Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follows:
that dated back to the middle ages. The term 0 ld
Regime is usually used to describe the society and
institutions of France before 1789. French society was organised in system of estates.
Peasants made up about 90 per cent of the population. However, only a small number of them owned the land they cultivated. About 60 per cent of the land was owned by nobles, the Church and other richer members of the third estate. The members of the first two estates, that is, the clergy
and the nobility, enjoyed certain privileges by birth.
- paying taxes to the state. The nobles further enjoyed
feudal privileges. These included feudal dues,
which they extracted from the peasants. Peasants
were obliged to render services to the lord - to work
participate in building roads.
Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most
appropriate option
(i) The term Old Regime describes the Society and
Institution
(A) 1879
Key Concept \( = \) French Socicty
- (ii) What was
(B) 1789 (D) 1798
(A) \( 80 \% \)
Peasants?
(iii) About
(D) \( 90 \% \)
nobles, the ch.... percent of the land was owned by third estate.
(A) 50
(B) 80 (D) 70
(iv) The feudal dues were extracted from:
(A) Businessmen
(B) Peasants
(C) Artisans
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