Which idea most deeply challenged the old social order during the French Revolution?
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Correct answer: All citizens are entitled to equal rights
The governing concept is equality before citizenship and law. The old order assigned privileges according to birth, especially to the clergy and nobility, and placed common people in an unequal position. The revolutionary claim that all citizens possessed equal rights attacked this hierarchy at its foundation. Therefore option C is correct. Options A, B and D defend forms of hereditary or monarchical privilege rather than challenge them.
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All citizens are entitled to equal rights
Why is this the correct answer?
The governing concept is equality before citizenship and law. The old order assigned privileges according to birth, especially to the clergy and nobility, and placed common people in an unequal position. The revolutionary claim that all citizens possessed equal rights attacked this hierarchy at its foundation. Therefore option C is correct. Options A, B and D defend forms of hereditary or monarchical privilege rather than challenge them.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Social Science question. Chapter: The Age of Industrialisation. Topic: The French Revolution and the Idea of the Nation.
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