Organisation : State Council of Educational Research and Training Tamilnadu
Exam : Higher Secondary Second Year
Document Type : XII Standard – Model Question Paper Download
Category or Subject : History
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TNSCERT XII Standard History Model Question Paper
The Government of Tamil Nadu has taken a policy decision on reducing the maximum marks for Higher Secondary Board Examination from 1200 to 600 in order to reduce the examination stress of students besides reducing the number of papers for Language subjects from two to one.
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Zoology
Time : 2.30 Hrs
Marks : 90
Part – I
20 x 1 = 20
I Choose the correct answer
1 In which year Battle of Plassey held__________
a ) 1757
b) 1764
c) 1772
d) 1777
2 Lord Cornwallis introduced
a ) Mahalwari system
b ) Permanent revenue settlement
c) Ryotwari system
d) Jagirdari system
3 Lord Hastings declared war on Nepal in the year__________
a) 1814
b) 1815
c) 1816
d) 1817
4 Lawrence brothers lent their services in the administration of ___________
a ) Burma
b) Punjab
c) Bengal
d) Mysore
5 The Widow Remarriage Act was passed in the year____________
a) 1846
b) 1856
c) 1870
d) 1891
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6 Collector Jackson sent an order to Kattabomman to meet him at____________
a ) Madurai
b) Panchalamkurichi
c) Ramanathapuram
d) Srivilliputhur
7 Who among the following considered the revolt of 1857 as the first war of Indian Independence?
a ) Sir John Lawrence
b) Vir Savarkar
c ) S.N. Sen
d ) R.C Majumdar
8 Which of the following Tamil journals was not founded by Periyar?
a ) Kudiarasu
b) Puratchi
c) Viduthalai
d) Swarajya
9 The Indian National congress was founded by___________
a ) W.C.Banerjee
b) A.O.Hume
c) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Netaji Subash Chandra Bose
10 Which of the following princely states refused to join with the Indian union?
a ) Hyderabad
b) Mysore
c) Jaipur
d)Travancore
11 Medeira and azores islands were discovered by ____________
a ) Henry
b) Bartholomew Diaz
c) Columbus
d) Megallan
12 Rotation of crops was introduced by _________
a ) Harvey
b) Townshend
c) Macadam
d) Hargreaves
13 Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks in the year_______
a.)1453
b) 1533
c) 1543
d) 1443
14 The author of the Book ‘Social Contract’ is ____________
a ) Rosseau
b) Voltaire
c) Montesquieu
d) Alamford
15 The League of Nations was established in the year_________
a ) 1920
b)1921
c) 1925
d) 1927
16 The fourth Anglo-Mysore war in which year held_____________
a.1790
b. 1792
c. 1795
d)1799
17 According to Saratha Act, marriageable age for girls was increased to ____
a ) 16
b) 14
c) 21
d) 18
18 Mrs. Annie Besant established the Home Rule League at
a ) Chennai
b)Punjab
c) Bengal
d) Maharashtra
19 Telescope was invented by___________
a ) Copernicus
b) Galileo
c) Newton
d) Kepler
20 The headquarters of League of nations is located at____
a ) The Hague
b) Geneva
c) Germany
d) Turkey
PART – II
Answer any Seven of the following in short in which question No.30 is compulsory : 7 X 2 = 14
21 Pitt’s India Act
22 Treaty of Bassein
23 Purdha system
24 Greased cartridges
25 Indian National Congress
26 Dandi March
27 Meaning of Renaissance
28 Boston Tea Party
29 Rousseau
30 Treaty of Versailles
PART – III
Answer any seven questions briefly out of which question No. 40 is compulsory : 7 x 3 = 21
31 Discuss the main provisions of the Regulating Act
32 Discuss the efforts taken by Lord Hastings to eliminate the pindaris
33 Explain the principle and application of Doctrine of Lapse
34 Write a note on the Indian handicrafts industry
35 Analyse the results of the Great Revolt of 1857
36 Write a note on the main demands of the Moderates
37 Bringout the importance of the Swedeshi movement
38 Examine the contributions of the French philosophers to the French Revolution
39 Examine the results of the second world war.
40 State the aims of the United Nations
PART – V
IV Answer all the questions 7 x 5 = 35
41 Give an account of the reforms of Warren Hastings
(Or)
“Bentinck inaugurated an era of social reforms” – comment
42 Examine the causes for the revolt of 1857
(OR)
“Raja Rammohan Roy was the Father of Indian Renaissance – Discuss
43 Estimate the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian Freedom struggle
(Or)
Examine the role of Tamil Nadu in the Indian freedom movement
44 Analyse the merits and demerits of the Industrial Revolution
(Or)
Examine the circumstances leading to the American war of independence
45 Examine the achievements of the Justice Party rule in Tamil Nadu
(Or)
“Jawaharlal Nehru is the architect of modern India _ Discuss
46 Analyse the causes for the failure of the League of Nations
(Or)
Estimate the role of U.N.O in maintaining the world peace
47 Mark the following five places of Lord Wellesley’s empire on the outline map of
India
a ) Oudh b) Patna c) Kolkatta d) Chennai e) Bengal
(Or)
Draw a timeline for the freedom movement from 1920 to 1950 pointing out five important events of the period