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[#231] During the First World War, which country signed the Peace Treaty (1917) with Germany
Correct Answer

(C) Russia

Explanation

Solution: In December 1917, Germany agreed to an armistice and peace talks with Russia, and Lenin sent Leon Trotsky to Brest-Litovsk in Belarus to negotiate a treaty. The talks broke off after Germany demanded independence for Russian holdings in Eastern Europe, and in February 1918 fighting resumed on the eastern front. They signed the Peace Treaty.

[#232] When did United Kingdom declared war on Germany which lead to World War II?
Correct Answer

(D) 3rd September 1939

Explanation

Solution: On 3rd September 1939, Prime Minister Chamberlain went to the airwaves to announce to the British people that a state of war existed between their country and Germany. World War II had begun.

[#233] In which year, America joined the Second World War
Correct Answer

(C) 1941

Explanation

Solution: The United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.

[#234] The immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War was
Correct Answer

(A) The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Explanation

Solution: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo was the immediate cause of WWI.

[#235] Who were the Axis powers in World War-II?
Correct Answer

(D) Germany, Italy, Japan

Explanation

Solution: The World War-II lasted from 1939 to 1945 fought between two opposite Military alliances the Allied powers (France, Great Britain, The United States, The Soviet Union) and the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan).