WBBSE Class 9 Fundamentals Of History Chapter 6 The Second World War And Its Aftermath MCQs

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Chapter 6 The Second World War And Its Aftermath Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1. When did the Second World War begin?

  1. 1st September 1939
  2. 2nd September 1939
  3. 3rd September 1939
  4. 4th September 1939

Answer: 1. 1st September 1939

Question 2. Who called the Treaty of Versailles a ‘dictated peace’?

  1. David Thomson
  2. E. H.Carr
  3. Eric Hobsbawm
  4. Michael Fisher.

Answer: 3. E. H.Carr

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Question 3. Which country regarded the Treaty of Versailles as humiliating and unjust?

  1. India
  2. France
  3. Germany
  4. Poland

Answer: 3. Germany

Question 4. Which European country first saw the rise of Fascism?

  1. Belgium
  2. England
  3. France
  4. Italy

Answer: 4. Italy

Question 5. Who introduced Fascism in Italy?

  1. Kaiser William II
  2. Alexander II
  3. Benito Mussolini
  4. Victor Emmanuel III

Answer: 3. Benito Mussolini

WBBSE Class 9 Fundamentals Of History Chapter 6 The Second World War And Its Aftermath MCQs

Question 6. Which country believed in the political ideology of Socialism?

  1. Russia
  2. Germany
  3. Italy
  4. England

Answer: 1. Russia

Question 7. Who introduced Nazism in Germany?

  1. Lenin
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Stalin
  4. Trotsky

Answer: 2. Adolf Hitler

Question 8. Who was Neville Chamberlin?

  1. Prime Minister of Austria
  2. Prime Minister of France
  3. Prime Minister of Italy
  4. Prime Minister of England

Answer: 4. Prime Minister of England

Question 9. Who was Edouard Daladier?

  1. Prime Minister of Italy
  2. Prime Minister of Austria
  3. Prime Minister of Belgium
  4. Prime Minister of France

Answer: 4. Prime Minister of France

Question 10. In which year did Germany and Japan conclude the Anti-Comintern Pact?

  1. 1935
  2. 1936
  3. 1937
  4. 1938

Answer: 2. 1936

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Question 11. In which year did Hitler occupy the whole of Czechoslovakia?

  1. 1938
  2. 1939
  3. 1940
  4. 1941

Answer: 2. 1939

Question 12. In which year Italy left the League of Nations?

  1. 1935
  2. 1936
  3. 1937
  4. 1939

Answer: 3. 1937

Question 13. In which year Germany left the League of Nations?

  1. 1933
  2. 1934
  3. 1935
  4. 1936

Answer: 1. 1933

Question 14. Who supported Mussolini’s annexation of Abyssinia?

  1. F.D. Roosevelt
  2. General Franco
  3. Adolf Hitler
  4. Winston Churchill

Answer: 3. Adolf Hitler

Question 15. In which year Italy annexed Abyssinia?

  1. 1936
  2. 1937
  3. 1938
  4. 1939

Answer: 1. 1936

Question 16. Who supported General Franco in the Spanish Civil War?

  1. Chamberlain
  2. Roosevelt
  3. Daladier
  4. Hitler

Answer: 4. Hitler

Question 17. In which year was the ‘Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis’ formed?

  1. 1936
  2. 1937
  3. 1938
  4. 1939

Answer: 2. 1937

Question 18. With whom did Hitler sign the ‘Ten Years’ Non-Aggression Pact’?

  1. Lenin
  2. Kerensky
  3. Stalin
  4. Trotsky

Answer: 3. Stalin

Question 19. Which invasion of Hitler was called ‘Operation Sea Lion’?

  1. England
  2. Poland
  3. Russia
  4. France

Answer: 1. England

Question 20. Which invasion of Hitler was called ‘Operation Barbarossa’?

  1. England
  2. France
  3. Russia
  4. Poland

Answer: 3. Russia

Question 21. Which Pact forced Czechoslovakia to cede Sudetenland to Germany?

  1. Munich Pact
  2. Anti-Comintern Pact
  3. Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
  4. Locarno Pact

Answer: 1. Munich Pact

Question 22. Who initiated the policy of appeasement?

  1. England and Belgium
  2. France and Belgium
  3. England and France
  4. England and Italy

Answer: 3. England and France

Question 23. What was Anschluss?

  1. Annexation of Austria by Italy
  2. Annexation of Austria by Germany
  3. Annexation of Austria by France
  4. Annexation of Austria by England

Answer: 2. Annexation of Austria by Germany

Question 24. When did Anschluss take place?

  1. 12th March 1938
  2. 14th March 1938
  3. 20th March 1938
  4. 31st March 1938

Answer: 1. 12th March 1938

Question 25. Who occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939?

  1. Italy
  2. England
  3. Germany
  4. France

Answer: 3. Germany

Question 26. In which year was the Munich Pact signed?

  1. 1937
  2. 1938
  3. 1939
  4. 1940

Answer: 2. 1938

Question 27. How many clauses were there in the Treaty of Versailles?

  1. 425
  2. 435
  3. 440
  4. 450

Answer: 3. 440

Question 28. Who played the role of a mediator at the time of the Munich Pact?

  1. Chamberlain
  2. Paul Reynaud
  3. Daladier
  4. Mussolini

Answer: 4. Mussolini

Question 29. In which year did Japan attack Manchuria?

  1. 1929
  2. 1931
  3. 1933
  4. 1935

Answer: 2. 1931

Question 30. When was the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact signed?

  1. 1937
  2. 1938
  3. 1939
  4. 1940

Answer: 3. 1939

Question 31. In which year was Benito Mussolini killed?

  1. 1942
  2. 1943
  3. 1944
  4. 1945

Answer: 4. 1945

Question 32. For how many years Russia and Germany decided to take no military action against each other by signing the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact?

  1. 5
  2. 10
  3. 15
  4. 20

Answer: 2. 10

Question 33. What name was given to the name of the alliance that was formed by England, France, Russia and the USA?

  1. Allied Powers
  2. Central Powers
  3. Axis Powers
  4. Democratic Alliance

Answer: 1. Allied Powers

Question 34. Who formulated the ‘cash and carry’ policy?

  1. Winston Churchill
  2. Woodrow Wilson
  3. H.C. Hoover
  4. F.D. Roosevelt

Answer: 4. F.D. Roosevelt

Question 35. Which country adopted the policy of ‘cash and carry’?

  1. USA
  2. USSR
  3. Germany
  4. Italy

Answer: 1. USA

Question 36. Who was Paul Reynaud?

  1. Prime Minister of Italy
  2. Prime Minister of Austria
  3. Prime Minister of France
  4. Prime Minister of Germany

Answer: 3. Prime Minister of France

Question 37. Who led the puppet French government?

  1. Daladier
  2. Marshall Petain
  3. Paul Reynaud
  4. Charles de Gaulle

Answer: 2. Marshall Petain

Question 38. Who used the slogan ‘Arsenal of Democracy’?

  1. Franklin D Roosevelt
  2. Adolf Hitler
  3. Benito Mussolini
  4. General Franco

Answer: 1. Franklin D Roosevelt

Question 39. Who was Charles de Gaulle?

  1. President of USSR
  2. President of Austria
  3. President of France
  4. President of Hungary

Answer: 3. President of France

Question 40. In which year USA joined the Second World War?

  1. 1941
  2. 1942
  3. 1943
  4. 1944

Answer: 1. 1941

Question 41. Pearl Harbour was the naval base of which country?

  1. USSR
  2. USA
  3. Britain
  4. France

Answer: 2. USA

Question 42. Who was the President of the USA during the time of the Pearl Harbour incident?

  1. Woodrow Wilson
  2. H.C Hoover
  3. F.D Roosevelt
  4. George Bush

Answer: 2. F.D Roosevelt

Question 43. When did the Pearl Harbour incident take place?

  1. 1940
  2. 1941
  3. 1942
  4. 1943

Answer: 2. 1941

Question 44. When did the Russian Red Army occupy Berlin?

  1. 2nd May 1942
  2. 2nd May 1943
  3. 2nd May 1944
  4. 2nd May 1945

Answer: 4. 2nd May 1945

Question 45. Which country undertook the ‘Lend- Lease Act’?

  1. USA
  2. USSR
  3. Germany
  4. Italy

Answer: 1. USA

Question 46. Which country adopted a ‘Good Neighbour Policy’?

  1. England
  2. France
  3. Poland
  4. USA

Answer: 1. USA

Question 47. Who attacked the US naval base in Pearl Harbour?

  1. Italy
  2. Japan
  3. Germany
  4. Romania

Answer: 2. Japan

Question 48. Who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

  1. USA
  2. England
  3. France
  4. USSR

Answer: 1. USA

Question 49. In which year Italy surrendered in the Second World War?

  1. 1942
  2. 1943
  3. 1944
  4. 1945

Answer: 2. 1943

Question 50. In which year was the Potsdam Conference held?

  1. 1943
  2. 1944
  3. 1945
  4. 1946

Answer: 3. 1945

Question 51. Which two nations emerged as extremely powerful after the Second World War?

  1. England and France
  2. USA and USSR
  3. Italy and Germany
  4. China and Japan

Answer: 2. USA and USSR

Question 52. Which organization was established to maintain peace and security of the world after the Second World War?

  1. W.H.O
  2. UNESCO
  3. UNO
  4. CRY

Answer: 3. UNO

Question 53. When was the United Nations Organization or UNO formed?

  1. 1944
  2. 1945
  3. 1946
  4. 1947

Answer: 2. 1945

Question 54. Name the Indian Prime Minister who was a pioneer of the ‘Non-Alignment Movement

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. Lai Bahadur Shastri
  3. Indira Gandhi
  4. Manmohan Singh

Answer: 1. Jawaharlal Nehru

Question 55. Which of the following is known as D-Day?

  1. 5th June
  2. 6th June
  3. 10th June
  4. 21st June

Answer: 2. 6th June

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