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The correct answer is: C. both (a) and (b)<\/strong><\/p>\n The National Convention framed the new Republican constitution of France in 1795, according to which the executive authority of the state was vested in a committee of five directors, called the Directory, and a bicameral legislature was established.<\/p>\n The Directory was a five-member executive body that was responsible for the day-to-day running of the French government. The members of the Directory were elected by the Council of Five Hundred, which was the lower house of the French legislature. The Council of Ancients was the upper house of the French legislature. It was composed of 250 members who were elected by electoral colleges.<\/p>\n The Directory was a weak and unstable government. It was plagued by corruption and infighting. In 1799, a coup d’\u00c3\u00a9tat led by General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the Directory and established the Consulate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [amp_mcq option1=”the executive authority of the state was vested in a committee of five directors, called the Directo” option2=”a bicameral legislature was established” option3=”both (a) and (b)” option4=”None of the above” correct=”option3″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basic-general-knowledge","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\n