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Which of the following was the most feared security force of the Nazi State?

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  1. Storm Troopers (SA)

  2. Protection Squads (SS)

  3. Gestapo

  4. Security Service

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Gestapo was the Secret State Police of the Nazi state. Along with Gestapo, the SS(the protection Squads), Criminal Police and the Security Service(SD) were established. It was the extra-constitutional power of these newly organised forces that gave the Nazi state its reputation as the most dreaded criminal state.

Gestapo and the Security Service were responsible for the round-up of Jews throughout Europe for deportation to the extermination camps.

Which of the following is not true about the ordinary people in Nazi Germany?

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  1. Majority of Germans were passive onlookers

  2. They were scared to act, to differ, to protest

  3. Majority genuinely believed Nazism would bring prosperity ans well being

  4. Every German was a Nazi

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Nazi supporters hated Jews or their look alike. They felt that Nazism would bring prosperity and improve general well- being. Every German was not Nazi.  Many German people organised active resistance to Nazism, braving police repression and death. The large majority of German, however, were passive onlookers and apathetic witnesses. They were too scared to act, to differ, to protest. They preferred to look away.

Who was Hjalmar Schacht?

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  1. Economist

  2. Chancellor

  3. German soldier

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hjalmar Schacht was an German Economist, politician and Banker. But he was famous as a founder of the German Democratic Party. 

In _____ Hitler introduced the 4th Annual Plan.

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  1. 1930

  2. 1934

  3. 1937

  4. 1940

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The 4th Annual Plan was introduced by Hitler in 1934. It was part of the alternative governmental structure created by Hitler and the Nazi Party. The plan included entities such as Organisation Todt and the unification of the SS and the German police forces. The main purpose of the Four Year Plan was to provide for the rearmament of Germany and to reach for self-sufficiency in four years.

Consider the following statements and identify the correct response from the options given thereafter:
Statement I: Nazism became a mass movement in Germany after the Great Depression.
Statement II: After 1929, banks collapsed and businesses shut down, workers lost their jobs and middle classes were threatened with destitution.

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  1. Statement I is false and Statement II is true

  2. Statement I is true and Statement II is false

  3. Both Statement I and Statement II are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

  4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Great depression took place during 1930s in which there was a severe worldwide economic depression. This hit Germany very hard. This led to following: banks collapsed and businesses shut down, workers lost their jobs and middle classes were threatened with destitution. When politics started collapsing due to above reasons, Hitler took the advantage, and Nazism became a mass movement.

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

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  1. The Weimar Republic crushed the rebellion

  2. The Spartacists founded the Communist Party of Germany

  3. The Weimar government accepted the demands of the Spartacus League

  4. Both (a) and (b)

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The birth of Weimar Republic coincided with the revolutionary uprising of the Spartacist League. The political atmosphere in Berlin was charged with demands for Soviet-style governance. Those who opposed to this met in Weimar to give shape to the democratic republic. The Weimar Republic crushed the uprising with the help of a war veterans organisations called Free Corps. The Spartacist founded the Communist Party of Germany.

According to the Nazis, which treaty was against Germany?

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  1. Treaty of Versailles

  2. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

  3. Treaty of Germany

  4. Treaty of Nations

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • The Nazis were nationalists and believed that Germany was a great country that had been humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles.
  • They aimed to make Germany great again by expanding beyond the borders drawn by Versailles.

Who among the following was assigned the responsibility of economic recovery by Hitler?

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  1. Goebbels

  2. Hindenburg

  3. Hjalmar Schacht

  4. Adam Smith

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hitler assigned the responsibility of economic recovery to the economist Hjalmar Schacht who aimed at full production and full employment through a state-funded work-creation programme. This project produced the famous German superhighways and the people’s car, the Volkswagen. 

Which of the following is the correct definition of the term Conscription?

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  1. to build weapons such as tanks and bombs.

  2. the wilful destruction of property.

  3. acts of exceptional brutality and violence.

  4. the process of making all men join the army for a set time.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Conscription is the process of making all men join the army for a set time.
  • In 1935, Hitler planned to reintroduce conscription in Germany though it was forbidden according to the Treaty of Versailles.

The Nazi party became the largest party in Germany by ______.

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  1. 1930

  2. 1931

  3. 1932

  4. 1933

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
In 1928, the Nazi Party got no more than 2. 6 percent votes in the Reichstag – the German parliament. By 1932, it had become the largest party with 37 percent votes.