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UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-I) — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET December 2022 History (Shift-I) (UGC NET) — each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Use it as an answer key, or practise the full paper below.

  1. Dhammapada, Theragatha, Therigatha and Jataka texts belong to which Buddhist canon? · Ans: D
  2. Which of the following texts is related to the Jain tradition? · Ans: C
  3. What was the family emblem of the Gupta monarchs? · Ans: B
  4. Who is the author of Prabodha-Chandrodaya? · Ans: A
  5. The Aitareya and Satapatha Brahmanas mention the name of which monarch, who performed the 'Ashvamedha' sacrifice along with the 'Aindra Mahabhisheka'? · Ans: A
  6. Rajpura and Dvaraka were important towns of which region? · Ans: A
  7. Ottakkuttan did not write about which of the following kings? · Ans: A
  8. Name the inscription which refers to the construction of a puja-shila-prakara. · Ans: D
  9. The Chariya-Pitaka is a collection of: · Ans: B
  10. Lankavatara is related to: · Ans: A
  11. The Neolithic sites of Kiari and Giak are located in: · Ans: D
  12. The Ghaggar-Hakra system of rivers was studied by: · Ans: A
  13. According to A.K. Ghosh, which of the following is not a chrono-cultural element of the Palaeolithic culture complex in India? · Ans: D
  14. Who among the following Rajput nobles held the mansab of 7000/7000 under Aurangzeb? · Ans: C
  15. Which one of the following texts describes two methods of lifting water out of wells in India? · Ans: B
  16. Who observed that while Akbar was on an expedition to Kabul to subdue the rebellion of Mirza Hakim, he appointed his mother, Hamida Banu Begum, in charge of the suba of Delhi? · Ans: B
  17. In January 1751, Muzaffar Jang was accompanied by a French force under the leadership of which one of the following commanders? · Ans: A
  18. In the early modern period, who was known as 'Ummal'? · Ans: B
  19. Saranjam, the assignment of revenue from villages to support military service, was a popular practice under which empire? · Ans: C
  20. Who wrote 'Time is precious and is irreplaceable'? · Ans: A
  21. Who stated that the days of Nur Jahan were revived for her (Lal Kunwar) and coins were issued in her name? · Ans: A
  22. Which one of the following sites in Rajasthan provides evidence of the onset of aridity around 2000 BC? · Ans: D
  23. The Court of Directors withheld their sanction to the annexation of which princely state on the basis of the 'Doctrine of Lapse'? · Ans: C
  24. Which Indian Factories Act provided for a weekly holiday for all workers? · Ans: B
  25. What was the immediate cause for the First Burmese War (1824-26)? · Ans: A
  26. Who wrote the essay 'Gandhiji's Leadership and the Congress Socialist Party'? · Ans: D
  27. The celebrated diamond, the Koh-i-Noor, was surrendered to the British Crown after which war? · Ans: B
  28. As a prominent leader of the 1928 scavengers' strike, who was given the epithet 'Dhangarma' (Mother of Scavengers)? · Ans: B
  29. 'Estado Da India' is popularly known as: · Ans: A
  30. In the late 1770s and 1780s, the Khatbandi regulations were related to: · Ans: B
  31. Dadabhai Naoroji presented the case of the 'drain of wealth' from India before which Commission in 1895? · Ans: A
  32. The Fergusson College was developed from which institution of the 1880s? · Ans: B
  33. Who was the President of the 1929 Congress sub-committee on untouchability? · Ans: C
  34. Who was the propounder of the theory of 'Utilitarianism'? · Ans: B
  35. Where was Herodotus born? · Ans: A
  36. Leni Riefenstahl's film 'Triumph of the Will' deals with: · Ans: C
  37. Who said, 'As works of the imagination, the historian's work and the novelist's do not differ. Where they do differ is that the historian's picture is meant to be true'? · Ans: A
  38. Who said, 'History has to be rewritten because history is the selection of those threads of causes or antecedents that we are interested in'? · Ans: C
  39. The Ramoshi Rebellion of 1831 was led by whom? · Ans: D
  40. Raja Rammohan Roy's Brahmo Samaj was a successor to: · Ans: B
  41. Which of the following statements are correct about Tarikh/Tawarikh during the medieval period? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  42. Regarding the role of European trading companies, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  43. Which of the following are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  44. Which out of these are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  45. Which of the following are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  46. Regarding the condition of servants and slaves, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  47. Which statements are correct in reference to the Treaty of Purandar (1665)? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  48. Regarding the trade in the medieval period, which statements are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  49. Which of these are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  50. Which of these are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  51. Which of the following are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  52. Which of these are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  53. Which of these are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  54. Which of the following statements are NOT correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  55. Which of the following is correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  56. Which statements from below are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  57. Which of the following were NOT terms of the treaty concluded between Maharaja Jai Singh and Prince Muhammad Azam? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  58. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  59. In regard to the Bhakti movement, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  60. Which of the following are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  61. Which of the following are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  62. Which out of the following are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  63. Which out of the following are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  64. Which of these are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  65. Which of these are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  66. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  67. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  68. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  69. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  70. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  71. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  72. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  73. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  74. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  75. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  76. Which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  77. Arrange the following historical events in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  78. Arrange the following persons, who were sent to persuade Rana Amar Singh, in a chronological sequence. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  79. Place the following statements in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  80. Arrange the following events in chronological manner which happened after the Battle of Buxar. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  81. Arrange the following in a chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  82. Arrange the following events in a chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  83. Arrange the following events in a chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  84. Arrange the following in a chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  85. Arrange the following events in a chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  86. 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
  87. 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
  88. 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
  89. 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
  90. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  91. How would you characterize the relationship on these estates? · Ans: D
  92. What steps were taken by the Saiyids to build social acceptance of their khanqahs? · Ans: A
  93. What new feature took place in the social system due to these grants? · Ans: B
  94. What was the purpose of making endowments to the Saiyids and their khanqahs? · Ans: A
  95. What was the source of their income? · Ans: A
  96. 'From Gujarat to Jammu and from Attock to Rohilkhand, there is no power but Sindhia and Sikhs.' Mahadji Sindhia was honoured with which title by the Mughal emperor? · Ans: A
  97. Mahadji Sindhia died in the year: · Ans: D
  98. What is the correct clause of the Treaty of Salbai (1782)? · Ans: C
  99. During the regime of which Peshwa did the Maratha state reach its territorial zenith, extending from 'Kattack to Attock'? · Ans: C
  100. Who followed the policy of expansion of the Marathas from 'Krishna to Attock'? · Ans: B

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