Use of pseudo-science in the Nazi worldview increased which danger?
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Correct answer: Danger of making discrimination look like scientific truth
Option A is correct because pseudo-science uses the appearance and vocabulary of science to support claims that have no reliable scientific basis. Nazi racial theories falsely ranked people into superior and inferior groups and misused ideas about heredity, biology and selection to defend antisemitism, forced sterilisation and persecution. Presenting prejudice as scientific fact made discrimination seem objective, inevitable and respectable, allowing the state to impose harmful policies with less public questioning. Options B, C and D are not dangers produced by Nazi pseudo-science. It did not expand democratic rights, create peace or spread equality; it provided a deceptive justification for racism and exclusion.
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Danger of making discrimination look like scientific truth
Why is this the correct answer?
Option A is correct because pseudo-science uses the appearance and vocabulary of science to support claims that have no reliable scientific basis. Nazi racial theories falsely ranked people into superior and inferior groups and misused ideas about heredity, biology and selection to defend antisemitism, forced sterilisation and persecution. Presenting prejudice as scientific fact made discrimination seem objective, inevitable and respectable, allowing the state to impose harmful policies with less public questioning. Options B, C and D are not dangers produced by Nazi pseudo-science. It did not expand democratic rights, create peace or spread equality; it provided a deceptive justification for racism and exclusion.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler. Topic: The Nazi Worldview.
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