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UGC NET December 2014 History — Solved Previous Year Questions

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

1. The resolution on Fundamental Rights was adopted by the Congress at its: · Ans: D
2. Consider the following events and give the correct chronological order. · Ans: B
3. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? · Ans: B
4. The theory of 'General Will' was propounded by: · Ans: C
5. Essentially Mughal India had: · Ans: B
6. Which philosopher had said about the Holy Roman Empire that it is neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire? · Ans: D
7. The Khilat conferred on the nobles by the Mughal emperors was a: · Ans: B
8. Which is not correct about the features of postmodernism? · Ans: A
9. Which one of the following statements is not correct concerning the Marathas? · Ans: C
10. Who was elected the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) on October 31, 1920? · Ans: C
11. 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
12. 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
13. The Indian National Congress has been likened to Gramsci's 'war of position' by: · Ans: A
14. 'The Emergence of Indian Nationalism' is the name of a book written by: · Ans: A
15. In 1922-23 the Swarajist group in the Congress did not include: · Ans: D
16. The Silk Letter Conspiracy was organized by: · Ans: C
17. Varahamihira, the 6th century astronomer, belonged to which part of the country? · Ans: A
18. Which one of the following represents the correct chronology in respect of the coming of the European trading nations into India during the medieval period? · Ans: C
19. In the Aihole Inscription of Pulakeshin, its composer Ravikirti describes himself as an equal of the below mentioned writers. Select your answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
20. Which one of the following Mughal emperors claimed that he could distinguish which painters had drawn the outline and who had filled in the colours or drawn the face? · Ans: C
21. 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
22. Paramountcy is the position of paramount power enjoyed by the British Government in relation to the: · Ans: D
23. What age of girls' marriage was fixed by the Age of Consent Act, 1860? · Ans: A
24. Which ruler of India became a member of the Jacobin Club? · Ans: C
25. The head of the royal intelligence service under the administration of Alauddin Khilji was called: · Ans: B
26. Give the chronological order of the states which were annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine of Lapse. · Ans: C
27. The Nayankara system of the Vijayanagar Empire was modelled on the: · Ans: A
28. Under the 'Old Guarantee System', the British companies investing in railways were assured a guaranteed dividend of: · Ans: C
29. 'People were happy and contented under his rule and so the young and the old, the slave and the free, condoled his death by wearing black garments.' Ferishta, in his Tarikh-i-Ferishta, writes this for which Saiyyid Sult… · Ans: A
30. Who among the following opined that women should be confined to the house and work on the spinning wheel? · Ans: B
31. Identify the pair of architect and calligrapher associated with the tomb of Ataga Khan, built in 1566-67 by his son Mirza Aziz Koka. · Ans: A
32. Which of the following Gupta inscriptions describes Chandragupta II as Rajadhirajarshi? · Ans: A
33. Match List I (Terms) with List II (Meaning) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
34. Arrange the following names in chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
35. Who among the following are known to be devotees of Siva? Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: D
36. Which one of the below mentioned sites is not Harappan? · Ans: D
37. Angkor Wat, the grandest monument in Cambodia, was originally dedicated to: · Ans: D
38. Which one of the following pairs (Veda - Brahmana) is not correctly matched? · Ans: B
39. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? · Ans: C
40. Asvapati of the Upanishadic age was the ruler of: · Ans: A
41. Match List I (Author) with List II (Books) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
42. Match List I (States) with List II (Capitals) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
43. Which one of the following statements is correct about medieval painting? · Ans: A
44. Which one of the following sects is said to have played a role in the overthrow of the Nanda dynasty? · Ans: D
45. What is the correct chronology of the following Slave Sultans as they succeeded to the throne of the Delhi Sultanate? · Ans: C
46. Which of the following was an administrative centre of the southern part of the Ashokan Empire? · Ans: C
47. In which of the following forms of ancient Indian marriage was the payment of bride price a condition? · Ans: B
48. The Padirruppattu is a collection of poems in praise of: · Ans: A
49. Kayarohana, said to be the dwelling place of Lakulisa, the founder of the Lakulisa-Pasupata cult, is located in which one of the following? · Ans: D
50. Match List I (Dynasties) with List II (Founders) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
51. 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
52. 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
53. Who acted on 'the theory that the annexation of Sind would be a very beneficent piece of rascality, a robbery to be plausibly effected'? · Ans: B
54. Who said that the Shimla Deputation of 1907 had been stage-managed by the British and was no more than a 'command performance'? · Ans: B
55. Match List I (Person) with List II (Events) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
56. Which Viceroy was stabbed to death by a convict in the Andaman Islands? · Ans: C
57. Which of the following was not a part of the Government of India Act, 1935? · Ans: B
58. The journal Review of Historical Synthesis, which focuses on the synthesis of all activities of man in society, was founded in 1900 by: · Ans: C
59. Who has argued that 'De-industrialization did not take place in India during the colonial period'? · Ans: C
60. The chief grievance of the peasants in the Champaran Satyagraha was about the: · Ans: C
61. Who among the following Mughal emperors, after his recovery from illness, wore a pearl earring as a token of thanks to the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti? · Ans: C
62. During 1937-39 the Congress Ministry in Madras was headed by: · Ans: C
63. Who among the following said about his father's rule that 'In Persia there is room for Shias only, and in Turkey and Iran there is room for Sunnis only, while in India Sunnis and Shias met in one… · Ans: B
64. Maulana Abdul Bari belonged to the: · Ans: D
65. Features of the Altamgha jagir introduced by Jahangir were similar to: · Ans: A
66. 'The greatest good of the greatest number' was the principle of which group of thinkers? · Ans: A
67. Who constructed in Delhi a mosque, the Khayr-ul-Manzil, opposite the Purana Qila? · Ans: D
68. Gandhi's intervention in the Ahmedabad Mill Strike in 1918 led to the enhancement of wages for the workers by: · Ans: B
69. Dastur circles were drawn for the purpose of fixing: · Ans: C
70. Hun, a coin in circulation during the medieval period, was made out of: · Ans: D
71. What was not a part of the Mountbatten Plan? · Ans: C
72. Who wrote that 'Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains'? · Ans: D
73. Name the policy adopted by the United States of America to meet the economic crisis caused by the Great Depression of 1929. · Ans: D
74. Who was the recognized leader of Utilitarianism? · Ans: B
75. Which of the following was not a cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857? · Ans: D
76. Match List I (Institutions) with List II (Founders) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
77. Which one of the following was not a constituent of the economic drain of wealth from India to Britain? · Ans: D
78. The Eka Movement was started by the: · Ans: A
79. The theory of 'Sub-contractors' as an explanation for Gandhi's political mobilization is attributed to whom? · Ans: C
80. Who among the following Europeans has written about the state of education of Mughal princes and princesses during Akbar's period? · Ans: D
81. Consider the following events and give their correct chronological order. · Ans: A
82. 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
83. Select the correct chronological order of succession of the Saiyyid Sultans to the throne of Delhi mentioned below. · Ans: B
84. The Khalsa, the 'society of the pure', was founded in: · Ans: C
85. Sultan Firoz Shah Tughlaq was supposed to possess 1,80,000 slaves. Out of these, how many worked as artisans? · Ans: B
86. The Maratha claim of revenue for protection is called: · Ans: B
87. Nankar was an allowance or perquisite made to: · Ans: C
88. 'Mujannus', 'Turki', 'Tazi' and 'Janglah' were the breeds of: · Ans: C
89. Which of the following statements is not correct concerning Bahlol Lodi? · Ans: B
90. Match List I (Event) with List II (Person) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
91. Which one of the following is wrongly matched? · Ans: B
92. Lokamahadevi, the senior queen of Vikramaditya II, in commemoration of his three victories over the Pallavas of Kanchi, built: · Ans: D
93. Which one of the following (Author - Book) is wrongly matched? · Ans: C
94. Who among the following Chola rulers started the practice of prefixing a 'Historical Introduction' to royal inscriptions? · Ans: C
95. Name Babur's maternal grandmother, the wife of Yunus Khan Mughal, who after the death of Babur's father managed everything for her grandson and dealt with conspirators. · Ans: B
96. 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
97. 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
98. Sugandhadevi, who issued coins with the figure of a seated Lakshmi, was a queen of: · Ans: D
99. Which one of the following statements is not correct concerning Mughal painting? · Ans: D
100. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? · Ans: C
101. Which one of the following (Author - Text) is not correctly matched? · Ans: D
102. Which of the following were the chief towns and ports of the Pandyas of the Sangam age? Select the correct answer from the code below. · Ans: A
103. Firdausi, the author of the Shah Namah, was the poet-laureate in the court of: · Ans: A
104. The depiction of deities on the reverse corresponding to the name of the ruler on the obverse is the characteristic feature of the coins of: · Ans: D
105. Amuktamalyada of Krishnadeva Raya of the Vijayanagar Empire literally means: · Ans: C
106. Kushan dynastic sanctums, where statues of Kushan rulers were established, were at: Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: C
107. The Qur Khanah means: · Ans: A
108. Which one of the following pairs (Rulers defeated by Samudragupta - Kingdoms) is not correctly matched? · Ans: B
109. Diwan-i-Amir-i-Kohi, a separate department to improve cultivation, was set up by: · Ans: C
110. Which of the following Tirthankara images were got fashioned by Maharajadhiraja Ramagupta? Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: B
111. An inscription of Kumaragupta from Sarnath is dated in the year 154. Which among the following is its corresponding year? · Ans: D
112. Bhinmal is known as the birthplace of the famous astronomer: · Ans: C
113. Match List I (Texts) with List II (Subjects) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
114. Which one of the following is an example of rock-cut temple architecture? · Ans: C
115. 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
116. Arrange the following Dharmasastra writers in chronological order beginning with the earliest. · Ans: C
117. As the available evidence such as metallic implements for cutting seals clearly shows, one of the following sites was a major centre of production for Harappan seals. · Ans: B
118. The ruler of Suvarnabhumi, who founded a Buddhist monastery at Nalanda and requested Devapala through his ambassador to grant five villages for its upkeep, was: · Ans: C
119. In 2001 a complete fossilized human baby skull was found from: · Ans: D
120. Which of the following sites has yielded an ivory pendant from a Microlithic context? · Ans: B
121. Which of the following Vedic rivers are located in Afghanistan? Select the correct answer from the code below. · Ans: B
122. During the post-Vedic period the annual rate of interest, as mentioned by Gautama and Baudhayana, was: · Ans: C
123. 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
124. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
125. The original work of Megasthenes is lost and we learn about his observations from the quotations given by some later Greek writers, such as: Select the correct answer from the code below. · Ans: D

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