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The Second World War and Its Aftermath Class 9 WBBSE MCQ Questions
Multiple Choice Questions & Answers
Question 1.
The main cause of World War II was the………………..
A. Balkan War
B. Russo-German War
C. World War I
D. Anglo-French War
Answer:
C. World War I
Question 2.
Chamberlain took an assurance from Hitler that Germany would be satisfied by………………..
A. Occupation of Rhineland
B. Occupation of Poland
C. Cession to her of Sudetenland
D. Cession to her of Baltic states
Answer:
B. Occupation of Poland
Question 3.
A secret additional pact to divide Poland was made between………………..
A. Russia and Germany
B. Germany and Italy
C. Italy and France
D. England and France
Answer:
A. Russia and Germany
Question 4.
To plan global military strategy, top Allied leaders held a series of conferences such as the ones at………………..
A. Versailles
B. Paris
C. Tehran
D. Berlin
Answer:
C. Tehran
Question 5.
At the Munich Conference in 1938, a region of this nation was given to Adolf Hitler by the British and the French………………..
A. Czechoslovakia
B. Poland
C. Holland
D. Austria
Answer:
A. Czechoslovakia
Question 6.
Which Allied army fought its way to Berlin and reached the city first?
A. England
B. France
C. Soviet Russia
D. USA
Answer:
C. Soviet Russia
Question 7.
When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
A. 1793
B. 1795
C. 1796
D. 1801
Answer:
B. 1795
Question 8.
What was the last major attempt at a peaceful resolution with Germany prior to the outbreak of World War II?
A. Potsdam Conference
B. The Washington Conference
C. The Munich Conference
D. Yalta Conference
Answer:
C. The Munich Conference
Question 9.
The main Axis Powers of World War II consisted of………………..
A. Germany, Finland, Japan
B. Germany, Italy, Japan
C. Germany, Russia, Italy
D. Germany, Italy, Belgium
Answer:
B. Germany, Italy, Japan
Question 10.
The term ‘D-Day’ refers to………………..
A. Allied invasion of the coast of Normandy
B. Allied invasion of Italy
C. Allied invasion of Germany
D. Allied invasion of Poland
Answer:
A. Allied invasion of the coast of Normandy
Question 11.
World War II broke out on………………..
A. 1 September, 1938
B. 3 September, 1939
C. 9 August, 1937
D. 5 December, 1933
Answer:
B. 3 September, 1939
Question 12.
What agreement did Hitler defy when the invasion of the USSR began?
A. Hitler-Stalin agreement
B. Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
C. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
D. Treaty of Versailles
Answer:
B. Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Question 13.
What day was the invasion of Normandy or D………………..Day?
A. 6 June, 1943
B. 6 June, 1944
C. 12 May, 1940
D. 3 September, 1946
Answer:
B. 6 June, 1944
Question 14.
What caused the United States to enter the war on the side of the Allies?
A. Germany’s invasion of France
B. Germany’s invasion of Poland
C. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour
D. Russia’s entry into the war
Answer:
C. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour
Question 15
A great supporter of aggressive nationalism………………..
A. Churchill
B. Hitler
C. Stalin
D. Roosevelt
Answer:
B. Hitler
Question 16.
The top allied leaders held a conference in………………..
A. Tehran
B. Normandy
C. Moscow
D. Venice
Answer:
A. Tehran
Question 17.
European Recovery Programme was announced by………………..
A. Hitler
B. Goering
C. Mussolini
D. George Marshall
Answer:
D. George Marshall
Question 18.
The United Nations Organisation was established………………..
A. to divide Germany into four zones
B. to establish international peace
C. to supervise the working of Germany
D. to preserve neutrality among the allies
Answer:
B. to establish international peace
Fill in the blanks
1. The Treaty of Versailles was imposed on ___ (Italy/France/Germany).
Answer: Germany
2. Japan attacked Manchuria in ___(1930/ 1931/1932).
Answer: 1931
3. In 1935 Mussolini attacked ___ (Abyssinia/Danzig/Rhineland).
Answer: Abyssinia
4. Haile Selassie was the emperor of ___ (Ethiopia/Poland/Syria).
Answer: Ethiopia
5. After the Second World War ___ (England/France/Czechoslovakia) was converted into Communist dictatorship.
Answer: Czechoslovakia
6. General Eisenhower was appointed the Supreme Commander of the Allied invasion in ___ (Asia/Europe/Africa).
Answer: Europe
7. The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression pact was signed in ___ (1938/1939/1990).
Answer: 1939
8. The dictator of Italy who installed a fascist regime was ___ (Adolf Hitler/Benito Mussolini/Joseph Stalin).
Answer: Benito Mussolini
9. The title Adolf Hitler took in 1934 that meant leader was ___ (Fuhrer/Dictator/ Minister),
Answer: Fuhrer
10. Hitler invaded Poland on ___ 1939. (1 September/4 September/15 October)
Answer: 1 September
11. Pearl Harbour was attacked by Japan in ___ (1941/1942/1943).
Answer: 1941
12. In 1941 Pearl Harbour was attacked by ___ (Belgium/USA/Japan).
Answer: Japan
13. ___ (Belgium/Austria/Germany) suffered setback at Stalingrad.
Answer: Germany
14. Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in ___ (1939/1941/1945).
Answer: 1945
15. ___ (USA/Britain/Austria) dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Answer: U.S.A
16. USA entered into Second World War in ___ (1939/1941/1943).
Answer: 1941
17. Admiral Hideki Tojo was the Prime Minister of ___ (Britain/USA/Japan).
Answer: Japan
18. The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the ___ (British/German/US) naval base at Pearl Harbour.
Answer: US
19. Perhaps the largest leap in technology during World War II was the ___ (bouncing/atom/cluster) bomb.
Answer: atom
20. Japan was worried about ___ (US/French/ British) navy in Hawaii.
Answer: US
21. On the ‘D-Day’ Anglo-American force landed at ___ (Lyons/Normandy/Marseilles) coast.
Answer: Normandy
22. Francisco Franco was the Fascist dictator of ___ (Italy/Germany/Spain).
Answer: Spain
23. The provinces of Alsace and Lorraine were taken away from ___ (France/England/ Germany).
Answer: Germany
24. ___ (Britain/Japan/France) had built a strong underground line of fortresses and gave it the name Maginot Line.
Answer: France
25. Daladier was the Prime Minister of ___ (Britain/USA/France).
Answer: France
26. Hideki Tojo was the Prime Minister of ___ (USA/Ethiopia/Japan).
Answer: Japan
27. ‘The Crisis in Civilisation’ was written by ___ (Rabindranath/Marx/Lenin).
Answer: Rabindranath
28. The term ‘Cold War’ was popularised by ___ (George Kennan/Walter Lippmann/ Bernard Baruch).
Answer: Watter Lippmann
29. USA joined the Second World War in ___ (1930/1940/1950).
Answer: 1940
30. Germany surrendered unconditionally in (1940/1942/1945).
Answer: 1945
31. Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan was declared by ___ (USA/Britain/Italy).
Answer: USA
32. The ___ (SEATO/CENTO/Warsaw Pact) was a military alliance formed by Soviet Union as a counter balance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
Answer: Warsaw Pact
State True or False
1. The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was humiliating for France.
Answer: False
2. One of the main points in Hitler’s foreign policy was Pan Germanism.
Answer: True
3. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939.
Answer: True
4. Germany attacked France in 1939.
Answer: False
5. The Red Army of the Soviet Union followed the ‘Scorched Earth Policy’.
Answer: True
6. With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, there was the extension of the Second World War in Asia.
Answer: True
7. Russia was attacked by the German Nazis in 1942.
Answer: False
8. Leningrad was besieged by the German army.
Answer: True
9. Hitler committed suicide in 1945.
Answer: True
10. Germany abandoned her membership of the League of Nations in 1944.
Answer: False
11. After the Second World War two great powers United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic emerged.
Answer: True
12. Two ‘superpowers’ which emerged after the Second World War were Great Britain and United States of America.
Answer: False
13. During 1946-47 the government of Poland, Romania, Albania were converted into communist dictatorships.
Answer: True
14. To counteract communism, the western responses were Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan.
Answer: True
15. The Non-aligned nations emerged after the First World War.
Answer: False
16. The United Nations Organisation was established in 1940.
Answer: False
17. Due to German attack during the Second World War, vast areas of Russia including Leningrad and Stalingrad were completely destroyed.
Answer: True
18. USA entered into Warsaw Pact with East European countries in 1955.
Answer: False
19. President Truman of America declared that USA would help Greece and Turkey with the aim of freeing these countries from Soviet influence.
Answer: True
20. After the Potsdam Conference France was divided into four occupied zones.
Answer: False
21. The ‘Third World’ countries launched the Non-Alignment Movement.
Answer: True
22. Harry Truman of Britain and Clement Attlee of USA joined the Potsdam Conference.
Answer: False
23. The decision that Germany will be de-Nazified was taken at the Potsdam conference.
Answer: True
24. Scorched earth policy means the policy of destroying everything that might be of use to an invading enemy.
Answer: True
Match the columns
Question 1.
| Column I | Column I |
| 1. Hitler | A. Japanese emperor |
| 2. General Eisenhower | B. Hitler’s mistress |
| 3. Hirohito | C. Mein Kampf |
| 4. Eva Braun | D. Supreme Allied Commander |
Answer:
| Column I | Column I |
| 1. Hitler | C. Mein Kampf |
| 2. General Eisenhower | D. Supreme Allied Commander |
| 3. Hirohito | A. Japanese emperor |
| 4. Eva Braun | B. Hitler’s mistress |
Question 2.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Neville Chamberlain | A. Italy |
| 2. Mussolini | B. Spain |
| 3. General Tojo | C. Britain |
| 4. General Franco | D. Japan |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Neville Chamberlain | C. Britain |
| 2. Mussolini | A. Italy |
| 3. General Tojo | D. Japan |
| 4. General Franco | B. Spain |
Question 3.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany | A. 1933 |
| 2. D-Day | B. 1945 |
| 3. Disarmament Conference | C. 6 June,1944 |
| 4. Atom bomb dropped in Japan | D. 1939 |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany | D. 1939 |
| 2. D-Day | C. 6 June,1944 |
| 3. Disarmament Conference | A. 1933 |
| 4. Atom bomb dropped in Japan | B. 1945 |
Question 4.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Germany used | A. 81mm Mortar |
| 2. British used | B. M-10 Wolverine |
| 3. US Tank Destroyer | C. Typhoon fighter bomber |
| 4. French artillery possessed | D. light armoury (Pz-II, Pz-III) |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Germany used | D. light armoury (Pz-II, Pz-III) |
| 2. British used | C. Typhoon fighter bomber |
| 3. US Tank Destroyer | B. M-10 Wolverine |
| 4. French artillery possessed | A. 81mm Mortar |
Question 5.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. General army | A. 1933 |
| 2. Peace of Paris | B. International peace organisation |
| 3. Disarmament Conference | C. Overran Yugoslavia |
| 4. UNO | D. 1919 |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. General army | C. Overran Yugoslavia |
| 2. Peace of Paris | D. 1919 |
| 3. Disarmament Conference | A. 1933 |
| 4. UNO | B. International peace organisation |
Question 6.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. 1 September, 1939 | A. Pearl Harbour bombed |
| 2. 3 July, 1942 | B. Battle of Britain began |
| 3. 7 December, 1941 | C. Poland attacked by Germany |
| 4. 10 July, 1940 | D. Germany took Sebastopol |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. 1 September, 1939 | C. Poland attacked by Germany |
| 2. 3 July, 1942 | D. Germany took Sebastopol |
| 3. 7 December, 1941 | A. Pearl Harbour bombed |
| 4. 10 July, 1940 | B. Battle of Britain began |
Question 7.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. 13 September, 1942 | A. Deliverance Day |
| 2. 17 July, 1945 | B. Yalta Conference begins |
| 3. 4 February, 1945 | C. Battle of Stalingrad |
| 4. 6 June, 1944 | D. Potsdam Conference |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. 13 September, 1942 | C. Battle of Stalingrad |
| 2. 17 July, 1945 | D. Potsdam Conference |
| 3. 4 February, 1945 | B. Yalta Conference begins |
| 4. 6 June, 1944 | A. Deliverance Day |
Question 8.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Truman Doctrine | A. King of Italy |
| 2. Nicholas II | B. Walter Lipmann |
| 3. Cold War | C. 1947 |
| 4. Victor Emmanuel | D. Czar of Russia |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Truman Doctrine | C. 1947 |
| 2. Nicholas II | D. Czar of Russia |
| 3. Cold War | B. Walter Lipmann |
| 4. Victor Emmanuel | A. King of Italy |
Question 9.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. 2 September, 1945 | A. Rome occupied by Allied army |
| 2. 4 June, 1944 | B. Japan surrenders unconditionally |
| 3. Pearl Harbour | C. Soviet Union |
| 4. T-34 Tank | D. Island of O’ahu |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. 2 September, 1945 | B. Japan surrenders unconditionally |
| 2. 4 June, 1944 | A. Rome occupied by Allied army |
| 3. Pearl Harbour | D. Island of O’ahu |
| 4. T-34 Tank | C. Soviet Union |
Question 10.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Germany | A. President of America |
| 2. Roosevelt | B. 1943 |
| 3. Mehmed V | C. Annexation of Sudetenland |
| 4. Battle of Tunisia | D. Sultan of Turkey |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Germany | C. Annexation of Sudetenland |
| 2. Roosevelt | A. President of America |
| 3. Mehmed V | D. Sultan of Turkey |
| 4. Battle of Tunisia | B. 1943 |
Question 11.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Twenty years armistice | A. Treaty at Champagne |
| 2. French government signed | B. Treaty at Champagne |
| 3. Dictated Peace | C. 1919-1939 |
| 4. Fall of Third French Republic | D. Treaty of Versailles |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Twenty years armistice | C. 1919-1939 |
| 2. French government signed | B. Treaty at Champagne |
| 3. Dictated Peace | D. Treaty of Versailles |
| 4. Fall of Third French Republic | A. Treaty at Champagne |
Question 12.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Red Army | A. 7 December, 1941 |
| 2. Pearl Harbour Incident | B. 1942 |
| 3. Potsdam Conference | C. 1945 |
| 4. Battle of Midway | D. Russia |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Red Army | D. Russia |
| 2. Pearl Harbour Incident | A. 7 December, 1941 |
| 3. Potsdam Conference | C. 1945 |
| 4. Battle of Midway | B. 1942 |
Question 13.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Mass murder of Jewish people | A. Cold War began |
| 2. Largest battle of World War II | B. Hitler |
| 3. Nazi flag designed by | C. Holocaust |
| 4. Outcome of World War II | D. Battle of the Atlantic |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Mass murder of Jewish people | C. Holocaust |
| 2. Largest battle of World War II | D. Battle of the Atlantic |
| 3. Nazi flag designed by | B. Hitler |
| 4. Outcome of World War II | A. Cold War began |
Question 14.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Kamikaze | A. America |
| 2. Battle of Britain | B. Germany |
| 3. Paris was occupied in 1940 | C. Japanese aircraft |
| 4. ‘Cash and Carry’ policy | D. Germany defeated |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Kamikaze | C. Japanese aircraft |
| 2. Battle of Britain | D. Germany defeated |
| 3. Paris was occupied in 1940 | B. Germany |
| 4. ‘Cash and Carry’ policy | A. America |
Question 15.
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Goebbels | A. Lieutenant of Hitler |
| 2. Battle of Normandy | B. 1941 |
| 3. Goering | C. 1944 |
| 4. Battle of Crete | D. Hitler’s propaganda minister |
Answer:
| Column I | Column II |
| 1. Goebbels | D. Hitler’s propaganda minister |
| 2. Battle of Normandy | C. 1944 |
| 3. Goering | A. Lieutenant of Hitler |
| 4. Battle of Crete | B. 1941 |