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Khushi ke pal, kahan dhoondhooN
Benishan sa, waqt bhi yahan hai
Jaane kitne labon pe gile hain
Zindagi se kayi faasle hain
Paseejte hain sapne kyun aankhon mein
Lakeer jab chhoote in haathon se yoon bewajah
Jo bheji thi duaa, woh jaake aasmaan
se yoon takra gayi ke aa gayi Hai laut ke sadaa
Saanson ne kahan rukh mod liya
Koi raah nazar mein na aaye
Dhadkan ne kahan dil chhod diya
Kahan chhode in jismoN ne saaye
Yehi baar-baar sochta hoon tanha main yahan
Mere saath-saath chal raha hai yaadon ka dhuaan
Jo bheji thi duaa, woh jaake aasmaan
se yoon takra gayi ke aa gayi Hai laut ke sadaa.
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CBSE Class 9 Social Science
Important Questions
History Chapter-1
The French Revolution
5 marks Questions
1. Describe the main features of the constitution of 1791. Mention any five points.
Ans. Constitutional Monarchy: The new constitution made France a constitutional
Monarchy.
National Assembly: It had 745 members and was indirectly elected and could legislate.
Right to Vote: Only men above the age of 25 who paid taxes has equal to 3 day of a labourer’s
wage were active citizens and can vote.
Powers of National Assembly: This body had the organs- legislature, Executive and Judiciary.
The Declaration of Rights and Man and Citizens: The Constitution began with this declaration
and included rights like rights to life, freedom of speech and freedom of opinion.
2. Write a short note on the Reign of Terror in France. Describe any five steps taken by
him to consolidate his power in France.
Ans. The period from 1793 to 1794 is known as the reign of terror. Robespierre followed a
policy of severe control and punishment.
Maximum ceiling on wages and prices.
Rationing of Meat and bread.
Peasants were made their grain to the cities and sell it at fixed price.
Use of more expensive white flour was for bidden.
All were to eat the equality bread a loaf made of whole wheat.
Equality in forms of speech and address.
Churches were shut down and their buildings were converted into barracks and offices.
3. What changes people witnessed everyday life after the revolution of 1789 in France?
Ans. After the storming of the Bastille in 1789, a law was passed according to which
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censorship on press was abolished.
The Constitution of 1701 began with a Declaration of the Rights of man and citizen. It
proclaimed that freedom of speech and opinion and equality before law were natural rights
of each human being by birth.
Newspapers, pamphlets and printed pictures appeared steadily in the towns of France. From
France this printed material travelled into countryside. These publications described and
discussed the events and changes taking place in country.
The Freedom of Press allowed expression of the opposing views of events. Each side could
now try to convince others of its stand on any event or problem.
Much use was made of plays, songs and festive processions which attracted large number of
people.
4. Explain the achievements of Napoleon Bonaparte in France.
Ans. Napoleon Bonaparte was a military dictator of France. After crowning himself as the
emperor of France in 1804, he saw his role as a modernizer of Europe.
He introduced a law for the protection of private property.
He introduced a uniform system of weights and measures.
Initially many saw Napoleon as a liberator who would bring freedom for the people.
Many of his measures carried the revolutionary ideas of liberty and modern laws to other
parts of Europe.
They left a long lasting impact on the lives of people there.
5. Explain triangular slave trade carried on during 18th and 19th century.
Ans. There occurred a shortage of labour on the plantations in the Caribbean when
European refused to go and work in the distant land.
This problem was solved by a triangular slave trade between Europe, Africa and the
America.
French merchants sailed from the ports of Bordeaux or Nantes to the African coast. There
ctures flooded the towns of france from where it
reached to countryside.
They all discussed events and changes taking place in France.
Freedom of the press also meant that opposing views of events could be expressed.
Plays, songs and festive processions attracted common people through which they could
identify with ideas such as liberty or justice.
8. State any five causes of the empty treasury of France under Louis XVI.
Ans. Long years of war had drained the financial resources of France. Added to this was the
cost of maintaining an extravagant court at the immense palace of Versailles.
Under Louis XVI, France helped the thirteen colonies to gain their independence from the
common enemy, Britain.
The war added more than a billion livres to a debt that had already risen to more than 2