Q. Match the following related to the First World War:
1). Allies Powers
2). Central Powers
a). Germany, Austria and Hungary
b). England, France and Russia
Options:
A). 1–b, 2–a
B). 1–a, 2–b
Answer: A). 1–b, 2–a
Explanation: USA joined Allies in 1917.
Q. Which of the following was imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles?
A). Territorial expansion
B). Military strengthening
C). Heavy war reparations
D). Colonial gains
Answer: C). Heavy war reparations
Explanation: Germany was forced to pay £6 billion compensation.
Q. The Weimar Republic was established in Germany after:
A). German unification
B). Defeat in World War I
C). Rise of Hitler
D). Formation of Nazi Party
Answer: B). Defeat in World War I
Explanation: Germany’s defeat in World War I led to the establishment of the Weimar Republic.
Q. The German parliament was called:
A). Reichstag
B). Bundestag
C). Duma
D). Senate
Answer: A). Reichstag
Explanation: Reichstag was the German parliament.
Q. Which country gave loans to Germany under the Dawes Plan?
A). Britain
B). France
C). USA
D). Russia
Answer: C). USA
Q. Adolf Hitler was born in:
A). Germany
B). Italy
C). Austria
D). Poland
Answer: C). Austria (1889)
Q. The National Socialist German Workers’ Party was later called:
A). Communist Party
B). Nazi Party
C). Socialist Party
D). Democratic Party
Answer: B). Nazi Party
Q. The Enabling Act was passed in:
A). 1932
B). 1933
C). 1934
D). 1935
Answer: B). 3 March 1933
Explanation: It gave Hitler dictatorial powers and Germany became a one party state.
Q. Hitler withdrew Germany from the League of Nations in which year?
A). 1931
B). 1933
C). 1935
D). 1939
Answer: B). 1933
Explanation: In 1933, soon after coming to power, Hitler pulled Germany out of the League of Nations.
Q. Nazi Germany aimed to build:
A). Peaceful society
B). Socialist state
C). Racial empire
D). Democratic nation
Answer: C). Racial empire
Q. Nazi ideology believed in the superiority of the:
A). Jewish race
B). Slavic race
C). Aryan race
D). African race
Answer: C). Aryan race
Q. Nazi propaganda was controlled by:
A). Hitler
B). Himmler
C). Goebbels
D). Goring
Answer: C). Goebbels
Explanation: Goebbels was Propaganda Minister.
Q. What was the main objective of the Youth League of the Nazi?
A). Promoting democracy
B). Training youth for skilled jobs
C). Teaching discipline, obedience and loyalty to Hitler
D). Encouraging independent thinking
Answer: C). Teaching discipline, obedience and loyalty to Hitler
Explanation: Youth League of the Nazi was founded in 1922
Q. Youth League of the Nazi was renamed to:
A). Labour Front
B). Hitler Youth
C). Red Army
D). League of Nations
Answer: B). Hitler Youth
Explanation: Youth League of the Nazi was renamed to Hitler Youth in 1926.
Q. The mass killing of Jews is known as:
A). Pogrom
B). Holocaust
C). Genocide
D). Ethnic war
Answer: B). Holocaust
Q. The Nuremberg Laws were passed in:
A). 1933
B). 1934
C). 1935
D). 1936
Answer: C). 1935
Explanation: These laws were designed to discriminate against and exclude Jews from German society.
Q. Germany integrated Austria in which year?
A). 1936
B). 1937
C). 1938
D). 1939
Answer: C). 1938
Explanation: Germany integrated Austria in 1938 under the slogan, One people, One Empire, and One leader.
Q. Which symbol was used by Nazis?
A). Hammer and sickle
B). Swastika
C). Tricolour
D). Star
Answer: B). Swastika
Q. The Nazi secret police was known as:
A). SA
B). SS
C). Gestapo
D). Wehrmacht
Answer: C). Gestapo
Q. Hitler assigned the responsibility of Germany’s economic recovery to which economist?
A). John Maynard Keynes
B). Adam Smith
C). Karl Marx
D). Hjalmar Schacht
Answer: D). Hjalmar Schacht
Q. The “People’s Car” introduced in Nazi Germany was known as:
A). Mercedes
B). Audi
C). Volkswagen
D). BMW
Answer: C). Volkswagen
Explanation: “Volkswagen” literally means the “People’s Car” in German.
Q. Who popularised the term “Survival of the fittest”?
A). Charles Darwin
B). Herbert Spencer
C). Karl Marx
D). Sigmund Freud
Answer: B). Herbert Spencer
Explanation: Herbert Spencer coined and popularised the term after reading Darwin’s work.
Q. Which countries were the original signatories of the Tripartite Pact 1940?
A). Germany, Italy and Japan
B). Germany, Italy and Britain
C). Germany, Japan and Soviet Union
D). Italy, Japan and France
Answer: A). Germany, Italy and Japan
Q. Which event directly led to England and France declaring war on Germany?
A). Anschluss of Austria
B). Germany’s invasion of Poland
C). Integration of Sudetenland
D). Signing of the Tripartite Pact
Answer: B). Germany’s invasion of Poland (September 1940).
Q. Match the following related to the Second World War:
1). Allied Powers
2). Axis Powers
a). Germany, Italy and Japan
b). UK and France
Options:
A). 1–b, 2–a
B). 1–a, 2–b
Answer: A). 1–b, 2–a
Explanation: USSR and USA joined allied power in 1941.
Q. Which event immediately led to the entry of the USA into the Second World War?
A). German invasion of Poland
B). Battle of Britain
C). Bombing of Pearl Harbor
D). Fall of France
Answer: C). Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Explanation: Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.