Question

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between Statements (I) and (II).

(I) Hitler believed in the doctrine of racial supremacy and that Germans were the master race.

(II) All anti-Nazi books and magazines were consigned to flames.

Options

• (II) contradicts (I).

• (I) is the reason for (II).

• (I) is true, but (II) is false.

• (I) and (II) are independent of each other.

Answer 1

(I) and (II) are independent of each other.

Explanation:

Hitler believed in the “Aryan” master race (I), and while the Nazis did engage in mass book burnings to stifle opposition (II), the act of burning books does not explain why he held these racial convictions; rather, it was a different strategy used to control public thought.