UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2015 · Q5(b) · 10 marks
“The multiple contradictions that quickly undermined the new edifice, had been expressed even before the meeting of the Estates General in France. The internal conflict among Estates had manifested itself.” Critically examine
- Chapter
- Origins of Modern Politics
- Topic
- French Revolution: Causes and the Philosophers
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