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Who amongst these offered Chancellorship to Hitler?

  1. Churchil

  2. Goebbels

  3. Helmuth

  4. Hindenburg

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

On 30 January 1933, President Hindenburg offered the Chancellorship, the highest position in the cabinet of ministers, to Hitler. 

Complete the given statement. The Red banners with the _______ , the Nazi salute, and the ritualised rounds of applause after the speeches were all part of this spectacle of power.

  1. Swastika

  2. Om

  3. Cross

  4. Divide

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Swastika.

On 30th January 1933 who offered the Chancellorship to Hitler?

  1. Soviet Red Army

  2. King Kaiser William II

  3. President Hindenburg

  4. Hjalmar Schacht


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

On January 30, 1933, President Hindenburg offered the Chancellorship, the highest position in the cabinet of minister, to Hitler. By now the Nazis had managed to rally the conservatives to their cause.

Who were considered as inferior and undesirable by Nazi Germany?

  1. Jews

  2. Gypsies and blacks

  3. Russians and Poles

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Only Nordic Ayrans' were considered as desirable. Germans who were seen as abnormal or impure were considered undesirables. Jews, Gypsies, and blacks living in Nazi Germany were considered as racial inferiors. Russians and Poles were also considered as subhuman.

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

  1. They held the new Weimar Republic responsible for Germany's defeat and the disgrace at Versailles

  2. The republic carried the burden of war guilt and national humiliation

  3. It became the target of attacks in the conservative national circles

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D

People who supported the Weimar Republic were ______________.

  1. Democrats only

  2. Catholics, Protestants, Conservatives

  3. Socialists, Catholics, Democrats

  4. Socialists, Communists, Democrats


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Socialists, Catholics, and Democrats were the supporters of newly formed Weimar Republic. These supporters were also called 'November Criminals'. They all became easy targets of attack in the conservative nationalist circles.

At the time of world war, the German Parliament was known as:

  1. Reichstag

  2. The Bundestag

  3. Congress

  4. Duma


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Reichstag and Bundestag both referred to German parliament. As like Rajya sabha also called as "house of elders" or "house of state". Only difference in case of Germany's case is time difference. Now Germans used word - "Bundestag". In NCERT , word "Reichstag" used as it was in use at that time frame(till mid of 20th century).

To justify Nazi ideas of race in Germany, the _________.

  1. Moral science was introduced

  2. Biological Science was introduced

  3. Racial Science was introduced

  4. Social Science was introduced


Correct Option: C

In context of Germany, what was 'Holocaust'?

  1. Nazi propaganda

  2. Nazi Honour Crosses

  3. Nazi killing operations

  4. A Nazi School


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Holocaust was a genocide during World War 2 in Nazi Germany. The Nazis murdered six million Jews between 1941 to 1945. 

 In May 1945, Germany surrendered to __________________.

  1. Britain

  2. USA

  3. Allies

  4. Italy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

On May 7, 1945, Germany officially surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to the European conflict in World War II. General Alfred Jodl, representing the German High Command, signed the unconditional surrender of both east and west forces in Reims, France, which took effect the following day. As a result, May 8 was declared Victory in Europe (VE) Day, a holiday still celebrated by many European countries.