Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Equality

Question:

Which slogan did the French revolutionaries use in the eighteenth century to revolt against the landed feudal aristocracy and the monarchy?

Options:

Freedom, Justice, and Brotherhood

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

Peace, Equality, and Justice

Democracy, Equality, and Solidarity

Correct Answer:

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity

The French revolutionaries in the eighteenth century used the slogan "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" to challenge and revolt against the feudal aristocracy and the monarchy.

In the modern period the equality of all human beings has been used as a rallying slogan in the struggles against states and social institutions which uphold inequalities of rank, wealth status or privilege, among people. In the eighteenth century, the French revolutionaries used the slogan ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ to revolt against the landed feudal aristocracy and the monarchy. The demand for equality was also raised during anti-colonial liberation struggles in Asia and Africa during the twentieth century.