Question

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

(I) Mussolini believed that Italy must expand or perish.

(II) Mussolini was executed in 1945, thus marking the end of Fascism in Italy.

Options

• (II) contradicts (I).

• (II) is the reason for (I).

• (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:

Mussolini’s “expand or perish” doctrine was a central tenet of his regime’s foreign policy, and his execution in 1945 was the inevitable result of his defeat in World War II. As a result, the reason supplied depicts the end of his life but does not explain the basis for his previous political ideas.