Exams · UGC NET · History · UGC NET December 2020 History (Shift-II)

UGC NET December 2020 History (Shift-II) — Solved Previous Year Questions

UGC NET · History — 100 previous year questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

1. After years of hesitation, in which year was the drain theory officially adopted by the Indian National Congress, proclaiming that the famines and the great poverty of India were brought about by the drain of wealth? · Ans: B
2. Who presented the paper 'England's Debt to India' in May 1867 and was the first acknowledged theoretician of the drain? · Ans: D
3. Which British economists/administrators argued that British economic policies were instrumental for India's economic prosperity? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
4. When Prince Muhammad Kam Bakhsh ordered his right hand to be cut off, Saif Khan said, 'It is a low nature which you have inherited from your mother. This hand which you have cut off without any fault… · Ans: C
5. Which ruler of Malabar rebutted an invasion from Mysore in 1766 and imposed his own terms on the pepper trade to keep the Dutch and English trading companies under control? · Ans: A
6. Arrange the following Chishti Sufis in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
7. Who founded the Bharat Stree Mahamandal (The Large Circle of Indian Women) to promote female education? · Ans: C
8. Anuloma and Pratiloma in ancient India were: Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
9. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
10. 'Indian Muslims' were identified as: · Ans: B
11. In the early phase of his reign, Akbar made land grants lavishly to the theologians. This land grant was known as: · Ans: B
12. Identify the author who threw new light on the nobility under Akbar and the development of his religious policy. · Ans: C
13. Against whom were the prejudiced theologians not harsh and sectarian? · Ans: A
14. Land grants were given to the a'imma to win them over from which of the following previous rulers? · Ans: D
15. With regard to the Persian source Tazkira Pir Hassu Teli and its author, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
16. The Vasavadatta and the Ravanavadha were written by: · Ans: B
17. Chronologically arrange the following Acts on the basis of their enactment. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
18. From among the Indian nationalists, who opposed the Free Trade policy of the British? · Ans: B
19. Pariharas, or immunities from royal demands and claims, are referred to in: · Ans: C
20. Who said that appliances like railways and telegraphs were of little benefit to India and were like 'decorating another's wife'? · Ans: C
21. Who of the following persons was sharply critical of the practice of Sati? · Ans: D
22. Under the Mughals, a piece of transparent gazelle skin used for tracing, onto which the outlines of sketches were traced, was known as: · Ans: A
23. Match List I (Author) with List II (Book) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
24. While visiting Gujarat in 1618, Jahangir writes of a saint who lived in the time of Sultan Ahmad, the founder of Ahmedabad, whose shrine people visit every Friday night. Identify this Sufi saint of Gujarat who was also… · Ans: A
25. Bone tools have been found at which of the following Neolithic sites? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
26. From among the following statements regarding Historical Method, which are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
27. Which of the following statements are correct about the Adhai-din-ka-Jhonpra? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
28. The Congress was critical of the Cabinet Mission Scheme of 1946 because: · Ans: C
29. Match List I (Author) with List II (Book) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
30. Match List I (Bhakti Texts) with List II (Writers) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
31. Which of the following Sultans of Delhi deposited a large number of books on astronomy and astrolabes in the Royal Library (Kitab Khana-i-Khas) and desired that these be made available to all who wished to make use of… · Ans: C
32. Which of the following Gupta rulers issued Archer-type coins? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
33. What did Kuddapah Kar and Samba Peshnam denote in the context of agricultural production in South India? · Ans: A
34. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
35. Who were the 'Portfolio Capitalists' in the early colonial rule in India? · Ans: D
36. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
37. According to Morris D. Morris, deindustrialization in nineteenth-century India was a myth, because: · Ans: A
38. Match List I (Author) with List II (Books) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
39. Who among the following was chosen by Akbar to be the superintendent of the building of Agra fort because of his reputation as a 'military engineer' as well as a builder? · Ans: A
40. Major James Rennell's 1783 Map of Hindoostan was an instance of: · Ans: C
41. From among the following statements regarding Mahendra Lal Sircar's contribution to science, which ones are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
42. Which of the statements regarding historiography are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
43. Icons of which of the following deities are shown carrying a plough? · Ans: B
44. The inclusion of personal laws in the Indian Constitution: · Ans: B
45. Who was the author of the three reports on the state of vernacular education in Bengal and Bihar? · Ans: D
46. Chronologically arrange the various proclamations/orders of Akbar. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
47. Which of the following is NOT true of the hero-stone inscriptions from the Pallava kingdom? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
48. In Iltutmish's nobility, to which of the following categories did the Taziks belong? · Ans: B
49. Which of the following Persian works was composed in honour of the twelve imams? · Ans: C
50. Which of the following statements are true about the liberalization of the Indian economy? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
51. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
52. According to historians, the term grama in the Vedic period could have one or more of the following meanings. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
53. Astronomy in ancient India: which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
54. Who is regarded as a future Buddha in the Buddhist tradition? · Ans: C
55. With reference to the history of art of early India, arrange the following in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
56. The standard unit of the money of the Vijayanagara kingdom, mentioned as 'Pagoda' in later European accounts, was referred to in the inscriptions as: Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
57. 'There is nothing that we know in prehistoric Egypt or Mesopotamia or anywhere else in Western Asia to compare with the well-built baths and commodious houses of the citizens of Mohenjodaro.' Who made this statement? · Ans: A
58. Soon after his accession, which of the following Sultans assured the people of his determination to follow in the footsteps of his deceased father, and declared, 'Every old man in my territory is like a father to me… · Ans: C
59. In major-culture mounds: · Ans: B
60. Which one of the following was permanently imposed on the Indians in 1886? · Ans: B
61. Arrange the following Mughal royal daughters in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
62. Arrange the following in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
63. Match List I (Term) with List II (Meaning) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
64. Arrange the following writers in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
65. Who of the following are the well-known Saivas of early India? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
66. Regarding the Dabistan-i-Mazahib, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
67. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Asian maritime trade? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
68. Which of the following statements are NOT true about Dalit participation in the Revolt of 1857? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
69. Babur introduced new military tactics in India: carts lashed together by iron-chains and protected by ditches, and the flanking parties (tulghuma). From where did Babur borrow these tactics? · Ans: B
70. The first inscriptional mention of Bharadha-Vasa (Bharata-Varsha) occurs in: · Ans: D
71. Under Aurangzeb, the silver rupaya weighed at: · Ans: C
72. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
73. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
74. From among the following statements regarding socio-religious movements, which are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
75. Match List I (Mongol Attacks) with List II (Respective reign of Delhi Sultans) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
76. Which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
77. Match List I (Monument) with List II (Place) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
78. Viravalanjigar was: · Ans: B
79. With regard to Shaikh Abd al-Quddus Gangohi, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
80. The Seventh Pillar Edict of King Ashoka occurs on which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
81. Which of the following is the probable date of the Periplus Maris Erythraei? · Ans: B
82. Who wrote the seminal work Stree-Purush-Tulana (A Comparison between Women and Men) in 1882? · Ans: D
83. From among the following statements regarding the Non-Cooperation Movement, which are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
84. On the island of Java in Southeast Asia, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
85. The city of Burhanpur was established by Nasir Khan of: · Ans: A
86. Which of the following crops do not find mention in the Ain-i-Akbari in any of the dastur circles? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
87. Which of the following statements are true about Panchsheel? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
88. Where was the All India Congress Socialist Party formally inaugurated on 20 October 1934? · Ans: C
89. Regarding the protection of routes under Mughal administration, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
90. Arrange the establishment of the following institutions chronologically, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
91. Chronologically arrange the following uprisings, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
92. Who started the Rajahmundry Social Reform Association in 1878? · Ans: C
93. Pratimoksha meant: · Ans: C
94. Arrange chronologically the following poets who were known as the authors of inscriptions. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
95. Match List I (Ruler) with List II (Dynasty) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
96. What is the nature of the evidence associating Chandragupta Maurya with Bhadrabahu? · Ans: B
97. The story of Sunahshepa, in which a father is described as selling his son, occurs in: · Ans: A
98. The technique Siyahi qalam or nim qalam was brought to India by the painters from which of the following regions? · Ans: B
99. The Hyderabadi administrative system in the late eighteenth century can be identified as a 'patron-client relationship', because: · Ans: A
100. Match List I (Dhyani Buddhas) with List II (Their Bodhisattvas) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B

Practise this paper →