History – The Age of Revolutions

Std VIII – Ch 2

Question	Op1	Op2	Op3	Op4	Answer
How many colonies did the British found in North America between 1607 and 1733?	three	nine	thirteen	fifty	thirteen
Who is regarded as the Father of the French Revolution?	Rousseau	Voltaire	Montesquieu	Diderot	Rousseau
Where did the Industrial Revolution start and then spread to other parts of the western world?	France	England	Germany	Ireland	England
Who led the army of the colonies against England?	James Monroe	John Adams	Theodore Roosevelt	George Washington	George Washington
Who played an important part in drafting the Declaration of Independence?	Alexander Hamilton	Thomas Jefferson	Andrew Jackson	Woodrow Wilson	Thomas Jefferson
Who put for the  theory of separation of powers?	Montesquieu	Napoleon	Colbert	Metternich	Montesquieu
On which goods produced in the American colonies did England impose taxes?	nylon and rayon	cotton and wool	pepper and salt	tea and sugar	tea and sugar
Who were included in the Third Estate in France?	Admirals and brigadiers	Dukes, marquises and counts	Merchants, lawyers, doctors, teachers, farmers, workers and serfs, etc.	Abbots, bishops, priors, novices, postulants etc.	Merchants, lawyers, doctors, teachers, farmers, workers and serfs, etc.
State the principles that the French Revolution gave the world.	Liberty, equality and fraternity	Point, game, set, match	Thesis, anti-thesis, synthesis	Colonialism and imperialism	Liberty, equality and fraternity
Why did the American colonies declare : ‘No Representation, No Taxes’?	They wanted seats in Senate.	They did not have seats in the Estates General of France.	They did not have representation in the Parliament of England.	They wanted representation in Duma.	They did not have representation in the Parliament of England.
What is Montesquieu’s theory of separation of powers?	Civil and military powers should be separate.	The three components of the government machinery – the Legislative, the Executive and the Judiciary – should be independent of one another.	Religious and secular powers should be separate.	Powers of investigation and prosecution should be separate.	The three components of the government machinery – the Legislative, the Executive and the Judiciary – should be independent of one another.
Which fundamental rights are included in the Declaration of Human Rights?	Right to education, travel, speech and expression	Right to write books and paint pictures	Right to draw cartoons	Liberty, security of life and property and the right to resist injustice.	Liberty, security of life and property and the right to resist injustice.
Why did the American colonies boycott the British goods?	England refused to remove all restrictions imposed on colonists and allow them to govern the colonies on their own.	They were of inferior quality.	They were costly.	They were brittle.	England refused to remove all restrictions imposed on colonists and allow them to govern the colonies on their own.
Why did the enraged people of France storm the prison of Bastille?	The prisoners were on hunger strike.	A prisoner died in suspicious circumstances.	Their hardships went on increasing, their discontent to reached the climax, and the revolution broke out.	The prisoners were carrying out criminal activities with the complicity of jailors.	Their hardships went on increasing, their discontent to reached the climax, and the revolution broke out.
When was the Declaration of American Independence?	19 October 1782	4 July 1776	11 March 1787	10 May 1773	4 July 1776
When was the storming of the prison of Bastille?	30 January 1791	5 April 1786	21 September 1792	14 July 1789	14 July 1789