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UGC NET June 2020 History — Solved Previous Year Questions

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

1. Arrange the establishment of the following associations chronologically, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
2. Which of the following chronicles of Shah Jahan's reign mentions that the practice of ijara became very common during Shah Jahan's reign and that it was one of the causes of the ruin of the peasantry? · Ans: D
3. Arrange the establishment of the following institutions chronologically, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
4. 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: B
5. 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
6. 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
7. How many aged cows and how many heifers is one herdsman assigned in the above passage? · Ans: B
8. For which of the following was there a payment in both kind and cash? · Ans: B
9. Why were those who looked after milch cows not paid in milk and ghee? · Ans: C
10. Into how many categories was the work of the Superintendent of cattle divided? · Ans: D
11. What are the work and the entitlement of the hunter in the above passage? · Ans: D
12. The above observation is made by which of the following European travellers? · Ans: C
13. Arrange the following European travellers who visited India in chronological order, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
14. By 'Timariots', the traveller refers to which of the following Mughal officials? · Ans: B
15. Arrange the following Saiyyid Sultans in chronological order, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
16. On the basis of the above observation, which of the following historians has argued that the Mughal system of transfer of jagirs led to the exploitation of the peasantry that in turn created a 'crisis' in the Mughal… · Ans: A
17. Chronologically arrange the following acts according to their date of enactment. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
18. Which of the following was not a characteristic of the Mughal jagir system? · Ans: B
19. 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: C
20. Match List I (Source) with List II (Deals with) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
21. 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: B
22. Match List I (Newspaper) with List II (Editor) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
23. Match List I (Painters) with List II (Their painting style) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
24. Match List I (Historian) with List II (Works) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
25. Match List I (Uprising) with List II (Leader) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
26. Arrange the following Chola kings in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
27. Which among the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
28. In the context of the history of art, arrange the following in chronological order, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
29. Nehru's reluctance to re-organise states on the linguistic basis had the support of which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
30. Arrange the following in chronological order, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
31. From the following statements regarding the Swadeshi movement, which are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
32. Arrange the following Malwa Sultans in chronological order, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
33. Which of the following statements regarding bias and objectivity are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
34. Arrange the following monuments in chronological order, starting from the earliest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
35. From among the following statements regarding the early orientalism of the British scholars in India, which ones are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
36. Match List I (Archaeological Site) with List II (Region) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
37. Match List I (Vedic River) with List II (Current Name) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
38. With regard to the Afghan policy, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
39. Match List I (Mahajanapada) with List II (Capital) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
40. Malik Ambar brought revolutionary changes in the agrarian and revenue structure of the Nizam Shahi kingdom. In this context, which of the following provisions are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options give… · Ans: C
41. Match List I (Term) with List II (Meaning) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
42. Which of the following statements are correct about the parvanchas of the Mughal period? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
43. Match List I (Painting Technique) with List II (Meaning) and choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
44. With regard to the dagh system, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
45. According to the Calcutta and Howrah Smoke Nuisance Act, the emissions of jute mills were made subject to regulation. In which year was this act passed by the Bengal Council? · Ans: C
46. With regard to the Sikh Guru Gobind Singh, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
47. Which of the following are found in the Neolithic cultures of India? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
48. From among the following statements regarding the Indian National Congress, which ones are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
49. Which of the following are associated with the megalithic cultures of India? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
50. Which of the following unpopular legislative and administrative measures were initiated by Lord Curzon? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
51. Which of the following sites have yielded the 'separate rock edicts' of Ashoka? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
52. Which of the following peasant leaders initiated the organizational work among the peasants in various parts of India to convey their grievances to the British government? Choose the correct answer from the options give… · Ans: A
53. Which of the following are the salient features of Mahayana Buddhism? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
54. Which of the following were the features of the Santhal uprising of 1855? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
55. Gupta emperor Chandragupta II was known by which other following names? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
56. Which of the following are the famous commentators on the Manu Smriti? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
57. Which of the following statements about Alberuni and his account of India are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
58. Which of the following temples are brick temples? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
59. In regard to the token currency issued by Sultan Muhammad Tughlaq, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
60. In which year was the All India Women's Conference formed? · Ans: A
61. When did the French finally hand over their Indian territories to India? · Ans: C
62. The Maharaja of which of the following states signed the instrument of accession only after a last-minute theatrical show of defiance? · Ans: D
63. In 1936, who among the following created the 'Anti-Imperialist People's Front' within the Congress? · Ans: A
64. The earliest mention of the use of the belt drive for powering gem-cutting comes from which of the following travellers' accounts? · Ans: C
65. Which of the following is the earliest known account of the medieval bhaktas to be found in a single work? · Ans: A
66. With regard to the Tamil Siddhas, which one of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: D
67. By 1914, about three-quarters of the Indian infantry came from which of the following regions? · Ans: C
68. When was the infamous Section 124-A relating to 'sedition' incorporated into the Indian Penal Code by Act XXVII? · Ans: C
69. In 1850, on the eve of the rise of large-scale industry in India, which of the following was the most prominent community engaged in the trade of the two principal exportable goods from the western coast, cotton and… · Ans: C
70. Who among the following was not associated with the Lahore Resolution adopted by the Muslim League on 23 March 1940? · Ans: A
71. Which one of the reformist Muslim leaders published a modernist Urdu journal, Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq? · Ans: B
72. Who established, on 15 January 1876, the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Calcutta? · Ans: D
73. The Mughal emperors wanted to control the nomadic pastoral tribes of Sind because: · Ans: C
74. Who summed up the motive behind the partition of Bengal as: 'Bengal united is a power. Bengal divided will pull in several ways'? · Ans: D
75. Which of the following weapons arrived with the Arabs when they invaded Sind in 712? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
76. Which of the following Malwa Sultans had constructed a grand Darul Shifa (hospital) in Mandu? · Ans: C
77. Who among the following was leading the defence in the trials against the members of the INA? · Ans: A
78. With regard to education, which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
79. Which of the following Raja/Sultan/poet was entitled 'Gandharva' on account of his genius in the field of music? · Ans: B
80. Which one of the following was not an ideal of the Arya Samaj? · Ans: A
81. The enormous wealth accumulated by the Nandas has been mentioned by which early Tamil author? · Ans: D
82. Who drew the attention of Babur to the fact that during Sikandar Lodi's regime the Hindus took to learning Persian and were recruited in large numbers to different posts? · Ans: D
83. Which one of the following statements is correct about the Rabatak inscription? · Ans: A
84. Which of the following is not a prem-margi nirguna bhakti saint? · Ans: D
85. Who among the following provides much useful information for determining the beginning of the Gupta Era? · Ans: D
86. Which one of the following contains the biographies of the Sufis of India, and the author presented it to Jahangir? · Ans: C
87. 'Not even a hundred karohs of my territory are obedient to me in proper way.' Identify the person whom Sultan Alauddin Khalji was complaining to. · Ans: A
88. The illustrated copy of the Shahnama of the late sixteenth century Mughal school was prepared at the library of which of the following princes/nobles? · Ans: D
89. Which of the following was not discovered by Aryabhata? · Ans: C
90. The first epigraphic evidence of sati is found in which of the following inscriptions? · Ans: A
91. What is the meaning of the Burunjis? · Ans: C
92. Who among the following Gupta rulers issued gold coins with the lowest percentage of gold? · Ans: D
93. The involvement of ladies in the administration was a feature of which of the following dynasties? · Ans: C
94. A manuscript of the Dhammapada written in the Kharoshthi script was found from which of the following places? · Ans: D
95. Identify the Sultan who started the practice of putting on the tanka the name of the mint. · Ans: B
96. The Sultan himself used to take keen personal interest in the development of agriculture. He abolished zakat on grain and introduced a measurement standard, which continued to prevail till the Mughal period. Who was thi… · Ans: D
97. The Amrit Kund, which deals with different exercises and practices for health, was translated into Persian under which of the following titles? · Ans: B
98. In the Early Vedic Period, who was the Vrajapati? · Ans: A
99. Who among the following was the first to become a Jaina nun? · Ans: A
100. The term 'stridhana' is first mentioned in which of the following texts? · Ans: C

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