Based on the French Constitution of 1791, who were known as 'active citizens'?
Only men above 25 years of age.
The highest bracket of tax payers.
Those who were elected by the people.
Those who were entitled to vote.
How did Louis XVI meet his end?
He was forced into exile
He committed suicide
He was executed publicaly on charge of treason
By a fatal illness
Who among the following did enjoy certain privileges by birth in French society during the late 18 th century?
Soldiers
Clergy and Nobility
Third Estates
Peasants
Which is the National Anthem of France?
'Marseillaise'
'God Save the Queen'
'Deutschlandlied'
'The Star- Spangled Banner'
What was the cause of the subsistence crisis in France?
The wages of the people were low.
There was widespread unemployment.
Increase in population led to rapid increase in the demand of food grains.
The government imposed various taxes.
What was the main objective of the constitution drafted by National Assembly in 1791?
To limit the power of Monarch.
To provide all citizens, equal say in politics.
To confiscate church property.
To force members of clergy to give up their privileges.
Which of the following was one of the most revolutionary social reforms of the Jacobin regime?
The abolition of censorship
The abolition of slavery
Woman got the voting right
None of these
Who proposed the philosophy a division of power within the government ?
Montesquieu
Georges Danton
Jean Paul Marat
Olympe de Gouges
Which of the following symbol represents the idea all are equal before law?
The broken chain
Law Tablet
Sceptre
Broken chain
French society in the eighteenth century was divided into how many estates?
Three
Four
Five
six