9th class social 1st lesson question and answers

Answer:

Question 1.

Who was the ruler of France during the revolution?

Answer:

Louis XVI of the Bourbon family was the ruler of France.

Question 2.

Name the three ‘Estates’ into which the French society was divided before the Revolution.

Answer:

The First Estate — Clergy

The Second Estate — Nobility

The Third Estate — Common people.

Question 3.

When did the French Revolution occur?

Answer:

14th July, 1789.

Question 4.

What was tithes?

Answer:

It was a tax levied by the church, comprising one-tenth of the agricultural produce.

Question 5.

What was taille?

Answer:

It was a direct tax to be paid to the State.

Question 6.

Who formed the National Assembly in France in 1789?

Answer:

Third Estate

Question 7.

To whom was the taxes called Tithes payable by the peasants in the eighteenth century France?

Answer:

Church.

Question 8.

Which class of society in France was behind the French Revolution?

Answer:

Middle class.

Question 9.

What was the slogan of the French revolutionaries?

Answer:

Liberty, Fraternity and Equality.

Question 10.

On what charges was Louis XVI of France sentenced to death?

Answer:

Treason.

Question 11.

What was feudal system?

Answer:

It was a system under which land was granted to landlords in return for military or labour services.

Question 12.

Which philosopher had forwarded the principle of voting by the assembly as a whole, where each member should have one vote, during the rule of louis XVI?

Answer:

Rousseau.

Question 13.

In which book did Rousseau mention the idea of one person, one vote?

Answer:

The Social Contract.

Question 14.

Give the titles of the books written by :

(a) Rousseau

(b) Charles Montesquieu

Answer:

(a) The Social Contract,

(b) The Spirit of the Laws.

Question 15.

What was the theme of the book ‘The Spirit of the Laws’ written by Montesquieu?

Answer:

Montesquieu proposed a division of power within the government between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.

Question 16.

Which book has proposed a division of power within government?

Answer:

‘The Spirit of the Laws’.

Question 17.

Who proposed a division of power within government?

Answer:

Montesquieu.

Question 18.

Name any four French philosophers who inspired the French people to revolt.

Answer:

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Montesquieu

Voltaire

Maximilian Robespierre.

Question 19.

Why was Bastille hated by the French people?

Answer:

Bastille was hated because it stood for the despotic power of the king.

Question 20.

Which Battle sealed the Fate of France in 1815?

Answer:

Battle of Waterloo.

Question 21.

When did France abolish the monarchy and became republic?

Answer:

21st September, 1792.

Question 22.

Name any one class that did not belong to Jacobin Club?

Answer:

Nobles.

Question 23.

Who was the leader of the Jacobin Club?

Answer:

Maximilian Robespierre.

Question 24.

Which period of Famce’s history is known as ‘the Terror’.

Answer:

The period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as the Reign cn terror.

Question 25.

Name the most popular political club started by the French women.

Answer:

Society of Revolutionary Republican women.

Question 26.

Which law was introduced by revolutionary government in France as help to improve the lives of women? HOTS

Answer:

Schooling was made compulsory for girls.

Question 27.

Who abolished slavery in France?

Answer:

The Jacobin Clubs.

Question 28.

‘The National Assembly completed the draft of the Constitution in 1791’. Mention any two features of the Constitution.

Answer:

It vested the power to make laws in the hands of National Assembly,

It limited the powers of the monarch. Now powers were decentralised and assigned to different institutions.

Question 29.

Who wrote the ‘Two Treatises of Government’?

Answer:

John Locke.

Question 30.

What does the Red Cap worn by Sans-Culottes in France symbolize?

Answer:

Liberty.

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