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When did Hitler join the German Workers Party?

  1. 1918

  2. 1919

  3. 1920

  4. 1921

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 In 1919, he joined a small group called the German Workers Party. He subsequently took over the organisation and renamed it the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. This party came to be known as the Nazi Party. 

Which country allowed the entrance of German refugees on a temporary visa?

  1. Russia

  2. France

  3. Britain

  4. Austria


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Many governments across the world refused to accept German refugees, but the British government responded to a campaign and decided to allow children upto the age of 17, who had a bond of 50 pounds, to enter the country on a temporary visa.

What was the name given to gas chambers by Nazis?

  1. Killing Machines

  2. Dissolution Areas

  3. Revolutionary Ground

  4. Disinfection Areas

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Mass killings were termed special treatment, final solution (for the Jews), euthanasia (for the disabled), selection and disinfections. ‘Evacuation’ meant deporting people to gas chambers. They were labelled ‘disinfection-areas’, and looked like bathrooms equipped with fake showerheads. 

Hitler took over the German Worker's Party and renamed it

  1. Secular German Workers

  2. Socialist Workers of Germany

  3. National Socialist German Worker's Party

  4. National Workers of Germany

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 In 1919, he joined a small group called the German Workers Party. He subsequently took over the organisation and renamed it the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. This party came to be known as the Nazi Party. 

People of which country voted to become part of Greater Germany?

  1. Poland

  2. Austria

  3. Britain

  4. France


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • In March 1938, the leader of Austria, a Nazi invited the Germans to occupy Austria to stop a communist plot.
  • The opposition was crushed and 99 out of 100 Austrians voted to become part of Greater Germany.

Consider the following statements and identify the correct response from the options given thereafter:
Statement I: Hitler said 'In my state, the mother is the most important citizen'.
Statement II: In Nazi Germany, while boys were taught to be aggressive, muscular and steel-hearted; girls were told that they had to become good mothers.

  1. Statement I is true but statement II is false

  2. Both statement I and statement II are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I

  3. Both the statements are false

  4. Both statement I and statement II are true and statement II is the correct explanation to statement I


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The Girls in Nazi Germany had to rear pure-blooded Aryan children. They had to maintain the purity of the race, distance themselves from Jews, look after the home, and teach their children Nazi values. They had to be the bearers of the Aryan culture and race. In Nazi Germany all mothers were not treated equally. Women who bore racially undesirable children were punished and those who produced racially desirable children were awarded. 

When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

  1. January 30, 1923

  2. January 30,1929

  3. January 30, 1933

  4. March 3, 1933

  5. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

President Hindenburg offered Chancellorship to Hitler who formed his first Nazi government on January 30, 1933.

When did Hitler try to seize control of Bavaria and capture Berlin?

  1. 1919

  2. 1923

  3. 1929

  4. 1933

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In 1923, Hitler planned to seize control of Bavaria, march to Berlin and capture power. He failed, was arrested, tried for treason, and later released. 

What was the name given to mass killings of the Jews under Hitler's regime?

  1. Special Task

  2. Special Treatment or Final Solution

  3. Final Stage

  4. Special Task or Final Stage

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Nazis never used the words ‘kill’ or ‘murder’ in their official communications. Mass killings were termed special treatment, final solution (for the Jews), euthanasia (for the disabled), selection and disinfections. ‘Evacuation’ meant deporting people to gas chambers. 

The Nazi-Soviet Pact led to :

  1. The division of Poland and the Baltic states between Hitler and Stalin

  2. The outbreak of the Russian Revolution

  3. The Communist Party purges of the 1930s

  4. The appointment of Hider to the office of chancellor

  5. The destruction of Stalingrad


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Germany signed a Non-Aggression Pact with Russia in August 1939, Poland was accused of committing atrocities against Germans living there.