VANASTHALI PUBLIC SCHOOL
PRACTICE WORKSHEET-2
CLASS-IX
Section A
1.Which of the following constituted the privileged class?
(a) Clergy and peasants
(b) Peasants and nobility
(c) First and Third Estate
(d) Clergy and nobility
2.Which of the following refuted the doctrine of divine and absolute right?
(a) John Locke
(b) Rousseau
(c) Montesquieu
(d) Voltaire
3.Which of the following refers to the political body representing the three estates of pre-revolutionary France?
(a) Parliament of France
(b) National Assembly
(c) Estates General
(d) Estates Committee
4.French legacy to the world
(a) Democracy
(b) Socialism and nationalism
(c) Republicanism
(d) Liberty, Freedom and Equality
5. The national colours of France during the revolution were
(a) Blue-green-yellow
(b) Red-green-blue
(c) Blue-white-red
(d) Yellow-red-white
6.Division of power within the government was put forth in _____
(a) ‘Two Treaties of Government’
(b) ‘The Spirit of the Laws’
(c) ‘Le Moniteur Universal’
(d) ‘The Social Contract’
7. Assertion (A): During the eighteenth century France witnessed the emergence of a middle class.
Reason ®: The emergence of the middle class happened on account of royal patronage.
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true.
8. Assertion (A) : In 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France.
Reason ® : Initially, many saw him as a liberator who would bring freedom for the people.
a. A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false
d. A is false but R is true.
Section B ( 3 marks)
9. Explain the Old regime.
10. What is the significance of Tennis Court Oath?
11. What does Subsistence crisis mean? What led to subsistence crisis in France?
Section C ( 3marks)Map skills
12. A, B and C ,D are shown on the outline map of France. Identify three items with the help of following information
and write their correct names on the lines marked on the map:
A. A place where fortress-prison was stormed by the people in 1789.
B. A port of France related to slave trade.
C. The National Anthem of France got its name from the name of this place.