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TAMIL NADU STATE BOARD CLASS 12 HISTORY 2022

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Q1 mcq
On 17th October 1940, the individual Satyagraha was first started by _________.
a.
Vinobha Bhave Correct Answer
b.
Gandhiji
c.
Tilak
d.
Subhash Chandra Bose
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Vinoba Bhave was selected by Mahatma Gandhi as the first individual Satyagrahi on 17th October 1940. Gandhiji himself started the movement, but Vinoba Bhave was the one who inaugurated it by delivering an anti-war speech.
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Who was the Viceroy of India when the Quit India Movement started in 1942 ?
a.
Lord Mountbatten
b.
Lord Wavell
c.
Winston Churchill
d.
Lord Linlithgow Correct Answer
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Lord Linlithgow was the Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943. When the Quit India Movement was launched in August 1942, Lord Linlithgow held the office. Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy, Lord Wavell succeeded Linlithgow, and Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the UK at the time.
Q3 mcq
The first President of the Indian National Congress was :
a.
A.O. Hume
b.
Surendranath Bannerjee
c.
W.C. Bannerjee Correct Answer
d.
Badruddin Tyabji
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W.C. Bannerjee (Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee) presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress held in Bombay in 1885. A.O. Hume was the founder, Surendranath Bannerjee was a prominent leader of the Indian Association, and Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim President of the Congress.
Q4 mcq
When was the tri-colour flag of freedom hoisted ?
a.
January 26, 1930 Correct Answer
b.
December 31, 1929
c.
January 26, 1931
d.
March 12, 1930
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Following the Lahore session of the Congress in 1929, it was declared that January 26, 1930, would be celebrated as Purna Swaraj day. On this day, the tri-colour flag of freedom was hoisted across the country.
Q5 mcq
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour was planned by _________.
a.
Kaiser William II
b.
Yamamoto Correct Answer
c.
Hirohito
d.
Schuschnigg
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was the mastermind behind the surprise military strike against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Q6 mcq
Laissez Faire is a word coined by __________.
a.
Fischer
b.
John A. Hobson
c.
Gournay Correct Answer
d.
Karl Marx
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The term 'Laissez Faire', meaning 'let do' or 'let it be', is a policy of minimum governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society. It is attributed to the French physiocrat Vincent de Gournay in the 18th century.
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Match the following : (1)Kanpur Conspiracy Case (i)Fundamental rights (2)Meerut Conspiracy Case (ii)Surya Sen (3)Chittagong Armoury Raid (iii)1929 (4)Karachi Session of Indian National Congress(iv)1924
a.
(1) - (iii), (2) - (iv), (3) - (i), (4) - (ii)
b.
(1) - (i), (2) - (ii), (3) - (iii), (4) - (iv)
c.
(1) - (iv), (2) - (iii), (3) - (ii), (4) - (i) Correct Answer
d.
(1) - (ii), (2) - (iii), (3) - (iv), (4) - (i)
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Kanpur Conspiracy Case took place in 1924 (iv); Meerut Conspiracy Case took place in 1929 (iii); Chittagong Armoury Raid was led by Surya Sen (ii); Karachi Session of Indian National Congress in 1931 adopted the resolution on Fundamental Rights (i). Therefore, (1)-(iv), (2)-(iii), (3)-(ii), (4)-(i) is the correct matching.
Q8 mcq
Who among the following was arrested in Kanpur Conspiracy Case ?
a.
S.A. Dange Correct Answer
b.
M.N. Roy
c.
Ram Prasad Bismil
d.
Bhagat Singh
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S.A. Dange was one of the prominent communists arrested in the Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy Case of 1924, along with M.N. Roy (who was an accused but not arrested in India), Muzaffar Ahmed, and others, for attempting to overthrow the British government through a communist revolution.
Q9 mcq
The first State formed on Linguistic basis was :
a.
Andhra Correct Answer
b.
Kashmir
c.
Orissa
d.
Assam
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Andhra State was the first state in independent India to be created on a linguistic basis in 1953 following the death of Potti Sreeramulu. Kashmir, Orissa, and Assam were formed under different circumstances.
Q10 mcq
“Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it,” was said by :
a.
Subhash Chandra Bose
b.
Bala Gangadhar Tilak Correct Answer
c.
Bharathiyar
d.
Dadabhai Naoroji
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The famous slogan "Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it" was proclaimed by Bala Gangadhar Tilak during the Indian Home Rule movement. The others listed did not coin this specific phrase.
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Q11 mcq
Which one of the following is correctly paired ?
a.
Lord Minto - The University Act of 1904
b.
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee - Anandmath
c.
Epicentre of militant nationalism- Madras
d.
G. Subramaniam - Dawn Society
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Q12 mcq
Assertion (A) : V.O. Chidambaram established a Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company. Reason (R) : He wanted to oppose the monopoly of the British in Navigation through the coast.
a.
(A) is correct and (R) is wrong.
b.
(A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
c.
(A) is wrong and (R) is correct.
d.
(A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
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Q13 mcq
The official residence of Louise XVI was __________.
a.
Marseilles
b.
Versailles
c.
Tuileries
d.
Toulon
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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed in the year __________.
a.
2007
b.
2005
c.
2008
d.
2006
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Q15 mcq
The UNO came into existence on :
a.
24th November 1946
b.
24th October 1944
c.
24th November 1945
d.
24th October 1945
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Q16 mcq
During the Mughal period the official and court language was :
a.
Marathi
b.
Urdu
c.
Persian
d.
Hindi
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Q17 mcq
INA was founded with the help of :
a.
France
b.
Germany
c.
USA
d.
Japan
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In the American War of Independence the British army was led by __________.
a.
William Howe
b.
Richard Lee
c.
Rockingham
d.
George Washington
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Q19 mcq
The Home Rule Movement in South India was started by :
a.
B.P. Wadia
b.
Tilak
c.
H.S. Olcott
d.
Annie Besant
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Arrange the different stages of Non-cooperation Movement in chronological order. (1)The most heinous of political crime was perpetrated on an unarmed mass by the British regime at Amritsar town. (2)Rowlatt Act was promulgated to imprison any person without trial by a law court. (3)Chauri Chaura incident of Mob violence made Gandhi to announce the suspension of Non-cooperation Movement. (4)A special session held at Calcutta resolved to accept Gandhi’s proposal on non-cooperation with the colonial state.
a.
(2), (4), (1), (3)
b.
(2), (1), (4), (3)
c.
(3), (2), (4), (1)
d.
(1), (3), (2), (4)
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Q21 short answer
What is Nationalism ?
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Q22 short answer
What was called the Mendicant Policy of the Moderates ?
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Q23 short answer
Name the book and weekly published by Annie Besant.
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Q24 short answer
Who were the local leaders to accompany Gandhiji to Champaran ?
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Q25 short answer
Why is J.N. Tata called the ‘Father of Indian Modern Industry’ ?
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Q26 short answer
State the main features of August Offer.
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Q27 short answer
What is the significance of Article 370 of the Constitution ?
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What impact did the European settlement in North America make on the indigenous population ?
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Q29 short answer
What was the essence of the Munich Agreement ?
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Q30 short answer
Name the countries which remained as Central Powers during the World War I.
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Q31 long answer
Analyse Macaulay’s “Minute on Indian Education”.
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Q32 long answer
Give an account of the...
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Att Act was promulgated to imprison any person without trial by a law court. (3) Chauri Chaura incident of Mob violence made Gandhi to announce the suspension of Non-cooperation Movement. (4) A special session held at Calcutta resolved to accept Gandhi’s proposal on non-cooperation with the colonial state.
a.
(2), (4), (1), (3)
b.
(2), (1), (4), (3)
c.
(3), (2), (4), (1)
d.
(1), (3), (2), (4)
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Q34 long answer
Give an account of the proceedings of Surat Session that ended in the split of the Congress.
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Q35 long answer
Point out the difference between pro-changers and no changers.
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Q36 long answer
Explain how Surya Sen organised the Chittagong Armoury Raid.
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Q37 long answer
What was the context in which Gandhi thought of Quit India Movement ?
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Q38 long answer
What were the reasons for agricultural backwardness in India ?
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Q39 long answer
Long before the revolution of 1789, there was a revolution in the realm of ideas. Explain.
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Q40 long answer
How was Trench warfare fought ?
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Q41 long answer
Highlight the important results of the Second World War.
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Q42 long answer
What are the achievements of Five Year Plan ?
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Q43 long answer
To what extent the repressive and racist policy measures of the British were responsible for the national awakening in India ?
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Q44 long answer
Narrate the work done by two Home Rule movements one under Tilak and another under Annie Besant.
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Q45 long answer
Sketch the education career of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar with particular focus on his activism to secure social justice to the depressed classes.
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Discuss Bhagat Singh’s radical strand of nationalism and his revolutionary activism that led to his hanging.
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Q47 long answer
Write about the Rajaji proposals.
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Q48 long answer
What were the problems in the merger of princely states with Indian Union and explain how they were ably handled by Patel and Nehru ?
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Q49 long answer
Why did Industrial revolution start in England first ? What impact did it make on modern society ?
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Q50 long answer
The Treaty of Versailles was harsh and humiliating for Germany. Substantiate the statement.
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Q51 long answer
Examine to what extent Germany and Hitler were responsible for the outbreak of Second World War ?
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Q52 long answer
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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Q53 long answer
Write about the role played by V.O. Chidambaram in Indian National Movement.
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Q54 long answer
Mark the following places where Indian National Movement took place on the Outline Map of India. (i) Calcutta (ii) Nagpur (iii) Delhi (iv) Thoothukudi (v) Kashmir
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Q55 long answer
Explain the causes for the American War of Independence.
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Q56 long answer
Draw a time-line from 1920 to 1950 and mark any five important events of Indian National Movement.
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Q57 short answer
Arrange the different stages of Non-cooperation Movement in chronological order. (1)The most heinous of political crime was perpetrated on an unarmed mass by the British regime at Amritsar town. (2)Rowlatt Act was promulgated to imprison any person without trial by a law court. (3)Chauri Chaura
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To what extent the repressive and racist policy measures of the British were responsible for the national awakening in India ? OR Narrate the work done by two Home Rule movements one under Tilak and another.
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