MCQ
Read the information given below and select the correct option
Before the French Revolution, society was divided into three estates.
i. The 1st estate consists of the clergy
ii. The 2nd estate consists of the nobles
iii. The 3rd estate included big businessmen, merchants, court officials, lawyers, peasants, landless labourers, servants and artisans
With reference to the given information, choose which of the following classes formed the privileged estates?
  • A
    Big businessmen and nobility
  • B
    Big businessmen and the peasants
  • Clergy and the nobility
  • D
    Clergy and the peasants

Answer

Correct option: C.
Clergy and the nobility
(c) Clergy and the nobility
Explanation:
The clergy and the nobility classes formed the privileged estates. They enjoyed certain privileges by birth. The most important of these was an exemption from paying taxes to the state. The nobles further enjoyed feudal privileges. These included feudal dues, which they extracted from the peasants.

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