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UGC NET June 2023 History (Shift-I) — Solved Previous Year Questions

UGC NET · History — 97 previous year questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

1. Which of the following statements is/are true? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
2. Ram Singh, a Kuka leader, had served in the army of which Sikh ruler? · Ans: C
3. Which is NOT part of the tenets of the Kuka movement? · Ans: D
4. The Mandasa and Santa-Bommali grants were issued by which of the following dynasties? · Ans: C
5. Who presided over the special session of the Hindu Mahasabha in 1923? · Ans: A
6. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
7. Which of the following statements is/are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
8. Which out of the following are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
9. Which out of the following is not correct? · Ans: D
10. The beginning of the conflict between the Pallavas and Western Chalukyas is traced to the reign of which of the following Pallava kings? · Ans: A
11. Who among the following was NOT a Rashtrakuta king? · Ans: C
12. 'Tondaimandalam' in the passage refers to which of the following? · Ans: B
13. Which of the following regions was ruled by the Western Ganga dynasty? · Ans: C
14. Who among the following Pallava rulers was defeated by the Chola king Aditya I? · Ans: B
15. The Kuka followers tied their turbans in a peculiar fashion which was called: · Ans: B
16. Ram Singh, a prominent leader of the Kuka movement, declared himself as the incarnation of which Sikh Guru? · Ans: A
17. Who is a prominent disciple of the founder of the Kuka movement, Bhagat Jawahar Mal? · Ans: A
18. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
19. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
20. Who conquered Kashmir from the Afghans in 1819? · Ans: B
21. Which of the following statements are correct regarding the Painted Grey Ware (PGW)? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
22. '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.' The above comment about cities in Mughal India was made by: · Ans: A
23. Who said 'If history teaches any lesson at all, it is that there are no historical lessons'? · Ans: A
24. Which of the following is/are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
25. Gauda-Vaho, a poetical work in Prakrit, is written by whom? · Ans: A
26. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: D
27. The rock paintings in India were first discovered by: · Ans: A
28. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
29. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
30. Which of the following statements is/are true? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
31. What is the meaning of the term 'monopsony'? · Ans: A
32. 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 correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
33. 'A woman cannot acquit herself well as a ruler, for she is essentially deficient in intellect.' The above comment was made by: · Ans: C
34. Which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
35. Who among the following invited Harshavardhana to accept the crown after the death of his brother? · Ans: B
36. Which of the following is NOT correct about the Fifth Report, which was on the administration and activities of the East India Company in India? · Ans: A
37. 'The imperial civilization may well have absorbed numerous contributions from various conquered peoples... to understand and adopt a new culture.' Who wrote the above passage? · Ans: D
38. Who, in a letter addressed to the emperor Muhammad Shah, pleaded for the abolition of the practice of ijara from the khalisa lands? · Ans: A
39. Who established the 'Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science' in 1876 to promote scientific education as the key to national improvement? · Ans: A
40. Match List I with List II. 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: A
42. Which one of the following officers was not associated with the administration of cities in Mughal India? · Ans: A
43. Arrange the following Vijayanagara kings in the correct chronological order of their rule. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
44. Who among the following were Saka rulers? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
45. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
46. Match List I (Minor Rock Edict) with List II (Location). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
47. With whose speech does the film Brandichi Batli / Brandy Ki Botal (1939) begin? · Ans: D
48. Which out of the following is NOT correct? · Ans: D
49. The only city in India that could be set in the same class as Delhi, according to Ibn Battuta, was: · Ans: D
50. Which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
51. Whose assertion is it that Shivaji's swaraj was nothing but the replica of watan? · Ans: D
52. Which out of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
53. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
54. Which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
55. In the account of Minhaj Siraj, which place is mentioned as Shahr-i-Nau? · Ans: B
56. Arrange the following in a chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
57. Which of the following coastal ports in ancient India was famous for pearl-fishing? · Ans: D
58. Which of the following statements is/are true? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
59. Match List I (Authors) with List II (Books). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
60. Which of the following statements pertaining to the Vijayanagara state is correct? · Ans: A
61. Which of these statements are correct about the Jajmani system? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
62. Which out of the following are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
63. Which committee was appointed to prepare a scheme for the complete Indianization of the officers in the Indian army? · Ans: A
64. Which of the following is/are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
65. Arrange the following in a chronological order during the reign of Akbar. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
66. Which out of these are correct about the following films? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
67. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: A
68. Which of the following is NOT a dating technique for archaeological remains? · Ans: A
69. Arrange the following in a chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
70. Ukkatha and Kitagiri were famous cities of which Mahajanapada? · Ans: A
71. The Smritisangraha, written by an unknown writer, is on which subject? · Ans: C
72. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
73. 'The country is for the most part well cultivated, very fertile. The troops amount in number to eleven lakhs.' Who made the above observation in the context of the Vijayanagara state? · Ans: B
74. Which of these statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
75. The Mahasilakantaka and Rathamusala were two secret weapons of war used by which of the following rulers? · Ans: B
76. 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 correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
77. Who calls the political economy of the Vijayanagara regime of the sixteenth century 'feudal'? · Ans: A
78. Which out of these statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
79. Which of these statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
80. Which of the following statements is correct regarding marriage according to the Grihyasutra? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
81. Who among the following was NOT a member of the Indian Cinematograph Committee, 1927-28? · Ans: D
82. Arrange the following in a chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
83. 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 correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
84. Which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
85. Which out of the following is NOT correct? · Ans: A
86. 'The plan of the temple is somewhat unusual. Its facade faces the sea... These additions go far to account for the unusual, though by no means unpleasing appearance of the Shore temple with its two vimanas.' The above… · Ans: B
87. Name the inscription which refers to Krishna approaching his mother Devaki after having slain his enemies. · Ans: B
88. Which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
89. Arrange the following in a chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
90. Which of the following statements is/are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
91. Which thinker of the following wrote 'The New Instrument' and said 'Knowledge is power'? · Ans: C
92. Which of the following are forms of megalithic structures? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
93. Subhas Chandra Bose set up two Indian National Army (INA) headquarters at: · Ans: A
94. Which of the following statements is/are correct? Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
95. Arrange the following in a chronological order during the reign of Aurangzeb. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
96. Which out of the following are correct about the views regarding the revolt of 1857? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
97. Which of these statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C

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