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UGC NET January 2017 History — Solved Previous Year Questions

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

1. When was the first Factory Act passed by the British colonial government? · Ans: C
2. Which one of the following was not the declared objective for the founding of the All India Muslim League? · Ans: A
3. Who among the following were the members of the Khilafat Committee? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
4. Match List I (Leader) with List II (Organization) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
5. Which among the following Acts was described as a 'new charter of bondage' by Jawaharlal Nehru? · Ans: D
6. Who among the following condemned the Ottawa Trade Agreement of 1932 by saying that 'it has killed much larger interests of India'? · Ans: C
7. Who among the following did not belong to the 'Liberal Party'? · Ans: C
8. Arrange the following historical monuments in chronological order and select your answer from the following code. · Ans: B
9. Which one of the following would not be a necessary condition for being a 'Nation-State'? · Ans: D
10. Which of the following Mughal royal women assigned land from her jagir for grazing cows? · Ans: A
11. Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution guarantee complete equality of men and women? · Ans: B
12. Who among the following was a great innovator in politics, being fully and consciously secular, who understood more clearly the danger that communalism posed to the nation, and often said that communalism was as big an … · Ans: D
13. Who among the following was not a member of the States Reorganization Commission? · Ans: D
14. Who coined the term 'positivism' and was the founder of positivist philosophy? · Ans: C
15. Which of the following cities was named Khizrabad by Alauddin Khalji after his son Khizr Khan? · Ans: C
16. 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
17. The fourteenth century saint-poetess Lalla Ded's verses are known as: · Ans: B
18. Who among the following did not endorse the view that the protected princes in India were mere 'feudatories' of the British Crown? · Ans: D
19. Ziauddin Barani records that in spite of a ban on wine, 'addicts, libertines and debauched people built bhattis in their houses and distilled wine and themselves consumed it and secretly sold it at higher costs.' In the… · Ans: B
20. Arrange chronologically the following Famine Commissions and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
21. Arrange the following rulers of Kashmir in chronological order and select your answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
22. 'It is their custom that the person to whom this (platter containing betel) is brought out takes the platter in his hand, places it upon his shoulder and then does homage with his other hand touching the ground.'… · Ans: B
23. Who gave the following arguments for writing his work Ma'danu'sh Shifa-i-Sikandarshahi? 'First, that the Greek medicine did not suit the climate of India, and secondly, that the medicinal plants mentioned in that system… · Ans: D
24. Which one of the following works was commissioned by Aurangzeb to compile authoritative passages from the standard works of Hanafi fiqh for the guidance of the qazis? · Ans: D
25. Whom did Abul Fazl style 'Sada Lauh' (simple one) because he mourned the loss of the idol he used to worship, and call him 'a blind follower of custom'? · Ans: A
26. Match List I (Author) with List II (Work) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
27. Point out which of the following is/are not a form of Hundi. Choose your answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
28. Which of the following is not correct? · Ans: C
29. During his conversation with Aurangzeb, Mirza Mukarram Safavi asked him to express his views on music. Which of the following statements of Aurangzeb is/are true on music? Select the correct answer from the code given b… · Ans: D
30. Chronologically arrange the following celebrated buildings built by Shahjahan and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
31. Which system was declared illegal in India by the India Act V of 1843? · Ans: C
32. Which of the following pairs (Mahajanapada and Capital) is wrongly matched? · Ans: A
33. Which one of the following was not a part of Buddhist architecture? · Ans: D
34. Which of the following statements is true of the Kushan period? · Ans: B
35. Which of the following statements are known from the Hathigumpha inscription of Kharavela? Select your answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
36. Which of the following statements are made in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea? Select your answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
37. Match List I (Author) with List II (Title of the Book) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
38. 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
39. Arrange the following astronomers in the correct chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
40. Match List I (Name of the King) with List II (Title) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
41. Who among the following were not a South Indian mercantile/maritime organization? · Ans: D
42. Which of the following are true of the Mesolithic period? Select your answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
43. Which of the following statements are true in respect of the kingdom of Srivijaya? Select the answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
44. Which of the following Neolithic archaeological sites is not known for ash-mounds? · Ans: D
45. Match the Persian/Arabic texts given in List I with their composers given in List II and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
46. Which of the following sites has yielded a short inscription written in Harappan script with huge alphabets? · Ans: B
47. 'During the period of khani and kingship of well over 40 years he never talked to bazaar people, the base, the mean, musicians and buffoons.' In the above statement Ziauddin Barani is referring to which of the following… · Ans: B
48. Match List I (System of Philosophy) with List II (Advocate) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
49. The Kantaka-Sodhana of the Mauryan period was connected to which one of the following? · Ans: D
50. Which one of the following (Tax-term and Connotation) is wrongly matched? · Ans: B
51. The communists of which area launched a massive campaign with the slogan 'Throw the American model into the Arabian Sea'? · Ans: C
52. The most militant struggle was the Tebhaga struggle by the share-croppers of Bengal. They declared that they would not pay ........ of the crop to the landlords. · Ans: D
53. In which year did the National Congress pass a resolution calling upon the Indian people 'to refrain from the use of Japanese goods'? · Ans: B
54. Which one of the following was not an aspect of the official policy of 'Apartheid'? · Ans: D
55. Match List I (Author) with List II (Book) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below. · Ans: C
56. Who among the following expressed grave doubts about Ranke's tall claim regarding 'objective' and 'impartial' history? · Ans: B
57. In which year was the 'Non-Proliferation' treaty signed? · Ans: B
58. Who among the following was the first Indian woman President of the Indian National Congress? · Ans: C
59. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below. · Ans: B
60. Khudai Khidmatgars were popularly known as the ........ · Ans: B
61. The Arya Samaji leader Mr. Harvilas Sarada belonged to which part of India? · Ans: A
62. 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
63. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
64. 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
65. Who said the following: 'Invoke the aid of the Almighty to take me away from this vale of tears rather than make me a helpless witness of the butchery by men become savage, whether he dares to call… · Ans: A
66. 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
67. Who among the following described the redistribution of provinces on a linguistic basis as 'assassins of nationalism'? · Ans: B
68. Who among the following had not been involved in floating the idea of permanent settlement for Bengal? · Ans: C
69. Arrange chronologically the following tribal rebellions and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
70. Who among the following were revolutionary leaders? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
71. In which session of the Indian National Congress was a policy about the princely states enunciated for the first time? · Ans: A
72. 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
73. In which session did the Congress pass the resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj'? · Ans: A
74. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: C
75. Which one of the following organizations was established in 1942 by the leftist women leaders in Bengal? · Ans: D
76. Which of the following statements are correct? Select your answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
77. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: C
78. From the following, identify the place where Sultan Alauddin Khalji declared himself Sultan or ascended the throne: · Ans: D
79. 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
80. Match List I (Term) with List II (Meaning) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below. · Ans: D
81. When and where was the 'Society for Translating European Sciences' set up? · Ans: C
82. Which of the following Sufi saints popularized the Qadiria order in Punjab and Sindh? · Ans: A
83. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below. · Ans: A
84. 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
85. Which of the following pairs (Author and Source) is not correctly matched? · Ans: B
86. Which of the following is not correct? · Ans: D
87. Which of the following statements are correct? Choose your answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
88. Match List I (Author) with List II (Book) relating to books and authors and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
89. One of the innovations of the Mughals in building technology was pre-fab wooden structures. These portable homes were known as bangla in the seventeenth century, from which the Anglo-Indian word 'bungalow' is derived. W… · Ans: A
90. Consider the following statements relating to the various gaz used in the Mughal empire. Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
91. 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
92. 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
93. Naphtha and mangonels were used for the first time in India in which of the following places/regions? · Ans: A
94. Consider the following statements pertaining to customs rates in the Mughal empire. Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
95. Which of the following inscriptions of Samudragupta describe him as a 'Parama Bhagavata'? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
96. Which new types of gold coins were started by Kumaragupta I? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
97. Apart from Harsha, the Chinese traveller Yuan Chwang had occasion to meet which other contemporary rulers? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
98. 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: D
99. Which among the following temples has a Dravidian type of Sikhara? · Ans: D
100. Which dynasty of South India claimed that its ancestors had ruled at Ayodhya? · Ans: A
101. Sri Jaya Indravarman Maharajadhiraja of the Bhrigu family was the ruler of: · Ans: A
102. 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
103. Consider the following statements about Fakhr-i Mudabbir and his Adab-ul Harb wa Shujaat. Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
104. Who visited the court of Bindusara as an envoy of the Syrian emperor? · Ans: B
105. 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
106. Match List I (Missionaries deputed by the third Buddhist Council) with List II (Respective areas) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below. · Ans: B
107. Consider the following statements on Ulugh Khan's (Balban's) relations with the Afghans. Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
108. The Mauryan army was comprised of which of the following? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
109. The Sultan ordered, 'Whatever they cultivate should be assessed by measurement in accordance with the yield per biswa, and all of them should pay half without any distinction.' In the above statement, which of the follo… · Ans: B
110. Which of the following Tamil poets were associated with Kanchi? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
111. Which of the following statements about Amir Khusrau and his music are correct? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
112. Harishena, the author of the Prayaga Prasasti, held which of the following offices? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
113. Which among the following is the biggest Jaina image? · Ans: A
114. Match List I (Mesolithic site) with List II (Location) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below. · Ans: D
115. The earliest evidence of the transition from food gathering to food production and the domestication of animals in the subcontinent comes from which of the following sites? · Ans: D
116. 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
117. Match List I (Dynasty) with List II (Founder) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below. · Ans: C
118. The discovery of metal was a revolutionary event in human history. The richest copper mines occurred in which part of India? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
119. Which Rigvedic deity is more frequently invoked as being the most useful as also the most fearsome of the gods? · Ans: C
120. Which text makes it evident that the Vedic Sabha and Samiti were two separate institutions? · Ans: B
121. The followers of the Ajivika sect were also known by which other names? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
122. Match List I (Mahajanapada) with List II (Capital) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below. · Ans: A
123. The 'Indica' of Megasthenes is lost, but it survives in fragments in the writings of which Greco-Roman authors? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
124. Which one of the following is not true about the Rummindei Pillar Inscription of Ashoka? · Ans: B
125. Match List I (Author) with List II (Definition of History) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below. · Ans: C

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