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UGC NET December 2024 History — Solved Previous Year Questions

100 previous-year questions from UGC NET December 2024 History (UGC NET) — each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Use it as an answer key, or practise the full paper below.

1. Which of the following statements are correct about the 'ganas' or 'sanghas' of ancient India? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
2. Which of the following Bodhisattvas represents compassion? · Ans: D
3. Consider the following statements about the Revolt of 1857 and choose the correct answer. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
4. Puran Chand, a Hindu, was the Diwan under which of the following rulers? · Ans: C
5. Match List I (thinker) with List II (concept of historiography). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
6. Which of the following developments in history writing introduced a critical examination of the primary sources? · Ans: C
7. The Ajanta art depicted the mother of Buddha in the form of: · Ans: A
8. Why may we consider the Nayaka system under the Vijayanagara as feudal? · Ans: B
9. Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Bahmanis of the Deccan'? · Ans: D
10. Match List I (author) with List II (book). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
11. Consider the following statements about land revenue settlements during the British period and find out the true ones. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
12. By which of the following Acts was an Indian for the first time made a law member on the Viceroy's Executive Council? · Ans: A
13. Consider the following statements about famines in India and choose the correct ones. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
14. Which of the following points have been conventionally used to draw a fundamental distinction between history and science? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
15. Which of the following is an early Neolithic site? · Ans: C
16. Which of the purposes is not served by footnotes used for history writing? · Ans: D
17. Who among the following became one of the first two graduates of Calcutta University? · Ans: A
18. Who drafted the Objectives Resolution of the Indian Constitution, which spelt out the philosophy and basic features of the Constitution? · Ans: A
19. Who wrote the text Karpuramanjari? · Ans: D
20. In which year was the famous novel Anandmath of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee published? · Ans: C
21. Which of the following books have been authored by Karl Popper? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
22. In which year did the British Parliament pass an Act for establishing High Courts of Judicature in India? · Ans: B
23. Which are the correct author-chronicle/book combinations? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
24. Which Jain tirthankara was associated with Krishna in Jainism? · Ans: B
25. Identify the regions conquered by the Chandelas and the Kalachuris in the 9th century CE. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
26. Which of the following 'Samskaras' were performed before birth? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
27. Which of the following does not refer to a form and style of megalithic burials? · Ans: B
28. Which of the following were not constructed in the Delhi Sultanate period? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
29. Who of the following rulers had ruled between 1296-1316 CE in the Delhi Sultanate? · Ans: A
30. Pick the books not written by W.H. Moreland. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
31. Pick the match which is incorrect from the options given below. · Ans: A
32. Match List I (ruler) with List II (action). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
33. In which year was the Indian Official Secrets Act passed restricting the freedom of the press? · Ans: B
34. Pick the wrong matches from the following options given below. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
35. Kanchi was a major city, which had its inland riverine port of: · Ans: C
36. Consider the following organisations and arrange them in chronological order of their year of establishment, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
37. Consider the following statements regarding activities of B.G. Tilak and arrange them in chronological order starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
38. In order of higher claims to land and its production, who was not an owner of the land in Mughal India? · Ans: D
39. The author of Tattvartharajavarttika was: · Ans: B
40. Consider the following Maratha leaders and arrange the associated deaths in chronological order starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
41. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
42. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
43. Consider the following statements related to the Indian National Congress and select the correct answer. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
44. Pick the two right combinations from the list given below. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
45. Which commission advised against the creation of linguistic states at the time, for it might threaten national unity and also be administratively inconvenient? · Ans: C
46. Who from the list given below did not belong to the Mughal royal household? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
47. Arrange the following officers mentioned in Aparajitapraccha in ascending order based on the number of villages controlled by them. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
48. Which of the following Puranas provides the list of 30 Satavahana rulers with a total chronological range of 460 years? · Ans: A
49. Which of the following statements regarding Asoka's 'dhamma' policy are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
50. Which of the following historians admitted to the use of imaginary speeches in his historical writings? · Ans: D
51. Arrange the following works in chronological sequence. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
52. Arrange the following trends in the writing of Indian history from the earliest to the latest as they emerged. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
53. The main reason for the Chola penetration into Kalinga was: · Ans: B
54. Which of the following was not associated with the prerogative of a Sultan in the Delhi Sultanate? · Ans: D
55. Consider the following rebellions during the British period before 1857 and arrange them in chronological order starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
56. Which of the following statements is not true for post-modernist historiography? · Ans: B
57. Match List I (author) with List II (books). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
58. Pick the two correct matches from the options given below. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
59. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
60. Who among the following is said to have caused wanton destruction of the universities of Nalanda and Vikramshila? · Ans: C
61. Point out the wrong match from the options given below. · Ans: C
62. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
63. Pick the correct author-book matches from the list given below. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
64. Which among the following sites are associated with ancient Deccan? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
65. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
66. Consider the following nationalist activities and find out the true ones. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
67. Among the following, which regions were conquered by the Chola King Rajendra-I? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
68. Consider the following and arrange them in chronological order starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
69. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
70. Siri, one of the capital cities in Delhi, was built by which of the following rulers? · Ans: A
71. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
72. Arrange the following Mahajanapadas from north to south. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
73. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
74. Who was the first Indian who entered as a law member into the Viceroy's Executive Council? · Ans: D
75. Choose the correct ruler-building pairs from the options. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
76. Consider the following statements about the railways in India and select the true ones. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
77. Which of the following painters was not associated with Jahangir? · Ans: D
78. By the beginning of the Christian era, the most preferred stone for the construction of the stupas in the Swat valley was: · Ans: D
79. Arrange the following events in chronological sequence. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
80. Which of the following buildings/places is not associated with Jahangir? · Ans: D
81. Which term is not associated with the Mansabdari system of the Mughals? · Ans: D
82. Which British Governor wrote in a minute in 1859 'Divide et Impera was the old Roman motto and it should be ours'? · Ans: A
83. Match List I (events/organisation) with List II (year). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
84. Match List I (site) with List II (archaeological evidence). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
85. In which year was a Gold Standard Reserve formed out of the profits of the coinage of rupees, partly to prevent fluctuations in exchange, partly to meet expenses and partly to provide funds in London to purchase silver… · Ans: B
86. Match List I (act/event) with List II (year). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
87. Arrange the following kings in chronological sequence. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
88. Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi at the Battle of Panipat due to which of the following reasons? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
89. The process of the transition of the Sanakanikas from non-monarchical to neo-monarchical group began under: · Ans: B
90. Who was appointed as the first Visitor of the Hindu College at Calcutta? · Ans: A
91. Which of the discoveries from Mohenjodaro are comparable to the discoveries from Tell Asmar in Mesopotamia? · Ans: C
92. Which historian has argued that the decline in the lapis lazuli trade with Mesopotamia was a factor in the decline of the Harappan civilization? · Ans: B
93. What can be inferred in the context of Mesopotamian links to the Harappan civilization in the light of more recent discoveries? · Ans: D
94. Which of the following Harappan sites has yielded a terracotta model of a plough? · Ans: C
95. Which scholar was the earliest to suggest that the Harappan state was ruled by autocratic priest-kings? · Ans: A
96. Who, besides Charaka and Sushruta, is counted as the 'brihat-trai' (big three) of Ayurveda? · Ans: C
97. Which of the following is not covered under the Ministry of AYUSH? · Ans: B
98. The earliest reference to the ideal-type of a civil hospital in Indian history can be had from: · Ans: D
99. Identify the city being spoken about by Fa Hsien in the given passage. · Ans: B
100. Emperor Asoka refers to having made provisions for medical treatment and the planting of beneficial medicinal herbs, roots and fruits in which inscription? · Ans: A

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