Here we are checking some important questions related to sslc social science chapter1
Who Suggested division of powers of the government into legislature, executive,and judiciary
(Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Louis XVI)
answer • Montesquieu
2.Which party was formed in Russia and later split into two groups to solve theplight of workers?
answer • Social Democratic Workers Party
3.How did the British use the American colonies for economic benefit?
answer • A centre for collecting raw materials and a market for selling products
4.l“When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold” Explain the results ofthe French Revolution based on this statement.
answer • stimulated all the later revolutions in the world• Ended the feudal system in Europe• proclaimed that the nation is not merely a region but the people• contributed the concept of people’s sovereignty to mankind• The emergence of nationalism• Growth of middle class threatened the autocratic rulers( write any four)
5.Why did the Bolsheviks oppose the Provisional Government in Russia afterthe February Revolution?
answer • Didn’t withdraw from World War I• Problems in Russia could not be solved
Questions related to sslc social science|chapter 1- Qn5-10
6.Why did European countries unite against Napoleon?
Key• European countries feared that Napoleon’s reforms, based on the Frenchrevolutions, would spread throughout Europe
7.Explain the circumstances in which the French people who revolted againstautocracy were again subjected to autocracy.
Key• Fall of the Bastille Prison – National Assembly – Declaration of Human Rights- Performance of Women – The National Convention – Republic – – Rise ofNapoleon
8.How did the American War of Independence aggravate the financial crisis in France?
Key The financial and military assistance given to American colonies by the Frenchrulers aggravated the financial crisis in France
9.How did the ideas of John Locke and Thomas Paine contribute to the AmericanWar of independence ?
Key• John Locke – Everyone has some fundamental rights. No government has theright to suspend them.• Thomas Paine -There is something absurd, in supposing a continent (NorthAmerica) by a foreign power (England).be perpetually governed• Their ideas stimulated the American people to fight against Britain.
10.What is the reason for the emergence of the Enlightenment in Europe? Howdid the Enlightenment inspire the various revolutions?Key• progress in science brought about by the Renaissance• propagated the ideas like liberty, equality, democracy and nationalism – protestagainst the prevailing system.
11.Choose the correct answer from the brackets for the questions given below.
1)Who was not related with the Latin American Revolution?(Francisco Miranda, Simon Bolivar, Maximgorky and Jose San Martin)
2)‘A man is born free but everywhere he is in chains’. Whose statement is this?(Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Louis XIV)
3)Who was the leader of the drafting of American Constitution?(Thomas Paine, John Locke, George Washington, James Madison)
4)In Which country took place the “Bloody Sunday”?(United States, France, Russia, China)
answer • Maxim Gorky• Rousseau• James Madison•Russia
12.What policy was announced by America to establish trade supremacy in China?What are its features?
Open Door Policy• Equal rights and opportunities for all countries in Chinese market.• Make China to be controlled by various countries.
Explain the impact that Napoleon’s reforms on the ideas put forward by theFrench Revolution.
The growth of the middle class, the end of feudalism, nationalismFarmers became the owners of landSinking FundRoads were builtControl over the clergyBank of FranceCode of law (any four)
13.Explain the influence of the French Revolution in the later history of the world?
answer• Threatened autocratic rulers• Stimulated the later revolutions• Ended the feudal system• The nation is the people• People’s sovereignty• Growth of the middle class• The emergence of nationalism
