CBSE Class 9 Social Science Question Bank

The French Revolution

Question : Which groups of the French society benefited from the revolution, which sections of the society would have been disappointed ith the outcome of the revolution?

Question : Explain the democratic rights that we enjoy today whose origins can be traced to the French Revolution?

Question : What was the main aim of the national assembly?

Question : What is a "Guillotine"? Who invented it?

Question : Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? Name the two laws passed by him?

Question : What is the National Anthem of France and who composed it?

Question : Who was Rousseau? Name any of his famous works .

Question : Describe the incident which sparked the Revolution?

Question : What do you mean by revolution?

Question : What were the taxes that the peasants and other people in the third Estate were expected to pay to the state and the Church?

Question : What were the intentions of the Constitution of 1791 drafted by the National Assembly?

Question : What was the main demand of the women in the French Revolution? What was their reaction to the Constitution of 1791?

Question : What was the impact of the French revolution on France?

Question : Explain how the growing middle class envisaged an end to the privileges which were enjoyed by birth?

Practice Paper

Question : What is the definition of Revolution?

Question : What were the causes for the economic crisis during the rule of Old Regime?

Question : What was the social structure of France before the Revolution of 1789?

Question : Who were the majority of people in the French society and what was their economic condition?

Question : What were the Feudal Dues and who enjoyed it in the French Society?

Question : What were the taxes that the peasants and other people in the third Estate were expected to pay to the state and the Church?

Question : What were the causes for the Subsistence Crisis in France?

Question : Write about the famous philosophers during the French Revolution and their political concepts.

Question : What do you understand by the “Estate General”?

Question : Who wrote 'What is the Third Estate'?

Question : What were the intentions of Constitution of 1791 drafted by the National Assembly?

Question : What do understand by the Natural Rights?

Question : What was the minor incident that started the Russian Revolution ?

Question : What were the main objectives of the Russian Revolutionaries?

Question : Name the two political parties of Russia that represented the industrial workers. How did they differ in their policies?

Question : Describe the Condition of the Russian workers and farmers after the Russian Revolution.

Question : What were the two objectives that Lenin had for bringing about the October Revolution of 1917?

Question : Why was the Tsar Nicholas II unpopular? Give two reasons.

Question : State two features of Lenin‟s new Economic Policy?

Question : Stalin had two main aims for introducing the five-year plans in U.S.S.R. What were they?

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