In eighteenth-century France, which estate alone paid taxes to the state?
ASecond estate
BNoble estate
CThird estate
DFirst estate
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Third estate
1. The clergy and nobility were exempt by birth.
2. Only the third estate paid taxes.
3. This society is called the Old Regime.
_Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 1, The French Revolution._
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