League of Nations – Paris Peace, Map Redrawing, Mandates, Failures (Manchuria, Abyssinia) Quiz - ICSE Class 11 History

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1. Which of the following was NOT a primary aim of the League of Nations according to its Covenant?

   1. To promote international cooperation
   2. To achieve world peace and security
   3. To establish a global free market economy
   4. To ensure disarmament
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   Answer: C. To establish a global free market economy

   The League of Nations aimed to promote international cooperation, achieve peace and security, and encourage disarmament. Establishing a global free market was not a stated primary objective.

2. The principle of 'collective security', a cornerstone of the League of Nations, aimed to deter aggression by:

   1. Promoting bilateral defense pacts between nations.
   2. Establishing a unified global military force controlled by the League.
   3. Ensuring that an attack on one member would be considered an attack on all, leading to a joint response.
   4. Focusing solely on economic sanctions as the primary deterrent.
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   Answer: C. Ensuring that an attack on one member would be considered an attack on all, leading to a joint response.

   Collective security meant that if one member state was attacked, other member states would come to its aid. This was intended to make aggression too costly for any potential aggressor. The League, however, lacked the robust enforcement mechanisms to make this principle fully effective.

3. The principle of 'Minority Treaties' after World War I, overseen by the League of Nations, aimed to:

   1. Ensure that newly formed states respected the rights of ethnic and religious minorities within their borders.
   2. Encourage the assimilation of all minorities into the dominant culture of the new states.
   3. Grant special political privileges to minority groups in all European nations.
   4. Establish a system for the mandatory exchange of minority populations between states.
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   Answer: A. Ensure that newly formed states respected the rights of ethnic and religious minorities within their borders.

   Following the redrawing of borders, many new states contained significant ethnic and religious minorities. The Minority Treaties, guaranteed by the League, aimed to protect the rights of these minorities, including their language, religion, and culture, and to prevent discrimination.

4. The failure of the League to prevent the remilitarization of the Rhineland by Germany in 1936 was particularly damaging because:

   1. It was a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles and Locarno Treaties.
   2. It was not condemned by any League member.
   3. It was immediately followed by a German invasion of France.
   4. It demonstrated that Germany was no longer bound by any international agreements.
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   Answer: A. It was a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles and Locarno Treaties.

   Germany's remilitarization of the Rhineland in March 1936 was a blatant violation of both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties. Britain and France condemned the move but failed to take any decisive action, signaling a significant decline in the League's authority and the effectiveness of collective security.

5. The post-World War I border adjustments in Eastern Europe, particularly regarding the creation of new states like Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, were often criticized for:

   1. Satisfying all ethnic aspirations perfectly.
   2. Ignoring the principle of national self-determination for all groups.
   3. Ensuring seamless economic integration between the new states.
   4. Establishing democratic governments in all new nations.
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   Answer: B. Ignoring the principle of national self-determination for all groups.

   The redrawing of Eastern European borders created new states that often contained significant minority populations from former empires, leading to ethnic tensions and disputes as the principle of self-determination was inconsistently applied or overridden by strategic and political considerations.

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