Which among the following factors did NOT contribute to France’s fiscal crisis?
Extravagant expenditures on luxuries by Louis XVI
High tax rate on imported goods
Expense incurred on wars
Expenses on maintaining army and navy
Which among the following statement is NOT TRUE?
Napoleon Bonaparte politically stabilized France after its defeat at “waterloo”
Napoleon Bonaparte was an inefficient ruler
Napoleon Bonaparte ruled France from 1799 – 1815
Napoleon Bonaparte was called the “child of French revolution”
Name the French currency that was backed by the value of land acquired from the church?
The real
The assignat
The argent
The franc
Identify the sentences that is NOT TRUE:
Nobles settled in the capital to gain proximity with the king
Nobles left their lands under the care of pretty officials
Peasants were exempted from many taxes and compulsory labour
Clergy collected Tithes from the people
Match the following:
A.i B.ii C.iii D.iv
A.ii B.i C.iv D.iii
A.iii B.iv C.ii D.i
A.iv B.iii C.ii D.i
Name the beheading instrument which consisted of a heavy blade that dropped between two grooved uprights?
Fallbeil
Headman's axe
Guillotine
All the above
The French system of absolute monarchy was rooted in the:
democratic rights
socialist ideologies
divine right theory of kingship
marxist theory
French National Guard was formed under the leadership of
Marquis de Lafayette
Lazare Carnot
Napoleon
Maximilien Robespierre
'Social contract' is the contribution of which great philosopher ?
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Voltairs
Rene Descartes
Which day is celebrated as a "Day of Liberty " in France ?
14 January
14 February
14 July
14 December
