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Key Facts: Tamil Nadu HSE Second Year Home Science 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

DGE TN

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

dge.tn.gov.in

SCERT syllabus

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

DGE HSE scheme — syllabus prescribed by SCERT/DSE

English MCQ bank

This practice set is an English-language MCQ study adaptation, not the official mixed written paper

OpenExamPrep practice-content policy

₹150/₹200

School exam fee band for groups without/with practical subjects plus certificate/service charges (concessions apply)

DGE HSE_E.pdf school candidate fee table

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 Home Science (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 Home Science Practice Questions

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1Home Science is best described as an interdisciplinary field that integrates:
A.Science and art applied to improving individual, family and community life
B.Only pure mathematics and pure physics
C.Only commercial banking law
D.Only military strategy
Explanation: Home Science combines scientific knowledge (nutrition, textiles, human development) with artistic application (meal presentation, design, resource use) to improve quality of life for individuals, families and communities.
2Which of the following is one of the five major components of Home Science?
A.Human Development
B.Astronautics
C.Marine Engineering
D.Petroleum Geology
Explanation: The five classic components are Foods and Nutrition, Family Resource Management, Textile and Clothing, Human Development, and Communication and Extension.
3Human development as a field primarily studies changes across:
A.Only the first six months of life
B.The entire life span from conception to old age
C.Only workplace productivity metrics
D.Only school examination scores
Explanation: Human development examines physical, cognitive, social and emotional change from conception through infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age.
4Which prenatal period is generally considered the most critical for major organ formation (organogenesis)?
A.Only the ninth month
B.Only after birth
C.Only adolescence
D.The first trimester of pregnancy
Explanation: Major organ systems form largely in the first trimester; teratogens and severe nutritional deficits then can cause structural birth defects, so antenatal care and folic acid are emphasised early.
5Folic acid supplementation before and in early pregnancy mainly helps reduce the risk of:
A.Only adult type 2 diabetes in the mother decades later
B.Only dental caries in grandparents
C.Neural tube defects in the developing foetus
D.Only colour blindness exclusively
Explanation: Adequate folate/folic acid around conception and early pregnancy reduces neural tube defect risk (e.g., spina bifida, anencephaly).
6A typical developmental milestone expected around 6 months of age is:
A.Riding a bicycle independently always
B.Completing formal algebra always
C.Sitting with support and showing social smile progression
D.Writing full research theses always
Explanation: By about 6 months, many infants sit with support, roll, reach/grasp and show advancing social engagement; independent cycling, algebra and research writing are much later skills.
7According to Erik Erikson, the psychosocial crisis of adolescence is primarily:
A.Trust versus mistrust only in old age
B.Identity versus role confusion
C.Industry versus inferiority only in infancy
D.Integrity versus despair only in preschool
Explanation: Erikson assigns identity vs. role confusion to adolescence, when teens explore values, roles and self-definition.
8Piaget’s stage in which children typically begin to think logically about concrete objects but struggle with abstract hypotheticals is:
A.Sensorimotor stage only
B.Formal operational stage exclusively from birth
C.Concrete operational stage
D.Post-formal retirement stage only
Explanation: In the concrete operational stage (roughly 7–11 years), children reason logically about concrete materials but find purely abstract/hypothetical problems harder; formal operations support abstract reasoning.
9Socialisation is best defined as the process by which a person:
A.Stops all interaction permanently
B.Avoids all language learning
C.Rejects every form of family forever
D.Learns the values, norms and behaviours of their culture/society
Explanation: Socialisation is lifelong learning of cultural values, roles and acceptable behaviours through family, peers, school and media.
10A nuclear family typically consists of:
A.Only distant unrelated neighbours with no kinship
B.Parents and their dependent children living as a unit
C.Only temporary hotel staff on duty
D.Only members of a political party headquarters
Explanation: A nuclear family is commonly parents (or a parent) with dependent children living together; joint/extended families include additional kin generations or units.

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