Samacheeer Kalvi 9th History The Age of Revolutions Questions - 1

Question: 1

The first consul was

(A) Napoleon Bonaparte

(B) Robespierre

(C) Rousseau

(D) Thomas Jefferson

Ans: A

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question: 2

Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson and Mirabeau wrote the

(A) Human Rights Charter

(B) Declaration of Independence

(C) Declaration of Pilnitz

(D) Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

Ans: D

Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen

Question: 3

The moderate liberals who wanted to retain Louis XVI as a limited monarchy were called

(A) Royalists

(B) Emigres

(C) Jacobins

(D) Girondins

Ans: D

Girondins

Question: 4

The defeat of British at _____ paved the way for the friendship between France and America.

(A) New York

(B) Pennsylvania

(C) Saratoga

(D) Trenton

Ans: C

Saratoga

Question: 5

The Battle of Banker Hill, the first major battle was fought in

(A) Massachusetts

(B) Canada

(C) Virginia

(D) Chicago

Ans: A

Massachusetts

Question: 6

Thomas Paine's famous pamphlet was

(A) Abolition of Slavery

(B) Bill of Rights

(C) Common sense

(D) Rights of Man

Ans: C

Common sense

Question: 7

Candide was written by

(A) Danton

(B) Montesquieu

(C) Rousseau

(D) Voltaire

Ans: D

Voltaire

Question: 8

Which of the following Acts required the colonies to pay for the cost of keeping British troops in America?

(A) Quartering Act

(B) Sugar Act

(C) Townshend Act

(D) Stamp Act

Ans: A

Quartering Act

Question: 9

American War of Independence was ended with the Peace of Paris in the year

(A) 1776

(B) 1779

(C) 1783

(D) 1786

Ans: C

1783

Question: 10

The first president of the American Republic was

(A) Andrew Jackson

(B) Mirabeau

(C) Thomas Jefferson

(D) George Washington

Ans: D

George Washington