Question

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

(I) The peace treaties signed after the end of the First World War sowed the seeds for the Second World War.

(II) The Second World War was a continuation of the First World War.

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

(II) contradicts (I).

Explanation:

The peace treaties, particularly the Treaty of Versailles, imposed harsh and humiliating conditions on Germany, resulting in deep animosity and economic instability. With these unresolved tensions, the Second World War was simply a delayed continuation of the same worldwide power struggle. As a result, the defective 1919 peace directly led to the next big conflict.