Middle Class and The French Revolution

Q. Which new social group emerged in the French society?

1. Middle class
2. Clergy
3. Nobility
4. Kings

Q. Why did the members of the Third Estate assemble in the grounds of Versailles?

1. Because their political ideologies were different
2. Because they wanted the right to vote
3. Because they were planning for a secret match
4. Because they wanted a constitution that limited the powers of the monarch

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Name the author of the book Two Treatises of Government.

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who wrote the book two treatises of government

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Who put forward the ideas envisaging a society based on freedom and equal laws and opportunities for all?

1. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

2. John Locke

3. None of the above

4. Jean Jacques Rousseau

Q. What was Montesquieu's suggestion about power?

1. Power should be divided only between legislature and executive.
2. Power should be divided between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.
3. Power should be divided only between legislature and judiciary.
4. Power should be held in the hands of one person.

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Name the pamphlet written by Abbe Sieyes. one word

Q. Which of the following statements are incorrect?

1. Rousseau authored the book, The Spirit of the Laws.
2. Rousseau and John Locke wanted the monarch to have absolute power.
3. Montesquieue had proposed the idea of a government with seperation of powers.
4. Locke, in his book, the Two Treatises, had written against the belief that monarch had absolute rights.

Q. Who wrote the book "The Social Contract?"

1. Montesquieu
2. Smith
3. Locke
4. Rousseau

Q. Which of the following book was written by Jean Jacques Rousseau?

1. Candid
2. The Spirit of laws
3. Common sense
4. Social Contract

Q. When is the National Day of France or Bastille day celebrated?

1. 14 July
2. 15 July
3. 14 June
4. 18 July

Q. Where did the National Assembly draft the Constitution?

1. Paris
2. London
3. Versailles
4. Vienna

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How was Boolean logic invented

Q. Explain what is meant by the 'Haussmannisation of Paris'? To what extent would you support or oppose this form of?

Q. The main objective of the National Assembly was _______.

1. to limit the powers of the monarch.
2. to ensure that everyone gets the right to vote.
3. to get more privileges for the third estate.
4. to take powers completely in their hands.

Q. The Virginia House of Burgesses and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were similar in that both

1. provided for representative democracy.
2. provided for direct democracy.
3. provided for universal male suffrage.
4. symbolized the independent spirit that existed in the American colonies.
5. were independent of the British government.

Q. Which of the following statements are incorrect?

1. Rousseau authored the book, The Spirit of the Laws.
2. Rousseau and John Locke wanted the monarch to have absolute power.
3. Montesquieue had proposed the idea of a government with seperation of powers.
4. Locke, in his book, the Two Treatises, had written against the belief that monarch had absolute rights.

Q. July 14 is observed as a French national holiday to celebrate the aniversary of the storming of the Bastile prison by the people of France.

1. True
2. False

Q. "Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to assert that he is not born a man".

The above lines were written by which famous Enlightenment philosopher?

1. Rousseau
2. Montesquieu
3. Voltaire
4. Karl Marx

Q. Match the following authors with their respective works.


X- The Spirit of the Laws

Y- The Social Contract

1. Rousseau
2. John Locke
3. X
4. Y
5. Two Treatises
6. Montesquieu

Q. What was Montesquieu's suggestion about power?

1. Power should be divided only between legislature and judiciary.
2. Power should be divided only between legislature and executive.
3. Power should be held in the hands of one person.
4. Power should be divided between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.

Q. July 14 is observed as a French national holiday to celebrate the aniversary of the storming of the Bastile prison by the people of France.

1. True
2. False