Chapter 3 Nazism and the Rise of Hitler Assertation & Reasoning Questions Class 9th Social Science

In the questions given below, there are two Statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Read the Statements and Choose the correct option: Options are:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(D) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.

Q.1. Assertion (A): Many saw the World through Nazi eyes, and spoke their mind in Nazi language.
Reason (R): But not every German was a Nazi

.➤ Show AnswerAnswer: (B)

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Q.2. Assertion (A): Nazism was not one or two isolated acts.
Reason (R): It was a system, a structure of ideas about the world and Politics.

➤ Show AnswerAnswer: (A)

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Q.3. Assertion (A): On 3rd March, 1933 the famous Enabling Act was passed.
Reason (R): This Act established Democracy in Germany.

➤ Show AnswerAnswer: (C)

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Q.4. Assertion (A): In June 1943, Germany surrendered to the Allies.
Reason (R): Hitler his Propaganda Minister Goebbels and his entire family committed suicide collectively in his Berlin Bunker in April.

➤ Show AnswerAnswer: (D)

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Assertion-reason based questions:

Q1 Assertion (A): Nazism became a mass movement only after the Great Depression. 

Reason (R): The Great Depression created heavy discontent among the people.

Options: 

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 
2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 
3. A is true but R is false. 
4. A is false but R is true.

Ans A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 

The onset of the Great Economic Depression of 1929 helped the Nazi party to mobilise popular support. After the deep crisis of the Great Depression, the party promised to improve the economic conditions of Germany. The people who were dissatisfied with the Weimar Republic then laid their faith in the promises made by the Nazi party.

Q2 Assertion (A): 17-18 million Jews were brutally murdered by the Nazis. 

Reason (R): The Nazis were led by Adolf Hitler who propagated anti-semitism and was on a mission of ‘ethnic cleansing’.

Options: 

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 
2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 
3. A is true but R is false. 
4. A is false but R is true.

Ans A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 

Hitler came to power with the ideology of anti-semitism. He had a pseudo-scientific view of constructing an ‘Aryan nation’. The Jews were the worst sufferers in Hitler’s regime. Hitler stereotyped them as the killers of Christ and usurers. They were pushed to live in marked areas called Ghettos. The Nazis dehumanised Jews by comparing them to vermins, parasites, pests, lice, and rats. The Nazis also propagated that the ethnic cleansing of Jews would liberate Germany. Hitler brutally committed mass killings through various techniques such as putting the Jews in gas chambers and disinfection areas.

Q3 Assertion (A): Nazi ideas were spread only through newspapers. 

Reason (R): The Nazis made equal efforts to appeal to all the different sections of the population.

Options: 

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 
2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 
3. A is true but R is false. 
4. A is false but R is true.

Ans D. A is false but R is true.

Q4 Assertion (A): Hitler pulled out of League of Nations in 1943, reoccupied the Rhineland in 1944. 

Reason (R): Schacht had advised Hitler against investing hugely in rearmament as the state will run on deficit financing.

Options: 

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 
2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 
3. A is true but R is false. 
4. A is false but R is true.

Ans D. A is false but R is true.

Q5 Assertion (A): The First World War a deep imprint on European society and polity. 

Reason (R): Soldiers were placed below the civilians.

Options: 

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 
2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A 
3. A is true but R is false. 
4. A is false but R is true.

Ans C. A is true but R is false.