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UGC NET December 2013 History — Solved Previous Year Questions

UGC NET · History — 125 previous year questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

1. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
2. One of the following was not associated with the Justice Party: · Ans: C
3. What did the rulers of Nabha and Jind offer Ranjit Singh as a token of accepting his subordination? · Ans: C
4. Mahatma Gandhi was not associated with which one of the following newspapers? · Ans: B
5. Match List I (Princely State) with List II (Gun salutes entitled by the ruler) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
6. Din-i-Ilahi was primarily: · Ans: C
7. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
8. What was the percentage of the rural population of India, as per the popular estimate, during the 16th and 17th centuries? · Ans: D
9. Which one of the following was the most immediate problem India confronted after independence? · Ans: D
10. Consider the following statements in respect of the Rathor rebellion. Which of the above statements is/are correct? · Ans: D
11. Match List I (Authors) with List II (Books) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
12. Arrange the following British policies towards the Indian states in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
13. The 'idea of Progress' in historiography relates to: · Ans: B
14. The English East India Company lost the monopoly of the Chinese trade by: · Ans: B
15. The concept of 'Total History' is associated with which one of the following schools of historical writing? · Ans: C
16. Which of the following statements is incorrect? · Ans: B
17. The major determinant(s) of the policy of non-alignment was/were: · Ans: C
18. Who among the following is the author of 'The Cold War and its Origins'? · Ans: C
19. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
20. The main reason for the peasants to join the 1857 revolt was: · Ans: D
21. The Shiqdar was: · Ans: B
22. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
23. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: B
24. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: A
25. Shaikh Nuruddin was the founder of the: · Ans: A
26. Considering the relationship between the ulema and the ruler during the Sultanate period, which one of the following statements is correct? · Ans: D
27. Identify the foreign traveller who gives an account of the Bahmani Kingdom: · Ans: C
28. 'Mawarun-nahr' was the Arabic term for which Central Asian region? · Ans: D
29. Concerning Humayun, which of the following is correct? · Ans: D
30. According to Al-Beruni, the antyajas were: · Ans: C
31. The Ilbari ruler who introduced Sijdah, Paibos and Nauroz to the Delhi Sultanate was: · Ans: C
32. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: A
33. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
34. Match List I (Literary works) with List II (Authors) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
35. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: C
36. Which one of the following, situated in North-East Afghanistan, is a Harappan trading post? · Ans: C
37. Which one of the following Indo-Greek rulers issued coins bearing the figures of Krishna and Balarama? · Ans: B
38. Point out which one of the following sites associated with the Nagas had a shrine dedicated to Dadhikarna, the lord of the Nagas. · Ans: C
39. Which one of the following Puranas replaces the Buddha with Krishna in the list of the Avataras of Vishnu? · Ans: C
40. The earliest Lingodbhavamurti of Shiva has been found at which one of the below mentioned sites? · Ans: C
41. Which one of the below mentioned South Indian temples has wall-paintings? · Ans: C
42. Arrange the Pala kings listed below in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
43. Match List I (Kings) with List II (Dynasty) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
44. Match List I (Works on Medicine) with List II (Authors) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
45. Match List I (Authors) with List II (Works on Law) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
46. Match List I (Temple Style) with List II (Name of Temple) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
47. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: C
48. Flake tools of the Levallois technique are the characteristic feature of which of the following geological ages? · Ans: D
49. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
50. Which one of the following Buddhist texts mentions five hundred wives of Bimbisara? · Ans: B
51. Who among the following declared that postmodernist ideas were a menace to historical study? · Ans: A
52. Consider the following observations relating to the Renaissance and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
53. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
54. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
55. Veda Samaj, founded under the initiative of Keshab Chandra Sen in 1864 in Madras, was renamed the Brahmo Samaj of South India in 1871 by: · Ans: D
56. The Durham Report advocated the need of a gradual emancipation of British colonies towards a state of complete independence. The recommendation was applied to: · Ans: C
57. Arrange the following Viceroys in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
58. Asoka is throughout referred to as 'Devanampiya' and 'Piyadasi' in his edicts except a few. Which are such exceptions? · Ans: D
59. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: A
60. Which is that source which gives a lie to the tradition of a fratricidal war of Asoka? · Ans: C
61. Arrange the following Commissions in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
62. Which one of the following did not form part of the Asokan empire? · Ans: A
63. Mrs. Annie Besant became the first woman President of the Indian National Congress in the year: · Ans: B
64. In which of his edicts does Asoka express remorse for the sufferings caused by the Kalinga war? · Ans: C
65. Who said in 1904 that 'Bengal United is a power', 'Bengal divided will pull in several different ways'? · Ans: B
66. In which of his following inscriptions did Asoka declare that all people were his children? · Ans: A
67. Shyamji Krishna Varma set up the India House in London to work for India's freedom in the year: · Ans: B
68. Who has called Gopal Krishna Gokhale a rare combination of 'the practical, strenuous worker and the mystic dreamer of dreams'? · Ans: A
69. Vaikom Satyagraha was launched by Gandhiji in Kerala to: · Ans: D
70. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
71. The English East India Company lost its monopoly of Indian trade, throwing it open to the British, by the Charter Act of: · Ans: B
72. Who has remarked, 'history is more interesting than a novel'? · Ans: A
73. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: D
74. Concerning the relation of history with other subjects, which one of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: B
75. Consider the following statements concerning the Rajput States of Central India and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
76. Who was the Governor of Madras in 1661? · Ans: A
77. Identify the dynasty, the rulers of which called themselves Brahma-Kshatriya. · Ans: C
78. Daag and Chehra in Mughal military administration were introduced during the reign of: · Ans: A
79. Which one of the following policy documents was called the 'Magna Carta' of the Western education system in India? · Ans: C
80. In the battle of Haldighati, Rana Pratap of Mewar was defeated by the Mughal army led by: · Ans: B
81. In whose honour was the Gateway of India built? · Ans: A
82. 'Iwan' in Mughal architectural terminology means: · Ans: D
83. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
84. Under which Mughal emperor did naturalist trends in Mughal painting reach their apogee? · Ans: C
85. Who among the following remarked that 'Unlike contemporary early modern European kings, the Mughal emperors did not depend upon loans from private financiers to meet routine expenditure'? · Ans: D
86. Match List I (Place) with List II (Founder) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
87. Which of the following pairs (Institution - Location) is not correctly matched? · Ans: C
88. Arrange the following Peshwas in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
89. Which one of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: D
90. One of the following was not a major result of the Permanent Revenue Settlement of the East India Company: · Ans: D
91. Who was the Governor of Bengal between 1667 and 1669? · Ans: B
92. The founder of the Nizam's State in Hyderabad was: · Ans: C
93. Arrange the following revolts in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
94. Which one of the following is not correct in respect of the Baburnamah? · Ans: B
95. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: A
96. The temple of Rajarajesvara is dedicated to: · Ans: B
97. Who among the following rulers provided financial help for the restoration of a demolished mosque in Khambhat? · Ans: D
98. Which of the following dynasties is known for the involvement of women in its administration? · Ans: D
99. After Hastinapur was swept away by floods, the Pandavas shifted their capital to: · Ans: A
100. Chronologically arrange the following events and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
101. Pataligrama, which later became the famous city of Pataliputra, had been fortified initially by: · Ans: C
102. In which of the following works do we get a detailed account of Firoz Shah's canal system? · Ans: B
103. 'Dharmaraja' too was a title of: · Ans: B
104. Consider the following statements on the reforms of Alauddin Khalji and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
105. During Alexander's invasion of India, which of the following was ruled by two hereditary kings with the help of a council of elders? · Ans: D
106. Who among the following was an Alvar saint? · Ans: B
107. 'Pautavadhyaksha' was incharge of which department under the Mauryan administration? · Ans: A
108. The Book of Marco Polo is primarily an account of: · Ans: B
109. Arrange the visits of the following foreign travellers to South India in chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
110. Match List I (Old names of places) with List II (Modern names) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
111. Concerning the foundation of the Tughlaq dynasty by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, which one of the following statements is not true? · Ans: D
112. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: C
113. Shaikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri belonged to the Sufi Silsilah of: · Ans: A
114. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: D
115. Match List I (Ancient Towns) with List II (Present Site) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
116. Where were the first Palaeolithic tools found in India? · Ans: C
117. Arrange the following archaeologists in chronological order and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below. · Ans: A
118. The Harappan culture people inherited the knowledge of wheat, barley and cotton cultivation from their ancestors at: · Ans: C
119. Match List I (Kingdom) with List II (King) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
120. Match List I (Ancient Places) with List II (Modern Location) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
121. Identify the Tamil anthology which is devoted to the praise of Chera kings. · Ans: B
122. Nahapana's defeat at the hands of Gautamiputra Satakarni is attested by which of the following coin-hoards? · Ans: B
123. Who among the following rulers had performed the maximum number of Asvamedha sacrifices? · Ans: D
124. A drama named 'Kauntaleshwar Dautya' has been attributed to Kalidasa by: · Ans: D
125. The method of Radiocarbon Dating was used in India for the first time at: · Ans: D

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