CBSE Class 9 Social Science History Nazism and the Rise of Hitler Quiz 2

1. What was the response of the Germans to the new Weimar Republic?

A They held the new Weimar Republic responsible for Germany’s defeat and the disgrace at Versailles B The republic carried the burden of war guilt and national humiliation C It became the target of attacks in the conservative national circles D All the above

2. Which of the following statements is false about soldiers in the World War I?

A The soldiers, in reality, led miserable lives in trenches, survived with feeding on the copra’s B They faced poisonous gas and enemy shelling and loss of comrades C All soldiers were ready to die for their country’s honour and personal glory D Aggressive propaganda glorified war

3. The Treaty of Versailles (1920) signed at the end of World War I, was harsh and humiliating for Germany, because

A Germany lost its overseas colonies, and 13 per cent of its territories B It lost 75% of its iron and 26% of its coal to France, Poland, Denmark and Lithuania, was forced to paycompensation of 6 billion pounds C The western powers demilitarised Germany and they occupied resource-rich Rhineland in the 1920s D All the above

4. What was Hitler’s historic blunder and why?

A Attack on Soviet Union in 1941 was a historic blunder by Hitler B He exposed his western front to British aerial bombing C The Soviet Red Army inflicted a crushing and humiliating defeat on Germany atStalingrad D All the above

5. Why did Helmut’s father kill himself in the spring of 1945?

A He was depressed by Germany’s defeat in Second World War B He feared that common people would mishandle him and his family C He feared revenge by the Allied Powers D He wanted to die because of the crimes he had committed during Nazi rule

6. Which of the following bodies was set up to try and prosecute the Nazi war criminals at the end of World War II?

A International Military Tribunal B British Military Tribunal C Allied Military Tribunal D Allied Judicial Court

7. Why did the Nuremburg Tribunal sentence only 11 Nazis to death for such a massive genocide?

A Only these 11 Nazis were found guilty B The Allies did not want to be harsh on the defeated Germany as they had been after WorldWar C Germany promised never to repeat such an act D Germany was ready to pay a huge compensation to the Allied countries for these killings

8. What was the most important result of the Spartacus League uprising in Germany in 1918-19?

A The Weimar Republic crushed the rebellion B The Spartacists founded the Communist Party of Germany C The Weimar government accepted the demands of the Spartacus League D Both (a) and (b)

9. War in 1917 led to the strengthening of Allies and the defeat of Germany because of entry of

A China B Japan C the USA D Spain

10. What was ‘Dawes Plan’?

A A plan which imposed more fines on Germany B A plan which withdrew all punishment from Germany C A plan which reworked the terms of reparation to ease financial burden on the Germans D None