Question

During the French revolution the parliament of France was known as?
A. General assembly
B. Diet
C. Duma
D. National assembly

Answer 1

Hint: The name of the French parliament which was during the French revolution is still the same at present times.

Complete answer:
French Society under Louis XVI, was divided into three estates: the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility) and the Third Estate (commoners). One critical difference between the estates was the burden of taxation. The nobles and the clergy were by and large excluded from taxation while the commoners paid disproportionately high direct taxes.
The desire for tax maximization was one of the major causes for French administrative and royal centralization. The taxes became a major source of income for the Royal family. Exempted from the tax regime were clergy and nobles. Different kinds of provinces had different taxation obligations and some among the nobility and the clergy paid modest taxes, but the majority of taxes was always paid by the poorest and moreover, the church separately taxed the commoners and the nobles.Now let's see the options:-
General assembly:- General assembly is used to denote the assembly in the United Nations thus this option isn’t correct.
Diet:- The Diet is the parliament of Germany hence this is incorrect.
Duma:- The Duma is the parliament of Russia so this option isn't correct.
National assembly:- the national assembly is the parliament of France hence this is the correct option.

Therefore the correct answer is D.

Note: The French parliament played a crucial role in starting the French revolution. The parliament had three sections, one was for the nobility ,second was for the clearly and third was for the commoners. Disproportionate representation resulted in the third estate rebelling against the upper two encounters consequently leading to French revolution.