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20. Who among the following comprised the Second Estate?

(a) Nobles and Landlords (b) Priests and Church officials
(c) Common People (d) Middle Class people
Ans. (a) Nobles and Landlords
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21. Which of the following was a factor in the rise of Napoleon?
(a) Fall of the Jacobin government (b) Robespierre’s Reign of Terror
(c) Political instability of the Directory (d) Nationalist forces
Ans. (c) Political instability of the Directory

22. In the meeting of the Estates General, the members of the Third Estate demanded that
(a) All the three Estates should have one vote altogether
(b) Each member of the three Estates should have one vote
(c) Each Estate should have one vote
(d) None of the above
Ans. (b) Each member of the three Estates should have one vote

23. The most important of the privileges enjoyed by the clergy and nobility:
(a) Right to collect dues (b) Ownership of land
(c) Participate in wars (d) Exemption from taxes to the state
Ans. (d) Exemption from taxes to the state

24. Which of these books was written by John Locke?
(a) The Spirit of the Laws (b) Two Treatises on Government
(c) The Social Contract (d) All of these
Ans. (b) Two Treatises on Government
25. What was the ‘Subsistence Crisis’ which occurred frequently in France?
(a) An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood
(b) Subsidy in foodgrains
(c) Large-scale production of foodgrains
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a) An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood

26. The new Constitution made France as
(a) Constitutional Monarchy (b) Communist state
(c) Fully democratic state (d) None of these
Ans. (a) Constitutional Monarchy

27. What did the red cap worn by Sans Culottes in France symbolise?
(a) Liberty (b) Brotherhood (c) Love (d) Equality
Ans. (a) Liberty

28. Which of these rights were established as ‘natural and inalienable’ rights by the constitution
of 1791?
(a) Right to life (b) Freedom of speech and opinion
(c) Equality before the law (d) All of these
Ans. (d) All of these

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