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11. Guillotine was
(a) A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person is beheaded
(b) A sword by which the person is beheaded
(c) A tool by which the person is hanged with the rope
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(d) To shoot the person in front of the people
Ans. (a) A device consisting of two poles and a blade with which a person is beheaded
12. What is livre?
(b) A tax levied by the church
(b) Unit of currency in France discontinued in 1794
(c) Castle or stately residence belonging to a king or nobleman
(d) The act of freeing
Ans. (b) Unit of currency in France discontinued in 1794

13. What was worn by the slave upon becoming free?
(a) Blue-cap (b) Red-cap (c) Yellow-cap (d) Purple-cap
Ans. (b) Red-cap

14. At which place was Louis XVI executed publicly:-
(a) De la Concorde (b) Bastille (c) Versailles (d) Waterloo
Ans. (a) De la Concorde

15. What was ‘Estates General’?
(a) Head of the Army (b) A political body
(c) Persons of high rank in state administration (d) Head of Church
Ans. (b) A political body

16. The Third Estate comprised of
(a) Poor servants and small peasants, landless labourers
(b) Peasants and artisans
(c) Big businessmen, merchants, lawyers etc.
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above
17. How does a ‘Subsistence Crisis’ happen?
(a) Bad harvest leads to scarcity of grains
(b) Food prices rise and the poorest cannot buy bread
(c) Leads to weaker bodies, diseases, deaths and even food riots
(d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above
18. Who wrote the pamphlet called ‘What is the Third Estate’?
(a) Mirabeau, a nobleman (b) Abbe Sieyes
(c) Rousseau, a philosopher (d) Montesquieu
Ans. (b) Abbe Sieyes
19. What was the name of tax which was directly paid to the state by the Third Estate?

(a) Tithes (b) Livres (c) Taille (d) All of these
Ans. (c) Taille

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