MCQ 11 Mark
Assertion (A): The Bastille was hated by all and demolished.
Reason (R): It was a fortress prison where people hoped to find hoarded ammunition.
Reason (R): It was a fortress prison where people hoped to find hoarded ammunition.
- ABoth $A$ and $R$ are true and $R$ is the correct explanation of A .
- ✓Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is the correct explanation of A . not the correct explanation of A.
- C$A$ is true but $R$ is false.
- D$A$ is false but $R$ is true.
Answer
View full question & answer→Correct option: B.
Both $A$ and $R$ are true but $R$ is the correct explanation of A . not the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A .
Explanation:
A group of several hundred people marched towards the eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress-prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to find hoarded ammunition. In the armed fight that followed, the commander of the Bastille was killed and the prisoners released - though there were only seven of them. The Bastille was hated by all because it stood for the despotic power of the king. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets to all those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction.
Explanation:
A group of several hundred people marched towards the eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress-prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to find hoarded ammunition. In the armed fight that followed, the commander of the Bastille was killed and the prisoners released - though there were only seven of them. The Bastille was hated by all because it stood for the despotic power of the king. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets to all those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction.