UPSC World History – Chapter 4: The French Revolution and Napoleon (20 MCQs)

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UPSC World History – Chapter 4: The French Revolution and Napoleon (20 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: History. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The Bastille was stormed on:

Correct Answer: C [14 July 1789]

Explanation:

Parisian crowds seized the royal fortress-prison of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, now France's national day.

2.  

The pamphlet What is the Third Estate? was written by:

Correct Answer: A [Abbé Sieyès]

Explanation:

Abbé Sieyès published the pamphlet in January 1789, answering that the Third Estate was 'everything' yet counted for nothing.

3.  

Before 1789, the Estates-General of France had last met in:

Correct Answer: C [1614]

Explanation:

The Estates-General had last been called in 1614; Louis XVI revived it, and it met on 5 May 1789.

4.  

The Reign of Terror is associated mainly with:

Correct Answer: C [Robespierre]

Explanation:

Robespierre led the Jacobins on the Committee of Public Safety during the Terror of 1793–94, until his own execution.

5.  

The Napoleonic Code (Civil Code) was issued in:

Correct Answer: A [1804]

Explanation:

Napoleon's Civil Code was promulgated in March 1804, the same year he was crowned Emperor.

6.  

At the battle of Trafalgar (1805), the French fleet was defeated by:

Correct Answer: D [Nelson]

Explanation:

Admiral Horatio Nelson's British fleet destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet off Cape Trafalgar in October 1805; Nelson was killed in battle.

7.  

The Continental System of Napoleon aimed to:

Correct Answer: D [stop European trade with Britain]

Explanation:

Begun by the Berlin Decree of 1806, it barred Europe under French control from trading with Britain to ruin its economy.

8.  

The "Battle of the Nations" (1813) was fought at:

Correct Answer: A [Leipzig]

Explanation:

Austria, Prussia, Russia and Sweden defeated Napoleon at Leipzig in October 1813; the many nations involved gave it the name.

9.  

The guiding principle of the Congress of Vienna by which old ruling dynasties were restored was:

Correct Answer: C [legitimacy]

Explanation:

Legitimacy meant restoring the 'rightful' pre-revolutionary dynasties, such as the Bourbons in France.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. The National Convention declared France a Republic in 1792.
2. Slavery in the French colonies was abolished in 1794.
3. The Constitution of 1791 gave the vote to all adult women.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

The Convention proclaimed the Republic in September 1792 and abolished colonial slavery in 1794; women received no vote in 1791.

11.  

Assertion (A): Louis XVI summoned the Estates-General in 1789.

Reason (R): The French State was nearly bankrupt and needed new taxes.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Facing near-bankruptcy, Louis XVI needed consent for new taxes, so he revived the long-dormant Estates-General in 1789.

12.  

The ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution are generally traced to:

Correct Answer: A [the French Revolution]

Explanation:

Liberty, equality and fraternity was the watchword of the French Revolution, and the Preamble adopts the same triad.

13.  

Napoleon's final defeat took place at:

Correct Answer: D [Waterloo]

Explanation:

18 June 1815.

14.  

The Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791) was written by:

Correct Answer: D [Olympe de Gouges]

Explanation:

Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen in 1791, demanding equal rights.

15.  

The Directory that governed France from 1795 to 1799 was:

Correct Answer: B [a five-member executive]

Explanation:

The Constitution of 1795 vested executive power in five Directors, chosen by the legislature, to prevent one-man rule.

16.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Battle of Waterloo
2. Execution of Louis XVI
3. Napoleon becomes Emperor
4. Tennis Court Oath

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [4-2-3-1]

Explanation:

1789, 1793, 1804, 1815.

17.  

The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and:

Correct Answer: B [the Pope]

Explanation:

The Concordat of 1801 with Pope Pius VII restored the Catholic Church in France while keeping it under State control.

18.  

After his final defeat, Napoleon was exiled to:

Correct Answer: D [St Helena]

Explanation:

After Waterloo the British sent Napoleon to St Helena in the South Atlantic, where he died in 1821.

19.  

The Tennis Court Oath was taken by members of:

Correct Answer: B [the Third Estate]

Explanation:

as the National Assembly.

20.  

Napoleon restored slavery in the French colonies in:

Correct Answer: A [1802]

Explanation:

one of the limits of the Revolution's legacy.

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