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Tamil Nadu Board 10th Standard Social Science - History Unit 3: Book Back Answers and Solutions

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• 1 Mark Questions: Choose the correct answer, Fill in the blanks, Identify the correct statement, Match the following 
• 2 Mark Questions: Answer briefly 
• 3, 4, and 5 Mark Questions: Answer in detail

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Unit 3: World War II

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
Answer Key: 
a) 2 September, 1945

2. Who initiated the formation of the League of Nations?
a) Roosevelt 
b) Chamberlain
c) Woodrow Wilson 
d) Baldwin
Answer Key: 
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 
Answer Key: 
b) Battle of Midway 

4. Where did the US drop its first atomic bomb?
a) Kavashaki 
b) Tokyo 
c) Hiroshima 
d) Nagasaki 
Answer Key: 
c) Hiroshima 

5. Who were mainly persecuted by Hitler? 
a) Russians 
b) Arabs 
c) Turks 
d) Jews 
Answer Key: 
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 
Answer Key: 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 
Answer Key: 
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. Britain Prime Minister _____ resigned in 1940. 
4. _____ is a device used to find out the enemy aircraft from a distance. 
Answer Key: 
1. Rhineland 
2. Rome - Berlin - Tokyo Axis 
3. Chamberlain 
4. 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. 
Answer Key: 
a) Both A and R are correct

 

IV. Match the following.  

1	Blitzkrieg	Stalingrad
2	Royal Navy	Solomon Island
3	Volga	Britain
4	Guadalcanal	Lightning strike

Answer Key:

1	Blitzkrieg	Lightning strike
2	Royal Navy	Britain
3	Volga	Stalingrad
4	Guadalcanal	Solomon Island

 

V. Answer Briefly.

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

• Mussolini from Italy, Hitler from Germany and Franco from Spain were the three prominent dictators of the post World War I.

2. How did Hitler get the support from the people of Germany?
Answer Key:
1. Hitler gave impassioned and impressive speeches.
2. He was gifted with oratorical skills.
3. He promised Germans to restore its past military glory.
4. He built his support base on two things viz. notion of the racial superiority of
the Germans as a pure German, ‘Aryan’ race and a deep seated hatred of jews.

3. Describe the Pearl Harbour incident.
Answer Key:
1. During the World War II without giving any prior warning, Japan attacked
naval installations in pearl Harbour (Hawaii) in December 1941.
2. Japan had the motive of crippling America’s pacific fleet to carry out unopposed
offensive against the South East Asian countries.
3. Many American battleships and fighter planes got destroyed.
4. This led to the inevitable entry of US into the war as a strong partner of Allies.

4. What do you know of Beveridge Report?
Answer Key:
1. In 1942, the Beveridge Report was published in the United Kingdom.
2. It proposed a series of measures to the Government to provide certain things to the citizens.
3. It included adequate income, health care, education, housing and employment to overcoming poverty and disease.

5. Name the Bretton Woods Twins.
Answer Key:
1. The World Bank and The International Monetary Fund were together referred to as the “Bretton woods Twins”.
2. They were both established after the Bretton Woods conference in 1944. 

6. What are the objectives of IMF?
Answer Key:
1. To foster global monetary cooperation.
2. To secure financial stability.
3. To reduce poverty around the world.
4. To facilitate international trade.
5. To provide high employment and sustainable economic growth are the objectives of IMF.

VI. Answer in detail.   

1. Analyse the effects of the World War II.
Answer Key:
 

New geo - political power alignment :
1. World War II changed the world in fundamental ways.
2. The world was polarised into two main blocks by super powers.
3. One was led by the United States (Anti Communist ideology).
4. The other was led by Soviet Russia (Communist ideology)
5. Europe was divided into Communist and non - Communist groups.
 

Nuclear Proliferation :
1. The USA and the USSR entered into a nuclear arms race and they built a large stokoile of such weapons.
2. As a result, spending on defence sky - rocketted in many countries of the world.
 

International Agencies :
1. Many international agencies viz. United Nations, World Bank and the International Monetary Funds (IMF) 0came into being.
2. They provided forum for countries large and small.
 

Decolonisation :
1. The Colonial powers were forced to give independence to their former colonies.
2. India was the first country to gain independence.

2. Assess the structure and the activities of the UN. 
Answer Key:
 

1. The charter of UN was signed by 51 nations on June 26, 1945.
2. Now it has 193 member states each having a vote.
 

Structure : 

 

General Assembly :
1. The General Assembly is the body which is represented by each member state.
2. It meets once a year.
 

Security Council :
1. Security Council has five permanent members and ten temporary members.
2. Major issues and conflicts are discussed here.
3. The permanent members have the right to ‘veto’ any decision of the other members.
 

Secretariat :
1. The secretariat is the executive wing. It is headed by the Secretary General.
2. The Secretary General is elected by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council.
3. Antonio Guterres assumed office as Secretary General on 1st January, 2017.
 

The International Court of Justice :
1. The International Court of Justice is the Judicial wing of the UN.
2. It is located at the Hague in Holland.
 

The Economic and Social Council :
1. The ECOSOC is the fifth organ of the UN.
2. It coordinates all the economic and social works of the UN.
 

Other Minor Organs:
1. The Other Organs: FAO, WHO, UNESCO, UNICEF and UNDP.
2. These associated organs deal with areas such as Food, Health, Education and Culture.
 

Activities of the UN:
1. The UN has expanded its activities in response to the changing problems facing the world.
2. In 1960, the UN dealt with decolonization issues and helped the liberation of colonies.
3. Now it deals with Human rights, the problem of refugees, climate change, gender equality.
4. The UN Peace Keeping Force has worked in many areas of conflicts all over the world.
5. India also has sent soldiers to serve in the UN Peace Keeping Force in many parts of the world.

 

VII. Students Activity.   

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VIII. Map Work.   

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