Chapter 6 The Second World War And Its Aftermath MCQs
Question 1. The main cause of World War II was the
(1) Balkan War
(2) Russo-German War
(3) World War I
(4) Anglo-French War
Answer: (3) World War I
Question 2. Chamberlain took an assurance from Hitler that Germany would be satisfied by
(1) Occupation of Rhineland
(2) Occupation of Poland
(3) Cession to her of Sudetenland
(4) Cession to her of Baltic states
Answer: (2) Occupation of Poland
Question 3. A secret additional pact to divide Poland was made between
(1) Russia and Germany
(2) Germany and Italy
(3) Italy and France
(4) England and France
Answer: (1) Russia and Germany
Question 4. To plan global military strategy, top Allied leaders held a series of conferences such as the one at
(1) Versailles
(2) Paris
(3) Tehran
(4) Berlin
Answer: (3) Tehran
Question 5. After the end of the Second World War, the two major world powers were
(1) Britain and France
(2) U.S.A and Britain
(3) Russia and France
(4) U.S.A and Russia
Answer: (4) U.S.A and Russia
Question 6. At the Munich Conference in 1938, a region of this nation was given to Adolf Hitler by the British and the French
(1) Czechoslovakia
(2) Poland
(3) Holland
(4) Austria
Answer: (1) Czechoslovakia
Question 7. Which Allied army fought its way to Berlin and reached the city first?
(1) England
(2) France
(3) Soviet Russia
(4) U.S.A
Answer: (3) Soviet Russia
Question 8. What was the last major attempt at a peaceful resolution with Germany before the outbreak of World War IT?
(1) Potsdam Conference
(2) The Washington Conference
(3) The Munich Conference
(4) Yalta Conference
Answer: (3) The Munich Conference
Question 9. The main Axis Powers of World War II consisted of
(1) Germany, Finland, Japan
(2) Germany, Italy, Japan
(3) Germany, Russia, Italy
(4) Germany, Italy, Belgium
Answer: (4) Germany, Italy, Japan
Question 10. The term ‘D-Day’ refers to
(1) Allied invasion of the coast of Normandy
(2) Allied invasion of Italy
(3) Allied invasion of Germany
(4) Allied invasion of Poland
Answer: (1) Allied invasion of the coast of Normandy
Question 11. When did Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany?
(1) 1793
(2) 1795
(3) 1796
(4) 1801
Answer: (2) 1795
Question 12. World War II broke out on
(1) 1 September 1938
(2) 3 September 1939
(3) 9 August 1937
(4) 5 December 1933
Answer: (2) 3 September 1939
Question 13. What agreement did Hitler defy when the invasion of the USSR began?
(1) Hitler-Stalin agreement
(2) Molotov-Ribbentrop
(3) Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
(4) Treaty of Versailles
Answer: (2) Molotov-Ribbentrop
Question 14. What day was the invasion of Normandy or D-Day?
(1) 6 June 1943
(2) 6 June 1944
(3) 12 May 1940
(4) 3 September 1946
Answer: (2) 6 June 1944
Question 15. What caused the United States to enter the war on the side of the Allies?
(1) Germany’s invasion of France
(2) Germany’s invasion of Poland
(3) Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour
(4) Russia‘s entry into the War
Answer: (3) Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour
Question 16. The real cause of the American entry into the Second World War was
(1) Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbour.
(2) Hitler’s invasion of Russia,
(3) Hitler’s invasion of Poland.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbour.
Question 17. In the Munich Agreement, it was agreed that
(1) The German army should occupy Sudetenland.
(2) The German army should occupy the whole of Czechoslovakia.
(3) Germany should occupy Poland.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) The German army should occupy Sudetenland.
Question 18. The first instance of the Anglo-French appeasement of Hitler was the Anschluss which means
(1) The union of Austria with Poland.
(2) The union of Austria with Germany.
(3) The union of Italy with Austria.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) The union of Austria with Germany.
Question 19. The immediate cause of the Second World War was
(1) Hitler’s goodbye to the League of Nations.
(2) the imposition of the Treaty of Versailles.
(3) Hitler’s assault upon Poland.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) Hitler’s assault upon Poland.
Question 20. The Second World War came to an end with the
(1) Surrender of Italy.
(2) Surrender of Japan.
(3) Surrender of Germany.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) Surrender of Japan.
Question 21. Which event is generally considered to be the first belligerent act of World War II?
(1) Germany’s attack on Russia.
(2) Germany’s attack on Britain.
(3) Germany’s attack on Poland.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) Germany’s attack on Poland.
Question 22. Which two countries were the first to declare war on Germany?
(1) Italy and Greece.
(2) Britain and France.
(3) Norway and Denmark.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) Britain and France.
Question 23. What were the first two Western European countries that Germany invaded?
(1) France and Belgium.
(2) Norway and Denmark.
(3) Switzerland and Denmark.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) Norway and Denmark.
Question 24. What happened at Dunkirk in May 1940?
(1) British forces retreated across the English Channel.
(2) American forces invaded France. 4
(3) The French army lost a major battle.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) British forces retreated across the English Channel.
Question 25. What was Hitler’s primary justification for the invasion of Russia?
(1) Hitler believed that a war on two fronts would be to his advantage.
(2) Stalin was preparing to attack Germany.
(3) Germany needed more space for its population.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) Germany needed more space for its population.
Question 26. Which country was the site of most of the Nazi extermination camps?
(1) Hungary.
(2) Poland.
(3) Czechoslovakia.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) Poland.
Question 27. The Battle of Stalingrad was
(1) One of the deadliest battles in history.
(2) Primarily a tank battle.
(3) An easy victory for Germany.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) One of the deadliest battles in history.
Question 28. Who met at Casablanca?
(1) Truman, Roosevelt and Stalin.
(2) Roosevelt and Churchill.
(3) Stalin, Hitler and Churchill.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) Roosevelt and Churchill.
Question 29. At which conference did the Allies set the terms for the Japanese surrender?
(1) The Yalta Conference.
(2) The Tehran Conference.
(3) The Potsdam Conference.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) The Potsdam Conference.
Question 30. On June 21, 1940, the French Government was compelled to sign a treaty of surrender
(1) In a railway coach at Champagne.
(2) On a warship in the Atlantic Ocean.
(3) In the Dumbarton Oaks Conference.
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) in a railway coach at Champagne.
Question 31. The Treaty of Versailles was imposed on
(1) Italy
(2) France
(3) Germany
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) Germany
Question 32. Japan attacked Manchuria in
(1) 1930
(2) 1931
(3) 1932
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) 1931
Question 33. In 1935 Mussolini attacked
(1) Abyssinia
(2) Danzig
(3) Rhineland
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) Abyssinia
Question 34. Haile Selassie was the emperor of
(1) Ethiopia
(2) Poland
(3) Syria
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) Ethiopia
Question 35. After the Second World War was converted into a communist dictatorship.
(1) England
(2) Poland
(3) Czechoslovakia
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) Czechoslovakia
Question 36. General Eisenhower was appointed the Supreme Commander of the Allied invasion in
(1) Asia
(2) Europe
(3) Africa
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) Europe
Question 37. The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was signed in
(1) 1938
(2) 1939
(3) 1990
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) 1939
Question 38. The dictator of Italy who installed a fascist regime was
(1) Adolf Hitler
(2) Benito’ Mussolini
(3) Joseph
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) Benito Mussolini
Question 39. The title Adolf Hitler took in 1934 that meant leader, was
(1) Fuhrer
(2) Dictator
(3) Minister
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) Fuhrer
Question 40. Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.
(1) 1 September
(2) 4 September
(3) 15 October
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) 1 September
Question 41. Pearl Harbour was attacked by Japan in
(1) 1941
(2) 1942
(3) 1943
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) 1941
Question 42. In 1941 Pearl Harbour was attacked by
(1) Belgium
(2) U.S.A
(3) Japan
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) Japan es
Question 43. suffered a setback at Stalingrad.
(1) Belgium
(2) Austria
(3) Germany
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) Germany
Question 44. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(1) U.S.A
(2) Britain
(3) Austria
(4) None of the above
Answer: (1) U.S.A
Question 45. U.S.A. entered into the Second World War in
(1) 1939
(2) 1941
(3) 1943
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) 1941
Question 46. Admiral Hideki Tojo was the Prime Minister of
(1) Britain.
(2) U.S.A
(3) Japan
(1) None of the above
Answer: (3) Japan
Question 47. The Japanese launched a surprise attack on the rural base at ’ Pearl Harbour.
(1) British
(2) German
(3) U.S.A
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) U.S.A
Question 48. Perhaps the largest leap in technology during World War II was the_____ bomb.
(1) Buncing
(2) Atom
(3) Cluster
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) Atom
Question 49. Japan was worried about the navy in Hawaii.
(1) French
(2) U.S.
(3) British
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) U.S.
Question 50. On the ‘D-Day’ Anglo American force landed at the coast.
(1) Lyons
(2) Normandy
(3) Marseilles
(4) None of the above
Answer: (2) Normandy
Question 51. Francisco Franco was the Fascist dictator of
(1) Italy
(2) Germany
(3) Spain
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) Spain
Question 52. The provinces of Alsace and Lorraine were taken away from
(1) France
(2) England
(3) Germany
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) Germany
Question 53. had built a strong underground line of fortresses and gave it the name Maginot Line.
(1) Britain
(2) Japan
(3) France
(4) None of the above
Answer: (4) None of the above
Question 54. Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagaeskt in
(1) 1939
(2) 1941
(3) 1945
(4) None of the above
Answer: (3) 1945
