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| 351. |
What were the 'gas chambers' called ? |
| Answer» Solution :Gas CHAMBERS were called .disinfection areas. and LOOKED like bathrooms EQUIPPED with fake shower heads. | |
| 352. |
Which commercial crops were grown by British after deforestation? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Jute, sugar, WHEAT and COTTON were the commercial crops GROWN by the British in India to feedthe growing population of Europe. | |
| 353. |
Which groups of French society benefited from the revolution? Which groups were forced to relinquish power? Which sections of society would have been disappointed with the outcome of the revolution? |
| Answer» Solution :It was the third estate of common people who mainly benefited from the revolution as they gained equal socio-economic rights and status. WHEREAS, the Clergy and nobility were forced to surrender powers. Their privileges were TAKEN away. The moderates who wanted a CONSTITUTIONAL Monarchy were ALSO disappointed because ultimately, Napoleon came into power. | |
| 354. |
Which youth organisations were formed under Nazi Germany ? |
| Answer» Solution :Youth organisations were made reponsible for educating the German ?Youth. Ten - year - olds had to enter the Jungvolk, Nazi youth group. At the age of 14, all boys had to join the Nazi youth organisation-.Hitler Youth. where they learnt to WORSHIP war, glorify aggression and hate the Jews. The Youth league of the NAZIS was founded in 1922 which was later RENAMED as Hitler Youth. | |
| 355. |
What were the main changes brought about by the Bolsheviks immediately after the October Revolution? |
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Answer» Solution :The main changes brought by the Bolsheviks immediately after the October Revolution are as follows The Bolsheviks were not in favour of any private property. Therefore all the industries and banks were nationalised. As land was declared social property, the peasants were allowed to TAKE over theland on which they worked. In cities the large houses were partitioned according to the family requirements. There was ban in using old titles like aristocracy. New uniforms were introduced in the army and officials by the Bolsheviks to assert the change. THe Bolshevik PARTY was RENAMED as the Russian COMMUNIST Party. Russia became a one party state and Trade unions kept under party control. For the first time, they introduced a CENTRALISED Planning on the basis of which Five Year Plans were made. |
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| 356. |
How was the Holocaust practised in Germany ? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) Information of the Nazi.s atrocities on the Jews had opened up to the world after the defeat of Germany in World War II. (ii) The Jews wanted the world to remenber the atrocities and sufferings they had endured during the Nazi killing operations called the HOLOCAUST. (III) A ghetto inhabitant had wanted to tell the world about what had happened in Nazi Germany. (iv) Many Jews had written diaries, kept notebooks and created archives that bore witness. (v) On the other hand, when the war war lost, the Nazi leaders tried to burn all the evidences AVAILABLE in the offices. (vi) Yet, the history and the memory of the Holocaust lived on the memoirs, fiction, DOCUMENTARIES, poetry and museums in many parts of the world today. |
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| 357. |
What were the main causes of deforestation in India during the British rule? |
| Answer» Solution :The main causes of deforestation were the following:(i) The British ENCOURAGED the PRODUCTION of commercial crops like jute, sugar, WHEAT andcotton. The production of foodgrains was NEEDED to feed the growing urban populationand raw material was required for British industries in Britain. (ii) The British thought that forests were unproductive. They were of the view that spacecovered with forests could be used for cultivation which could fetch them REVENUE and enhance the income of the state also. | |
| 358. |
For house buildings or fuel, villagers could take wood from _____or______forests. |
| Answer» SOLUTION : PROTECTED, VILLAGE | |
| 359. |
What do you understand by the 'Gerocidal War' in Germany ? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) It means the mass MURDER of selected groups of innocent civians of Europe. Nazis killed the Jews, Gypsies and the Polish civilians. (ii) They killed people in POISONED gas chambers. (iii) Number of people killed included six million Jews 2,00,000 Gypsies one MILLOIN Polish civilians, 70,000 Germans, who were considered mentally and PHYSICALLY disabled besides many POLITICAL opponents. |
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| 360. |
What was the immediate cause of the French Revolution? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :A severe winter had meant a bad harvest, the price of bread rose, often bakers exploited the SITUATION and hoarded supplies. After spending long hours in long queues at the bakery, crowds of ANGRY women stormed into the shops. At the same time, the king ordered troops to move into Paris and on 14th July, the agitated CROWD stormed and DESTROYED the Bastille. This turned out to be the immediate cause of the French Revolution. | |
| 361. |
Explain why Nazi propaganda was effective in creating a hatred for Jews. |
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Answer» Solution :Nazi propaganda was effective in creating hatred for the Jews - • Language and media were USED effectively and with great CARE by the Nazis following the racial theory that the Jews belonged to a lower race and considered undesirable. • To justify their hatred towards the Jews, they promoted and exploited people eith the idea of traditional Christian hatred for the Jews, because they were accused to have killed Christ, in order to make the Germans pre-judicial against the Jews. • The Nazis injected hatred against the Jews even in the minds of the children through schools where they were TAUGHT to be aggressive and conservative about the purity of their race. The teacchers who were Jews dismissed and Jews children were thrown out of the schools. Such methods and new ideological training to the new generation of children when a long way in making the Nazi.s propaganda quite effective in creating hatred for the Jews. • Propaganda films were MADE to create hatred for the Jews. Orthodox Jews were stereotyped and marked. For example, ONE such film was .The Eternal Jew.. |
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| 362. |
What was the effect of laying down of railway lines on forests? |
| Answer» Solution : (i) As early as the 1850S, in the Madras Presidency alone, 35,000 trees were being CUT annually for sleepers. (ii) The government gave out contracts to individuals to SUPPLY the required QUANTITIES. (iii) These contractors began cutting trees indiscriminately. Forests around the railway tracks started disappearing fast. | |
| 363. |
State three important features of Hitler's ideology of geopolitical concept of living space. |
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Answer» SOLUTION :Following are the three features of Hitler.s ideology. (i) Hitler followed the GEOPOLITICAL concept of Lebensraum. (ii) The term .Lebensraum. MEANS .LIVING space.. According to this ideology all living things grow and need more space for growing. Similarly for a country to grow, more space is needed. (iii) Hitler followed expansionist policy, therefore for increasing his territory and power. He started moving eastwards in Europe and OCCUPIED invading those countries. during this period, Super power also followed .Appeasement Policy.. |
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| 364. |
How many tigers were killed by British administrator George Yule? |
| Answer» SOLUTION : GEORGE YULE KILLED 400 tigers. | |
| 365. |
Name the tax levied by the Church on the third estate. |
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Answer» Taille |
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| 366. |
Which of the following refers to shifting cultivation? |
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Answer» Type of cultivation under which parts of FORESTS are cut and burnt in ROTATION |
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| 367. |
What was the immediate cause of World War II ? |
| Answer» Solution :In SEPTEMBER 1939, GERMANY invaded Poland. This became the immediate cause of WORLD WAR II. | |
| 368. |
Explain what role women had in Nazi society. Return to Chapter 1 on the French Revolution. Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the role of women in the two periods. |
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Answer» SOLUTION :Role of Women in Nazi Society : It followed the rules of largely patriarchal or male - dominated society. Hitler hailed who as .the most important citizen in his Germany, but this was TRUE for only Aryan Women who bred pure - blood, .desirable.Aryans Medals were give to the women considering how many KIDS she has, from gold, silver and bronze. Girls from childhood were only taught the goals of being a good and obedient wife. Role of Women during the French REVOLUTION : There is a major contrast to the role of women in the French Revolution where they led movements and fought for their rights to educations and equal wages. They were allowed to form political clubs and schooling was MADE compulsory for them after the French Revolution. |
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| 369. |
What was ‘Marseillaise? |
| Answer» Solution :It was a PATRIOTIC song sung by volunteers of Marseilles as they marched into Paris. Marseillaise is now the national ANTHEM of FRANCE. | |
| 370. |
Assertion (A): After the Forest Act was enacted in 1865, it was amended twice, once in 1878and then in 1927. Reason (R): The 1878 Act divided forests into three categories: reserved, protected andvillage forests. |
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Answer» Both A and R are TRUE and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A. |
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| 371. |
Describe the history of the Socialist Movement in Russia. |
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Answer» SOLUTION :(i) In 1898, the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was formed on the lines of Karl Marx. (ii) Some socialists formed Socialists Revolutionary Party in 1900, to struggle for PEASANTS right snad demanded that land belonging to nobles be transferred to peasants. (iii) LENIN felt these were peasants who were poor as well as rich, so they could not all be a part of the socialist movement. (iv) Lenin, who formed the Bolshevik group felt that in a society like Tsarist Russia, party should be DISCIPLINED and should control its members number and quality, whereas Mensheviks thought that the party should be open to all. v. The party was divided over the strategy for orgaisation, Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. VI Bolsheviks were led by Lenin and Mensheviks by Kerensky. |
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| 372. |
Arrange the following in the correct sequence: (iii) Attack on the Bastille |
| Answer» SOLUTION :i-ii-iv-iii | |
| 373. |
What was Lenin's April Theses? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :The THREE DEMANDS of Lenin were called APRIL Theses. They were to be closed, LAND to the tillers and banks to be nationalised. | |
| 374. |
Why did the British appoint the first Inspector General of Forests in India? |
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Answer» SOLUTION :BRITISH needed forests in order to build ships and railways. They were worried that the use of forests by LOCAL people and the reckless felling of trees bytraders would destroy forests. So, they decided to invite a GERMAN EXPERT, Dietrich Brandis, for advice and made him thefirst Inspector General of Forests in India. |
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| 375. |
What is a feudalism? |
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Answer» To be a CROWNED KING |
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| 376. |
What was centralised Planning? |
| Answer» Solution :A process of centralised planning was introduced by Bolsheviks.In it the officials assessed how the ECONOMY COULD WORK and set targets for a five year period CALLED Five year Plans. | |
| 377. |
Which incident was the immediate cause of 1905 Revolution in Russia? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Bloody SUNDAY was the incident where over 100 workerswere KILLED and above 300 WOUNDED on a Sundary. | |
| 378. |
Helmuth's father had been a Nazi and a supporter of Adolf Hitler. |
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| 379. |
In 19th century Europe, conservatives: |
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Answer» FAVOURED RADICAL RESTRUCTURE of society |
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| 380. |
How schools in Nazi Germany were 'cleansed' and 'purified' ? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :TEACHERS who were Jews or seen as .politically unreliable. were dismissed. CHILDREN were segregated as Germans and Jews could not sit together or PLAY. | |
| 381. |
What was a Duma? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :Duma was a PARLIAMENT of ELECTED consultative FORMED with the permission of Tsar after the success of 1905 Russian Revolution. | |
| 382. |
Discuss why Nazism became popular in Germany by 1930s. |
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Answer» Solution :Nazism became popular in Germany by 1930 due to VARIOUS reasons, they are as follows - • Failure of Weimar Republic : After the defeat in the First World War a LOT of social and political instability took place like the treaty of Versailles, there was starvation, devastation, unemployment. Weimar Republic failed to solve the economic crises of the country and which later led to the Great Economic Depression. This provided a golden opportunity for the Nazis to launch a CAMPAIGN in its favour. • Nazi propaganda was unique. Red banners with the Swastika, Nazi salute and the rounds of applause attracted the people MAKING Nazism very popular. • Hitler.s PERSONALITY : Hitler was a powerful speaker, an able organizer resourceful person and a man of actions. He could mobilize the mass in his favour by passionate words. He promised to build a strong people. In fact, his injustice of the Versailles Treaty and restore the dignity of the German people. In fact, his personality and actions coutributed maximum to the popularity of Nazism in Germany. |
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| 383. |
Karl Marx believed workers had to overthrow_____________and rule of private property. |
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| 385. |
Assertion (A) : The Forest Act meant severe hardship for villagers across the country.Reason (R) : After the Act, all their everyday practices – cutting wood for their houses,grazing their cattle, collecting fruits and roots, hunting and fishing - became legal. |
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Answer» Both A and R are true and R is the CORRECT EXPLANATION of A. |
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| 386. |
Among which three countries 'Tripartite Pact' was signed ? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :In September 1940, TRIPARTITE pact was signed between GERMANY, Italy and Japan. | |
| 387. |
What was the global influence of Russian Revolution? Or What were the effect of the Russian Revolution of the world? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) In many countries, COMMUNIST parties were formed like the Communist Party of Great Britain. (ii) The Bolsheviks encouraged colonial people to follow their experiment of taking power. iii. Many non Russians from outside the USSR, PARTICIPATED in the Conference of the People of East and the Bolshevik founded Comintern (an INTERNATIONAL union of pro Bolshevik socialist parties). iv. Some received education in USR.s Communist UNIVERSITY of the Workers of the East. v. By the tim of out break of the World War II, the USSR had given socialism, a global face and world stature. |
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| 388. |
First Estate comprised of the church and the clergy. |
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| 389. |
Which community of Java were skilled forest cutters and shifting cultivators? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :KALANGS of JAVA | |
| 390. |
State the main events leading to the February Revolution in Petrograd. |
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Answer» Solution :(i) All the worker.s quarters and factories were located on the right bank of the river Neva. On the left bank were the fashionable areas, the Winter Place, official buildings and the palace where Duma met. ii. In February 1917, there was severe food shortage in workers. QUATERS. On 22 February, a lockout took place at a factory leading to a strike by the workers. III. In other factories also, workers went on strikes and women led the way to the strikes. This came to be called, The International Women.s Day. iv. The workers ultimately crossed the river surrounded the official buildings in protest. The government imposted a CURFEW and called out the cavalry and police to keep a CHECK on them. |
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In what ways did the Nazi state seek to establish total control over its people ? |
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Answer» Solution :The Nazis established control over its people by various means • They used different propaganda methods through posters or films to glorify their behaviour. • They were very careful with their language in the MEDIA especially with words like kill or murders were not used. • Media was carefully used to win support for the REGIME and popularies it. • Special surveillance and SECURITY forces to control and order society in ways that the Nazis wanted, was created. • The police forces had powers to rule with impunity. • holocaust lso created an atmosphere of fear and REPRESSION which helped them to establish total control over its people. |
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| 392. |
What is meant by 'deforestation'? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :CUTTING down of FORESTS is REFERRED to as DEFORESTATION. | |
| 393. |
Why do you think that a growing middle class in France envisaged an end to the privileges? |
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Answer» Solution :• In the past, peasants and workers had participated in revolts against INCREASING taxes and food scarcity. • But they lacked the means and programmes to carry out full-scale measures that would bring about a change in the social and ECONOMIC order. • The 18th century witnessed the EMERGENCE of social groups termed as ‘Middle Class., who earned their wealth through an expanding overseas trade and from the manufacture of goods, such as woollen and silk textiles that were EITHER exported or bought by the richer members of the society. • In addition to the merchants and manufacturers, the third estate included professionals such as lawyers or administrative officers. • All of these were educated and believed that no group in the society should be privileged by birth. Rather a person.s social position must depend on his merit. These ideas envisaging a society, based on freedom and equal laws and OPPORTUNITIES for all, were put forward by philosophers. |
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What promises did Hitler make to the Germans when he came to power ? |
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Answer» Solution :(i) He promised to BUILD a strong nation and undo the justice of Treaty of ?VERSAILLES and RESTORE the dignity of the German people. (ii) He promised emploment for those looking for work. (iii) He promised protect GERMANY from all foreign INFLUENCES and secure his country.s future. |
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| 395. |
What were the causes for the empty treasury of France under Louis XVI? Assess any three causes. |
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Answer» Solution :(i) When Louis XVI became king the treasury of France was EMPTY as most of the French kings were involved in WARS which emptied their treasury. (ii) Louis, XVI and wife Marie Antoinette were also extragrant and spent a lot of MONEY of treasury for herself only. (III) France fought a lot of war while supporting American colonies in their war of independence against Britain. This also ADDED to the cause for the empty treasury. |
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| 396. |
Why the value of German currency 'mark' fell ? |
| Answer» SOLUTION :When FRANCH occupied Ruhr area, Germany retaliated with passive resistance and printed paper CURRENCY recklessly. With too much printed money in circulation, the value of the German mark FELL. | |
| 397. |
What changes were brought about by the Bolsheviks immediately after the October Revolution? |
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Answer» Solution :After OCTOBER Revolution following changes were brought by Bolsheviks: i. Bolsheviks were totally opposed to private property. ii. Miost industry and banks were niationalised in November 1917. This meant that the government TOOK over ownership and management. iii. Land was declared a SOCIAL property were allowed to SEIZE the land of the nobility. iv. In cities, they enforced the partition of large HOUSES according to family requirements. v. They banned the use of the old titles of aristocracyh. vi. The Bolshevik Party was renamed the Russian Communist Party. |
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What was Hitler's propaganda to gain power ? |
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Answer» SOLUTION :(i) Hitler devised a new style of politics. (ii) He understood the significance of rituals and SPECTACLE in mass mobilisation. Nazis held massive RALLIES and public meetings to demonstrate the support for Hitler and instil a sense of unity among the people. (iii) The red banners with the Swastika, the Nazi Salute and the ritualised rounds of applause after the SPEECHES were all part of this spectacle of power. (iv) Nazi propaganda skillfully PROJECTED Hitler as a Messiah , a saviour, as someone who had arrived to deliver prople from their distress. |
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| 399. |
Which century saw the rise of the middle class? |
| Answer» Solution :18th century | |
| 400. |
The storming of the Bastille marked the beginning of the _____ |
| Answer» SOLUTION :FRENCH REVOLUTION | |