French Revolution - Leni S | Biblioteka

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The National Assembly framed a Constitution in 1791 to limit the powers of the

Nobles

Clergy

Monarch

Businessmen

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Who were not considered ‘passive citizens’?

Women

Children

Non-propertied men

Wealthy people

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The Third Estate comprised of

Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers

Peasants and artisan

Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.

All the above

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How does a ‘Subsistence Crisis’ happen?

Bad harvest leads to scarcity of grains

Food prices rise and the poorest cannot buy bread

Leads to weaker bodies, diseases, deaths and even food riots

All the above

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What was the ‘Subsistence Crisis’ which occurred frequently in France?

An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood

Subsidy in food grains

Large-scale production of food grains

None of the above

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What was ‘Estates General’?

Post of Army General

A political body

Head of all landed property

Advisor of the king

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The term ‘Old Regime’ is usually used to describe

France before 1000 B.C.

Society of France after 1789 A.D.

Society and institutions of France before 1789 A.D.

None of the above

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Which of these books was written by John Locke?

The Spirit of the Laws

Two Treatises on Government

The Social Contract

All the above

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In the meeting of the Estates General, the members of the Third Estate demanded that

All the three Estates should have one vote altogether

Each Estate should have one vote

Each member should have one vote

None of the above

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Which of these provisions were passed by the Assembly on the night of 4 August, 1789?

Abolition of feudal system of obligations

Clergy had to give up its privileges

Tithes were abolished

All the above