Revolution

Q. Which among the following defines 'subsistence crisis'?

1. Large scale food production
2. Subsidies given by the King during a crisis
3. Extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood
4. Self reliant livelihood during a crisis

Q. Assertion (A): The formation of National Assembly was one of the most important events in late 18th century France.

Reason (R): Ever since the National Assembly was formed, people started gathering outside the Palace of Versailles where leaders like Mirabeau gave some very powerful speeches.

Based on the statements provided above, select the most appropriate option below.

1. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
2. A is true but R is false.
3. A is false but R is true.
4. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Q. The Bastille prison was hoarded with .

1. arms and ammunition
2. bread and food grains
3. gold and silver

Q. Which of the following events happened after Louis XVI despatched armed troops to Paris?

1. Women stood in long queues outside the bakery to buy bread.
2. Protesters stormed into the Bastille Prison in search of arms and ammunition.
3. Around 7000 people gathered in front of the town hall and decided to form a militia.
4. Food was scarce and the prices of food, like bread, had skyrocketed.

Q. The drafting of the constitution by the National Assembly started with the ____________; it guaranteed human rights to French citizens.

1. Declaration of the Rights of a French Citizen
2. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
3. Declaration of the Rights of Citizens
4. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Woman

Q. Bastille was a symbol of _______.

1. Benevolence of the king
2. Armed might of France
3. Despotic monarchy
4. Prestige and power

Q. Who was the revolutionary leader from the Jacobin party?

1. Rousseau
2. Napoleon
3. Robespierre
4. Montesquieu

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. Which place was seized by the revolutionaries before the prisoners were set free during the French Revolution?

1. Palace of Versailles
2. Tennis court
3. Bastille Fort
4. St. George Fort

Q. The drafting of the constitution by the National Assembly started with the ____________; it guaranteed human rights to French citizens.

1. Declaration of the Rights of a French Citizen
2. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
3. Declaration of the Rights of Citizens
4. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Woman

Q. S1: It follows that we should enable all individuals to live a full, free, rich life.
S6: This does not mean the regimentation of the individual
P: We talk often of a socialistic pattern of society.
Q: We must help to bring up the buried treasure in each individual without breaking any of it.
R: That is why we have universal education as a target in our Constitution.
S: For this, certain minimum cultural and economic conditions must be provided.
The proper sequence should be:

1. QSRP
2. PRSQ
3. RQPS
4. SQRP

Q. The Bastille prison was hoarded with .

1. gold and silver
2. arms and ammunition
3. bread and food grains

Q. 'X' was seen as a symbol of despotic power. The people hated 'X' and the beginning of the French Revolution was marked by the destruction of 'X'.

Identify 'X'.

1. Palace of Versailles
2. Prison of Bastille
3. Place de la Revolution
4. Napoleon's Throne

Q. Which place was seized by the revolutionaries before the prisoners were set free during the French Revolution?

1. Palace of Versailles
2. Tennis court
3. Bastille Fort
4. St. George Fort

Q. Assertion (A): The formation of National Assembly was one of the most important events in late 18th century France.

Reason (R): Ever since the National Assembly was formed, people started gathering outside the Palace of Versailles where leaders like Mirabeau gave some very powerful speeches.

Based on the statements provided above, select the most appropriate option below.

1. A is true but R is false.
2. A is false but R is true.
3. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
4. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Q. The Bastille prison was hoarded with .

1. arms and ammunition
2. bread and food grains
3. gold and silver

Q. Fill in the blanks.
Robespierre was the leader of the __________ Club.

1. Jacobin
2. Zinka
3. Xeth
4. None of these

Q. India, at present, is one of the countries in the world to have sufficient food for its people.

1. If the inference is 'definitely true', i.e. it properly follows from the statement of facts given
2. If the inference is 'probably true' though not 'definitely true' in the light of the facts given
3. If the 'data are inadequate', i.e. from the facts given you cannot say whether the inference is likely to be true or false.
4. If the inference is 'probably false' though not 'definitely false' in the light of the facts given.
5. If the inference is 'definitely false', i.e. it cannot possibly be drawn from the facts given or it contradicts
   the given facts.

Q. The food insecure people are dispoorportionallyLarge in some regions of the country. Explain

Q. Mirabeau was born in the Third Estate.

1. True
2. False

Q. The Bastille prison was hoarded with .

1. bread and food grains
2. arms and ammunition
3. gold and silver