One Mark Questions Answers

EXERCISE

I. Choose the correct answer

1. When did the Japanese formally sign of their surrender?

a) 2 September, 1945

b) 2 October, 1945

c) 15 August, 1945

d) 12 October, 1945

Ans: (a)

2. Who initiated the formation of League of Nations?

a) Roosevelt

b) Chamberlain

c) Woodrow Wilson

d) Baldwin

Ans: (c)

3. Where was the Japanese Navy defeated by the US Navy?

a) Battle of Guadalcanal

b) Battle of Midway

c) Battle of Leningrad

d) Battle of El Alamein

Ans: (b)

4. Where did the US drop its first atomic bomb?

a) Kavashaki

b) Innoshima

c) Hiroshima

d) Nagasaki

Ans: (c)

5. Who were mainly persecuted by Hitler?

a) Russians

b) Arabs

c) Turks

d) Jews

Ans: (d)

6. Which Prime Minister of England who signed the Munich Pact with Germany ?

a) Chamberlain

b) Winston Churchill

c) Lloyd George

d) Stanley Baldwin

Ans: (a)

7. When was the Charter of the UN signed?

a) June 26, 1942

b) June 26, 1945

c) January 1, 1942

d) January 1, 1945

Ans: (b)

II. Fill in the blanks

1. Hitler attacked which Rhineland was a demilitarised zone.

2. The alliance between Italy, Germany and Japan is known as  Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.

3. President Roosevelt  started the Lend Lease programme.

4. Britain Prime Minister  Chamberlain  resigned in 1940.

5. Radar  is a device used to find out the enemy aircraft from a distance.

III. Choose the correct statement

1. Assertion: President Roosevelt realised that the United States had to change its policy of isolation.

Reason: He started a programme of Lend Lease in 1941.

a) Both A and R are correct

b) A is right but R is not the correct reason

c) Both A and R are wrong

d) R is right but it has no relevance to A

Ans: (a)

IV. Match the Following

1. Blitzkrieg - Roosevelt

2. Royal Navy - Stalingrad

3. Lend Lease - Solomon Island

4. Volga - Britain

5. Guadalcanal - lightning strike

Answer:

1. Blitzkrieg - lightning strike

2. Royal Navy - Britain

3. Lend Lease - Roosevelt

4. Volga - Stalingrad

5. Guadalcanal - Solomon Island