10th Social Science History Solutions Chapter 3 | World War II - TEXTBOOK EVALUATION with KEY ANSWERS

10th Social Science - World War II

TEXTBOOK Evaluation

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 September, 1945

 

2.  Who initiated the formation of League of Nations?

     a) Roosevelt       

     b) Chamberlain   

     c) Woodrow Wilson

     d) Baldwin          

     Ans: c) Woodrow Wilson

 

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) Battle of Midway

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

     a) Kavashaki       

     b) Innoshima      

     c) Hiroshima       

     d) Nagasaki       

     Ans: c) Hiroshima

 

5.  Who were mainly persecuted by Hitler?

     a) Russians        

     b) Arabs             

     c) Turks             

     d) Jews              

     Ans: d) Jews

 

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

     a) Chamberlain   

     b) Winston Churchill                   

     c) Lloyd George   

     d) Stanley Baldwin  

     Ans: a) Chamberlain

 

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) June 26, 1945

 

II. Fill in the Blanks

1.  Hitler attacked _______ which was a demilitarised zone.

2.  The alliance between Italy, Germany and Japan is known as ___________. 

3.  ___________ started the Lend Lease programme.

4.  Britain Prime Minister ___________ resigned in 1940.

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

Answer:

1.  Rhineland

2.  Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

3.  President Roosevelt

4. Chamberlain

5.  Radar

 

III. Choose the correct statement

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

     Reason (R)      :  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) Both A and R are correct

 

IV. Match the following

 

I		II
1	Blitzkrieg	a	Roosevelt
2	Royal Navy	b	Stalingrad
3	Lend Lease	c	Solomon Island
4	Volga	d	Britain
5	Guadalcanal	e	Lightning strike

 

Answers
1.	e	Lightning strike
2.	d	Britain
3.	a	Roosevelt
4.	b	Stalingrad
5.	c	Solomon Island

 

V. Answer the questions briefly

1.  Who were the three prominent dictators of the post World War I?

F  Mussolini (Italy)

F  Hitler (Germany)

F  Franco (Spain)

 

2.  How did Hitler get the support from the people of Germany?

F  By his impassioned speeches (He was gifted with oratorical skills)

F  By promising a return to the glorious military past of Germany.

F  He built his support on the notion of the racial superiority of the Germans as a pure ‘Aryan’ race and a deep-seated hatred of the Jews

 

3.  Describe the Pearl Harbour incident.

F  On December 1941, Japan attacked American naval installations in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii without any warning.

F  The idea was to cripple America’s Pacific fleet so that Japan would not face any opposition.

F  Many battleships and numerous fighter planes were destroyed.

F  American soldiers were killed in large number.

F  It brought the United States into the war as a part of the Allies.

 

4.  What do you know of Beveridge Report?

F  In 1942 the Beveridge Report was published in the United Kingdom.  It proposed a series of measures which the government should adopt to provide the citizens certain things.

F  It included adequate income, health care, education, housing and employment to overcome poverty and disease.

 

5.  Name the Bretton Woods Twins.

F  The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were referred to as the ‘Bertton Woods Twins’.

F  They were both established after the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944.

 

6.  What are the objectives of IMF?

F  To foster global monetary cooperation 

F  To secure financial stability 

F  To facilitate international trade

F  To promote high employment and sustainable economic growth 

F  To reduce poverty around the world

 

VI. Answer in detail

1.  Analyse the effects of the World War II.

     F     World War II began in 1939 and ended in 1945. It was a modern war fought with heavy military equipment.

     F    The total death toll of civilians as well as armed men was very high.

     New geo-political power alignment:

F  World War II changed the world in fundamental ways.

F  The world was polarized into two main blocs led by super powers.

F  One was led by the United States (Anti Communist ideology)

F  The other was led by Soviet Russia (Communist ideology)

     Europe was divided into two as Communist and Non-Communist

     Nuclear proliferation:

F  The United States and the Soviet Union entered into a race to have more nuclear powered weapons.

F  They built a large stockpile of such weapons. Defence spending high-rocketed in many countries.

     International agencies: Many international agencies, in particular the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund came into existence providing a forum for countries large and small.

     Decolonization:

F  Colonial powers were forced to give independence to former colonies in a process of decolonization.

F  India was the first country to achieve independence.

 

2.   Assess the structure and the activities of the UN.

      Now the United Nations has 193 member states and each one - big or small has an equal vote in the United Nations.

      The structure of the United Nations:

      General Assembly: The organs of UN are similar to a government Legislative, Executive and Judicial wings.

      The General Assembly is the body in which each member state is represented. It meets once a year.

      Security Council: Next is the Security Council. It has 5 permanent members and 10 temporary members.

      Major issues and conflicts and discussed here. The permanent members have the right to vote any decision by the other members.

      Secretariat: The Secretariat is the executive wing. It is headed by the Secretary General. The Secretary General is elected by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council.

      The International Court of Justice: The International Court of Justice is the judicial wing of the United Nations. It is located at The Hague in Holland.

      The Economic and Social Council: The Economic and Social Council is the 5th organ of the U.N. It co-ordinates all the economic and social works of the United Nations.

      Other organs: FAO, WHO, UNESCO, UNICEF and UNDP are other special organizations of the UN. They deal with areas like food, health, education and culture.

      Activities of the UN:

F  The United Nations has expanded its activities in response to the changing problems facing the world.

F  In the 1960s, decolonization was an important issue.

F  Human rights, the problems of refugees, climate change, gender equality are all now within the ambit of the activities of the UN.

F  The UN Peace Keeping Force has acted in many areas of conflict all over the world.

F  As a part of the Peace Keeping Force Indian army has been deployed in many parts of the world.

 

VIII. Students activity (Activity for students)

1.  Marking the Allies and Axis countries, as well as important battlefields of World War II in a world map.