The Rise of Hitler and Nazism – Practice Question Paper
1. When was the Weimar Republic formed in Germany?
A) 1914
B) 1918
C) 1919
D) 1923
✅ Answer: C) 1919
Explanation: The Weimar Republic was established in 1919 after Germany’s defeat in World War I.
2. Who was the German Emperor who abdicated after World War I?
A) Adolf Hitler
B) Kaiser Wilhelm II
C) Otto von Bismarck
D) Joseph Goebbels
✅ Answer: B) Kaiser Wilhelm II
3. Where was the constitution of the Weimar Republic drafted?
A) Berlin
B) Munich
C) Weimar
D) Hamburg
✅ Answer: C) Weimar
4. What was the name of Germany’s parliament under the Weimar Republic?
A) Diet
B) Reichstag
C) Bundestag
D) Volksrat
✅ Answer: B) Reichstag
5. The Treaty of Versailles blamed which country for starting World War I?
A) France
B) Russia
C) Germany
D) Italy
✅ Answer: C) Germany
6. Under the Treaty of Versailles, Germany had to pay reparations amounting to:
A) £2 billion
B) £4 billion
C) £6 billion
D) £8 billion
✅ Answer: C) £6 billion
7. What was the term used for the extreme rise in prices in Germany in 1923?
A) Deflation
B) Inflation
C) Hyperinflation
D) Depression
✅ Answer: C) Hyperinflation
8. Which American plan helped Germany stabilize its economy after 1923?
A) Marshall Plan
B) Dawes Plan
C) Truman Plan
D) Berlin Plan
✅ Answer: B) Dawes Plan
9. What global event began in 1929 and caused mass unemployment in Germany?
A) World War II
B) Great Depression
C) Cold War
D) Berlin Blockade
✅ Answer: B) Great Depression
10. Who founded the Nazi Party?
A) Adolf Hitler
B) Kaiser Wilhelm II
C) German Workers’ Party
D) Joseph Goebbels
✅ Answer: C) German Workers’ Party
Explanation: Hitler joined and later renamed it as the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazi Party).
11. In which year did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
A) 1930
B) 1931
C) 1933
D) 1934
✅ Answer: C) 1933
12. What was the Enabling Act of 1933?
A) An act to help farmers
B) An act that gave Hitler full powers
C) A law banning Jews
D) A peace treaty
✅ Answer: B) An act that gave Hitler full powers
13. What was the secret police of Nazi Germany called?
A) Gestapo
B) SS
C) SA
D) Wehrmacht
✅ Answer: A) Gestapo
14. What was the Nazi belief in racial superiority called?
A) Nationalism
B) Racism
C) Aryanism
D) Zionism
✅ Answer: C) Aryanism
15. What did the word “Lebensraum” mean in Nazi ideology?
A) Living space
B) Labor camp
C) Freedom
D) Victory
✅ Answer: A) Living space
16. Which law separated Jews from other Germans?
A) Nuremberg Laws
B) Berlin Decree
C) Munich Agreement
D) Enabling Act
✅ Answer: A) Nuremberg Laws
17. What was the organized mass killing of Jews called?
A) Holocaust
B) Pogrom
C) Genocide
D) Blitzkrieg
✅ Answer: A) Holocaust
18. What did Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls aim to do?
A) Promote democracy
B) Teach equality
C) Train loyal Nazis
D) Support communism
✅ Answer: C) Train loyal Nazis
19. Who was the Minister of Propaganda under Hitler?
A) Hermann Göring
B) Joseph Goebbels
C) Heinrich Himmler
D) Rudolf Hess
✅ Answer: B) Joseph Goebbels
20. The Nazi slogan “Kinder, Küche, Kirche” means:
A) Children, Kitchen, Church
B) Knowledge, Kindness, Courage
C) Country, King, Courage
D) Kindness, Kitchen, Culture
✅ Answer: A) Children, Kitchen, Church
21. What was the name of the student group that resisted Hitler’s rule?
A) Red Army
B) White Rose Movement
C) Brown Shirts
D) Free Corps
✅ Answer: B) White Rose Movement
22. Who wrote the famous poem “First They Came…”?
A) Anne Frank
B) Martin Niemöller
C) Sophie Scholl
D) Albert Einstein
✅ Answer: B) Martin Niemöller
23. When did Germany invade Poland, starting World War II?
A) 1938
B) 1939
C) 1940
D) 1941
✅ Answer: B) 1939
24. Which countries signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany in 1940?
A) Italy and Japan
B) France and Russia
C) USA and Britain
D) Poland and Austria
✅ Answer: A) Italy and Japan
25. What event finally ended Hitler’s rule and World War II in Europe?
A) Atomic bomb on Japan
B) Defeat at Stalingrad
C) Germany’s surrender in May 1945
D) Hitler’s escape to Argentina
✅ Answer: C) Germany’s surrender in May 1945
