Question

According to the reading passage, what did Britain promise regarding Palestine?
Answer: Explain:
A.
B.
C.
D.
To split Palestine into two countries.
To create the country of Israel.
To give the land to the Ottomans.
To help Jewish people create a "national
home" in Palestine.
Question:
According to the reading passage, what happened in 1948?
Answer:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Britain took control of Palestine.
The United Nations made a suggestion.
Arab countries attacked Israel.
The Zionists had a desire.
explain why is answer d

Answer 1

Question 1 — What did Britain promise regarding Palestine?
Answer: D. To help Jewish people create a "national home" in Palestine.

Explanation:
- In the reading passage (and historically in the 1917 Balfour Declaration), Britain promised support for the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine.
- That promise is not the same as formally creating the state of Israel (B is wrong), nor splitting Palestine into two countries (A is wrong), nor giving the land to the Ottomans (C is wrong — the Ottomans were the pre‑World War I rulers, not the recipients of a British promise).

Question 2 — What happened in 1948?
Answer: C. Arab countries attacked Israel.

Explanation and why D is not correct:
- In 1948 the State of Israel declared independence, and several neighboring Arab countries immediately invaded — this is the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. That is the specific event described by option C.
- Option B (the United Nations made a suggestion) refers to the 1947 UN partition plan, which happened the year before, not in 1948.
- Option D (“The Zionists had a desire”) is not a discrete historical event of 1948 — it describes a long‑standing political aim (the Zionist desire for a Jewish homeland), not something that “happened” in that year. Therefore D is not the correct answer for the 1948 event.