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PART - III
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Note : (i) Answer all the questions.

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the option code and the corresponding answer.

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1. _£õè \¢vµ ÷£õì G¢u Bsk Põ[Qµê¼¸¢x }UP¨£mhõº ?
(A) 1940 (B) 1938 (C) 1942 (D) 1939
When was Subash Chandra Bose removed from the Congress ?
(a) 1940 (b) 1938 (c) 1942 (d) 1939

2. ö£õ¸zxP.
(1) C¢÷uõ÷Úæ¯õ (i) áÁíº»õÀ ÷|¸
(2) GQ¨x (ii) im÷hõ
(3) ³÷Põì÷»õ¯õ (iii) P©õÀ A¨xÀ |õ\º
(4) C¢v¯õ (iv) _Pº÷Úõ
(A) (1)-(ii), (2)-(i), (3)-(iv), (4)-(iii) (B) (1)-(iii), (2)-(iv), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii)
(C) (1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii) (D) (1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(ii), (4)-(i)
Match the following :
(1) Indonesia (i) Jawaharlal Nehru
(2) Egypt (ii) Tito
(3) Yugoslavia (iii) Gamal Abdul Nasser
(4) India (iv) Sukarno
(a) (1)-(ii), (2)-(i), (3)-(iv), (4)-(iii) (b) (1)-(iii), (2)-(iv), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii)
(c) (1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(i), (4)-(ii) (d) (1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(ii), (4)-(i)

3. C¸ |õk öPõÒøPø¯ •uß•u¼À öPõsk Á¢uÁº :
(A) •P©x CU£õÀ (B) Cµõáõâ
(C) \º Áõ]º í\ß (D) µõ®÷\ ö©UöhõÚõÀk
The “Two Nation Theory” first came from :
(a) Mohammad Iqbal (b) Rajaji
(c) Sir Wazir Hasan (d) Ramsay MacDonald

4. £õìiÀ ]øÓ uPº¨¦ __________ CÀ |h¢ux.
(A) 1789, |Á®£º 11 (B) 1789, áüß 5
(C) 1789, ÷© 1 (D) 1789, áüø» 14
The storming of the Bastille happened on __________.
(a) November 11, 1789 (b) June 5, 1789
(c) May 1, 1789 (d) July 14, 1789

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5. RÌUPõs£ÚÁØÖÒ G¢|õk ø©¯|õkPÒ \Uv°À A[P® ÁQUPÂÀø» ?
(A) x¸UQ (B) £À÷P›¯õ
(C) ©õsi}U÷µõ (D) Bìv›¯ & í[÷P›
Which one of the following was not part of Central Powers ?
(a) Turkey (b) Bulgaria
(c) Montenegro (d) Austria - Hungary

6. QÍõì|õìm SÔ¨£x :
(A) ÷\õ¯z IUQ¯ £õµõЩßÓ® ©ÖPmhø©¨¦a ö\´¯¨£kÁøu
(B) JÎÄ ©øÓÁØÓ öÁΨ£øhzußø©ø¯
(C) ö£õxÄhø©z uzxÁzvØS¨ ¦zx°º AΨ£øu
(D) ÷\õ¯z P®³Û\ Pm]ø¯ áÚ|õ¯P¨£kzu¨£kÁøu
Glasnost denotes __________.
(a) restructuring of the Soviet Federal Assembly
(b) transparency and openness
(c) reinventing Communism
(d) democratisation of Communist Party of Soviet Union

7. ¤µõ[÷Põ & ¤µè¯¨ ÷£õº E¸ÁõPU Põµn©õP ÂÍ[Q¯x __________ BS®.
(A) ¤÷µU EhߣiUøP
(B) Põìöh´ß ©õ|õk
(C) AÀ÷\ì, ö»õøµß £SvPøÍU Pmk¨£kzxÁvÀ GÊ¢u \ºaø\
(D) G®ì u¢v
The Franco - Prussian war was triggered by :
(a) The treaty of Prague
(b) Convention of Gastein
(c) Dispute over the control of Alsace-Lorraine
(d) Ems telegram

8. AQ» C¢v¯ öuõÈØ\[P Põ[Qµêß •uÀ uø»Áº ¯õº ?
(A) »õ»õ »á£vµõ´ (B) ¤.¤. Áõi¯õ
(C) ].Bº. uõì (D) áÁíº»õÀ ÷|¸
Who was the First President of the All-India Trade Union Congress ?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai (b) B.P. Wadia
(c) C.R. Das (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

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9. TØÖ : B[Q» Aµ\õ[P® uøh¯ØÓ ÁoPU öPõÒøPø¯¨ ¤ß£ØÔ¯x.
Põµn® : C[Q»õ¢vß uøh¯ØÓ ÁoPU öPõÒøP°ÚõÀ C¢v¯õ
|ßø©ø¯ ö£ØÓx.
(A) TØÖ \›, Põµn® uÁÖ.
(B) TØÖ \›, BÚõÀ Põµn® TØøÓ ÂÍUPÂÀø».
(C) TØÖ, Põµn® Cµsk® uÁÖ.
(D) TØÖ \›, Põµn® TØøÓ ÂÍUSQÓx.
Assertion (A) : The British Government pursued a policy of Free Trade (or) Laissez
faire.
Reason (R) : India had comparative advantage from England’s Free Trade Policy.
(a) (A) is correct and (R) is incorrect.
(b) (A) is correct but (R) does not explain (A).
(c) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.
(d) (A) is correct and (R) explains (A).

10. ¤ßÁ¸ÁÚÁØÖÒ G¢u JßÖ \›¯õP¨ ö£õ¸¢v²ÒÍx ?
(A) ªs÷hõ ¤µ¦ & £ÀPø»PÇPa \mh®, 1904
(B) £[Q® \¢vµ \õmhºâ & BÚ¢u ©h®
(C) wµ ÷u]¯Áõu ø©¯® & ö\ßøÚ
(D) G. _¨µ©o¯® & ÂiöÁÒÎU PÇP®
Which one of the following is correctly paired ?
(a) Lord Minto - The University Act of 1904
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee - Anand math
(c) Epicentre of militant Nationalism - Madras
(d) G. Subramaniam - Dawn Society

11. ¤ßÁ¸÷Áõ›À Põߧº \v ÁÇUQÀ øPx ö\´¯¨£mhÁº ¯õº ?
(A) Gì.H. hõ[÷P (B) G®.Gß. µõ´
(C) µõ® ¤µ\õz ¤ìªÀ (D) £Pz ][
Who among the following was arrested in the Kanpur conspiracy case ?
(a) S.A. Dange (b) M.N. Roy
(c) Ram Prasad Bismil (d) Bhagat Singh

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12. öuõÈئµm] •uß•u»õP G[S ÷uõßÔ¯x ?
(A) ¤µõß_ (B) Aö©›UPõ (C) öáº©Û (D) C[Q»õ¢x
The Industrial Revolution started first in :
(a) France (b) America (c) Germany (d) England

13. ¤ßÁ¸® {PÌÄPÎß \›¯õÚ Á›ø\ø¯z ÷uºÄ ö\´P.
(i) C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ CµõqÁ® «uõÚ Â\õµøn
(ii) ÷|µi |hÁiUøP |õÒ
(iii) BPìm öPõøh
(iv) uÛ|£º \zv¯õQµP®
(A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii) (B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii) (D) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
Which is the correct sequence of the following events ?
(i) I.N.A. Trial
(ii) Direct Action Day
(iii) August offer
(iv) Individual Sathyagraha
(a) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii) (b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(c) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii) (d) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)

14. ""_¯µõ䯮 GÚx ¤Ó¨¦›ø©, Aøu Aøh¢÷u w¸÷Áß'' & GÚU TÔ¯Áº :
(A) _£õè \¢vµ ÷£õì (B) £õ» P[Põuµ v»Pº
(C) £õµv¯õº (D) uõuõ£õ´ ö|Í÷µõâ
“Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it” was said by :
(a) Subash Chandra Bose (b) Bala Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Bharathi (d) Dadabhai Naoroji

15. Aµ\ø©¨¦ {ºn¯a \ø£°À SÔU÷PõÒ wº©õÚ[PøÍU öPõsk Á¢uÁº :
(A) ÁÀ»£õ´ £÷hÀ (B) Cµõ÷á¢vµ ¤µ\õz
(C) ö©Í»õÚõ A¦À P»õ® B\õz (D) áÁíº»õÀ ÷|¸
The objectives Resolution before the Constituent Assembly was placed by :
(a) Vallabh bhai Patel (b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (d) Jawaharlal Nehru

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16. 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) Swantara Party (b) Swaraj Party
(c) Communist Party (d) Ghadar Party

17. ᨣõÛ¯ PhØ£øhø¯ Aö©›UP IUQ¯ |õmiß PhØ£øh ÷uõØPizuø©
__________ ÷£õ›»õS®.
(A) GÀ A»õªß (B) ¤›mhß (C) ªm÷Á (D) SÁõhÀPÚÀ
The US navy defeated the Japanese navy in the Battle of :
(a) El Alamein (b) Britain (c) Midway (d) Guadalcanal

18. ¤ßÁ¸® G¢u JßÖ \›¯õP¨ ö£õ¸¢uÂÀø» ?
(A) _¯©›¯õøu C¯UP® & D.öÁ.µõ. ö£›¯õº
(B) £g\õ¨ xøn BÐ|º & öµâÚõÀk øh¯º
(C) \zv¯õQµP \ø£ & öµÍ»m \mh®
(D) u¼z&£Sáß C¯UP® & hõUhº. A®÷£zPº
Which of the following is not correctly paired ?
(a) Self Respect Movement - Periyar E.V.R
(b) Lt. Governor of Punjab - Reginald Dyer
(c) Sathyagraha Sabha - Rowlatt Act
(d) Dalit-Bahujan Movement - Dr. Ambedkar

19. RÌUPshÁØÔÀ Gx ¼¯õÚº÷hõ hõÂß]°ß K¯® CÀø» ?
(A) ÷©õÚ¼\õ (B) Áºâß BL¨ v µõUì
(C) ©÷hõÚõÄ® SÇ¢øu²® (D) CÖv ¸¢x
Which one of the following was not the work of Leonardo da Vinci ?
(a) Mona Lisa (b) Virgin of the Rocks
(c) Madonna and Child (d) Last Supper

20. ©Põz©õ Põ¢v ÷u]¯ FµP ÷Áø»Áõ´¨¦ EÖv¯Î¨¦a \mh® G¢u Bsk
{øÓ÷ÁØÓ¨£mhx ?
(A) 2007 (B) 2005 (C) 2008 (D) 2006
In which year Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed ?
(a) 2007 (b) 2005 (c) 2008 (d) 2006

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£Sv & II / PART - II
SÔ¨¦ : H÷uÝ® HÊ ÂÚõUPÐUS Âøh¯ÎUPÄ®. ÂÚõ Gs 30 &US Pmhõ¯®
Âøh¯ÎUPÄ®. 7x2=14
Note : Answer any seven questions. Question No. 30 is compulsory.

21. C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ Põ[Qµ_US •ßÚº öuõh[P¨£mh Aø©¨¦PÎß £mi¯ø» u¯õº
ö\´P.
Make a list of the important political associations formed in India prior to the Indian National
Congress.

22. wµ ÷u]¯Áõu® 1908 &US¨ ¤ßÚº Hß SøÓ¢ux ?
Why did militant nationalism decline by 1908 ?

23. £QèQ›z îuPºÛ \£õ SÔzx GÊxP.
Write about Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha.

24. ÷P¨hß ÷©õPß][ GÆÁõÖ C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ CµõqÁzøu HØ£kzvÚõº ?
How did Captain Mohan Singh organise the INA ?

25. Cøn¨¦Öv BÁn® £ØÔ GÊxP.
Write about instrument of Accession.

26. |õk Âkuø» Aøh¢u ÷£õx C¢v¯¨ ö£õ¸Íõuõµzvß {ø» GßÚ ?
Give an account of the condition of the Indian Economy at the time of Independence.

27. QÔzuÁ ^ºv¸zu C¯UPzxUS Gµõì©ì GÆÁõÖ Áȯø©zuõº ?
How did Erasmus pave the way for Christian Reformation ?

28. ám»õ¢x¨ ÷£õ›ß •UQ¯zxÁ® £ØÔ Gkzv¯®¦P.
Point out the importance of Battle of Jutland.

29. ÷£ºÀ xøÓ•Pzøu ᨣõß uõUQ¯uß •UQ¯zxÁzøu •ßÛø»¨£kzv
GÊxP.
Highlight the importance of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour.

30. "‰ßÓõ® E»P |õkPÒ' £ØÔ _¸UP©õP GÊuÄ®.
Write a short note about ‘Third World Countries’.

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£Sv & III / PART - III
SÔ¨¦ : H÷uÝ® HÊ ÂÚõUPÐUS Âøh¯ÎUPÄ®. AÁØÔÀ ÂÚõ Gs 40 &US
Pmhõ¯©õP Âøh¯ÎUPÄ®. 7x3=21
Note : Answer any seven questions. Question No. 40 is compulsory.

31. C¢v¯ {ºÁõPa ö\»ÂÚ ÂÁµ[PøÍU TÖP.
What were the items which constituted Home Charges ?

32. Pö»Uhº Bè Hß Áõg]|õuÚõÀ öPõÀ»¨£mhõº ?
Why was Collector Ashe killed by Vanchinathan ?

33. ö\ßøÚ öuõÈØ\[Pzvß •UQ¯zxÁ® GßÚ ?
What was the significance of the Madras Labour Union ?

34. ]mhPõ[ B²u¨£øhz uõUSuø» |hzu `›¯õö\ß GÆÁõÖ vmhªmhõº ?
How did Surya Sen organise the Chittagong Armoury Raid ?

35. 1921 &CÀ |øhö£ØÓ ©»£õº P»Pzøu¨ £ØÔ¯ Põ¢v¯iPÎß P¸zx GßÚ ?
How did Gandhi view the Malabar Rebellion of 1921 ?

36. 1909 &B® Bsiß ªß÷hõ&©õº¼ ^ºv¸zu[PÎß •UQ¯zxÁzøuU TÖP.
State the importance of Minto-Morley reforms of 1909.

37. öuõÈئµm]°ß Cµshõ® PmhzvÀ öẩ۰À |h¢ux GßÚ ?
What happened in Germany during the second phase of Industrial Revolution ?

38. uÚx öuõÈØ\õø»°À £o°¼¸¢u FȯºPÎß •ß÷ÚØÓzvØS Cµõ£ºm
KÁß ÷©ØöPõsh •ß÷Úõi ußø©°»õÚ |hÁiUøPPÒ ¯õøÁ ?
What was the pioneering work done by Robert Owen in improving the condition of workers
in his factories ?

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

40. ÷Áuõµs¯® E¨¦ \zv¯õQµP® £ØÔ¯ H÷uÝ® ‰ßÖ •UQ¯ SÔ¨¦PøÍz
u¸P.
Write any three important points about Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha.

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£Sv & IV / PART - IV
SÔ¨¦ : AøÚzx ÂÚõUPÐUS® Âøh¯ÎUPÄ®. 7x5=35
Note : Answer all the questions.

41. (A) ¤›miè C¢v¯õÂÀ ÷u]¯ EnºÄ ÷uõßÓU Põµn©õÚ \‰P¨&ö£õ¸ÍõuõµU
PõµoPøÍ B´P.
AÀ»x
(B) v»Pº ©ØÖ® AßÛö£\ßm BQ÷¯õ›ß RÌ xÁ[P¨£mh ußÚõm]
C¯UP[PÎß ö\¯À£õkPøÍ ÂÍUSP.
(a) Examine the Socio-Economic causes for the rise of nationalism in British India.
OR
(b) Narrate the work done by two Home Rule Movements one under Tilak and another
under Annie Besant.

42. (A) uªÌ|õmiÀ _÷u] C¯UPzvß ö\¯À£õkPÒ SÔzx GÊxP.
AÀ»x
(B) £Pz][Qß ¦µm]Pµ ÷u]¯Áõu® ©ØÖ® ¦µm]Pµ |hÁiUøPPÒ GÆÁõÖ
AÁøµz yUS ÷©øhUS Cmka ö\ßÓx ?
(a) Write an account of Swadeshi Movement in Tamil Nadu.
OR
(b) How Bhagat Singh’s radical strand of nationalism, and his revolutionary activism led
to his hanging ?

43. (A) öÁÒøͯ÷Ú öÁÎ÷¯Ö C¯UPzvß ÷£õUQøÚ ÂÁõvUPÄ®.
AÀ»x
(B) 1920 •uÀ 1956 Áøµ C¢v¯ ©õ{»[PÒ ©Ö^µø©UP¨£mhvß £À÷ÁÖ
{ø»PøÍU PshÔP.
(a) Discuss the course of the Quit India Movement.
OR
(b) Trace the different stages in the reorganization of Indian States from 1920 to 1956.

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44. (A) _u¢vµ C¢v¯õÂÀ HØ£mh PÀÂ •ß÷ÚØÓ® SÔzx Kº Pmkøµ ÁøµP.
AÀ»x
(B) Czuõ¼ ©Ö©»ºa]US ¤Íõµßì |Pµ ©UPÒ BØÔ¯ £[PΨø£ Bµõ¯Ä®.
(a) Write an essay about the educational progress made in Independent India.

OR

(b) Analyse the contributions of Florentines to Italian Renaissance.

45. (A) £õìiÀ ]øÓ uPº¨¦ •uÀ ÷µõ£õ줯º öPõÀ»¨£mhx Áøµ°»õÚ
¤öµg_¨ ¦µm]°ß ÷£õUøP ÁøµP.
AÀ»x
(B) Czuõ¼¯ CønÄ GÆÁõÖ \õzv¯©õUP¨£mhx ?
(a) Sketch the course of French Revolution from the storming of Bastille to the execution of
Robespierre.
OR

(b) How was the unification of Italy achieved ?

46. (A) C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ C¯UPzxhß öuõhº¦øh¯ RÌPsh Ch[PøÍ C¢v¯
Áøµ£hzvÀ SÔUPÄ®.
(i) Aªºu\µì (ii) ö\Í› ö\͵õ (iii) AP©uõ£õz
(iv) usi (v) ÷Áuõµs¯®
AÀ»x
(B) B[Q÷»¯ºPÎß ¤›zuõЮ öPõÒøP C¢v¯ ÷u]¯zvÀ HØ£kzv¯
uõUP® GßÚ ?
(a) Mark the following places where Indian National Movement took place on the outline
map of India.
(i) Amritsar (ii) Chauri - Chaura (iii) Ahmedabad
(iv) Dandi (v) Vedaranyam
OR

(b) How did the Divide and Rule policy of the British impact on Indian nationalism ?

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47. (A) 1920 •uÀ 1940 Áøµ°»õÚ C¢v¯ ÷u]¯ C¯UPzvß H÷uÝ® I¢x •UQ¯
{PÌÄPøÍ Põ»U÷Põk Áøµ¢x PõmkP.
AÀ»x
(B) Aµ¦&Cì÷µ¼¯ •µs£õmiß ÷uõØÓzøu ÂÁõvzx, öuõhº¢x HØ£mh
{PÌÄPÒ GÆÁõÖ C¸ |õkPÐUQøh÷¯ 1967 &CÀ ö£¸® ÷£õº HØ£hU
Põµn©õ°ØÖ Gߣøu ÂÍUPÄ®.
(a) Draw a time line from 1920 - 1940 and mark any five important events of Indian
National Movement.

OR

(b) Discuss the origin of Arab - Israeli conflict and show how subsequent developments
caused a major war between the two in 1967 ?

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