TN 12th Question Paper 2024 History

TN PUBLIC EXAM

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PART - III
Áµ»õÖ / HISTORY
( uªÌ ©ØÖ® B[Q» ÁÈ / Tamil & English Version )

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(ii) öPõkUP¨£mkÒÍ |õßS ©õØÖ ÂøhPÎÀ ªPÄ® Hئøh¯
Âøhø¯z ÷uº¢öukzxU SÔ±mkhß Âøh°øÚ²® ÷\ºzx
GÊuÄ®.
Note : (i) Answer all the questions.

(ii) Choose the most appropriate answer from the given four alternatives and write
the option code and the corresponding answer.

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1. _¨¤µ©o¯ £õµv SÔzu ¤ßÁ¸® G¢u TØÖ \›¯õÚx AÀ» ?
(A) £õµv°ß S¸©o (B]›¯º) _Áõª Â÷ÁPõÚ¢uµõÁõº.
(B) _÷u\ªzvµß CuÈß xøn B]›¯µõP C¸¢uõº.
(C) ö£sPÐUPõÚ ""\UµÁºzvÛ'' GßÓ CuÈß B]›¯µõP C¸¢uõº.
(D) v»P›ß Tenets of New Party GßÓ ¡ø» uªÈÀ ö©õÈö£¯ºzuõº.
Which of the following statement is not true about Subramania Bharati ?
(a) Bharati's Gurumani was Swami Vivekananda.
(b) Bharati was the sub-editor of Swadesamitran.
(c) He was the editor of a Woman's magazine by name 'Chakravarthini'
(d) He translated Tilak's Tenets of the New Party into Tamil.

2. ¤ßÁ¸® Aø©¨¦PÒ öuõh[P¨£mh \›¯õÚ Põ»Á›ø\ø¯z ÷uºÄ ö\´P.
(i) QÇUQ¢v¯ PÇP® (ii) ö\ßøÚ ©PõáÚ \[P®
(iii) ö\ßøÚ Áõ]PÒ \[P® (iv) C¢v¯a \[P®
(A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii) (B) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(C) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i) (D) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
Which is the correct chronological sequence of the following associations ?
(i) East India Association (ii) Madras Mahajana Sabha
(iii) Madras Native Association (iv) India Society
(a) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii) (b) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(c) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i) (d) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

3. TØÖ : x¸UQ¯ öÁØÔPЮ Põßìhõßi÷|õ¤Îß ÃÌa]²® QÇUS
£SvUS J¸ PhÀ ÁÈzuhzøu Psk¤iUP FUP©õP C¸¢ux.
Põµn® : QÇUQÀ C¸¢x QøhUS® ö£õ¸mPÎß ÷uøÁPÒ AvP›zuuõÀ
PhÀ ÁÈ Áõo£zøu Pmk¨£kzu I÷µõ¨¤¯ |õkPÒ Â¸®¤Ú.
(A) TØÖ \›, Põµn® uÁÖ.
(B) TØÖ ©ØÖ® Põµn® Cµsk® \›, ÷©¾® Põµn® TØøÓ ÂÍUSQÓx.
(C) TØÖ uÁÖ, Põµn® \›.
(D) TØÖ ©ØÖ® Põµn® Cµsk® \›, BÚõÀ Põµn® TØøÓ ÂÍUPÂÀø».
Assertion (A) : The Turkish conquests and the fall of Constantinople provided stimulus to
find a sea route to the East.
Reason (R) : As the demands for the products from the East increased, the European
states wanted to control sea-borne trade.
(a) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong
(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct, (R) explains (A)
(c) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct
(d) Both (A) and (R) are correct, (R) does not explain (A)

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4. C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ Põ[Qµêß •uÀ uø»Áº :
(A) A.O. î³® (B) _÷µ¢vµ|õz £õÚºâ
(C) W.C. £õÚºâ (D) £z¸wß v¯õ¨â
The first President of the Indian National Congress was :
(a) A.O. Hume (b) Surendranath Banerje
(c) W.C. Banerje (d) Badruddin Tyabji

5. E»Qß •uÀ øímµáß AqSsøh Aö©›UPõ öÁizx £›÷\õuøÚ ö\´u
Bsk Gx ?
(A) 1954 (B) 1951 (C) 1955 (D) 1952
When did the United States successfully detonated the World's first Hydrogen bomb ?
(a) 1954 (b) 1951 (c) 1955 (d) 1952

6. {v B÷¯õU GÝ® Aø©¨¦ G¨ö£õÊx E¸ÁõUP¨£mhx ?
(A) 2017 (B) 2015 (C) 2018 (D) 2016
When did NITI Aayog was established ?
(a) 2017 (b) 2015 (c) 2018 (d) 2016

7. »shß ¤›ÂU PÄß]¼À Ch® ö£ØÓ •uÀ C¢v¯º __________.
(A) ø\¯x A«º A¼ (B) µí©zxÀ»õ \¯õÛ
(C) £z¸wß v¯õ¨â (D) \º ø\¯x AP©x Põß
__________ , was the first Indian to find a place in London Privy Council.
(a) Syed Ameer Ali (b) Rahmatullah Sayani
(c) Badruddin Tyabji (d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

8. `¯ì PõÀÁõ´ ö\[Phø» __________ Ehß CønUQÓx.
(A) ©zv¯ uøµUPhÀ (B) Hhß ÁøÍShõ
(C) Aµ¤U PhÀ (D) Põ®÷£ ÁøÍShõ
Suez Canal connects the Red Sea with the __________.
(a) Mediterranean Sea (b) Gulf of Aden
(c) Arabian Sea (d) Gulf of Khambat

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9. R÷Ç öPõkUP¨£mkÒÍ SÔ¨¦Pøͨ ö£õ¸zv \›¯õÚ Âøhø¯z ÷uº¢&
öukUPÄ® :
(1) ©õsöhìQ³ (i) ÷á÷Põ¤¯ºPÒ
(2) ÁõÀ÷hº (ii) B[Q÷»¯ |õmkz uzxÁÁõv
(3) £¯[Pµ Bm] (iii) £vÚõßPõ® ¿°°ß Põ»®
(4) áõß »õU (iv) \mh[PÎß \õµ®
(A) (1)-(iv), (2)-(i), (3)-(ii), (4)-(iii)
(B) (1)-(i), (2)-(iii), (3)-(iv), (4)-(ii)
(C) (1)-(i), (2)-(iv), (3)-(iii), (4)-(ii)
(D) (1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii)
Match and choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(1) Montesquieu (i) Jacobins
(2) Voltaire (ii) English Philosopher
(3) Reign of Terror (iii) The Age of Louis XIV
(4) John Locke (iv) The Spirit of Laws
(a) (1)-(iv), (2)-(i), (3)-(ii), (4)-(iii)
(b) (1)-(i), (2)-(iii), (3)-(iv), (4)-(ii)
(c) (1)-(i), (2)-(iv), (3)-(iii), (4)-(ii)
(d) (1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii)

10. ö©õÈÁõ› Ai¨£øh°À Aø©UP¨£mh •uÀ ©õ{»® :
(A) B¢vµõ (B) Põ諺 (C) J›éõ (D) Aìéõ®
The first State formed on linguistic basis was :
(a) Andhra (b) Kashmir (c) Orissa (d) Assam

11. öÁÒøͯ÷Ú öÁÎ÷¯Ö C¯UPzvß÷£õx £®£õ°À CµP]¯ ÁõöÚõ¼
{ø»¯zøu |hzv¯Áº :
(A) B\¨ A¼ (B) Eåõ ÷©zuõ
(C) ÷P¨hß »m_ª (D) ¤Ÿzv Á÷uuõº
Who ran Clandestine radio operations at Bombay during the Quit India Movement ?
(a) Asaf Ali (b) Usha Mehta
(c) Captain Lakshmi (d) Preeti Waddadar

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12. R÷Ç SÔ¨¤h¨£mkÒÍ uø»ÁºPÎÀ _¯µõä¯ Pm]²hß öuõhº¤À»õu
uø»Áº ¯õº ?
(A) ÷©õv»õÀ ÷|¸ (B) Cµõáõâ
(C) \zv¯‰ºzv (D) ]zuµg\ß uõì
Which of the undermentioned personality is unrelated to Swaraj Party ?
(a) Motilal Nehru (b) Rajaji
(c) Sathyamurthi (d) Chitaranjan Das

13. Jzxøǯõø© C¯UP® EÒÍhUQ¯øÁ :
(i) £ÒÎ ©ØÖ® PÀ¿›Pøͨ ¦ÓUPozuÀ
(ii) Aµ_ ÁÇ[Q¯ £mh[PøÍz v¸¨¤¯ÎzuÀ
(iii) Esnõµu[PÒ Pøh¨¤i¨£øu GvºzuÀ
(iv) Aµ_US GvµõÚ \v÷Áø»PÎÀ Dk£kuÀ
(A) (i) ©ØÖ® (iv) (B) (i) ©ØÖ® (ii) (C) (iii) ©ØÖ® (iv) (D) (ii) ©ØÖ® (iii)
Non-cooperation movement included :
(i) boycott of government schools and colleges.
(ii) return of government conferred titles.
(iii) observing protest fasts.
(iv) conducting underground movements.
(a) (i) and (iv) (b) (i) and (ii) (c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (ii) and (iii)

14. ö|¨÷£õ¼¯ß •uß•øÓ |õk Phzu¨£mk ]øÓ øÁUP¨£mh Ch® __________.
(A) Põº]Põ (B) GÀ£õ
(C) Áõmhº¿ (D) ö\°ßm öí»Úõ
Napoleon was exiled first time to __________.
(a) Corsica (b) Elba
(c) Waterloo (d) St. Helena

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15. Aö©›UP IUQ¯ |õmiß £øhPøÍ BPìm 1942 &CÀ £]¤U £Sv°À
uø»ø©÷¯ØÖ ÁÈ|hzv¯Áº :
(A) öáÚµÀ i PõÀ (B) ö©U Bºuº
(C) áõºä ©õºåÀ (D) I\ß÷íõÁº
In August 1942, US Forces in the Pacific was commanded by :
(a) General de Gaulle (b) Mac Arthur
(c) George Marshall (d) Eisenhower

16. “Indian Unrest” GßÓ ¦zuPzvß B]›¯º :
(A) v»Pº (B) »õ»õ »á£vµõ´
(C) AßÛ ö£\sm (D) ÷Á»søhß ]÷µõÀ
The Author of the book 'Indian Unrest' was :
(a) Tilak (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Annie Besant (d) Valentine Chirol

17. "Aµ]ß uøh¯ØÓ' (Laissez Faire) GßÝ® £uzøu E¸ÁõUQ¯Áº __________ BÁõº.
(A) L¤åº (B) áõß A. íõ¨\ß
(C) öh öPͺ÷Ú (D) PõºÀ ©õºUì
Laissez Faire is a word coined by __________.
(a) Fischer (b) John A. Hobson
(c) de Gournay (d) Karl Marx

18. •u»õÁx £¯oPÒ Cµ°À 1853 &CÀ G¢u Ch[PÐUS Cøh÷¯ Ki¯x ?
(A) £®£õ´ & uõ÷Ú (B) ©uµõì & AµU÷Põn®
(C) öPõÀPzuõ & íüUÎ (D) £®£õ´ & §Úõ
The first Passenger train ran in 1853 between :
(a) Bombay - Thane (b) Madras - Arakkonam
(c) Kolkata - Hoogly (d) Bombay - Pune

19. öußÛ¢v¯õÂÀ ußÚõm] C¯UP® ¯õµõÀ xÁ[P¨£mhx ?
(A) ¤.¤. Áõi¯õ (B) v»Pº
(C) Ga.Gì. BÀPõm (D) AßÛ ö£\sm
The Home Rule Movement in South India was started by :
(a) B.P. Wadia (b) Tilakar
(c) H.S. Olcott (d) Annie Besant

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20. 1951&B® BsiÀ C¢v¯õÂÀ GzuøÚ ö£õxzxøÓ {ÖÁÚ[PÒ
ö\¯À£mhÚ?
(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 225 (D) 7
How many public sector enterprises were functioning in India in 1951 ?
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 225 (d) 7

£S-v & II / PART - II
SÔ¨¦ : H÷uÝ® HÊ ÂÚõU- P - Ð US Âøh- ¯ - Î U- P - Ä ®. ÂÚõ Gs 30 &US
Pm-hõ-¯-® Âøh-¯-ÎU-P-Ä®. 7x2=14
Note : Answer any seven questions. Question No. 30 is compulsory.

21. Csi÷Põ P»P® SÔzx SÔ¨¦ ÁøµP.
Write a note on Indigo Revolt.

22. ÷u]¯® GßÓõÀ GßÚ ?
What is Nationalism ?

23. ÷u]¯ÁõvPÍõÀ öµÍ»m \mh® Hß GvºUP¨£mhx ?
Why was the Rowlatt Act opposed by the Nationalists ?

24. uÛz öuõSv •øÓ°øÚ £ØÔ ]Ö SÔ¨¦ GÊxP.
Write a short note on separate Electorate.

25. CµÁ»º \mh[PÒ £ØÔ Â›ÁõP GÊxP.
Explain Poor Laws.

26. »õTº wº©õÚzvß •UQ¯zxÁ® GßÚ ?
What is the importance of Lahore Resolution ?

27. |m\zvµ ÷\®£º E¸ÁõUP¨£mhuß ÷|õUP® GßÚ ? Ax Hß AÆÁõÖ AøÇUP¨&
£mhx ?
What purpose did the Star Chamber serve and why was it called so ?

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28. £õìhß ÷u}º ¸¢x SÔzx }[PÒ AÔ¢uöußÚ ?
What do you know about the Boston Tea Party ?

29. ¤›miè C¢v¯õÂÀ wµ ÷u]¯ÁõvPÎß ø©¯©õP ÂÍ[Q¯ uø»ÁºPøÍU
PshÔP.
Identify the leaders of the epicenters of militant nationalism in British India.

30. "}sh £¯n®' & SÔ¨¦ ÁøµP.
Write a short note on ‘Long March’.

£S-v & III / PART - III
SÔ¨¦ : H÷u-Ý® HÊ ÂÚõU-P-ÐUS Âøh-¯-ÎU-P-Ä®. AÁØÔÀ ÂÚõ Gs 40 &US
Pm-hõ-¯-©õP Âøh-¯-ÎU-P-Ä®. 7x3=21
Note : Answer any seven questions. Question No. 40 is compulsory.

31. hõhõ C¸®¦ GLS {ÖÁÚ® (TISCO) £ØÔ SÔ¨¦ GÊxP.
Write a short note on ' TISCO '.

32. £g\^»U öPõÒøP°ß I¢x ÷Põm£õkPøÍ ÂÍUSP.
Explain the five principles of Panch Sheel.

33. SzuøP ^ºv¸zu[PÎß ÷|õUP[PÒ ¯õøÁ ?
What are the main objectives of the Tenancy reforms ?

34. ªP B£zuõÚ U&£hSPÒ ©ØÖ® Q &P¨£ÀPÒ £ØÔ }º AÔ¢ux GßÚ ?
What do you know of the fearsome U-boats and Q-ships ?

35. ÷|m÷hõøÁ¨ ÷£õÀ Hß ^m÷hõ (SEATO) ¤µ£»©øh¯ÂÀø» ?
Why SEATO was not so popular as NATO ?

36. Á.E. ]u®£µzvß _÷u] C¯UP •¯Ø]PÒ SÔzx GÊxP.
Write about the Swadeshi venture of V.O.C.

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37. §Úõ J¨£¢uzvß •UQ¯zxÁ® ¯õx ?
What is the importance of Poona Pact ?

38. Aö©›UP¨ ¦µm]°ß •UQ¯zxÁzøu £S¨£õ´Ä ö\´P.
Analyse the significance of American Revolution.

39. 1492 -À öPõ»®£ì ÷©ØöPõsh £¯n® £ØÔ ]Ö SÔ¨¦ ÁøµP.
Write a short note on ‘The Voyage of Columbus in 1492’.

40. Á[P¨ ¤›ÂøÚ £ØÔ ]Ö SÔ¨¦ ÁøµP.
Write a short note on ‘Partition of Bengal’.

£S-v & IV / PART - IV
SÔ¨¦ : AøÚz-x ÂÚõU-P-ÐU-S® Âøh-¯-ÎU-P-Ä®. 7x5=35
Note : Answer all the questions.

41. (A) C¢v¯ |kzuµ ÁºUPzvÀ ÷©ØPzv¯U PÀ塧 uõUPzøu²® ¤ßÚº Ax
C¢v¯a \‰Pzøua ^ºv¸zuÄ® ©ØÖ® «mk¸ÁõUP® ö\´vhÄ® BØÔ¯
£[QøÚ ÂÁõvUPÄ®.
AÀ-»-x
(B) Cµõáõâ vmh® £ØÔ J¸ £zv GÊxP.
(a) Discuss the impact of Western education on Indian Middle Class, highlighting the latter's
role in reforming and regenerating Indian Society.
OR
(b) Write a paragraph about the Rajaji formula.

42. (A) hõUhº A®÷£zP›ß PÀ¨£o SÔzx SÔ¨£õP JkUP¨£mh ©UPÎß \‰P
}vUPõP AÁ›ß ö\¯¿UPzøu •ußø©¨£kzv ÂÍUSP.
AÀ-»-x
(B) C¢v¯ Âkuø» C¯UP Áµ»õØÔÀ P¨£Ø£øh P»P® J¸ ]Ó¨£õÚ
Azv¯õ¯® GÚ Hß P¸u¨£kQÓx ?
(a) Sketch the educational career of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar with particular focus on his activism
to secure Social Justice to the depressed classes.
OR
(b) Why is the Royal Indian Navy Revolt considered a glorious chapter in the history of
Indian National Movement ?

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43. (A) C¢v¯ öÁβÓÄU öPõÒøP°ß Ai¨£øhU ÷Põm£õkPÒ ¯õøÁ ?
Ao÷\µõ C¯UPzvÀ B¨¤›UPõ B]¯ |õkPøÍ CønzuvÀ ¤µu©º ÷|¸
AÁºPÎß £[QøÚ ÂÍUSP.
AÀ-»-x
(B) FµP ©Ö^µø©¨¦ öuõhº£õP C¢v¯ Aµ_ ¤ß£ØÔ¯ |hÁiUøPPøÍ
•ßÛø»¨£kzxP.
(a) What were the basic principles of India's Foreign Policy ? What was the role of Prime
Minister Nehru in organising the Afro-Asian Countries into a Non-Aligned Movement ?

OR

(b) Highlight the measures adopted by the Government of India towards rural
reconstruction.

44. (A) Aö©›UP Âkuø»¨ ÷£õ¸UPõÚ Põµn[PÒ, Auß ÷£õUS, ÂøÍÄPÒ
SÔzx ÂÁõvUPÄ®.
AÀ-»-x
(B) ö£õ¸Íõuõµ¨ ö£¸©¢uzvß ÷£õx uªÌ|õmiÀ öuõÈÀxøÓ Áͺa] £ØÔ
GÊxP.
(a) Discuss the causes, course and results of the American War of Independence.

OR

(b) Write about the Industrial Development in Tamil Nadu during the Depression.

45. (A) E»PÍõ¯ ¤µa\øÚPøÍ wº¨£vÀ I.|õ. \ø£°ß £[S £ØÔ GÊxP.
AÀ-»-x
(B) J¸[Qøn¢u öáº©Û°ß Esø©¯õÚ ÁiÁø©¨£õͺ ¤ì©õºU÷P GÚ
Hß ö\õÀ»¨£kQÓx ?
(a) Write about the role of UNO in resolving Global disputes.

OR

(b) Why is Bismarck considered the true architect of a unified Germany ?

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46. (A) •uÀ E»P¨÷£õ›ß Põµn[PøͲ® ÂøÍÄPøͲ® PnUQkP.
AÀ-»-x
(B) C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ C¯UP® |øhö£ØÓ RÌUPsh Ch[PøÍ C¢v¯ Áøµ£hzvÀ
SÔUPÄ®.
(i) PÀPzuõ
(ii) |õU§º
(iii) öhÀ¼
(iv) yzxUSi
(v) Põ諺
(a) Enumerate the causes and the consequences of the First World War.
OR
(b) Mark the following places where Indian National Movement took place on the outline
map of India.
(i) Calcutta
(ii) Nagpur
(iii) Delhi
(iv) Tuticorin
(v) Kashmir

47. (A) Cµshõ® E»P¨÷£õº HØ£h öẩ۲®, îm»¸® G¢u AÍÂØSU
Põµn©õÚÁºPÒ GߣuøÚ B´¢x TÖP.
AÀ-»-x
(B) 1900 •uÀ 1930 Áøµ°»õÚ C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ C¯UPzvß H÷uÝ® I¢x
{PÌÄPøÍ Põ»U÷Põk Áøµ¢x PõmkP.
(a) Examine to what extent Germany and Hitler were responsible for the outbreak of Second
World War.
OR
(b) Draw a time-line from 1900-1930 and mark any five important events of Indian National
Movement.

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