TN State Board 12th History Question Paper 2021

Mirabeau was the noble who aligned himself with the Third Estate and played a central role in the Tennis Court Oath (June 1789), defying the King. Lafayette was a liberal aristocrat but associated more with the National Guard later; Marat and Danton were radical figures of a later stage of the Revolution.

In the 1937 elections held under the Government of India Act 1935, the Indian National Congress won a clear majority in 8 provinces out of the 11 provinces, namely Madras, Central Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, United Provinces, Bombay, Assam, and the North-West Frontier Province.

The Simon Commission was boycotted primarily because it was an 'All-White Commission' that excluded Indians from the committee tasked with constitutional reforms for India, which was perceived as an insult to Indian self-respect.

The Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act was initially passed in 1961, but it was significantly amended and the ceiling was lowered in 1972 and again in 1976 to ensure more equitable distribution of land.

Manchester, England, was the global center of the textile industry during the Industrial Revolution, leading to its nickname 'Cottonopolis' due to the concentration of cotton mills and its dominance in the global trade.