Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Consider the following statements with respect to Saarland:
1. It was returned to Germany after a plebiscite.
2. Plebiscite was conducted in 1935.
Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Answer 1

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> After World War I, Saar’s coal mines were awarded to France, and Saarland was placed under the administration of the League of Nations for 15 years, at the end of which time a plebiscite permitted the inhabitants to choose between being part of France or Germany. In the plebiscite, held on January 13, 1935, more than 90 percent of the inhabitants of Saar voted for its return to Germany.