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

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

1. Which of the following is emphasized by postmodernism? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
2. The main source for the Arab invasion of Sindh in the early eighth century is: · Ans: C
3. Which of the following foreign travellers described Krishnadeva Raya as 'of medium height, fair complexion and well-built, though somewhat obese; his face bore smallpox marks'? · Ans: C
4. Arrange the establishment of Indian universities in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
5. Arrange the following historians in chronological order according to their year of birth. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
6. By what name were self-cultivating farmers known in Rajasthan? · Ans: C
7. Which of the following trade items was not imported into India from the Western world? · Ans: B
8. The Pax Britannica policy adopted by the British during the first half of the 19th century did not result in which of the following phenomena? · Ans: D
9. Which of the following is identified with the Nasatyas of the Rigveda? · Ans: D
10. Match List I (Sufi saint) with List II (centre of activity). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
11. Match List I (political causes of the 1857 revolution) with List II (area). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
12. According to the book Mirat-i-Ahmadi, what was the Persian word for Hundi? · Ans: A
13. Match List I (words in the chronogram) with List II (the numbers they represent). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
14. Which of the following statements are true about the patriarchal-bureaucratic empire model? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
15. Which of the following is not true about Ranke? · Ans: B
16. Match List I (book) with List II (author). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
17. Which of the following statements about Vallabhacharya are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
18. Arrange the following Delhi Sultans in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
19. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
20. Match List I (officer) with List II (work). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
21. The renowned scholar Yamin al-Din Abul Hasan is also known by which of the following names? · Ans: D
22. Match List I (legislation/Act) with List II (provision). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
23. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
24. Which of the following statements is true about Tughlaq architecture? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
25. Sher Shah was given the responsibility of governing which of the following parganas during the lifetime of his father Hasan Khan? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
26. Which of the following Ajanta caves depicts Indra and his entourage flying while greeting Lord Buddha in the Tushita heaven? · Ans: C
27. Which of the following were military outposts under the Delhi Sultanate to protect the northwestern border during the Mongol invasion? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
28. Which of the following items was not commonly found in copper hoards or assemblages? · Ans: D
29. Which of the following statements are true about the Justice Party? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
30. Who among the following painted a watercolour Sarang for Lady Impey? · Ans: A
31. Which of the following are true about the Provisional Azad Hind Government? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
32. What is a megalithic trench tomb with a single large vertical stone slab called? · Ans: D
33. When the laying of railway lines in India was beginning in 1853, who among the following remarked, 'This is the true forerunner of modern industry'? · Ans: C
34. Arrange the following in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
35. Due to the military reorganization after 1857, how much increase was recorded in defence expenditure as a share of total central and provincial government revenue in India? · Ans: B
36. Who among the following remarked in the early nineteenth century, 'A Hindu woman can go anywhere alone, even into the most crowded places, and need not fear the evil glances and taunts of idlers... A house inhabited only… · Ans: A
37. Who wrote 'Chaitanyacharitamrita', a biography of the Vaishnava saint Chaitanyadeva? · Ans: A
38. Match List I (film) with List II (director). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
39. Match List I (minister/officer) with List II (work). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
40. Match List I (Akbar's fort) with List II (year). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
41. Who among the following was the Acharya of the Ajivika sect? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
42. In which region was the Kubrawiyya Silsila active? · Ans: B
43. Match List I (internationally renowned persons) with List II (areas of excellence). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
44. Which of the following inscriptions mentions the distribution of two sums of money to two classes of weavers in the town of Govardhan to cover the cost of clothing for a group of 20 monks? · Ans: B
45. Whose book 'Kali Mata' influenced the great artist Abanindranath Tagore to paint 'Bharat Mata'? · Ans: A
46. Which of the following statements are true about the Mahayana or Great Wheel? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
47. Arrange the following Greco-Bactrian rulers in the correct chronological order according to their accession to the throne. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
48. Who delivered the presidential address at the Cow Protection Conference in December 1924? · Ans: D
49. In 1861, Robert Knight merged three newspapers to form the Times of India in Bombay. These three newspapers were: · Ans: C
50. Which of the following statements are correct about the Chausath Yogini Temple? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
51. Arrange the following rituals in the correct chronological order of their performance. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
52. Who was the author of the famous literary epic 'Meghanadvad Kavya' (1861), in which Rama and Lakshmana are presented as weak, feminine figures, while Ravana and Meghnad appear as virile, masculine, modern heroes? · Ans: D
53. Which of the following statements are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
54. According to R.G. Collingwood's theory of history, which of the following statements are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
55. Based on Wood's Education Despatch (1854), which of the following universities were established on the model of the University of London? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
56. Arrange the following eras (Samvats) in the correct chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
57. Arrange the following chapters in E.H. Carr's book 'What Is History' in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
58. Which of the following statements about the Sangam Age are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
59. Who among the following is not associated with the Warkari movement in Maharashtra? · Ans: A
60. Arrange the following Sikh Gurus in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
61. Which of the following statements are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
62. Which of the following kings is not mentioned among the emperors of Aryavarta in line 21 of the Allahabad Prashasti? · Ans: B
63. In the Harappan context, at which of the following sites have cylindrical stone drills been found? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
64. Which of the following inscriptions bears the signature of Harshavardhana? · Ans: B
65. Which of the following reports pointed out that indebtedness ultimately leads to the transfer of land from the agricultural class to non-agricultural moneylenders, creating a landless proletariat and a decline in agricultural efficiency? · Ans: A
66. The film 'Bhakt Vidur' (1921) was released under what new name after much censorship and banning? · Ans: B
67. Who said, 'The great man of his time is he who can put into words the desire of his age, can tell his age what it desires, and can fulfil it'? · Ans: B
68. Arrange the following events in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
69. In which country did historicism develop in the nineteenth century as a theory that held that history is the key to all knowledge? · Ans: B
70. Match List I (temple) with List II (place). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
71. Which of the following sixteenth-century narrators stated that the dominion of the last Sayyid ruler, Ala-al-Din Alam Shah, extended from Delhi to Palam? · Ans: B
72. Who wrote a thesis titled 'The Problem of the Rupee' for the University of London? · Ans: C
73. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
74. Arrange the following events in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
75. Urdu poetry has been responsive to all phases of national historical development. Which of the following poets expressed national aspirations in their poems? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
76. Which of the following kings donated five villages to Nalanda Mahavihara at the request of Balaputra Deva of Sumatra? · Ans: A
77. Which painter founded the Kishangarh school of painting? · Ans: C
78. Arrange the following events in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
79. What type of instrument was Dandal? · Ans: D
80. The word 'positivism' is originally derived from 'positivist philosophy' formulated by: · Ans: A
81. Match List I (Peshwa) with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
82. Which of the following painters graced Jahangir's court? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
83. Who was the first Wazir under Akbar? · Ans: D
84. Which of the following places was famous for jewels and jewellery craftsmanship in the Sangam texts? · Ans: B
85. Arrange the following events in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
86. The rise of modern industry during British rule led to the rise of Parsi and Marwari families in India. Which of the following Marwari families formed an alliance with the British firm Rallis? · Ans: C
87. Arrange the following Mughal rulers in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
88. The College of Fort William in Calcutta continued as a mere language school for Bengal civil servants. In which of the following years was it closed forever? · Ans: B
89. Arrange the following rulers in the correct chronological order according to their accession to the throne. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
90. Which of the following are true about the Panchsheel? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
91. Who is the author of the text? · Ans: B
92. Which text is this passage referring to? · Ans: C
93. Which of the following works was also written by the same author? · Ans: D
94. Which region does the author belong to? · Ans: A
95. Who was the patron of the author of the book? · Ans: C
96. Which college did V.D. Savarkar graduate from? · Ans: D
97. Which member of the society mentioned in the paragraph was sent to Paris to learn the art of bomb-making from Russian revolutionaries? · Ans: A
98. Savarkar translated the biography of which personality into Marathi, selling 2,000 copies in three months? · Ans: B
99. Which organization of V.D. Savarkar is being discussed in the article? · Ans: C
100. Which organization was V.D. Savarkar associated with in London? · Ans: B

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