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UGC NET June 2024 History (Re-Exam Shift-I) — Solved Previous Year Questions

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

1. During the Chola period, 'Irivirapattan' meant: · Ans: C
2. Which of the following historians described Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq's sudden death as due to lightning? · Ans: A
3. Which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
4. Consider the following statements in the context of the Indian press during the British period. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
5. Which of the following is not associated with Magadha? · Ans: B
6. Match List I (eight chief officers) with List II (ministers during Shivaji's reign). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
7. In which language was the text Maduravijayam, which describes the expedition of Kumara Kampana, son of Bukka I, written? · Ans: B
8. Arrange the following in chronological order (from first to last). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
9. Varahamihira's Brihat Samhita describes which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
10. Which of the following statements are correct regarding karkhanas in the Delhi Sultanate? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
11. Where did Lord Cornwallis introduce the Permanent Settlement in 1793? · Ans: B
12. Arrange the following in correct chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
13. The Civil and Military Gazette was published from which of the following cities? · Ans: D
14. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
15. Consider the following statements about the rise of British rule in Bengal. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
16. The author of the book 'Indian War of Independence, 1857' is: · Ans: D
17. Match List I (real name) with List II (popular name). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
18. According to Katyayana, Vidyadhan (wealth acquired through learning) includes which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
19. Which of the following was the Eastern Ganga king of Orissa who defeated the army sent by Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq? · Ans: B
20. Match List I (educational institutions) with List II (founders). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
21. Which Indian city did the 'Spanish Flu' first reach in 1918? · Ans: B
22. Arrange the following saints in chronological order (from first to last). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
23. Which of the following statements are correct regarding the mansabdari system? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
24. Match List I (king/dynasty) with List II (associated with). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
25. By 1623, the English East India Company had established factories (trading posts) in which of the following places? · Ans: B
26. Which of the following statements about education during the Mughal period are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
27. Who among the following is not a leader of the Indian National Army? · Ans: D
28. Consider the following statements about the development of education in India in the 19th century. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
29. Which of the following statements are correct regarding the incident of 'strike' by merchants and artisans in the medieval period? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
30. In historiography, Ranke's approach to history emphasizes which of the following? · Ans: A
31. Arrange the changing nature of archaeological perspectives given below in order from earliest to latest. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
32. Which of the following Sufi saints translated 'Amrit Kund' under the name 'Bahrul Hayat'? · Ans: D
33. Where is the Tamil inscription, which records the construction of a temple to Lord Shiva by a merchant Samandaperumal alias Tavaschakravarthi in 1281, located? · Ans: C
34. In 1855-56, the ___ tribe of Bihar and Bengal, armed with axes and bows and arrows, temporarily overthrew British rule from their region. · Ans: B
35. Identify the items exported from India to Rome during the post-Mauryan period. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
36. Who were the commanders of the army that Alauddin Khilji sent to attack Warangal at the end of 1302 or the beginning of the following year, which was badly defeated? · Ans: C
37. Arrange the following movements in chronological order (from first to last). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
38. Traditionally, the number of Alvars and Nayanars is: · Ans: A
39. Match List I (name) with List II (regions associated). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
40. Arrange the following events during the reign of Peshwa Bajirao I in ascending chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
41. Match List I (position) with List II (description). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
42. Who propagated the concept of 'Total History'? · Ans: D
43. The author of the book 'Nyaya Tatva', which elaborates on the philosophy of the Vishishtadvaita school, is: · Ans: A
44. Mark the odd word from the following: · Ans: C
45. The Jewish merchant Abraham ben Yizu (1133-49) operated a bronze factory in which of the following Indian cities? · Ans: A
46. Traditionally, the five major Aryan tribes included in the 'Panchjana' are: · Ans: D
47. Match List I (farmers' movement) with List II (leader). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
48. Match List I (name) with List II (work). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
49. Arrange the seaports mentioned in post-Mauryan sources in the Indian subcontinent from north to south. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
50. Which of the following texts contain the earliest evidence of Radha as Krishna's devoted beloved? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
51. Which three of the following statements are correct regarding famine? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
52. Arrange the following in ascending chronological order (from earliest to later). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
53. During the Mughal period, the ministry of 'Diwan-i-Buyutat' was concerned with which of the following? · Ans: D
54. The meaning of the 'Cleopatra's Nose' principle in history is: · Ans: C
55. Match List I (rural classes in the Vijayanagara period) with List II (their role/meaning). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
56. Plagiarism cannot be detected by the following: · Ans: A
57. Match List I (Vaishnava sects of the medieval period) with List II (founder). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
58. Match List I (name) with List II (region associated). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
59. According to the early Pali text Suttanipata, cattle should be protected because they provide us with which of the following? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
60. Arrange the arrivals of the following foreign travellers during the Mughal period in ascending chronological order (from first to last). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
61. During whose reign did the Battle of Kovilakonda between Vijayanagara and the Bahmani kingdom take place? · Ans: A
62. In which month and year was the All India States People's Conference founded? · Ans: C
63. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
64. Arrange the following Persian texts in chronological order of their completion (from first to last). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
65. In the context of the Chola state, the distinction between ceremonial sovereignty and actual political control is indicative of which of the following? · Ans: D
66. Which of the following statements are correct regarding the status of women? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
67. 'The Caesars and Pest History' presents history as which of the following? · Ans: B
68. Against which of the following princely states did the independent Republic of India launch 'Operation Polo'? · Ans: D
69. Which of the following are associated with types of marriage in ancient India? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
70. Which of the following statements are correct in the context of trade and commerce in the medieval period? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
71. Which of the following statements are correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
72. The spirit of the Renaissance had a profound impact on history writing. Which of the following is not related to those influences? · Ans: B
73. Match List I (famous Mughal paintings) with List II (painter). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
74. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Akbar's religious policy? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
75. By 1800, the Maratha Empire had become a confederation of five major chiefs. Who were these five major chiefs? · Ans: A
76. Arrange the following mosques built by the Delhi Sultans in ascending chronological order (from first to last). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
77. Which of the following statements are correct about the Great War of 1857? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
78. Match List I (text) with List II (description). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
79. Consider the following statements about the growth and development of painting in the 19th and 20th centuries. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
80. Which of the following rulers of Mewar wrote three books on the science of music, namely Sangeet Raga, Sangeet Mimansa and Surprabandha? · Ans: C
81. Arrange the following in sequence (from first to last). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
82. Who among the following captured the British factory at Kasim Bazar during the Calcutta campaign and captured Fort William on June 20, 1756? · Ans: C
83. Which title did Shivaji not assume at the time of his coronation? · Ans: D
84. Arrange the following in the correct chronological order (from first to last). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
85. Who among the following said that history is only science, nothing more and nothing less? · Ans: B
86. Between whom and when was the Sikandar-Jinnah Pact signed? · Ans: C
87. In ancient India, the word 'Takshan' signifies which of the following? · Ans: D
88. Which of the following Sufi saints called Hindus 'Ahle Kitab' and the Vedas 'God-ordained (revealed) book'? · Ans: A
89. Arrange the following Sultans of the Qutb-Shahi dynasty of Golconda in ascending chronological order (from first to last). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
90. Which of the following singers was given the title of 'Gunsamundar' by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan? · Ans: B
91. Which of the following describes the king as both master and servant of the people? · Ans: C
92. In ancient texts, which of the following is considered the 'Talker of Kings'? · Ans: C
93. Which of the following books states that 'the king's status was similar to that of the soldiers; both received separate remuneration and were entitled to share the nation's wealth'? · Ans: B
94. The early Dharmasutras note that 'the king is essentially a servant, and the tax is his remuneration.' The Dharmasutra referred to is: · Ans: A
95. The above passage is about which of the following? · Ans: D
96. Who among the following is not referred to as the 'Chapekar brothers'? · Ans: B
97. Which of the following members of 'Abhinav Bharat' was sent to Paris to learn the art of bomb-making from Russian revolutionaries? · Ans: C
98. 'Abhinav Bharat' was: · Ans: A
99. To achieve the objective of India's political independence, the 'Mitra Mela' advocated which of the following paths? · Ans: B
100. Where was Mitra Mela launched by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1900? · Ans: D

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