DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL- BOPAL, AHMEDABAD

2021-2022

CLASS: 1X SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE

CYCLE-3 CHAPTER ( H) - NAZISM AND THE RISE OF HITLER

QI. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1. What was the response of the Germans to the new Weimar Republic?
(a) They held the new Weimar Republic responsible for Germany’s
defeat and the disgrace at Versailles
(b) The republic carried the burden of war guilt and national humiliation
(c) It became the target of attacks in the conservative national circles
(d) All the above

2. What was ‘Dawes Plan’?

(a) A plan which imposed more fines on Germany
(b) A plan which withdrew all punishment from Germany
(c) A plan which reworked the terms of reparation to ease financial
burden on the Germans
(d) None

4. When did Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany?

A. January 30, 1923
B. January 30, 1929
C. January 30, 1933
D. January 30, 1954

5. Correct the following statement and rewrite:

Under the shadow of the First World War, Germany had waged a suicidal
war which resulted in the mass murder of selected groups of innocent
civilians of Europe.
 6. In the question given below, there are two statements marked as
Assertion (A) and Reason(R). Read the statements and chose the correct
option:

Assertion (A): Hitler was empowered to sideline Parliament and rule by decree.

Reason (R): The Enabling Act of 1935 established democracy in Germany.

Options:
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is correct but R is wrong.
d. A is wrong but R is correct.

7. Arrange the following events in chronological order:

i) Hitler was made Chancellor of Germany.
ii) Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in Berlin.
iii) Hitler reoccupied Rhineland.
iv) Hitler became the President of Germany.
Choose the correct option:
a) i-ii-iii-iv
b) i-iv-iii-ii
c) i-iii-ii-iv
d) i-ii-iv-iii

8. Choose the incorrect option from Column I and Column II.

Column I Column II
a) War Veterans Organization i) September 1940
b) Treaty of Versailles ii) 1919
c) Tripartite Pact iii) Gave the President powers
to impose emergency
d) Article 48 iv) Free Corps

9. Fill in the blank:

Germany retaliated with passive resistance and printed _________ currency
recklessly.

10.Complete the following table with correct information with regard to

Germany:
Name of the Act Passed in Objective Content/features
Enabling Act Dictatorship in
 Germany

11.Write True/ False.

The German defeat horrified Hitler and the Versailles treaty made him
furious.
12.

Which of the following option best signifies the picture?

a) People revolt against Hitler
b) People demonstrate the unity and discipline
c) Democracy of People
d) The power of Nazi movement

II. Answer the following:

1. Name the country that defeated Germany in the First World War. State
two effects of defeat in Germany.
2. Explain the new education policy introduced by Hitler in Germany.
3. Highlight any five peculiar features of Nazi thinking.
4. What event in history is known as the Holocaust? How did the world
come to know about the Holocaust? Explain.

III. Read the source given below and answer the following questions:

Political radicalisation was only heightened by the economic crisis of 1923.

Germany had fought the war largely on loans and had to pay war reparations in
gold. This depleted gold reserves at a time resources were scarce. In 1923
Germany refused to pay, and the French occupied its leading industrial area,
Ruhr, to claim their coal. Germany retaliated with passive resistance and printed
paper currency recklessly. With too much printed money in circulation, the
value of the German mark fell. In April the US dollar was equal to 24,000
marks, in July 353,000 marks, in August 4,621,000 marks and at 98,860,000
marks by December, the figure had run into trillions. As the value of the mark
collapsed, prices of goods soared. The image of Germans carrying cartloads of
currency notes to buy a loaf of bread was widely publicised evoking worldwide
sympathy. This crisis came to be known as hyperinflation, a situation when
prices rise phenomenally high.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.

1. Germany had fought largely on loans and had to pay war reparation in:
a) Gold b) Currency c) Silver d) Coal
2. What is the currency of Germany called?
a) Rupee b) Dollar c) Pound d) Mark

3. When was the US Dollar equal to 4,621,000 marks?

a) In April b) In July c) In August d) In December

4. ________ is a situation when prices rise phenomenally high.

a) Inflation b)Hyperinflation c)Super inflation d) Subsistence
crisis

Read the source given below and answer the following questions:

This crisis in the economy, polity and society formed the background to Hitler’s
rise to power. Born in 1889 in Austria, Hitler spent his youth in poverty. When
the First World War broke out, he enrolled for the army, acted as a messenger in
the front, became a corporal, and earned medals for bravery. The German defeat
horrified him and the Versailles Treaty made him furious. 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.
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. The Nazis
could not effectively mobilise popular support till the early 1930s. It was during
the Great Depression that Nazism became a mass movement. As we have seen,
after 1929, banks collapsed and businesses shut down, workers lost their jobs
and the middle classes were threatened with destitution. In such a situation Nazi
propaganda stirred hopes of a better future. In 1928, the Nazi Party got no more
than 2. 6 per cent votes in the Reichstag – the German parliament. By 1932, it
had become the largest party with 37 per cent votes.

Answer the following MCQs by choosing the most appropriate option.

1. When did Hitler enrol in the army?

a) When the Second World War broke out
b) When the Second World War ended
c) When the First World War broke out
d) When the First World War ended
2. When did Hitler join the German’s Worker Party?
a) In 1914 b) In 1916 c) In 1918 d) In 1919

3. Till the early _______, the Nazis could not effectively mobilise popular
support.
a) 1920s b) 1930s c) 1940s d)1950s
4. What is the term used for the German Parliament?
a) House of Laws
b) White House
c) Reichstag
d) Parliament of Germany