
Match the given column I with column II:
Column I
Column II
1. Subsistence Crisis
(i) Refuted the doctrine of the divine and absolute right of the monarch in 'Two Treatises of Government'
2. John Locke
(ii) Proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary in 'The Spirit of the Laws'
3. Jean Jacques Rousseau
(iii) Occurred frequently in France during the old regime
4. Montesquieu
(iv) Proposed a form of government based on a social contract between people and their representatives

Important Questions on The French Revolution



Match Column A with Column Band choose the correct option-
Column A | Column B |
(I) Rousseau | (a) Two Treatises of Government |
(II) Montesquieu | (b) Marseillaise |
(III) Locke | (c) The Social Contract |
(IV) Roget de L'isle | (d) The Spirit of the Laws |





Statement I: Long years of war and the cost of extravagant court of the king drained the financial resources of France.
Statement II: Only the members of the third estate had to pay taxes to the state.



What is '3' in the diagram above?

What is 1 in the diagram above?
(a) Religious leaders
(b) Bourgeoisie
(c) Clergy
(d) Both (a) and (c)

The timeline below is missing the descriptions of the important events during the French Revolution. Identify them by matching column A with column B and choose the correct option:
Column I | Column II |
1. A | (p) Convocation of Estates General, Third Estate forms National Assembly, the Bastille is stormed, peasants revolt in the countryside. |
2. B | (q) France becomes a republic, the king is beheaded. Overthrow of the Jacobin republic, a Directory rules France. |
3. C | (r) Louis XVI becomes king of France, faces empty treasury and growing discontent within society of the Old Regime |
4. D | (s) Napoleon becomes emperor of France, annexes large parts of Europe. |
5. E | (t) Napoleon defeated at Waterloo. |
6. F | (s) A constitution is framed to limit the powers of the king and to guarantee basic rights to all human beings. |



Look at the diagram below about France before the French Revolution.
What is '2' in the diagram above?
(a) (b) (c) (d)

What did the British do in order to ensure an inflow of land revenue in India?

France helped the thirteen American colonies to gain their independence from the common enemy _____ (Britain / Italy).

