World War Second
CUET PG Practice Question
- Which conference, held in 1945, resulted in the decision to divide Germany into occupation zones and establish the United Nations?
Options:
- A) The Yalta Conference
- B) The Potsdam Conference
- C) The Tehran Conference
- D) The Casablanca Conference
Answer: A) The Yalta Conference
- The “Final Solution,” the Nazi plan for the systematic extermination of Jews, was formally announced at which 1942 conference?
Options:
- A) The Wannsee Conference
- B) The Munich Conference
- C) The Potsdam Conference
- D) The Nuremberg Trials
Answer: A) The Wannsee Conference
- Which battle, fought in 1942-1943, marked a major turning point in the North African campaign, leading to the defeat of Axis forces in North Africa?
Options:
- A) The Battle of El Alamein
- B) The Battle of Stalingrad
- C) The Battle of Midway
- D) The Battle of Kursk
Answer: A) The Battle of El Alamein
- Which naval battle, fought in June 1942, was a decisive victory for the United States and marked a turning point in the Pacific Theater?
Options:
- A) The Battle of the Coral Sea
- B) The Battle of Midway
- C) The Battle of the Philippine Sea
- D) The Battle of Leyte Gulf
Answer: B) The Battle of Midway
- Which 1944 operation was the Allied invasion of German-occupied France, commonly known as D-Day?
Options:
- A) Operation Overlord
- B) Operation Barbarossa
- C) Operation Market Garden
- D) Operation Torch
Answer: A) Operation Overlord
- Which Soviet leader played a crucial role in the fight against the Axis powers and was a key figure at the Yalta Conference?
Options:
- A) Vladimir Lenin
- B) Joseph Stalin
- C) Leon Trotsky
- D) Nikita Khrushchev
Answer: B) Joseph Stalin
- The “Manhattan Project” was a top-secret program aimed at developing which type of weapon?
Options:
- A) Chemical weapons
- B) Nuclear weapons
- C) Biological weapons
- D) Advanced aircraft
Answer: B) Nuclear weapons
- Which battle, fought from August 1944 to February 1945, was the last major German offensive on the Western Front?
Options:
- A) The Battle of the Bulge
- B) The Battle of the Ardennes
- C) The Battle of the Scheldt
- D) The Battle of the Rhine
Answer: A) The Battle of the Bulge
- Which conference in 1943 saw the Allied leaders agree on the strategy of “Europe First” in their fight against the Axis powers?
Options:
- A) The Casablanca Conference
- B) The Yalta Conference
- C) The Tehran Conference
- D) The Potsdam Conference
Answer: A) The Casablanca Conference
- The “Axis Powers” during World War II primarily consisted of Germany, Italy, and which other major country?
Options:
- A) Japan
- B) Spain
- C) Hungary
- D) Romania
Answer: A) Japan
- Which Allied leader became the first U.S. president to serve more than two terms during World War II?
Options:
- A) Theodore Roosevelt
- B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
- C) Harry S. Truman
- D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Answer: B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Which 1939 event is widely considered the beginning of World War II, following the invasion of Poland?
Options:
- A) The Munich Agreement
- B) The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
- C) The German invasion of Poland
- D) The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Answer: C) The German invasion of Poland
- Which battle, fought in 1943, was one of the largest tank battles in history and a significant Soviet victory on the Eastern Front?
Options:
- A) The Battle of Stalingrad
- B) The Battle of Kursk
- C) The Battle of Leningrad
- D) The Battle of Moscow
Answer: B) The Battle of Kursk
- The Nuremberg Trials, held after World War II, were notable for prosecuting war crimes committed by which group?
Options:
- A) The Soviet Union
- B) The Japanese military
- C) The Nazi leaders
- D) The Italian fascists
Answer: C) The Nazi leaders
- Which 1945 military operation involved the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to Japan’s surrender?
Options:
- A) Operation Downfall
- B) Operation Olympic
- C) Operation Trinity
- D) The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Answer: D) The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Which 1941 act allowed the U.S. to supply Allied nations with military aid while remaining officially neutral?
Options:
- A) The Neutrality Act
- B) The Lend-Lease Act
- C) The Selective Service Act
- D) The War Powers Act
Answer: B) The Lend-Lease Act
- Which German general, known as the “Desert Fox,” led Axis forces in North Africa and was later captured in Tunisia?
Options:
- A) Erwin Rommel
- B) Heinrich Himmler
- C) Wilhelm Keitel
- D) Hermann Göring
Answer: A) Erwin Rommel
- Which 1943 Soviet offensive, known for its encirclement and defeat of German forces, was crucial in turning the tide on the Eastern Front?
Options:
- A) The Battle of Stalingrad
- B) The Battle of Kursk
- C) The Battle of Moscow
- D) The Battle of Smolensk
Answer: A) The Battle of Stalingrad
- Which U.S. military strategy involved “island-hopping” to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions in the Pacific Theater?
Options:
- A) Operation Overlord
- B) Operation Barbarossa
- C) Island Hopping
- D) Operation Torch
Answer: C) Island Hopping
- The “Vichy France” government, which collaborated with Nazi Germany, was led by which French leader?
Options:
- A) Charles de Gaulle
- B) Philippe Pétain
- C) Paul Reynaud
- D) Pierre Laval
Answer: B) Philippe Pétain