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UGC NET December 2015 History — Solved Previous Year Questions

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

1. Identify among the following who was not an Orientalist. · Ans: B
2. What constituted the crux of the Drain theory highlighted by Dadabhai Naoroji? · Ans: C
3. Match the social movements in List I with the regions in List II in which they were founded, and select the correct code given below. · Ans: A
4. 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
5. Which of the following was observed as the 'Direct Action Day' by the Muslim League? · Ans: C
6. Which of the following rulers of larger states expressed their desire to remain independent as early as June 1947? · Ans: A
7. 'The Prose of Counter-Insurgency', regarded as a classic statement of the Subaltern School, was written by: · Ans: C
8. Who observed that 'Just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic nature, so Marx discovered the law of development of human history'? · Ans: A
9. Consider the following statements concerning Indian national historiography. Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: D
10. Between whom was the Treaty of Bassein signed in 1802? · Ans: C
11. Which of the following tribes did not form a part of the Kol Rebellion in 1832-33? · Ans: C
12. Who among the following did not belong to the Baptist missionary group? · Ans: B
13. Dayananda Saraswati was not against which of the following religious ideas? · Ans: D
14. Under the Mughals, peshkash and nazr were two distinct forms of offering presents to the emperor. Aurangzeb reorganized the terminology. Which of the following statements is not correct in this regard? · Ans: D
15. Which of the following is not correct about Indian technology under the Mughals? · Ans: C
16. The term 'Chakla' has been used in medieval Indian historical sources. It means: · Ans: D
17. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: C
18. Which of the following items presented by the English to the court of Jahangir was viewed as a 'wonder to the Mughal'? · Ans: A
19. Match List I (Congress President) with List II (Year) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
20. Which of the following inscriptions mentions the evidence of a Sun temple? · Ans: B
21. Regarding which of the following institutions does Manucci make the impassioned reference: 'When any hungry wretch takes it into his head to ruin the kingdom, he goes to the king and says, Sire! If your Majesty will giv… · Ans: B
22. Who authored the book 'The Indian Struggle 1935-1942'? · Ans: D
23. Which of the following dynasties in India had not issued their own coins? · Ans: B
24. The population of Mughal India has been estimated by scholars using various variables. Which of the following statements is not correct in this regard? · Ans: D
25. Who among the following was Samudragupta's contemporary ruler of Kanchi? · Ans: C
26. 'The attempt to extend Mughal administration over Golconda and Bijapur stretched the Mughal empire to a breaking point; perhaps Aurangzeb might have been better advised to accept the suggestion of his eldest son Shah Al… · Ans: C
27. Which of the following places was famous for cotton trade in the Chola country? · Ans: C
28. What is not true about Mughal court etiquette? · Ans: D
29. In which region did a school develop where manuscripts, including that of the dictionary Miftah-ul-Fuzala, were profusely illustrated? · Ans: B
30. Chronologically arrange the advent of European commercial companies into India and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
31. Consider the following statements relating to the military operations of Count de Lally in the Carnatic. Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
32. Which of the following is not correct? · Ans: D
33. Who is the author of the statement that the Vijayanagara state, though it comes closest among Indian states to some form of feudalism, differs so fundamentally from the feudal states of Europe and Japan that the concept… · Ans: A
34. 'I visited the buildings of Man Singh and Bikramajit thoroughly. They are wonderful buildings, entirely of hewn stone... of all the Rajas' buildings, Man Singh's is the best and loftiest.' Who expressed these views afte… · Ans: A
35. Which of the following sources narrates the history of the first nineteen years of the reign of Abdullah Qutub Shah (1626-72), being more like a diary of the Qutub Shahi court and giving an account of the social… · Ans: B
36. Which of the following states of South India was mentioned in Megasthenes's Indica? · Ans: B
37. From where has the largest apsidal shrine of the Indian subcontinent been discovered? · Ans: B
38. Who among the following was the President of the third Sangam? · Ans: C
39. Which of the following dynasties in India introduced a date on their coins for the first time? · Ans: D
40. The Bayana hoard contained the coins of the Gupta dynasty from: · Ans: B
41. In India the earliest archaeological remains of a hearth have been found from: · Ans: A
42. Who among the following authors is known for his satires exposing the evils of contemporary society? · Ans: C
43. From where in South Asia has the earliest evidence of wheat-barley farming been found? · Ans: B
44. Who compiled the Nat-i-Muhammadi, a biography of the Prophet Muhammad? · Ans: D
45. Which one of the following is not correctly matched? · Ans: C
46. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
47. Match List I (Harappan site) with List II (Archaeological remains) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
48. Which of the following Aryan deities have been invoked in the Boghazkoi inscription from Asia Minor? · Ans: D
49. In India, from which region has the earliest evidence of Bhojpatra (birch bark), a well-known writing material, been found? · Ans: A
50. Which of the following is a Samhita associated with the Krishna (Black) Yajurveda? · Ans: B
51. Which Indian princely state was the first to sign the Instrument of Accession to the Indian Union? · Ans: C
52. Which of the following was not a valid criticism of the working of 'Diarchy'? · Ans: D
53. Match the historians mentioned in List I with the school of history given in List II and select the correct code given below. · Ans: A
54. In which context was the term 'Paramountcy' used? · Ans: A
55. From which constitution was the concept of 'Directive Principles of State Policy' borrowed into the Indian Constitution? · Ans: A
56. Jacques Derrida's method of deconstruction finds itself primarily theorized in: · Ans: A
57. Which of the following princely states given in pairs were the first to establish universities in their states? · Ans: C
58. Identify from among the following who is not a post-modernist critique: · Ans: B
59. Identify the person who was not a nationalist painter. · Ans: A
60. Which of the following statements is not correct concerning D.D. Kosambi's approach to history writing? · Ans: B
61. The decision of the partition of Bengal was implemented on which of the following dates? · Ans: B
62. Which of the following is correct relating to the Swarajists' entry into the legislature? · Ans: C
63. Who among the following did not attend an All Parties Conference convened under Motilal Nehru's presidentship? · Ans: D
64. The eighteenth century is rich in the production of provincial histories. Match the following Persian texts with the region they focused on and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
65. On which date did Edwin Montagu make the historic declaration outlining the increasing association of Indians in every branch of administration? · Ans: B
66. Gulbadan Begum led a hajj delegation to Mecca and stayed there for two and a half years before returning in 1582. Which of the following royal women was not part of the delegation? · Ans: A
67. Which one of the following is not a correct statement regarding the Irwin-Gandhi Pact? · Ans: A
68. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
69. During the Civil Disobedience Movement, where did Sarojini Naidu lead the Satyagrahis to raid the salt depot? · Ans: D
70. 'The largest earthquake ever to be measured on the economic historians' Richter Scale' refers to: · Ans: C
71. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
72. Who among the following Europeans did not become the President of the Indian National Congress? · Ans: A
73. All are correct except: · Ans: C
74. Identify the organization which carried out socio-religious reforms that did not concern itself with women's upliftment. · Ans: B
75. Of the following, which is said to be Persian in inspiration and Indian in execution? · Ans: B
76. Who started a monthly periodical called the Tahzibul Akhlaq in Urdu? · Ans: C
77. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
78. Who among the following were appointed as members of the India Council in England in 1909? · Ans: B
79. With regard to painting, which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: D
80. Watan-Jagir was a generic term. Its revenues were part of the: · Ans: C
81. Irfan Habib rejects Kingsley Davis's assumption that the population of Mughal India remained fixed at 125 million from 1600 to 1750, saying that: · Ans: A
82. The following are correct except: · Ans: D
83. Consider the following statements about the bhakti movement. Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
84. Below are two statements: one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Assertion (A): There were many good reasons for avoiding technological innovation or any form of mechanization of Indian manufactures … · Ans: A
85. Which Baptist missionary got converted to the Unitarian principles of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and founded the 'Unitarian Mission' along with Raja Ram Mohan Roy? · Ans: B
86. The Chief Qazi, when moved with the imperial camp, was designated as: · Ans: B
87. Which of the following statements is not correct in respect of James Mill, the imperialist historiographer? · Ans: D
88. Which of the following is not correct about the village community? · Ans: A
89. Who among the following Muslim scholars and reformers did not support orthodoxy? · Ans: D
90. The dance poses (Karanas) described in the Natyasastra are depicted in which of the following temples? · Ans: A
91. Which among the following pairs (Philosophical System and its founder) is not correctly matched? · Ans: C
92. The culmination of the Pandyan style of temple lies in the temple complex at: · Ans: B
93. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
94. 'As Khizr Khan and Malka-i-Jahan were devoting themselves to interminable feasts and celebrations and did not care about his nursing and treatment, the Sultan attributed his illness to their negligence and his heart was… · Ans: B
95. Regarding Timur's invasions, which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: B
96. Which of the following pairs (Author and Source) is not correctly matched? · Ans: D
97. 'These mischievous people never pay money from their own coffers..... They take money by force from the weak and indigent peasants who live under them.' Who is reputed to have said this? · Ans: B
98. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
99. 'The Vijayanagara state boasted of being the protector of Hindu Varnashramadharma against Islam, yet its primary enemies were Hindu chiefs and kings, and the city accommodated within itself a Turuska quarter, a mosque a… · Ans: B
100. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
101. Which Arab traveller is said to have visited India during the reign of Pratihara King Mihira Bhoja? · Ans: D
102. Which of the following is not correct? · Ans: D
103. The distinctive symbol on the coins of the Kalchuri king Gangeyadeva is: · Ans: C
104. In 1586 Akbar issued the famous Fatahnama of Chittor. Which of the following Persian works contains the full text of the Fathnama? · Ans: D
105. Famous cave-temples of the Chalukyan period are known from which of the following? · Ans: A
106. Match List I (kingdoms) with List II (period of their domination) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below. · Ans: B
107. Arrange the following astronomers in chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
108. The dramatist Bhavabhuti is given the credit of writing which of the following works? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
109. Who was the Chief of Swami Mahavira's nuns' order? · Ans: A
110. On the basis of his Kshatriya descent, who had claimed a share in the relics of the Buddha? · Ans: A
111. Consider the following foreign authors. The correct chronological sequence of the authors is: · Ans: B
112. Which of the following Sangam authors has mentioned the hoarded wealth of the Nanda rulers? · Ans: B
113. According to Kautilya's Arthasastra, who among the following was responsible for issuing coins? · Ans: B
114. Match List I (Author) with List II (Source) and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists. · Ans: D
115. Which inscription of Asoka refers to his paternal conception of the king's duty? · Ans: D
116. 'Snana' was another name of which ancient Indian samskara? · Ans: D
117. The ancient port Kaveripattanam was known to the authors of the Sangam age as: · Ans: D
118. Match List I (Text) with List II (Author) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
119. The Elephanta caves contain: · Ans: A
120. Who among the following kings was born in a military camp during his father's campaigns? · Ans: D
121. Where have human fossils been found in situ with palaeolithic tools? · Ans: D
122. Which one of the following statements is not true about the Harappan civilization? · Ans: C
123. Which of the following Vedic sacrifices were directly related to kingship? · Ans: C
124. 3101 B.C. as the date of the Mahabharata war is mentioned in which of the following inscriptions? · Ans: A
125. Where did the Buddha deliver the maximum number of his sermons? · Ans: C

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