The French Revolution Assertion & Reason Type Questions
Directions: In the following questions given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option:
a. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
b. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
c. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
d. Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
a. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
b. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
c. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
d. Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
Q1. Assertion (A): The third estate comprised all the people of France except the clergy (first estate) and the nobility second estate.
Reason (R): The third estate paid all the taxes in French society.
Answer: (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Q2. Assertion (A): Under the new Constitution, the laws were to be made by the National Assembly.
Reason (R): The main objective of National Assembly was to limit the powers of the monarch.
Answer: (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Q3. Assertion (A): The goal of all political associations is the preservation of the natural rights of woman and man.
Reason (R): The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen mentions about both men and women.
Answer: (c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
Q4. Assertion (A): Robespierre's government issued laws placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices. Meat and bread were rationed.
Reason (R): Peasants were forced to transport their grain to the cities and sell it at prices fixed by the government.
Answer: (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Q5. Assertion (A): It was finally in 1946 that women in France won the Right to Vote.
Reason (R): The example of the political activities of French women during the revolutionary years was kept alive as an inspiring memory.
Answer: (b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Q6. Assertion (A): A broken chain stands for the act of becoming free.
Reason (R): Chains were used to fetter slaves.
Answer: (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Q7. Assertion (A): The news spread that Louis XVI planned to impose further taxes.
Reason (R): To meet the expenses of the state generated anger and protest against the system of privileges.
Answer: (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Q8. Assertion (A): During the eighteenth century, France witnessed the emergence of a middle class.
Reason (R): The emergence of the middle class happened on account of royal patronage.
Answer: (c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
Q9. Assertion (A): In many ways, the French Revolution was a very significant event in the history of the world.
Reason (R): The French Revolution not only inspired French citizens to take action but it inspired many philosophers and leaders across the globe.
Answer: (d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
Q10. Assertion (A): In 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France.
Reason (R): Initially, many saw him as a liberator who would bring freedom for the people.
Answer: (d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
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