MCQ 11 Mark
Assertion (A): The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of a new social group called the middle class.
Reason (R): Philosophers like John Locke and Jean and Jacques Rousseau envisaged ideas of a society based on freedom and equal laws.
Reason (R): Philosophers like John Locke and Jean and Jacques Rousseau envisaged ideas of a society based on freedom and equal laws.
- ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- ✓Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- CA is true but R is false.
- DA is false but R is true.
Answer
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Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Explanation:
Eighteenth-century France had some groups within the third estate that had become prosperous and had access to education and new ideas which led to the emergence of social groups termed the middle class. They were both rich and educated. They earned their wealth through expanding overseas trade and from the manufacture of goods such as woollen and silk textiles that were either exported or bought by the richer members of society. The educated members of this group, like the lawyers or administrative officials, believed that no group in society should be privileged by birth. Rather, a person’s social position must depend on his merit. These ideas envisaging a society based on freedom and equal laws and opportunities for all were put forward by philosophers such as John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau.
Explanation:
Eighteenth-century France had some groups within the third estate that had become prosperous and had access to education and new ideas which led to the emergence of social groups termed the middle class. They were both rich and educated. They earned their wealth through expanding overseas trade and from the manufacture of goods such as woollen and silk textiles that were either exported or bought by the richer members of society. The educated members of this group, like the lawyers or administrative officials, believed that no group in society should be privileged by birth. Rather, a person’s social position must depend on his merit. These ideas envisaging a society based on freedom and equal laws and opportunities for all were put forward by philosophers such as John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau.