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ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

I. Multiple Choice Questions
Goyal Brothers Prakashan
1. What was the name of Louis XVI’s wife?
(a) Rose Antoinette (b) Marie Antoinette
(c) Siya Antoinette (d) Marchel Antoinette
Ans. (b) Marie Antoinette

2. Name the tax that was extracted by the Church from the peasants.
(a) Livre (b) Tithe (c) Taille (d) Manor
Ans. (b) Tithe

3. What was the population of France in 1715?
(a) 23 million (b) 26 million (c) 13 million (d) 33 million
Ans. (a) 23 million

4. On what date did the agitated crowd storm and destroy the Bastille?
(a) 14 July 1789 (b) 16 July 1878
(c) 15 June 1788 (d) 12 June 1686
Ans. (a) 14 July 1789
5. What is the National Anthem of France?
(a) Aegukga (b) Marcha Real (c) Swiss Psalm (d) Marseillaise
Ans. (d) Marseillaise

6. Marseillaise was composed by:
(a) Roget de L’Isle (b) Louis XVI
(c) Maximilian Robespierre (d) Dr. Guillotin
Ans. (a) Roget de L’Isle

7. The period between 1793 to 1794 is referred as:-
(a) The abolition of slavery (b) The outbreak of the revolution
(c) The region of terror (d) The French Revolution
Ans. (c) The region of terror
8. Who invented the Guillotine?
(a) Roget de L’Isle (b) Louis XVI
(c) Maximilian Robespierre (d) Dr. Guillotin
Ans. (d) Dr. Guillotin
9. Which term is used to describe the society and institutions of France before 1789?
(a) Old Regime (b) Livers
(c) Subsistence crisis (d) Taille
Ans. (a) Old Regime

10. Who crowned himself as the emperor of France in 1804?
(a) Napoleon Bonaparte (b) Maximilian Robespierre
(c) Louis XVI (d) Tipu Sultan
Ans. (a) Napoleon Bonaparte

History Class IX H-15