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UGC NET June 2025 History — Solved Previous Year Questions

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

1. Which of the following statements is true? · Ans: A
2. Who among the following built the temple described here? · Ans: A
3. Who said, 'I feel proud to belong to a nation that has given shelter to the oppressed of all religions and refugees from all nations on earth'? · Ans: C
4. Why is the author of the paragraph optimistic about the 'Hindu solution' to religious conflict? · Ans: C
5. Who wrote the Yadavabhyudaya, on the life of Lord Krishna? · Ans: A
6. Match List I (author) with List II (composition). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
7. Arrange the following events of the 15th century in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
8. Which of the following statements is true about the temple? · Ans: C
9. Which of the following is not included in the seven books (Sattaparakarana) of the Abhidhamma Pitaka? · Ans: D
10. Which of the following temples is being referred to in the paragraph? · Ans: A
11. Arrange the following organizations in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
12. Which of the following statements is true regarding this temple? · Ans: C
13. Match List I (author) with List II (work). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
14. For what purpose did Firoz Shah Tughlaq develop the Dar-ul-Shafa in Delhi? · Ans: B
15. The words 'kamin', 'mehin', 'kirpas' and 'khana chaap' are associated with which of the following? · Ans: C
16. According to the Arthashastra, the Kupyadhyaksha was in charge of which of the following? · Ans: C
17. Arrange the following events during the Pala reign in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
18. Which of the following is not a book written by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan? · Ans: D
19. Arrange the following events of Akbar's reign in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
20. Who is the author of the book 'Ancient Wisdom'? · Ans: A
21. Arrange the following events in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
22. This article is attributed to which of the following thinkers? · Ans: B
23. Which of the following of Ashoka's inscriptions mentions the Kalinga victory? · Ans: C
24. Which of the following was not a Vishnukundina emperor? · Ans: A
25. Which of the following is not considered a 'Mahayajna'? · Ans: A
26. Who among the following founded the 'Indian Home Rule Society' in London? · Ans: C
27. Which of the following nationalist leaders made the following statement during a court trial on charges of treason in 1921? 'India belongs to Indians. Therefore, we demand independence. What law gives one country the ri… · Ans: C
28. Who commented on the introduction of the 'Government of India Act 1858' and the 'Empress's Proclamation': 'At the conceptual level, the British, who had begun to rule as outsiders, had become insiders by vesting soverei… · Ans: A
29. Who was the author of the Sanskrit play Swapnavasavadatta? · Ans: C
30. Which of the following statements are true about Indian music? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
31. Who published a Punjabi weekly, 'Swadesh Sewak', in the Gurmukhi script? · Ans: C
32. Which of the following statements about the Nayaks are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
33. Who among the following started the weekly Saddharma Pracharak? · Ans: C
34. Which historian wrote this about the Revolt of 1857? 'The misery and bloodshed of 1857-58 were not the birthplace of the freedom movement in India, but the dying cry of irrelevant despotism and medieval centralized feud… · Ans: A
35. Match List I (book) with List II (author). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
36. In what year did the Imperial Bank of India come into existence? · Ans: B
37. In his autobiography, Mahatma Gandhi describes the magical effect of this book on him thus: 'I woke up in the crowd, ready to put these principles into practice.' · Ans: B
38. Which of the following statements are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
39. Match List I (Maratha officer) with List II (responsibility). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
40. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
41. Arrange the following events related to the Cholas in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
42. What is Ramanujacharya's commentary on the Vedanta Sutra, which propounded the Vishishtadvaita philosophy, called? · Ans: B
43. Arrange the travels of the following European travellers to India in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
44. Sampurnanand published a pamphlet in April 1934 proposing the formation of the All India Socialist Party. Which of the following statements about it are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
45. Who played a key role in arranging the meeting between Rash Behari Bose and Sun Yat-sen in Japan? · Ans: A
46. Which of the following statements are true regarding the Ajivikas? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
47. Which of the following statements are true about the Chauhanas or Chauhans? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
48. Which of the following statements are true about guilds and corporate bodies in ancient India? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
49. Arrange the following in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
50. Which of the following statements are true regarding the Indigo Revolt of 1859 in Nadia, Murshidabad and Pabna? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
51. In which language is Raghavanka's Harishchandrakavyam written? · Ans: D
52. Udayana, a contemporary of the Buddha, belonged to which of the following dynasties? · Ans: B
53. During the First Anglo-Maratha War in 1780, when the British decided to invade Malwa, which Maratha leader came to the rescue? · Ans: A
54. Who among the following started the first newspaper of the Arya Samaj in 1882? · Ans: A
55. Arrange the following events related to the Ryotwari Settlement in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
56. What are the Satavahanas called in the Puranas? · Ans: B
57. What was Ganj-i-Sawai? · Ans: C
58. Which of the following acts incorporated the demands of free traders, Benthamist reformers and evangelicals? · Ans: B
59. Arrange the following changes in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
60. Which of the following authors wrote the book 'Foreign Notices of South India'? · Ans: B
61. Match List I (author) with List II (book/pamphlet). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
62. Arrange the following organizations chronologically according to their formation between 1876 and 1885. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
63. Match List I (book) with List II (author). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
64. Which of the following statements are true about Samudragupta's Prayag Prashasti? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
65. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
66. Which of the following statements are true about the Indian Councils Act 1861? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
67. Which of the following statements are correct in the Puranic ethics? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
68. Match List I (party) with List II (founder). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
69. Identify the true statements about the Vernacular Press Act, 1878. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
70. What was the name of the operation conducted by the Indian Army in September 1948 to restore peace and tranquility in Hyderabad? · Ans: C
71. Arrange the beginnings of the following newspapers in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
72. Match List I (garden) with List II (custodian). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
73. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
74. At which session of the Muslim League were the Ulema invited and given public prominence? · Ans: C
75. Match List I (scholars) with List II (statements). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
76. The Neolithic site of T. Narsipur is located in which of the following states? · Ans: C
77. Which of the following statements is true regarding the ideas of revival preached by the Hindu Mahasabha and its leaders in the pre-independence period? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
78. In which of the following places was Shivaji's mint located? · Ans: B
79. During the reign of which of the following rulers was the famous musical work 'Tuhfat-ul-Hind' composed? · Ans: A
80. Which of the following statements are true about Shivaji's administration? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
81. Which of the following statements are true about the Wavell Plan and the Shimla Conference? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
82. 'The friendship of a gentleman is like the beauty of a good book. It never loses its freshness but provides increasing pleasure with each passing day.' Who is the author of this proverb? · Ans: D
83. Which of the following cities was renamed Sultanpur by Muhammad bin Tughlaq? · Ans: A
84. What does the word 'Sondhar' mean? · Ans: C
85. Arrange the following activities of European commercial enterprises in India in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
86. Match List I (traveller) with List II (nationality). Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
87. Which of the following statements are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
88. How many businessmen signed the Bombay Declaration (1936), which was an open indictment of Nehru's socialist teachings? · Ans: D
89. Arrange the following in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
90. How many hill forts were there in Shivaji's administrative branch province, Panhala, located in the western part of Kolhapur? · Ans: C
91. According to whom is Vasudev Balwant Phadke considered the 'father of revolutionary nationalism in India'? · Ans: B
92. Who was the author of the Mahabhashya? · Ans: C
93. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
94. Which of the following statements are true regarding Jainism? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
95. Which of the following statements are true about Bhakti worship? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
96. Who among the following mentions about Deva Raya II that 'this later prince had under his control three hundred ports, each of which was equivalent to Calicut'? · Ans: D
97. Which of the following are true? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
98. Match List I with List II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
99. Which of the following statements are true about water supply and management in the Indian subcontinent in ancient times? Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
100. Arrange the following Parmar rulers in chronological order according to their reign. Choose the correct answer from the options given below. · Ans: C

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