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UPSC CDS Modern Indian History — practice questions — page 24

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How many Jews were killed in the Nazi genocidal war?Read the answer and worked solution →After the emperor abdicated, the National Assembly that framed Germany's democratic constitution met at:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany lost what share of its territories?Read the answer and worked solution →Supporters of the Weimar Republic were mockingly called the:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1923 France occupied which German industrial area to claim coal?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1923 crisis in which the mark collapsed and prices soared is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The American plan that reworked Germany's reparation terms after 1923 was the:Read the answer and worked solution →By 1932, German unemployment touched an unprecedented:Read the answer and worked solution →Which article of the Weimar constitution let the President impose emergency and rule by decree?Read the answer and worked solution →The Nazi Party got 2.6 per cent of Reichstag votes in 1928. By 1932 its share was:Read the answer and worked solution →President Hindenburg offered Hitler the Chancellorship on:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Act of 3 March 1933 gave Hitler power to sideline Parliament and rule by decree?Read the answer and worked solution →The Nazi secret state police was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Hitler assigned economic recovery to which economist, whose programme built the superhighways and the Volkswagen?Read the answer and worked solution →Germany pulled out of the League of Nations in:Read the answer and worked solution →Germany integrated Austria under the slogan One people, One empire, One leader in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Tripartite Pact of September 1940 was signed between Germany, Italy and:Read the answer and worked solution →Hitler's geopolitical idea of acquiring new living space for Germans was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Nuremberg Laws of citizenship, which barred marriages between Jews and Germans, were passed in:Read the answer and worked solution →At age 14 all German boys had to join the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Nazi state organsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Weimar crisis wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the German datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the German wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Weimar or NaziRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the German cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Nazism bingoRead the answer and worked solution →In 1600, about what share of India's landmass was under cultivation?Read the answer and worked solution →Each mile of railway track required how many wooden sleepers?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How many Jews were killed in the Nazi genocidal war?

  1. 6 million
  2. 1 million
  3. 600,000
  4. 60 million
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Correct answer: A. 6 million

1. Gypsies, Poles and disabled Germans were also killed. 2. Six million Jews were murdered. 3. Gassing centres like Auschwitz were used. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 3, Nazism and the Rise of Hitler._

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After the emperor abdicated, the National Assembly that framed Germany's democratic constitution met at:

  1. Bonn
  2. Weimar
  3. Berlin
  4. Munich
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Correct answer: B. Weimar

1. Germany was defeated in November 1918. 2. The Assembly met at Weimar. 3. Deputies were elected to the Reichstag by universal vote. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 3, Nazism and the Rise of Hitler._

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Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany lost what share of its territories?

  1. 75 per cent
  2. 50 per cent
  3. 13 per cent
  4. 26 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 13 per cent

1. It also lost a tenth of its population. 2. Thirteen per cent of territory went to neighbours. 3. It lost 75 per cent of its iron and 26 per cent of its coal. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 3, Nazism and the Rise of Hitler._

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