Multiple Choice Questions History 1st chapter

                                 Multiple Choice Questions

Q1.In France Guillotine referred to a system of ______________.

 (i) Awarding a person                                    (ii)Taxing a person

 (iii) Beheading a person                                 (iv)Threatening a person

ans: (iii)

Q2.The Jacobins of France were known as sans-culottes because:

(i) There wore red waist band                          (ii) They wore stripped pants

(ii) They wore red caps                                    (iv) They stopped wearing knee-breaches

ans: (ii)

Q3.The tax devised by the church comprising one-tenth of agricultural produce:

(i) Taille          (ii) Livine           (iii) Chauth            (iv) Tithe

ans:(iv)

Q4. Which of the following led to a chain of events leading to the french revolution in 1789?

(i) Peoples protest against rising price of houses

(ii)Peoples protest against Church politics

(iii)Peoples protest against high price of bread

(iv)Peoples protest against lack of employment

ans:(iii)

Q5.In 1774, Louis XVI of the bourbon family of kings ascended the throne of:

(i)Italy            (ii)Germany       (iii) France            (iv) Britain

ans:(iii)

Q6.In france during the old regime the Church too extracted its share of taxes from:

(i)The peasants                                                      (ii)The traders

(iii)The craftsmen                                                   (iv)The common men

ans:(i)

 

Q7.The burden of financial activities of state during the old regime was borne by the:

(i)Church alone                                                      (ii)Nobels only

(iii)Third estate alone                                              (iv)The king alone

ans:(iii)

Q8.In france the 18th century witnessed the emergence of social group, termed as the:

(i)Working class                                                      (ii)Middle class

(iii)Aristocratic class                                                (iv)Noble class

ans:(ii)

Q9.The american constitution and its guarantee of individual rights was an important example for political      

      thinkers in:

(i) America                    (ii) France                  (iii)Britain                   (iii)Germany

ans:(ii)

Q10.The agitated crowd stormed and destroyed Bastille on:
(i) 14 march,1789                                                   (ii)14 april,1789

(iii)14 june,1789                                                     (iv)14 July,1789

ans:(iv)