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UGC NET June 2013 History — Solved Previous Year Questions

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

  1. Which one of the following was not associated with the Indian National Army? · Ans: C
  2. Which historian called the Indian merchants engaged in overseas trade as 'pedlars'? · Ans: C
  3. In February 1947 Prime Minister Attlee declared that the British would quit India by · Ans: B
  4. Which of the following pairs (author and book) is not correctly matched? · Ans: D
  5. The generals of the I.N.A., Shah Nawaz, Gurdial Singh Dhillon and Prem Sehgal, were formerly officers of the · Ans: A
  6. Consider the names of the following Mughal emperors of the eighteenth century. Which sequence represents the correct chronological order? Select your answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
  7. The Constitution of India, introduced on 26 January 1950, laid down certain basic principles. Which of the following was not part of it at that time? · Ans: A
  8. Which of the following was not true of James Augustus Hickey? · Ans: B
  9. The Moplahs were the poor peasants and agricultural labourers of South Malabar. They were mainly converts to Islam from the lower castes like · Ans: A
  10. In the context of the Cold War, which one of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: A
  11. Consider the following observations concerning 'new history' and select the correct answer. · Ans: D
  12. Match List I (Movement) with List II (Area) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below. · Ans: B
  13. In which year was the book 'Hind Swaraj' written? · Ans: C
  14. Who among the following was known as the 'Socrates of Maharashtra'? · Ans: B
  15. As a result of the Poona Pact, the number of seats reserved for the depressed classes out of the general electorate seats was · Ans: B
  16. The Gujarat Sabha led by Gandhi played a leading role in the · Ans: B
  17. Who among the following set up the Arya Mahila Samaj to improve women's education? · Ans: A
  18. In which year was the Sharda Act passed? · Ans: C
  19. Rani Gaidinliu, who fought against the British, was from · Ans: C
  20. Which one of the following inscriptions provides the earliest epigraphical evidence of Sati? · Ans: C
  21. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: B
  22. Match List I (Ruler) with List II (Inscription) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below. · Ans: A
  23. Arrange the following into sequential order and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  24. Who among the following Governor Generals started the Indian Civil Services? · Ans: C
  25. At which place was the 'Women's Indian Association' founded? · Ans: C
  26. Who among the following writers claims that Muhammad bin Tughlaq's heir was Firoz Shah Tughlaq? · Ans: A
  27. Who authored the book 'Stree-Purush Tulana' (A Comparison Between Women and Men)? · Ans: A
  28. Match List I (Regional kingdom of the Sultanate period) with List II (Ruler) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  29. Who among the following rulers divided his troops into units of fifty, two hundred, two hundred fifty and five hundred? · Ans: C
  30. Arrange the following in correct chronological order. · Ans: C
  31. The earliest available Indian coins were made of · Ans: D
  32. Identify the dynasty to which Rai Singh 'Panj Hazari' belonged. · Ans: A
  33. In the Mauryan period the 'Sita' tax was imposed on · Ans: C
  34. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? · Ans: C
  35. Arrange the following rulers in chronological order. · Ans: B
  36. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  37. The Romaka Siddhanta in Indian astronomy shows signs of · Ans: B
  38. The comment that the cities look attractive from a distance, but inside them all the splendour is lost in the narrowness of the streets and the bustling of the crowds, on Mughal Indian cities was made by · Ans: A
  39. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  40. Who stated that twenty thousand men worked incessantly to construct the Taj Mahal? · Ans: C
  41. The rulers of South India constantly fought with each other because of · Ans: C
  42. Consider the following statements about Amir Khusrau. Which of the statements are correct? Select your answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
  43. Match List I (Name of the book) with List II (Author) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  44. Which Sultan of Delhi got the Qutub Minar repaired, cleaned the derelict Hauz Khas and erected a spacious madrasah on its bank? · Ans: C
  45. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: A
  46. Match List I (Saint-poet) with List II (Composition) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
  47. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
  48. The concept of 'Oriental Despotism' in Indian history was introduced by whom? · Ans: C
  49. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below. · Ans: A
  50. Match List I (King) with List II (Kingdom) and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below. · Ans: B
  51. The Company could not absorb the disbanded soldiers after the early nineteenth century because · Ans: C
  52. The Gurkhas became the most trusted soldiers because · Ans: A
  53. The first woman who got nominated to the Madras Legislative Council in 1927 was · Ans: A
  54. The Indian National Congress became a real mass-based political party after the · Ans: B
  55. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: B
  56. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: A
  57. Consider the statement that before the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century, history writing in the West suffered from certain weaknesses. Which one of the following justifies the above? · Ans: C
  58. On what basis was the recruitment of the Company's army made? · Ans: B
  59. The Company's army consisted of · Ans: A
  60. What kind of payment system did the British follow in army recruitment in the hills? · Ans: B
  61. In which year was the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science established? · Ans: C
  62. The Act prohibiting child marriages was passed in 1891 due to the efforts of · Ans: C
  63. The Shri Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam of Kerala worked for · Ans: A
  64. The name 'Indian National Congress' was given by · Ans: A
  65. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: C
  66. Match List I (Name) with List II (Newspaper) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  67. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: C
  68. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: B
  69. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: A
  70. The biggest British capital investment in India was made in · Ans: B
  71. Consider the following statements about Guru Nanak. Which of the above statements are not correct? Select your answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
  72. Who said: 'The misery hardly finds a parallel in the history of commerce. The bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India.'? · Ans: A
  73. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: C
  74. Who said: 'Imparting education to natives is our moral duty'? · Ans: D
  75. Who stated that the best place for a woman is the purdah or the grave? · Ans: C
  76. After 1833 the single biggest source of the drain of Indian wealth to Britain was · Ans: C
  77. Who among the following said: 'To define postmodernism is not just to define a term. It is to characterize the present age and to assess how we should respond to it.'? · Ans: B
  78. Which of the following is not one of the causes responsible for the rise of moneylenders in British India? · Ans: C
  79. Consider the following statements and point out the one which is incorrect in the context of research methodology. · Ans: A
  80. What was the common feature between the Wahabi and Kuka movements? · Ans: A
  81. Who of the following was the biographer of Raja Rammohan Roy? · Ans: B
  82. The Lex Loci Act gave · Ans: B
  83. Due to whose efforts was the Widow Remarriage Act passed? · Ans: B
  84. Which of the following statements are not correct? Select your answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  85. Which Mughal court chronicle gives an account of the Ahom kingdom of Assam? · Ans: B
  86. The period from 1236 to 1296 witnessed the reign of · Ans: C
  87. Which historian has spoken of a tripartite relationship between zamindars, jagirdars and peasants as the reason for the crisis of the Mughal Empire and its decline? · Ans: C
  88. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: D
  89. Consider the following statements about Shivaji. Which of the above statements are not correct? Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  90. Which crops were not cultivated in India during the Sultanate period? Select your answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
  91. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? · Ans: C
  92. Match List I (Rulers of the Delhi Sultanate) with List II (Measure or event) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  93. Match List I (Sufi terminology) with List II (Meaning) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  94. Who calls the political economy of the Vijayanagar regime of the sixteenth century as feudal? · Ans: A
  95. Who justified the Mughal attack on Malwa by saying that Baz Bahadur occupied himself with 'unlawful and vicious practices'? · Ans: A
  96. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: C
  97. Which Indian epigraph yields the first evidence of zero? · Ans: B
  98. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: D
  99. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below. · Ans: A
  100. Which of the following officers was not associated with the administration of cities in the Mughal empire? · Ans: A
  101. Arrange the following into sequential order and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  102. Consider the following statements about Shah Jahan. Which of the above statements are not correct? Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  103. Which among the following places is not associated with the Megalithic culture? · Ans: D
  104. The seat of the third great Sangam of Tamil authors was at · Ans: C
  105. Which one of the following was not a port city during the ancient period? · Ans: A
  106. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  107. Which one of the following inscriptions mentions the names of both Chandragupta and Ashoka? · Ans: B
  108. The names of the three successors of Khizr Khan, the founder of the Sayyid dynasty, are given below. Which sequence represents the correct chronological order? · Ans: B
  109. Match List I (School of philosophy) with List II (Founder) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
  110. Match List I (Authors) with List II (Definitions of history) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  111. In connection with Satavahana coins, which one of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: B
  112. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  113. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
  114. The largest number of Harappan sites have been found on the bank of which river? · Ans: C
  115. With which of the following eras was the Malava reckoning identical? · Ans: A
  116. What was the unique feature of the Harappan civilization which was unknown to other contemporary civilizations? · Ans: A
  117. In which among the following is a reference to the trading activities of the Tamils found? · Ans: C
  118. Match List I (Place name) with List II (Geographical location) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
  119. The writer of the Kural, the famous Tamil classic, was · Ans: D
  120. Who was the first to propound the theory of Aryan invasion of India? · Ans: D
  121. Match List I (Tamil work) with List II (Category) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  122. The famous philosopher king of the kingdom of Panchala during the later Vedic period was · Ans: C
  123. Which one of the following Dharmasutra writers does not approve the system of Niyoga? · Ans: B
  124. Several names of Kautilya have been mentioned in which one of the following? · Ans: D
  125. What is the correct chronological order of the following Greco-Roman authors? · Ans: B

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