What type of question became most explosive in French society?

Who should pay taxes and who should get rights

The governing concept is the connection between taxation, privilege, and political representation. Under the Old Regime, the Third Estate carried most ordinary economic obligations, while the clergy and nobility enjoyed important exemptions and privileges. At the same time, political power and representation were not distributed according to population or contribution. This made the question of who should pay and who should decide extremely explosive. Option A is correct because it combines the two linked grievances: financial inequality and unequal political rights. The other options concern cultural or trivial matters and cannot explain the deep social conflict that helped produce revolution. The issue was structural, not merely personal or emotional.

This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: The French Revolution. Topic: French Society During the Late Eighteenth Century.