MCQ questions for class 9 Social Studies
1. Who led the representative of the third State in Versailles on 20th June.?
a) Louis XVI
b) Abbe Sieyes
c) Mirabeau
d) Both Mirabeau and Abbe Sieyes
2. Which of these books was written by John Locke?
a) Two Treaties of Government
b) The Social Contract
c) The Sprit of the Laws
d) All of these
3. Which Social group Emerged in the 18th Century?
a) Middle Class
b) Administrative Officials
c) Monarchy
d) lawyers
4. What was the Subsistence Crisis which occurred frequently in France?
a) An extreme situation endangering the basic means of livelihood
b) Subsidy in food grains
c) Large scale production of food grains
d) None of these
5. When did the France Revolution begin?
a) July 14,1789
b) January 10, 1780
c) August 12, 1782
d) May 5, 1789
6. Who wrote the pamphlet called what is the Third Estate?
a) Abbe Sieyes
b) Rousseau
c) Mirabeau
d) Montesquieu
7. National Anthem of France was?
a) Vande Matram
b) Jan Gan Man
c) Marseilles
d) Roget de L isle
8. What did Bastille symbolize?
a) Despotic power of the king
b) Benevolence of the king
c) Armed might of the France
d) Prestige and Power
9. The tax called tithe was collected from French Peasants by
a) The Church
b) The emperor
c) The Nobles
d) Chief of the Army
10. What did the Red Cap won by Sans Calottes in France symbolize?
a) Liberty
b) Brotherhood
c) Love
d) Equality
11. …………………………..is a form of government in which rulers are elected by the people?
a) Dictatorship
b) Non Democratic Government
c) Monarchy
d) Democracy
12. In Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf led a military coup in …………………?
a) 1999
b) 1998
c) 1997
d) 1996
13. Which country has never been under a military or dictator’s rule?
a) Pakistan
b) Cuba
c) Mexico
d) India
14. Which party always won elections in Mexico since its independence in 1930 until 2000?
a) Revolutionary Party
b) Mexican Revolutionary Party
c) Institutional Revolutionary Party
d) Institutional Party
15. Some of the draw backs of the democracy is ?
a) Instability and delays
b) Corruption
c) Politicians fighting among themselves
d) All of these
16. The most common form that democracy takes in our time is that of
a) Limited Democracy
b) Representative Democracy
c) Maximum Democracy
d) None of the above
17. Democracy must be based on
a) One Party System
b) Free and fair election
c) Choice from only the ruling party
d) All the above
18. Which organ of the government is required protecting the rights of the citizens?
a) Executive
b) Legislature
c) Independent judiciary
d) Police
19. Which of these is an example of perfect democracy?
a) USA
b) UK
c) India
d) None of these
20. Which of these is not a feature of Monarchy, dictatorship or One-party rule?
a) Censorship on press
b) No opposition party
c) Citizen taking part in politics
d) One-man rule