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Key Facts: Tamil Nadu HSE Second Year History Exam

10:00–1:15

Official March 2026 HSE+2 theory sitting window including reading/verification time (dge.tn.gov.in timetable)

DGE TN HSE+2 March 2026 public examination timetable

35/100

Minimum pass mark per subject under the HSE new pattern, subject to theory/practical floor rules

DGE HSE_E.pdf scheme of examination

3 hours

Approximate theory writing duration after reading and particulars verification in the public exam schedule

DGE TN HSE+2 March 2026 timetable

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Administered by the Directorate of Government Examinations, Chennai, for Tamil Nadu State Board Higher Secondary

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SCERT syllabus

Class 12 textbooks and syllabus prescribed by SCERT / School Education Department (Samacheer Kalvi)

DGE HSE scheme — syllabus prescribed by SCERT/DSE

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₹150/₹200

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March 2026

HSE Second Year public theory examinations scheduled 2–26 March 2026 with practicals 9–14 February 2026

DGE TN official timetable PDF 04.11.2025

Free English MCQ practice for Tamil Nadu HSE +2 History (DGE). Official paper is mixed written theory on the Samacheer Kalvi Class 12 syllabus — this bank is a study adaptation, not a format simulation.

Sample Tamil Nadu HSE Second Year History Practice Questions

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1The immediate spark that led to the outbreak of World War I in 1914 was the assassination of:
A.Tsar Nicholas II in St Petersburg
B.President Woodrow Wilson in Washington
C.Kaiser Wilhelm II in Berlin
D.Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
Explanation: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated at Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip. The crisis that followed triggered the alliance system into a general European war.
2Which pair correctly matches the pre-World War I alliance groups?
A.Triple Alliance: Britain, France, Russia; Triple Entente: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
B.Triple Alliance: USA, Britain, Japan; Triple Entente: Germany, Ottoman Empire, China
C.Triple Alliance: Prussia, Sweden, Spain; Triple Entente: Netherlands, Portugal, Greece
D.Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy; Triple Entente: Britain, France, Russia
Explanation: Before 1914 the Triple Alliance linked Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, while the Triple Entente linked Britain, France, and Russia—the two camps that structured the road to world war.
3The peace settlement that formally ended World War I with Germany was primarily embodied in the:
A.Congress of Vienna (1815)
B.Munich Agreement (1938)
C.Treaty of Tordesillas
D.Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Explanation: The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the main peace treaty with Germany after World War I. It imposed territorial losses, military restrictions, reparations, and the war-guilt clause.
4The international organisation created after World War I to promote peace and collective security was the:
A.NATO
B.Warsaw Pact
C.United Nations
D.League of Nations
Explanation: The League of Nations was established after World War I (Covenant linked to the Paris Peace Settlement). It was a forerunner of the United Nations but failed to prevent a second world war.
5The Bolshevik Revolution of October/November 1917 in Russia was led principally by:
A.Joseph Stalin before 1917 as sole leader
B.Tsar Nicholas II after reforming the Duma
C.Alexander Kerensky alone without a party
D.Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks
Explanation: Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd in 1917, ending the Provisional Government and establishing Soviet power that later became the USSR.
6The Wall Street Crash that opened the Great Depression occurred in:
A.1914
B.1919
C.1929
D.1939
Explanation: The U.S. stock market crash of October 1929 helped plunge the capitalist world into the Great Depression of the 1930s, with massive unemployment and political radicalisation.
7Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime came to power in which country?
A.Germany
B.Portugal only under Salazar in 1919
C.Spain
D.Italy
Explanation: Mussolini led Italian Fascism and became Prime Minister after the March on Rome (1922), building a one-party dictatorship that influenced later authoritarian movements.
8Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in:
A.1918
B.1923
C.1933
D.1945
Explanation: Hitler was appointed Chancellor in January 1933 and quickly dismantled the Weimar Republic, establishing the Nazi dictatorship.
9World War II in Europe is generally dated as beginning with Germany’s invasion of:
A.the United States in 1941
B.Britain in 1940
C.Poland in September 1939
D.the USSR only in 1945
Explanation: Germany’s invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, followed by British and French declarations of war, is the conventional start of World War II in Europe.
10The United Nations Organisation was founded in:
A.1919
B.1933
C.1945
D.1962
Explanation: The United Nations Charter was signed in 1945 (San Francisco Conference). The UN replaced the failed League as the main post-war global organisation for peace and cooperation.

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