10th Social Science Assignment Answer Key 2021 - unit-1 history

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• Subject: Social Science | History 

• Unit 1 - 
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Part- A  

I. 1 Mark Questions :        

3. What were the three major empires shattered by the end of First World War?

(a) Germany, Austria Hungary, and the Ottomans

(b) Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia

(c) Spain, Portugal and Italy

(d) Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

Answer:

(a) Germany, Austria Hungary, and the Ottomans

5. Who said “imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism”?

(a) Lenin

(b) Marx

(c) Sun Yat-sen

(d) Mao Tsetung

Answer:

(a) Lenin

Part - B

II Very Short Answers

6. Name the countries in the Triple Entente.

• Britain, France and Russia.

7. What were the three militant forms of nationalism in Europe?

• The three militant forms of nationalism were, England’s Jingoism, France’s Chauvinism and Germany’s Kultur.

8. What do you know of trench warfare?

• Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy’s small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. It is a warfare in which opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug in the ground.

 Part - c 

III Short Answers

9. Discuss the main causes of the First World War.

• The causes of the First World War are given below:

• Formation of European alliances and counter alliances

• Emergence of violent forms of nationalism in countries like England, France and Germany

• Aggressive attitude of the German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II

• Hostility of France towards Germany

• Opportunity for imperial power politics in the Balkans

• The Balkans wars

• Immediate cause which included the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew and heir to Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, by Princip, a Bosnian Serb, on 28 June 1914.

10. Explain the course of the Russian Revolution under the leadership of Lenin.

• Lenin was in Switzerland when the revolution broke out in Russia. He wanted to continued revolution.

• His slogan of “All power to the Soviets” soon won over the workers’ leaders. Devastated by war time shortages, the people were attracted by the slogan of ‘Bread, Peace and Land’.

• In October Lenin persuaded the Bolshevik Central Committee to decide on immediate revolution. Trotsky prepared a detailed plan

• On 7 November the key government buildings, including the Winter Palace, the Prime Minister’s headquarters, were seized by armed factory workers and revolutionary troops

• On 8 November 1917a new Communist government was in office in Russia. Its head this time was Lenin. The Bolshevik Party was renamed the Russian Communist Party.

Part - D

 IV Answer The Following in Detail

12. Highlight the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles relating to Germany.

• All the central powers were directed to pay war indemnity especially Germany was to pay heavy amount for the losses suffered.

• Germany had to pay 6,600 million pounds as per the Reparation Commission, but can be paid in installments.

• The Germans should not have submarines and airforce, but can have a small navy and an army of one lakh men.

• Austria and Germany separated and Austria was given independence.

• All German colonies came under the mandated territories of League of nations.

• Germany had to give up all her overseas possessions, rights and titles to the allies.

• Germany surrendered Alsace-Lorraine to France.

• She signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Russia and the treaty of Bucharest with Bulgaria.

• Rhineland was to be occupied by the allies. East of Rhineland area was to be demilitarised.

• Poland was recreated with a corridor to Baltic containing the port of Danzig of Germany.