Tuesday 7 February 2012

NTSE SAMPLE QUESTIONS (07.02.12)

FRENCH REVOLUTION

1.  During the French Revolution in France, not all citizens had the right to
(A) Vote              (B) Travel                         (C) Freedom                    (D) Education

2. At the time of the French Revolution the meaning of the term 'Third Estate' was
(A) Privileged class society                                         (B) Underprivileged class society
(C) Nobles of the court                                              (D) Aristocracy

3. The word Tithes was related with
(A) Unit of Currency in France                                     (B) Tax levied by the Church
(C) Tax to be paid directly to the state                          (D) A county in France

4. The Year in which the National Assembly completed the draft of the Constitution was -
(A) 1791                   (B) 1789                     (C) 1769                         (D) 1782

5. Match the following
                     A                                                               B
a. Livre                                            (i) A tax levied by the Church, comprising,
                                                           one-tenth of the agricultural produce
b. Clergy                                         (ii) Tax to be paid directly to the state
c. Tithe                                            (iii) Unit of currency in France, discounted in 1794
d. Taille                                            (iv) Group of persons invested with special functions in the Church

(A) a.(iv), b.(iii), c.(i), d.(ii)                   (B) a.(iii), b.(ii), c.(iv), d.(i)        
(C) a.(iv), b.(iii), c.(ii), d.(i)                   (D) a.(iii), b.(iv), c.(i), d.(ii)

6. Match the following
                     A                                                      B

a. John Locke                                  (i) 'What is the Third Estate'?
b. Jean Jacques Rousseau                (ii) The Spirit of  the Laws
c. Montesquieu                                (iii) The Social Contract
d. Jean-Paul Marat                          (iv) Two Treatises of Government
e. Abbe Sieyes                                (v) L'Ami du peuple

(A) a.(iv), b.(iii), c.(i), d.(ii), e.(v)                   (B) a.(iii), b.(ii), c.(iv), d.(i), e.(v)        

(C) a.(iv), b.(iii), c.(ii), d.(v), e.(i)                   (D) a.(iii), b.(iv), c.(i), d.(ii), e.(v)

7.  Match the following 
                     A                                                      B

a. The winged woman                                    (i) Symbol of royal power

b. Sceptre                                                     (ii) Symbol of Eternity

c. Snake biting its tail to form a ring               (iii) Personification of the law
d. Blue-white-red                                         (iv) Law is the same for all, and all are equal before it
e. The Law Tablet                                         (v) The national colours of France

(A) a.(iv), b.(iii), c.(i), d.(ii), e.(v)                   (B) a.(iii), b.(i), c.(ii), d.(v), e.(iv)        

(C) a.(iv), b.(iii), c.(ii), d.(v), e.(i)                   (D) a.(iii), b.(iv), c.(i), d.(ii), e.(v)

8. Match the following 
                     A                                                      B

a. 1774                                  (i) Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
b. 1789                                  (ii) Napoleon becomes emperor of France

c. 1792-93                             (iii) Convocation f Estates General

d. 1804                                  (iv) Louis XVI becomes King of France
e. 1815                                  (v) France becomes a Republic

(A) a.(iv), b.(iii), c.(v), d.(ii), e.(i)                   (B) a.(iii), b.(ii), c.(iv), d.(i), e.(v)        

(C) a.(iv), b.(iii), c.(ii), d.(v), e.(i)                   (D) a.(iii), b.(iv), c.(i), d.(ii), e.(v)

9. The term used for an extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood is endangered is called -
(A) Job crisis              (B) Poverty crisis              (C) Food security crisis            (D) Subsistence crisis

10. The Patriotic song sung by the volunteers in France as they marched from Marseilles into Paris was -
(A) Le Citoyen           (B) La Jacobin                 (C) Marseillaise               (D) La Monsieur



ANSWERS - Q.1. (A),  Q.2. (B), Q.3. (B), Q.4. (A), Q.5. (D),
                      Q.6. (C), Q.7. (B), Q.8. (A), Q.9. (D), Q.10. (C), 

 

















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