Revolution

1. Louis XIV
2. Louis XVI
3. Marie Antoinette
4. Nicholas II

24. The ill-advised queen Marie Antionette was the wife of

1. Louis XV
2. Louis XVI
3. Louis XVII
4. Louis XIV

25. Who was the successor of Louis XIV?

1. Louis XVI
2. Louis XVII
3. Louis XV
4. Louis XVIII

26. Members of the Third Estate were led by

1. Louis XVI and Marie Antionette
2. Lenin and Kerensky
3. Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes
4. Rousseau and Voltaire

27. Who was the successor of Louis XV?

1. Louis XVIII
2. Louis XIX
3. Louis XVI
4. Louis XVII

28. Which of the following believed social position must depend on merit?

1. Middle class
2. Nobility
3. Workers
4. Peasants

29. Society based on freedom, equal laws and opportunities was advocated by

1. middle class and people of the Third Estate
2. clergy and nobility
3. philosophers such as John Locke and Rousseau
4. Englishmen Georges Danton and Arthur Young

30. Who among the following consisted in the First Estate?

1. Nobles and Landlords
2. Priests and Church officials
3. Common People
4. Middle Class people