TN 12th Question Paper 2023 History

Tamil Nadu
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2023
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PART - III
Áµ»õÖ / HISTORY
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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. C¢v¯ P®³Ûìm Pm] öuõh[P¨£mh Bsk :
(A) 1930 (B) 1920 (C) 1935 (D) 1925
Communist Party of India was formed in the year :
(a) 1930 (b) 1920 (c) 1935 (d) 1925

2. £Úõµì C¢x¨ £ÀPø»UPÇP® ¯õµõÀ {ÖÁ¨£mhx ?
(A) v»Pº (B) ©Põz©õ Põ¢v¯iPÒ
(C) ¤.¤. Áõi¯õ (D) ©uß÷©õPß ©õͯõ
Who founded the Banaras Hindu University ?
(a) Tilak (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) B.P. Wadia (d) Madan Mohan Malaviya

3. "How India Wrought for Freedom" GßÓ ¦zuPzvß B]›¯º :
(A) »õ»õ »á£v µõ´ (B) AßÛö£\ßm
(C) C.R. uõì (D) v»Pº
The author of the Book “How India Wrought for Freedom” was __________.
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) Annie Besant
(c) C.R. Das (d) Tilak

4. TØÖ :
Cµshõ® E»P¨÷£õ›ß Põ»zvÀ ÷£õº •øÓPÒ ö£›x®
©õØÓ©øh¢v¸¢uÚ.
Põµn® : APȨ ÷£õº•øÓ JxUP¨£mk ©õÚ SskÃa_ ¤µ£»©õÚx.
(A) TØÖ \›, Põµn® uÁÖ.
(B) TØÖ ©ØÖ® Põµn® \›. Põµn® TØøÓ ÂÍUSQÓx.
(C) TØÖ uÁÖ, Põµn® \›.
(D) TØÖ ©ØÖ® Põµn® \›, BÚõÀ Põµn® TØøÓ ÂÍUPÂÀø».
Assertion (A) : The methods of warfare changed during the Second World War.
Reason (R) : Trench warfare had given way to aerial bombing.
(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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5. `µzvÀ |øhö£Ó¸¢u Põ[Qµì ©õ|õmiØS Põ[Qµêß Akzu uø»ÁµõP
÷uº¢öukUP¨£kÁuØS ¯õ¸øh¯ ö£¯º wµ ÷u]¯ÁõvPÍõÀ •ßö©õȯ¨&
£mhx ?

(A) Lö£÷µõìåõ ÷©zuõ (B) AµÂ¢u ÷Põè

(C) »õ»õ »á£v µõ´ (D) uõuõ£õ´ ö|Í÷µõâ

Whose name was proposed as President by the Militant Nationalists for the Surat
session of the Congress ?

(a) Pherozesha Mehta (b) Aurobindo Ghose

(c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) Dadabhai Naoroji

6. C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ Põ[Qµøé {Ö¯Áº :

(A) A.O. î³® (B) _£õè \¢vµ ÷£õì

(C) £õ» P[Põuµ v»Pº (D) Põ¢v¯iPÒ

The Indian National Congress was founded by :

(a) A.O. Hume (b) Subash Chandra Bose

(c) Bala Gangadhar Tilak (d) Gandhi

7. Q›¨ì yxUSÊ __________ Bm]°ß÷£õx C¢v¯õÂØS Á¸øP u¢ux.

(A) ö©Ísm÷£mhß ¤µ¦ (B) ÷ÁÁÀ ¤µ¦

(C) CºÂß ¤µ¦ (D) ¼ß¼z÷Põ ¤µ¦

The Cripps Mission visited India during the regime of :

(a) Lord Mountbatten (b) Lord Wavell

(c) Lord Irwin (d) Lord Linlithgow

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8. 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) protest observing fasts
(iv) conducting underground movements against the Government
(a) (i) and (iv) (b) (i) and (ii)

(c) (iii) and (iv) (d) (ii) and (iii)

9. I.|õ. \ø£°ß •uÀ ö£õxa ö\¯»õͺ i›U÷Á ø» __________ &I ÷\º¢uÁµõÁõº.
(A) ][P¨§º (B) £º©õ (C) |õº÷Á (D) ᨣõß
Trygve Lie, the first Secretary General of the UNO, belonged to __________.

(a) Singapore (b) Burma (c) Norway (d) Japan

10. 1923 –CÀ ÷©õv»õÀ ÷|¸ ©ØÖ® ].Bº. uõì&BÀ ÷uõØÖÂUP¨£mh Pm]°ß
ö£¯º GßÚ ?
(A) _u¢vµõ Pm] (B) _¯µõä¯ Pm]
(C) P®³Ûìm Pm] (D) Puõº Pm]
What was the name of the party formed by Motilal Nehru and C.R. Das in 1923 ?

(a) Swatantra Party (b) Swaraj Party

(c) Communist Party (d) Ghadar Party

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11. RÌUPshÁØÔÀ Gx \©¯zøu Cµshõ® {ø»US uÒίx ?
(A) ¦Â°¯À Psk¤i¨¦ (B) ©Ö©»ºa]
(C) ÁºzuP¨ ¦µm] (D) \©¯a ^ºv¸zu®
Which one of the following had relegated religion to a subordinate place ?
(a) Geographical Discovery (b) Renaissance
(c) Commercial Revolution (d) Religious Reformation

12. ¤ßÁ¸ÁÚÁØøÓU Põ»Á›ø\¨£i Aø©UPÄ®.
(i) C¢v¯ _u¢vµ® SÔzu Am¼°ß AÔ¨¦
(ii) ÷|¸Âß uø»ø©°»õÚ CøhUPõ» Aµ\õ[P®
(iii) ö©Ísm÷£mhß vmh®
(A) (iii), (ii), (i) (B) (ii), (i), (iii)
(C) (ii), (iii), (i) (D) (i), (ii), (iii)
Arrange the following in chronological order.
(i) Atlee’s announcement on India’s Independence
(ii) Interim Government under the leadership of Nehru
(iii) Lord Mountbatten Plan
(a) (iii), (ii), (i) (b) (ii), (i), (iii)
(c) (ii), (iii), (i) (d) (i), (ii), (iii)

13. __________ US¨ ¤ß æ©÷Úõö\Q J¨£¢u® øPö¯Êzvh¨£mhx.

(A) Cµshõ® B[Q÷»õ & ^Ú¨ ÷£õº
(B) µè¯ & ᨣõÛ¯ ÷£õº
(C) ^Ú & ᨣõÛ¯ ÷£õº
(D) Cµshõ® A¤Û ÷£õº
Shimonoseki Treaty was signed after the __________.
(a) Second Anglo-Chinese War
(b) Russio-Japanese War
(c) Sino-Japanese War

(d) Second Opium War

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14. ©Põz©õ Põ¢v ÷u]¯ FµP ÷Áø»Áõ´¨¦ EÖv¯Î¨¦a \mh® (MGNREGA)
GzuøÚ |õmPÒ ÷Áø»Áõ´¨ø£ J¸ uÛ|£¸US ÁÇ[SQÓx ?
(A) 100 (B) 200 (C) 75 (D) 150
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) provided
_________ days work for an individual.
(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 75 (d) 150

15. Põ¢v¯iPÒ öußÚõ¨¤›UPõ¼¸¢x G¢u Bsk C¢v¯õ v¸®¤Úõº ?
(A) 1917 (B) 1915 (C) 1918 (D) 1916
When did Gandhi return to India from South Africa ?
(a) 1917 (b) 1915 (c) 1918 (d) 1916

16. öẩõÛ¯ J¸[QønøÁ AøhÁuØS "Cµzu•®, C¸®¦®' GßÓ
öPõÒøPø¯ øP¯õshÁº __________.
(A) Aµ\º Cµshõ® ÂUhº C®©õÝ÷ÁÀ
(B) U³_¨ P›£õÀi
(C) ‰ßÓõ® ö|¨÷£õ¼¯ß
(D) Bm÷hõ Áõß ¤ì©õºU
__________ adopted a ‘Blood and Iron’ Policy to achieve the unification of Germany.
(a) King Victor Emmanuel II
(b) Giuseppe Garibaldi
(c) Napoleon III
(d) Otto von Bismarck

17. ""C¢v¯ öÁβÓÄU öPõÒøP°ß •ußø©¯õÚ ]ؤ'' GÚ AøÇUP¨£k£Áº
¯õº ?
(A) »õÀ £Pyº \õìv› (B) Cµõáõâ
(C) ÁÀ»£õ´ £÷hÀ (D) áÁíº»õÀ ÷|¸
Who was called the “Prime Architect of India’s Foreign Policy” ?
(a) Lal Bahadur Sastri (b) Rajaji

(c) Vallabai Patel (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

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18. C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ CµõqÁ¨£øh «uõÚ Â\õµøn |øhö£ØÓ Ch® :
(A) øÁìŸPÀ »õmä, ]®»õ (B) ö\[÷Põmøh, ¦xöhÀ¼
(C) ][P¨§º (D) ¤Úõ[
The Indian National Army Trials took place in :
(a) Viceregal Lodge, Simla (b) Red Fort, New Delhi
(c) Singapore (d) Penang

19. 1937 &CÀ |øhö£ØÓ ÷uºu¼À __________ Põ[Qµì öÁØÔ ö£ØÓx.
(A) 5 ©õPõn[PÎÀ (B) 12 ©õPõn[PÎÀ
(C) 8 ©õPõn[PÎÀ (D) 7 ©õPõn[PÎÀ
In the 1937 elections, Congress won in :
(a) 5 Provinces (b) 12 Provinces
(c) 8 Provinces (d) 7 Provinces

20. ¤öµg_¨ ¦µm]°ß Põ»® __________.
(A) 1756 - 1763 (B) 1775 - 1783
(C) 1689 - 1755 (D) 1789 - 1795
The period of the French Revolution is :
(a) 1756 - 1763 (b) 1775 - 1783
(c) 1689 - 1755 (d) 1789 - 1795

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Âøh¯ÎUPÄ®. 7x2=14
Note : Answer any seven questions. Question No. 30 is Compulsory.

21. öuõhUP Põ» •UQ¯ C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ÁõvPøÍU PshÔP.
Identify the prominent early Indian Nationalists.

22. ©Põ÷uÆ ÷Põ¢z µõÚ÷h _÷u]U öPõÒøP°øÚ GÆÁõÖ ÂÍUSQÓõº ?

How did Mahadev Govind Ranade explain the idea of Swadeshi ?

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23. £îèQ›z îhõP›Û \ø£ SÔzx GÊxP.
Write about Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha.

24. ""CµshõÁx »õTº \v'' GßÓÔ¯¨£k® {PÌÄ ¯õx ?
Which incident was known as the “Second Lahore Conspiracy Case” ?

25. BPìm öPõøh°ß ]Ó¨ø£U TÖP.
State the main features of August Offer.

26. ÷á  ¤ SÊ £›¢xøµPÎß •UQ¯zxÁ® GßÚ ?
What was the essence of the JVP Committee’s recommendations ?

27. |õk Âkuø» Aøh¢u÷£õx C¢v¯ ö£õ¸Íõuõµzvß {ø»PÒ SÔzx J¸
SÔ¨¦ ÁøµP.
Give an account of the conditions of the Indian Economy at the time of
Independence.

28. Czuõ¼ø¯, ""öÁÖ® §÷PõÍ öÁΨ£õ÷h'' GÚ ö©mhºÛU Hß TÔÚõº ?
Why was Italy described as “a mere geographical expression” by Metternich ?

29. ám»õ¢x¨ ÷£õ›ß •UQ¯zxÁ® £ØÔ SÔ¨¤kP.
Point out the importance of Battle of Jutland.

30. îm»º £ØÔ GÊxP.

Write about Hitler.

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£Sv & III / PART - III
SÔ¨¦ : ¤ßÁ¸® ÂÚõUPÎÀ GøÁ÷¯Ý® HÊ ÂÚõUPÐUS Âøh¯ÎUPÄ®.
ÂÚõ Gs 40 &US Pmhõ¯©õP Âøh¯ÎUPÄ®. 7x3=21

Note : Answer any seven questions. Question No. 40 is compulsory.

31. ¤›miè C¢v¯õÂÀ ÷u]¯ EnºÂøÚ E¸ÁõUQ¯vÀ £zv›øPPÎß
£[QøÚ GÊxP.
Point out the role played by Press in creating Nationalist consciousness in British
India.

32. ußÚõm] C¯UPzvß CµmøhU SÔU÷PõÒPøͨ £ØÔ ÂÁõvUPÄ®.
Discuss the twin objectives of the Home Rule League.

33. áõ¼¯ß Áõ»õ£õU £köPõø» SÔzx SÔ¨¦ GÊxP.
Write a note on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

34. \º ìhõL÷£õºk Q›¨ì AÁºPÎß •ßö©õÈÄPøÍ ÂÁõvUPÄ®.
Discuss the proposals of Sir Strafford Cripps.

35. C¢v¯ Aµ\ø©¨¤ß uÛzußø©PÒ ¯õøÁ ?
What are the hallmarks of our Indian Constitution ?

36. C¢v¯õÂÀ £_ø©¨ ¦µm]°ß ÂøÍÄPÒ ¯õøÁ ?
What were the outcomes of Green Revolution in India ?

37. 1492 &CÀ öPõ»®£ì ÷©ØöPõsh £¯n® £ØÔ SÔ¨¦ ÁøµP.

Write about the voyage of Columbus in 1492.

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38. `¯ì PõÀÁõ´ ]UPÀ SÔzx _¸UP©õP GÊxP.
Give a brief account of Suez Canal Crisis.

39. Cµshõ® E»P¨÷£õ›ß •UQ¯ ÂøÍÄPøÍ •ßÛø»¨£kzxP.
Highlight the important results of the Second World War.

40. Ao÷\µõ C¯UP® (NAM) £ØÔ GÊxP.
Write about the Non-Alignment Movement (NAM).

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SÔ¨¦ : AøÚzx ÂÚõUPÐUS® Âøh¯ÎUPÄ®. 7x5=35
Note : Answer all the questions.
41. (A) ¤›miè C¢v¯õÂÀ ÷u]¯ EnºÄ ÷uõßÓ Põµn©õÚ \‰P&ö£õ¸ÍõuõµU
PõµoPøÍ B´P.
AÀ»x
(B) »U÷Úõ J¨£¢uzvß •UQ¯ A®\[PøÍ •ßÛø»¨£kzxP.
(a) Examine the socio-economic causes for the rise of Nationalism in British
India.
OR
(b) Highlight the important provisions of Lucknow Pact.

42. (A) C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ C¯UPzvÀ Á.E. ]u®£µzvß £[QøÚ¨ £ØÔ GÊxP.
AÀ»x
(B) 1919 - 1939 &B® BskPÐUQøh°À Põ»Û BvUP C¢v¯õÂÀ HØ£mh
öuõÈÀ Áͺa]°øÚ¨ £ØÔ GÊxP.
(a) Write about the role played by V.O. Chidambaram in Indian National
Movement.
OR

(b) Write an account of the industrial development in Colonial India during
1919 - 1939.

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43. (A) B[Q÷»¯›ß ¤›zuõЮ öPõÒøP C¢v¯ ÷u]¯zvÀ HØ£kzv¯ uõUP®
GßÚ ?
AÀ»x
(B) C¢v¯ Âkuø»¨÷£õ›À ©Põz©õ Põ¢v¯iPÎß £[QøÚ ©v¨¤kP.
(a) What were the impacts of ‘Divide and Rule’ Policy of British on Indian
Nationalism ?

OR

(b) Estimate the role of Mahathma Gandhi in the Indian Freedom Struggle.

44. (A) 1920 •uÀ 1956 Áøµ C¢v¯ ©õ{»[PÒ ©Ö^µø©UP¨£mhuß £À÷ÁÖ
{ø»PøÍU PshÔP.
AÀ»x
(B) C¢v¯ Âkuø»US¨¤ß HØ£mh AÔ¯À Bµõ´a] ©ØÖ® öuõÈÀ~m£
{ÖÁÚ[PÒ Áͺa] SÔzx B´P.
(a) Trace the different stages in the reorganization of Indian States from 1920
to 1956.

OR

(b) Examine the development of Institutions of Scientific Research and Technology
after India’s Independence.

45. (A) ¤öµg_ ¦µm]UPõÚ Põµn[PøÍ ÂÁõvUPÄ®.
AÀ»x
(B) •uÀ E»P¨ ÷£õº ©ØÖ® Cµshõ® E»P¨ ÷£õ›ß ö£õxÁõÚ ©ØÖ®
÷ÁÖ£mh TÖPøÍ J¨¤mk GÊxP.
(a) Discuss the causes for the French Revolution.

OR

(b) Make a comparative analysis of Common and Varying features in the First
World War and Second World War.

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46. (A) Cµshõ® E»P¨ ÷£õ›ß ÂøuPøÍ öÁºö\´Àì J¨£¢u÷© y¯x
GߣuøÚ uS¢u Põµnz÷uõk ÂÍUSP.
AÀ»x
(B) C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ C¯UP® |øhö£ØÓ RÌUPsh Ch[PøÍ C¢v¯
Áøµ£hzvÀ SÔUPÄ®.
(i) «µm
(ii) »U÷Úõ
(iii) Põߧº
(iv) \®£µõß
(v) §Úõ
(a) The seeds for the Second World War were sowed in the Treaty of Versailles.
Discuss with reasons.
OR
(b) Mark the following places where Indian National Movement took place on the
outline map of India.
(i) Meerut
(ii) Lucknow
(iii) Kanpur
(iv) Champaran
(v) Poona

47. (A) ÷£õ›ì ö¯Àm]Ûß Aµ]¯À Áͺa]ø¯, SÔ¨£õP ÷\õ¯z ³Û¯Ûß
ÃÌa]°À AÁº ÁQzu £[S SÔzx ÂÁ›UPÄ®.
AÀ»x
(B) 1900 •uÀ 1950 Áøµ°»õÚ C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ C¯UPzvÀ H÷uÝ® I¢x
•UQ¯ {PÌÄPøÍ Põ»U÷Põk Áøµ¢x PõmkP.
(a) Sketch the political career of Boris Yeltsin, focussing on his role in the
collapse of Soviet Union.
OR
(b) Draw a time-line from 1900 to 1950 and mark any five important events of
Indian National Movement.

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