Three Estates

Q. What were the different types of taxes levied on the Third Estate?

1. Tobacco Tax
2. Tithes
3. Taille
4. Employment Tax

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What was the estate general?

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What is the difference between tithes and taille?

Q. Which of the following could be considered as a possible similarity between the caste system in India and the estates system of monarchical France?

1. Occupations were solely attained by merit.
2. There were no overt effects of the two systems on society.
3. Compared to a society without the two systems in place, social mobility was limited.
4. Social status was determined only by education.

Q. Given below are two statements describing the French society in the Middle Ages. Read the statements provided and select the most appropriate option below:

Statement 1 (S1): All those who were invested with special functions in the church, including priests from Churches, formed the 'First Estate'.

Statement 2 (S2): The Nobility, who were the Second Estate, were wealthy people who helped others secure government jobs.

1. Both S1 and S2 are correct.
2. Both S1 and S2 are incorrect.
3. Only S1 is correct.
4. Only S2 is correct.

Q. was a representative assembly to which the three estates sent their representatives.

1. Palace of Versailles
2. Tennis Court
3. The Estates General

Q. Name the political body to which the three Estates of the French society sent their representatives.

Q. "The clergy and the nobles together constituted 3% of the French population. They owned about 60% of the land. The population of the middle class, on the other hand, comprised 97% of the total population. However, they owned just 40% of the land."

What inferences can be drawn from this data?

1. The clergy and nobles deserved the divine right to own majority of the lands.
2. The clergy and nobles worked hard to own their lands.
3. Land distribution was highly disproportionate between the three classes.
4. The clergy and nobles together exploited the majority 97% percent people who are the middle class, peasants and workers.

Q. Who among the following comprised the Second Estate?

1. Peasants
2. Artisans
3. Nobles and landlords
4. Priests and Church officials

Q. Choose the correct pairs.

1. First Estate
2. Second Estate
3. Third Estate
4. Peasants
5. Clergy
6. Nobility

Q. the estate general was elected by the body of active citizens and renamed as the national assembly. explain

Q. What were the different types of taxes levied on the Third Estate?

1. Tobacco Tax
2. Tithes
3. Taille
4. Employment Tax

Q. Given below are two statements describing the French society in the Middle Ages. Read the statements provided and select the most appropriate option below:

Statement 1 (S1): All those who were invested with special functions in the church, including priests from Churches, formed the 'First Estate'.

Statement 2 (S2): The Nobility, who were the Second Estate, were wealthy people who helped others secure government jobs.

1. Both S1 and S2 are correct.
2. Both S1 and S2 are incorrect.
3. Only S1 is correct.
4. Only S2 is correct.

Q. Which Estate met at a tennis court and pledged not to disperse until the new constitution was framed?

1. Fourth Estate
2. First Estate
3. Second Estate
4. Third Estate