(English Version) Class 9 NCERT History Chapter - 1 The French Revolution फ़्रांसीसी क्रांति One word or Phrase question answer

short questions and answers from NCERT Class IX: The French Revolution

1. When did the French Revolution begin? - 14 July 1789

2. Where was the Bastille prison located? - Paris

3. How many estates was French society divided into? - Three

4. Who belonged to the First Estate? - Clergy

5. Who belonged to the Second Estate? - Nobility

6. Who belonged to the Third Estate? - Peasants and workers

7. Which was the largest group in the Third Estate? - Peasants

8. What was the name of Louis XVI’s wife? - Marie Antoinette

9. Marie Antoinette was from which country? - Austria

10. When did Louis XVI become king? - 10 May 1774

11. What was the main cause of the French Revolution? - Social inequality

12. What was the slogan of the French Revolution? - Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

13. Which institution did the Third Estate form? - National Assembly

14. When was the National Assembly formed? - 20 June 1789

15. Where did the National Assembly hold its meeting? - Tennis Court

16. What was the purpose of the Tennis Court Oath? - To draft a constitution

17. What organizations did women form during the revolution? - Women’s Clubs

18. Name the most famous women’s club. - Society of Revolutionary and Republican Women

19. Why was there a bread crisis during the revolution? - Food shortage

20. What was the biggest problem faced by France? - Economic crisis

21. Which assembly did Louis XVI call to impose taxes? - Estates-General

22. When was the Estates-General meeting called? - 5 May 1789

23. Which thinker advocated equality during the revolution? - Rousseau

24. Which right did John Locke support? - Right to private property

25. Whom did Voltaire criticize? - Religious intolerance

26. When did the National Assembly adopt the constitution? - 3 September 1791

27. What did the 1791 Constitution declare France as? - Constitutional monarchy

28. What was the most radical phase of the French Revolution? - 1793–1794

29. When was Louis XVI executed? - 21 January 1793

30. When was Marie Antoinette executed? - 16 October 1793

31. How was Louis XVI executed? - Guillotine

32. Who invented the guillotine? - Dr. Guillotin

33. Which leader brought radical reforms during the revolution? - Maximilien Robespierre

34. What was Robespierre’s rule called? - Reign of Terror

35. When did the Reign of Terror end? - 27 July 1794

36. When was France declared a republic? - 21 September 1792

37. When was slavery abolished during the revolution? - 4 February 1794

38. When did women in France get the right to vote? - 1946

39. Which country’s independence was inspired by the French Revolution? - India

40. What was the main social idea of the French Revolution? - Equality

41. What was the main tax levied on peasants? - Tithe

42. Name the newspaper that criticized the king during the revolution. - Friends of the People

43. Who was the editor of Friends of the People? - Jean-Paul Marat

44. What was the main cultural impact of the French Revolution? - Secularism

45. Which organization demanded voting rights during the revolution? - Jacobin Club

46. Who was the leader of the Jacobin Club? - Robespierre

47. Which class benefitted the most from the French Revolution? - Middle class

48. When did the French Revolution end? - 9 November 1799

49. Who advocated women’s rights during the French Revolution? - Olympe de Gouges

50. Who was the main philosophical inspiration for the French Revolution? - Rousseau