French Revolution: Kerala PSC Repeated Questions

Learn more about the French Revolution for Kerala PSC exams by focusing on repeating questions from previous exams.

This post includes repeatedly asked PSC questions from the French revolution and its impact, ensuring you're well-prepared for this World History section.



Previous Year Repeated PSC Questions on French Revolution 


  • Which revolution is called “The mother of revolution”? French Revolution.  (Eligibility Test for Lab Assistant in KHSE, 2019)
    • ഫ്രഞ്ച് വിപ്ലവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെടുത്തി പറയാവുന്നത്? വിപ്ലവുങ്ങളുടെ മാതാവ്.    (High School Teacher Social Science (Malayalam), 2023)
  • Which revolution can be considered as the result of intellectual Enlightenment? French Revolution.  (Computer Operator, 2024)
  • ”Liberty, Equality and Fraternity” is associated with – French Revolution. (Stenographer (KSDP), 2014)
  • Who is known as the ''Prophet of the French Revolution''? Rousseau. (Time Keeper (Degree Level Main Exam), 2023)
  • The concept of Natural Liberty is associated with – Rousseau. (Head Master (High School) / Assistant Educational Officer, 2022)
  • Which among the following is / are false regarding the Three Estates in Pre-revolutionary France?  (Tahsildar / Sr Superintendent (SR from SC/ST & ST), 2022)
    • 1. First Estate represented the nobility of France. 
    • 2. The Second Estate comprised the Catholic clergymen spread across France. 
    • 3. The Third Estate represented the vast majority of Louis XVI’s subjects. 
    • 4. The members of the Third Estate saw nothing in the First and second except social snobbery, undeserved privileges and economic oppression. 

      • (A) Only 1 and 2 are false                    (B) Only 1, 2 and 4 are false 
      • (C) Only 3 and 4 are False                     (D) Only 4 is false 

  •  Facts relating to cause of French Revolutions. (Assistant Manager/Marketing Organizer/Excise Inspector/Secretary, 2024)   (cancelled question)
    • I. In France there were certain in direct taxes which were collected not by state officials, but by private individuals or companies.
    • II. The clergy the Rome Catholic Church formed the first order in the State. It was rich and powerful. It owned probably a fifth of the land of France.
    • III. The revolution was not caused by the Philosophers but by the condition and evils of the National life and by the mistakes of government.

      • (A) Only I and III           (B) Only II and III
      • (C) I, II and III               (D) Only I and II

  •  Which of the following statement is/are correct about cause of French Revolution? (Jr Receptionist, Receptionist cum Telephone Operator (Degree Level Main Exam), 2022)
    •  i. The inability of King to carry forward centralised administrative processes.
    •  ii. Tension between the nobles of the robe and the nobles of the sword.
    •  iii. Peasant had to give the fee called banalities.
    •  iv. Physiocrats were against monarchical absolutism.

      •  (A) Only i and iv
      •  (B) Only i and iii
      •  (C) Only ii and iii
      •  (D) All of the above (i, ii, iii and iv) 

  •  Consider the following statements : (Sr Superintendent/ Asst Treasury Officer/ Sub Treasury Officer & Section Officer - Degree Level Main Exam, 2022)
    •  The pre-revolutionary France was characterised by feudal economy and society because of

    •  i. Existing royal absolutism.
    •  ii. Prevailing government corruption.
    •  iii. Division of French economy and society into orders or estates.
    •  iv. The formation of the National Assembly.

    •  Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? Select the answer from the options given below.
      • (A) Only ii and iv              (B) Only iii
      • (C) Only i                          (D) None of the above

  • Arrange the following events in chronological order.  (HSST History (Jr), 2024)
    • i.   Fall of Bastille.
    • ii.  Tennis Court Oath.
    • iii. Execution of Louis XVI.
    • iv. Declaration of the Rights of man.

      • Choose the correct answer from below :
        • (A) i, ii, iii, iv
        • (B) ii, i, iii, iv
        • (C) ii, i, iv, iii 
        • (D) iii, i, iv, ii


    Tennis Court Oath


  • ടെന്നീസ് കോർട്ട് പ്രതിജ്ഞ ഏത് വിപ്ലവുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു? ഫ്രഞ്ച് വിപ്ലവം. (LD Clerk/Clerk (Ex-Servicemen Only), 2021)
  • Oath of Tennis Court was related to which among the following revolutions? (Supervisor ICDS, 2025)
      • (A) French Revolution
      • (B) Cuban Revolution
      • (C) Chinese Revolution
      • (D) Russian Revolution

  • The Oath of Tennis court is considered as the real beginning of French revolution. When was the oath taken?  20 June 1789. (Lecturer in History, 2014)
  • Consider the following statements, which one is correct? (Degree level Prelims, Stage 1, 2021)
      • i. Tennis Court Oath was related with French Revolution.
      • ii. ‘Taille’, ‘tithe’ and ‘gabelle’ were terms denoting taxes prevailed in France during French Revolution.
      • iii. “The Friend of our Country” was a journal of rebels during the French Revolution.
      • iv. ‘Pride’s Purge’ was connected with French Revolution.

        • (A) i, ii and iv    (B) i, ii and iii  (C) ii, iii and iv    (D) i, iii and iv


    The Fall of Bastille


  • ‘The Fall of Bastille’ is associated with which Revolution? French Revolution.  (Degree Level Prelims Stage III, 2023)

    • National Assembly 


  • Read the following statements and then choose the correct answer.
      •  Statement 1 : French Revolution began as an assertion of National Sovereignty.
      •  Statement 2 : The National Assembly in 1790 demanded that France could never make war except in self-defence.

        • (A) Both are true                                (B) Only Statement 1 is true
        • (C) Only Statement 2 is true                (D) Both are false

  • ‘The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen’ is associated with – French Revolution. (LD Clerk, Water Authority, 2022)


    • Reign of Terror


  • Assertion (A) : The Reign of Terror was a period during the French Revolution characterized by extreme violence and mass executions. (Excise Inspector (Trainee), 2024)
    • Reason (R) : The Reign of Terror was initiated to eliminate counter-revolutionaries and protect the newly established Republic

      • (A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
      • (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
      • (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
      • (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true


    Napoleon


  • Which historical figure was known as "Man of Destiny"? Napoleon.  (LD Typist, 2014)
  • Recently Thousand history buffs gathered in Czech Republic to re-enact the Battle of Austerlitz. Name the ruler related with this Battle – Napoleon.  (Lecturer in Electronics Engineering, 2017)
  • Which army defeated Napolean in the Battle of Waterloo? British. (Librarian Gr.III, 2014)
  • The emperor known as ‘Indian Napoleon’ – Samudragupta. (Offset Machine Operator / Reader, Kerala Legislature Secretariat, 2020)
  • The 'Kerala Napoleon' is – Poykayil Yohannan. (Perfusionist 2018)
  • With whom does Napoleon play cards at the end of the novel Animal Farm? Mr. Pilkington. (High School Teacher English, 2022)


    • Quotes

    • The Bourbon King of France who declared 'I am the state' is? Louis XIV. (Range Forest Officer (By Transfer) Prelims, 2023; Librarian Gr.III, 2014)
    • Who said "I am the Revolution?" – Napoleon Bonaparte. (Junior Assistant/ Assistant Gr II/ EDP Assistant, 2022)
    • During the 18th Century who among the following philosophers said these famous words? “Man is born free but everywhere in chains”  –  Jean Jacques Rousseau. (Degree level Prelims Stage 1, 2024)
    • Rousseau won the prize in an essay contest sponsored by the Academy of Dijon in 1749 on the subject – "Has the progress of the sciences and the Arts contributed to corrupt or purify morals?" (HSST Political Science, 2015)
    • Which of the following sequences is not correct when considering the comments or quotations of the leaders during the French Revolution? (Secretary (LSGD), 2024)

        • (A) ‘‘Oh! Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name’’ : Madam Rolland
        • (B) ‘‘A mad dog! That I may be! but elect me and despotism and privilege will die of my bite’’ : Comte De Mirabeau
        • (C) ‘‘Terror is only justice, more inexorable and therefore virtue’s true child’’ : Maximilien Robespierre
        • (D) ‘‘Not only France but we can make a heaven of the entire world on the principles of Rousseau’’ : Jean-Paul Marat

    Books

  • Who wrote the book ''The Spirit of Laws''? Montesquieu. (Time Keeper (Degree Level Main Exam 2022), 2023; Lecturer in Political Science, 2014)
    • "നിയമങ്ങളുടെ അന്തസത്ത" എന്ന കൃതി രചിച്ചതാര്? മോണ്ടെസ്ക്യൂ. (Fireman Grade II, 2023)   

    Miscellaneous 


  • The term "bureaucratic" was first used in the mid-18th century by a French minister (Vincent de Gournay) in the ___ century –  18th. (Lecturer in Political Science, 2014)
  • The political headquarters of French in India was – Pondicherry. (Librarian Gr.III, 2014)
  • Arrange the following revolutions in the order of their occurrence. (Assistant Manager KSCB, 2024)
      • (i) French Revolution
      • (ii) Great Revolution in England
      • (iii) Chinese Revolution
      • (iv) Russian Revolution

      • Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

        • (A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)            (B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
        • (C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)            (D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)

  • Which of the following is/are related to the French Revolution? (Sr Superintendent (Degree Level Mains, 2023)
      • (1) A watershed movement in modern history.
      • (2) The siege of the Bastille
      • (3) Jean-Jacques Rousseau is consider the father of the Revolution
      • (4) Tennis Court Oath

      • Select the correct answer using the code given below :
        • (A) (1), (2) and (3)             (B) (2), (3) and (4)
        • (C) (4) only                       (D) (1), (2), (3) and (4)

  • Which of the following statement/s is/are true? (Degree level Prelims, Stage 1, 2021)
      • i. ‘Sugar Act’ was related with American Revolution.
      • ii. ‘Green Ribbon Club’ was associated with English Revolution.
      • iii. ‘Three People’s Principles’ were associated with Chinese Revolution.
      • iv. ‘Ten days That Shook The World’ was associated with French Revolution.

        • (A) i, ii and iii    (B) i, ii and iv   (C) ii, iii and iv  (D) Only iv

  • Which of the following statements is/are correct about French Revolution? (Marketing Organizer (Main Exam), 2024)
      • i. The French Revolution constitutes the crowning achievement of a long economic and social revolution that made the bourgeoisie the matter of the world.
      • ii. The Revolution of 1789 – 1794 marked the advent of modern society-bourgeois and capitalist in the history of France.
      • iii. It brought an end to British domination in France.

        • (A) Only iii                                    (B) Only ii
        • (C) Only i and ii                           (D) None of the above (i, ii and iii)

  • Among the following statements which is/are not correct? (Degree Level Prelims Stage II, 2024)
      1. Reign of Terror was related to French Revolution.
      2. Bloody Sunday is related to American Revolution.
      3. Glorious Revolution in England took place in1688.
      4. Nationalist Revolution broke out in China in 1949.

        • (A) Only (1 and 3)            (B) Only (2 and 4)
        • (C) Only (3)                      (D) All of the above (1, 2, 3 and 4)

    The above questions about the French Revolution are taken from various Kerala PSC question papers. We will update this post when we review additional older and newer question papers.

    Thanks for reading!!!