History Question-Bank
Chapter 1- French Revolution
1. How was the French society organized? OR Describe the three estate system
of France.
2. What privileges did certain sections of the society enjoy? Describe.
3. What were the taxes paid by the Third estate?
4. What was the subsistence crisis? Mention the two factors responsible for
subsistence crisis in France.
5. Name the philosophers whose ideas became popular and describe their
contribution to the French society.
6. What were the main causes of the French Revolution.
7. What was Bastille? Why was it hated by the people?
8. Describe the main provisions of drafted constitution set by National
Assembly.
9. Who were the Active and Passive citizens?
10.Who was Maximilian Robespierre? Why the period from 1793 to 1794 is
referred to as the Reign of Terror?
11.Describe the conditions of women during the period of French Revolution.
12.Which laws were introduced by the Revolutionary government to improve
the lives of women?
13.Explain triangular slave trade carried on during 18th and 19th century.
14.Reading Political symbols--- for one mark question.
15.Practice -map-------On the outline map of France, mark the followings---
a) A place where fortress prison was stormed by the people in 1789.(Ans-
Paris)
b) A port of France related to slave trade.(Ans-Bordeaux)
c)The National anthem of France got its name from the name of this place.
(Ans-Marseilles)
d)Center of peasants panic movement.(Ans-Nantes)
Chapter 2- Socialism in Europe and Russian Revolution
1. What were the political and geographical conditions in Russia before 1905?
2. What were the social conditions in Russia before 1905?
3. What were the economic conditions in Russia before 1905?
4. How was the condition of women workers between 1900 and 1930?
5. How were Russian peasants different from other European peasants?
6. How were the Bolsheviks different from Mensheviks?
7. What were the main events and the effects(consequences) of the February
Revolution 1917 in Russia?
8. Explain the main demands of “Lenin's April Theses”.
9. What were the main events and effects of the October Revolution 1917 in
Russia?
10.Write a note on 'Stalin’s collectivisation programme'.
11.What was the global impact of the Russian Revolution ?
12.Practice -map-------On the outline map of World/Europe , Locate and label
the followings- Major countries of First World War.
· Central powers- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey (Ottoman
empire)
· Allied powers- France, England, USSR (Russia), America
Chapter 3- Nazism and Rise of Hitler
1. What was the outcome of the Versailles treaty?
OR
"The treaty of Versailles was humiliating on the Germans". Give reasons.
2. Examine some of the inherent defects in Weimar Constitution.
OR
"Politically, the Weimar Republic was fragile." Explain the statement.
3. What were the promises made by Hitler to people of Germany? How did he
mobilise them ?
4. What were the provision of the famous Enabling Act ?
5. What were Hitler’s Foreign Policies?
6. From whom did Hitler borrow his racist ideology ? Explain.( Charles Darwin
and Herbert Spencer)
7. Name the races or people who were considered undesirable or Inferior in
Germany.
8. Explain Hitler or Nazis policy towards the youth.
9. Explain the status of women in the German society under Nazism.
10.Explain the Nazi’s or Hitler’s Art of propaganda.
11.How did the world come to know about the ‘Nazi holocaust’? Explain.
Chapter 4- Forest Society and colonialism
Question related to Deforestation Topic only
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