CBSE - Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

1 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER The Treaty of Versailles (1920) signed at the end of World War I, was harsh and humiliating for Germany, because (1) Germany lost its overseas colonies, and 13 per cent of its territories (2) 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 (3) The western powers demilitarised Germany and they occupied resource-rich Rhineland in the 1920s (4) All the above

2 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER Why did Helmut’s father kill himself in the spring of 1945? (1) He was depressed by Germany’s defeat in Second World War (2) He feared that common people would mishandle him and his family (3) He feared revenge by the Allied Powers (4) He wanted to die because of the crimes he had committed during Nazi rule

3 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER What was Hitler’s historic blunder and why? (1) Attack on Soviet Union in 1941 was a historic blunder by Hitler (2) He exposed his western front to British aerial bombing (3) The Soviet Red Army inflicted a crushing and humiliating defeat on Germany at Stalingrad (4) All the above

4 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER Which of the following was a special surveillance and security force created by Hitler? (1) Regular police force in green uniform and storm troopers (2) Gestapo (secret state police), the SS (the protection squads) (3) Criminal police (SD), the security service (4) Both (2) and (3)

5 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER What was ‘Dawes Plan’? (1) A plan which imposed more fines on Germany (2) A plan which withdrew all punishment from Germany (3) A plan which reworked the terms of reparation to ease financial burden on the Germans (4) None

6 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER What gave Nazi state its reputation as the most dreaded criminal state? (1) Extra-constitutional powers were given to the newly organised forces like Gestapo, the SS and SD (2) People could be detained in Gestapo torture chambers and sent to concentration camps (3) No legal procedures were there for the arrested people (4) All the above

7 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER When and among which countries was the Tripartite Pact signed? (1) 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan (2) 1939, Germany, Austria and USSR (3) 1940, England, France and USA (4) 1938, England, Germany and USSR

8 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER Which of the following bodies was set up to try and prosecute the Nazi war criminals at the end of World War II? (1) International Military Tribunal (2) British Military Tribunal (3) Allied Military Tribunal (4) Allied Judicial Court

9 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER According to the Nazis, which people were to be regarded as desirable? (1) Pure and healthy Nordic Aryans (2) German soldiers who helped in territorial expansion (3) German police of different types (4) All those who were willing to consider Hitler as God

10 NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER Germany’s ‘genocidal war’ was against which of the following people? (1) Jews and political opponents (2) Gypsies and Polish civilians (3) Germans who were considered mentally and physically disabled (4) All the above