WBBSE Model Test Paper Fundamentals Of History Set 1

WBBSE Model Test Paper Fundamentals Of History Set 1

First Summative Evaluation

 Choose The Correct Answer

Question 1. The French Revolution owes its beginning to the misrule of the

1. Habsburg Dynasty
2. Savoy Dynasty
3. Orleans Dynasty
4. Bourbon Dynasty

Answer: (4) Bourbon Dynasty

Question 2. Who said, ‘To save the nation the king must die.’?

1. Robespierre
2. Carnot
3. Marabou
4. Voltaire

Answer: (1) Robespierre

Question 3. The book, ‘The Citizen’ was written by-

1. Rousseau
2. Simon Schama
3. Voltaire
4. Willart

Answer: (2) Simon Schama

Question 4. Who was known as the ‘Butterfly Monarch’?

1. Napoleon
2. Charles Martel
3. Louis XV
4. Charlemagne

Answer: (3) Louis XV

Question 5. When was Turgot appointed as the Finance Minster?

1. 1774
2. 1778
3. 1783
4. 1789

Answer: (1) 1774

Question 6. Name the island where Napoleon was born.

1. Naples
2. Milan
3. Corsica
4. Elbe

Answer: (3) Corsica

Question 7. When did Napoleon first become the Consul of France?

1. 1789
2. 1797
3. 1798
4. 1799

Answer: (4) 1799

Question 8. Whom did Napoleon appoint as the Viceroy of Italy?

1. Mugat
2. Jerome
3. Eugene
4. Joseph

Answer: (3) Eugene

Question 9. Who had called the’Code of Napoleon’as the Bible of the French Society?

1. David Thomson
2. Lefebvre
3. G.Rude
4. Grant and Temperly

Answer: (2) Lefebvre

Question 10. Which country was referred by Napoleon as the ‘Nation of Shopkeepers’?

1. Austria
2. Britain
3. Russia
4. Belgium

Answer: (2) Britain

Model Test Paper Fundamentals Of History Match Column A With Column B :

Question 1.

Answer: (1) b, (2) c, (3) a

Locate and label the following on the map of Europe

Questions:

(1) The Papal Kingdom – Rome

(2) Capital of Britain – London

(4) Moscow

Answers:

1. Prussian
2. 1774
3. Naples

Model Test Paper Fundamentals Of History Fill in the blanks. (For the visually impaired only)

(1) Brunswick wasthe Commander of the ______ army.

(2) Louis XVI ascended the throne of France in _______ .

(3) King Ferdinand II of the Bourbon dynasty was ousted from ________ in southern Italy.

Answer the following in two or three sentences. (any four)

(1) What is meant by Ancien Regime?

(2) Who were the serfs?

(3) Which period is known as the ‘Age of Napoleon’ in France?

(4) What is known as the Civil Code?

(5) What was the Fourth European Coalition?

Answer the following in seven or eight sentences. (any two) 4×2

(1) How was feudalism abolished in France?

(2) Clarify the three watchwords of the French Revolution,

(3) What is ‘Legion of Honour’?

Answer the following in fifteen or sixteen sentences. (any one) 1×8.

(1) Why was the States-General summoned? What was its result?

(2) What were the factors that contributed to the failure of Napoleon Bonaparte?