Multiple Choice Questions
Nazism and the Rise of Hitler
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Q. 1
Why was the Article 48 of the Weimar Republic considered harmful for the republic?
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It gave too much power to the trade unionsB
It gave the president power to impose emergency measuresC
It provided a complex system of proportional representationD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 2
Which of the following was the most feared security force of the Nazi State?
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Security ServiceB
GestapoC
Storm Troopers (SA)D
Protection Squads (SS)Click an option to check your answer
Q. 3
Hjalmar Schacht was an economist.
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FalseB
TrueClick an option to check your answer
Q. 4
Who among the following topped the list of undesirables?
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GypsiesB
JewsC
Nordic AryansD
BlacksClick an option to check your answer
Q. 5
Which of the following statements is correct?
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In September 1940, a Tripartite Pact was signed between Germany, Italy, and JapanB
In September 1940, a Tripartite Pact was signed between England, France, and RussiaC
In September 1939 a Tripartite Pact was signed between England, France, and U.S.AD
In September 1940, a Tripartite Pact was signed between USA, Russia, and JapanClick an option to check your answer
Q. 6
Which nations were the Axis powers during World War II?
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Germany, Italy, JapanB
Germany, France, U.K.C
U.K., France, USA, USSRD
UK, France, JapanClick an option to check your answer
Q. 7
Who among the given were called "November Criminals"?
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BolsheviksB
JewsC
NazisD
Socialists, Catholics, DemocratsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 8
Which Nazi Youth Organisation consisted of all German boys of 14 to 18 years of age?
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Hitler YouthB
JungvolkC
Youth LeagueD
Labour ServiceClick an option to check your answer
Q. 9
Which of the following statements is false about soldiers in World War I?
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The soldiers, in reality, led miserable lives in trenches, survived by feeding on corpsesB
They faced poisonous gas and enemy shelling and loss of comradesC
All soldiers were ready to die for their country’s honour and personal gloryD
Aggressive propaganda glorified warClick an option to check your answer
Q. 10
Why was the Enabling Act passed on 3rd March 1933 significant?
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It gave more power to the ReichstagB
It enabled Hitler to suspend all political partiesC
It gave Hitler supreme power to sideline the Parliament and rule by decreesD
It enabled the adult population of Germany to elect the governmentClick an option to check your answer
Q. 11
What was the most important result of the Spartacus League uprising in Germany in 1918-19?
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The Weimar Republic crushed the rebellionB
The Spartacists founded the Communist Party of GermanyC
Both (a) and (b)Click an option to check your answer
Q. 12
Which of the following was a special surveillance and security force created by Hitler?
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Regular police force in green uniform and stormtroopersB
Gestapo (secret state police), the SS (the protection squads)C
Both (b) and (c)Click an option to check your answer
Q. 13
The National Assembly met at Weimer and decided to establish
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a powerful monarchyB
a communist form of governmentC
a democratic constitution with a federal structureD
a military stateClick an option to check your answer
Q. 14
Who were called the ‘November criminals’?
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The Opponents of Weimar RepublicB
The Emperor who abdicated, and his menC
The supporters of Weimar RepublicD
None of the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 15
When did Hitler try to seize control of Bavaria and capture Berlin?
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1929B
1923C
1919D
1933Click an option to check your answer
Q. 16
Against which of these countries had Germany fought during World War I (1914-1918)?
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EnglandB
FranceC
RussiaD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 17
Which of the following was the immediate factor for the Great Depression (1929-1932)?
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The collapse of Wall Street ExchangeB
Financial Impact of WWIC
Fall in US exportsD
Collapse of banksClick an option to check your answer
Q. 18
When did Hitler pull out of the League of Nations?
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Year 1933B
Year 1932C
Year 1931D
Year 1930Click an option to check your answer
Q. 19
Allied Powers in World War II
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Germany, Italy, TurkeyB
U.K., France, USSR, USAC
U.K., France, ItalyD
Germany, Italy, JapanClick an option to check your answer
Q. 20
When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
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1918B
1920C
1917D
1919Click an option to check your answer
Q. 21
Hitler's ideas of racialism were based on which of the following thinkers?
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PlutoB
Charles DarwinC
AristotleD
RousseauClick an option to check your answer
Q. 22
When did the Weimar Republic establish?
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1920B
1919C
1917D
1918Click an option to check your answer
Q. 23
Which of the following ideas does not come under Hitler’s ideology?
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Blond, blue-eyed Nordic German Aryans are at the topB
Hitler’s racism was borrowed from thinkers like Rousseau and MontesquieuC
Jews were located at the lowest rungD
There is no equality between people but only a racial hierarchyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 24
War in 1917 led to the strengthening of Allies and the defeat of Germany because of entry of
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SpainB
JapanC
USAD
ChinaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 25
According to the Nazis, which people were regarded as desirable?
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Pure and healthy Nordic AryansB
German soldiersC
German police of different typesD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 26
The Wall Street Exchange is the world’s biggest stock exchange located in Russia.
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FalseB
TrueClick an option to check your answer
Q. 27
What was Hitler’s historic blunder and why?
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Attack on Soviet Union in 1941 was a historic blunder by HitlerB
He exposed his western front to British aerial bombingC
The Soviet Red Army inflicted a crushing and humiliating defeat on Germany at StalingradD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 28
What was the response of the Germans to the new Weimar Republic?
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They held the new Weimar Republic responsible for Germany’s defeat and the disgrace at VersaillesB
The republic carried the burden of war guilt and national humiliationC
It became the target of attacks in the conservative national circlesD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 29
Choose the correctly matched pair.
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The Dawes Plan - HyperinflationB
Wall Street Exchange Crash - 1924C
President Hindenburg - Enabling ActD
Hitler - Versailles TreatyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 30
In what ways did the First World War leave a deep imprint on European society and polity?
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Soldiers were put above civilians, trench-life was glorifiedB
Politicians and publicists laid stress on men to be aggressive and masculineC
Aggressive war propaganda and national honour were given the most support and Conservative dictatorships were welcomedD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 31
Period of Great Economic Depression impact in Germany?
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1914-1918B
1945-1949C
1929-1932D
1939-1945Click an option to check your answer
Q. 32
The terrible destruction of human life has come to be known as the?
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Final solutionB
All of theseC
HorrificD
HolocaustClick an option to check your answer
Q. 33
What is the name of the world’s biggest stock exchange located in the USA?
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World trade centreB
Wall street ExchangeC
World Exchange marketD
None of theseClick an option to check your answer
Q. 34
The Treaty of Versailles (1920) was harsh and humiliating for Germany because
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Germany lost its overseas colonies and 13 percent of its territoriesB
It lost 75% of its iron and 26% of its coal to France, Poland, Denmark and Lithuania, was forced to pay compensation of 6 billion poundsC
The western powers demilitarised Germany and occupied resource-rich RhinelandD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 35
Which incident persuaded the USA to join the war?
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Hitler’s genocide policyB
Hitler’s attack on Eastern EuropeC
Japan’s attack on Pearl HarborD
Help helplessness of England and FranceClick an option to check your answer
Q. 36
Which of the following statements is true about the economic crisis in Germany in 1923?
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The value of ‘Mark’ (German currency) collapsedB
Prices of goods soared highC
Both (a) and (b)Click an option to check your answer
Q. 37
What name is given to the German Parliament?
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DumaB
National people congressC
ReichstagD
DukeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 38
Which of the following was the treaty signed by Germany after its defeat in WWI?
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Treaty of ParisB
Dawes PlanC
Brest LitovskD
Treaty of VersaillesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 39
Why did the Nuremberg Tribunal sentence only 11 Nazis to death for such a massive genocide?
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Only these 11 Nazis were found guiltyB
The Allies did not want to be harsh on the defeated Germany as they had been after World War IC
Germany promised never to repeat such an actD
Germany was ready to pay a huge compensation to the Allied countries for these killingsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 40
What was Jungvolk?
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Nazi youth group for children below 14B
Nazi youth group for children above 14C
It referred to the undesirable German childrenD
It was the other name for Youth LeagueClick an option to check your answer
Q. 41
People's car of Germany under state-funded program?
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RenaultB
BentleyC
Mercedes BenzD
VolkswagenClick an option to check your answer
Q. 42
What was ‘Dawes Plan’?
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A plan which imposed more fines on GermanyB
A plan which withdrew all punishment from GermanyC
A plan which reworked the terms of reparation to ease financial burden on the GermansD
None of the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 43
Who was the founder of the Nazi Party?
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Winston ChurchillB
Adolf HitlerC
General von PlusD
General TogoClick an option to check your answer
Q. 44
Hitler’s world view, which was also the Nazi ideology, was
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There was no equality between people, only a racial hierarchyB
The blond, blue-eyed, Nordic German Aryans were at the top and Jews at the bottom. The coloured people were placed in betweenC
Jews were the anti-race, the arch enemies of the AryansD
All the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 45
The German parliament was known as:
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National ParliamentB
ReichstagC
German LegislatureD
Estates GeneralClick an option to check your answer
Q. 46
Japan extended its support to Hitler and bombed the US base at Pearl Harbor; the US entered the Second World War.
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FalseB
TrueClick an option to check your answer
Q. 47
By what name was the National Socialist German Worker’s Party known later?
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Nazi PartyB
National Socialist PartyC
German Worker’s PartyD
Socialist Worker’s PartyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 48
In 1940 the Tripartite Pact was signed by which of the following powers?
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Italy, Germany, JapanB
Japan, Italy, FranceC
Austria, Germany, JapanD
Germany, Austria, RussiaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 49
The following statements are about Hitler’s early life. Which of them is incorrect?
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Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria and spent his youth in povertyB
He joined the army during World War I and earned accolades for braveryC
He was totally unaffected by German defeat in the war and only thought of improving his careerD
In 1919 he joined a small group called the German Workers' Party, which later was known as the Nazi PartyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 50
Which of the following was not a feature of the new Nazi style of politics?
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Massive ralliesB
Ritualised applauseC
Red banners with SwastikaD
Not so powerful speeches of HitlerClick an option to check your answer
Q. 51
World War II began with the German invasion of?
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CzechoslovakiaB
PolandC
AustriaD
BelgiumClick an option to check your answer
Q. 52
Event contributing to political radicalization in early 1930s?
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Economic crisis of 1923B
Birth of the Weimar RepublicC
Establishment of Nuremberg TribunalD
Defeat of Imperial Germany in WWIClick an option to check your answer
Q. 53
Which of the following can best define Nazism?
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Hitler's determinationB
A system of ideas about politicsC
Extermination of JewsD
Hitler's ambition of conquering the worldClick an option to check your answer
Q. 54
In 1933, President Hindenburg offered the Chancellorship to __________.
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ChurchillB
MussoliniC
StalinD
HitlerClick an option to check your answer
Q. 55
Nazi youth groups for children below 14 years of age were called?
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Jung VolkB
GestapoC
SemiteD
Youth foundationClick an option to check your answer
Q. 56
What was not a factor in the rise of Hitler?
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Nazi propagandaB
Birth of Weimer RepublicC
Years of DepressionD
Death of President HindenburgClick an option to check your answer
Q. 57
Which of the following is not true of ordinary people in Nazi Germany?
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Every German was a NaziB
Majority believed in NazismC
They were scared to actD
Majority were passive onlookersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 58
Primary method for mass killings in Nazi death factories?
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Electric chairsB
Lethal injectionsC
Gas chambersD
Firing squadsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 59
Hjalmar Schacht was_________________
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An economistB
A philosopherC
A military DictatorD
A politicianClick an option to check your answer
Q. 60
Why did Helmuth’s father kill himself in the spring of 1945?
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He was depressed by Germany’s defeat in Second World WarB
He feared that common people would mishandle him and his familyC
He feared revenge by the Allied PowersD
He wanted to die because of the crimes he had committed during Nazi ruleClick an option to check your answer
Q. 61
Which of the following bodies was set up to try and prosecute the Nazi war criminals at the end of World War II?
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International Military TribunalB
British Military TribunalC
Allied Military TribunalD
Allied Judicial CourtClick an option to check your answer
Q. 62
Germany’s attack on.....on 1st September 1939 started the second World War?
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PolandB
TurkeyC
EnglandD
BalkanClick an option to check your answer
Q. 63
On which country did Germany invade on 3 August 1914?
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AmericaB
JapanC
BalkansD
FranceClick an option to check your answer
Q. 64
Choose the correctly matched pair.
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Auschwitz - Labour ServiceB
Jungvolk - Children above 14 yearsC
Sobibor - Gas ChambersD
Hitler Youth - Racial ScienceClick an option to check your answer
Q. 65
The International War Tribunal was set up in?
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ViennaB
NurembergC
MunichD
AuschwitzClick an option to check your answer
Q. 66
Which was not a feature of Jew stereotypes?
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Weak and degenerateB
Foreign agentsC
Vermin and ratsD
Generous and charitableClick an option to check your answer
Q. 67
Which of the following incidents started the process of the 2nd World War?
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The Japanese attack on Pearl HarborB
Attack on the Soviet Union by GermanyC
Invasion of Poland by GermanyD
The annexation of Czechoslovakia by GermanyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 68
Germany’s ‘genocidal war’ was against which of the following people?
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Jews and political opponentsB
Gypsies and Polish civiliansC
Germans who were considered mentally and physically disabledD
All of the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 69
Which of the following countries led the Allied Powers in the Second World War?
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UK and FranceB
USSR and USAC
Germany and AustriaD
Both (a) and (b)Click an option to check your answer
Q. 70
Which of the following is not a part of Nazi ideology?
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Germans are pure AryansB
Jews were the most inferiorC
Poles are a desirable sectionD
Society ruled by Nordic AryansClick an option to check your answer
Q. 71
Country waging genocidal war during WWII?
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USAB
FranceC
GermanyD
ItalyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 72
When was the Nazi Party formed?
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1921B
1920C
1922D
1919Click an option to check your answer
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