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UGC NET November 2017 History — Solved Previous Year Questions

UGC NET · History — 125 previous year questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

  1. Who among the following played an important role in bringing the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress together in 1916? · Ans: B
  2. Match List I (Political organization) with List II (Year of establishment) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  3. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  4. What was not true about the 'Statutory Civil Service' introduced in 1880? · Ans: D
  5. Which one among the following was not an objective of the non-alignment enunciated by Jawaharlal Nehru? · Ans: D
  6. Match List I (Author) with List II (Title of the book) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
  7. Arrange the rulers of Mewar in chronological order and select your answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
  8. Who among the following industrialists of the country were the signatories to the 'Bombay Manifesto' of 1936? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
  9. Which of the following Sufi saints, in his Rushdnama, recited the names of 'Shri Gorakh', 'Alakh Niranjan' and 'Omkar'? · Ans: C
  10. Out of the following, which was a powerful tribal movement launched in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh during the Non-Cooperation Movement? · Ans: C
  11. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  12. Who is the author of the Bengali book 'Kuli Kahini', which belongs to the same type as 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'? · Ans: A
  13. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  14. The two emperors from India and Uzbekistan agreed to conquer the road to the Holy places (Mecca and Medina). Identify the emperors from the following: · Ans: B
  15. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
  16. Match the various categories of documents and their nature from the lists given below. · Ans: A
  17. 'Held are people's acceptance of...' In the above statement, Abul Fazl is referring to which of the following techniques of prostration? · Ans: A
  18. In which of the following years was a treaty between the Warsaw Pact countries and NATO signed, declaring that they were no longer adversaries and signifying the end of the Cold War? · Ans: D
  19. Which of the following Mughal painters are said to have painted self-portraits? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
  20. Match List I (Author) with List II (Title of the book) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
  21. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct code given below. · Ans: D
  22. Who established 'The United Indian Patriotic Association' in 1888, which had both Hindu and Muslim members? · Ans: C
  23. The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act was passed during the viceroyalty of: · Ans: D
  24. Which among the following Acts increased the ratio of female voters and gave them reserved seats in the legislature? · Ans: D
  25. Who among the following was the first Chancellor of the very first Indian women's university? · Ans: A
  26. Which of the following monuments is the largest and most evolved chaitya hall of the Hinayana phase? · Ans: C
  27. At which of the following places was a Kushan devakula found, where statues of the royal persons were kept? · Ans: B
  28. The plough is the characteristic feature of the icons of: · Ans: A
  29. During the time of Nahapana, what was the exchange rate between Suvarna and Karshapana in Maharashtra? · Ans: D
  30. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  31. Who among the following was a Saiva teacher in the south? · Ans: D
  32. Which of the following Khajuraho temples are of the Sandhara type? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
  33. 'It had been ordained that the names of the inmates of the seraglio should not be mentioned in public, but that they should be designated by some epithet derived from the place of their birth or the country… · Ans: A
  34. Which one of the following pairs (Text and Subject) is not correctly matched? · Ans: C
  35. What is not correct about the Ramdasi panth of Maharashtra? · Ans: A
  36. The Chola king who, in order to avoid bitterness, made peace with Vijayabahu of Sri Lanka and gave his daughter in marriage to a Simhalese prince, was: · Ans: A
  37. Which of the following Harappan sites are located in Baluchistan? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
  38. Ramayana themes are found carved in the caves of: · Ans: D
  39. In fact he made Delhi not only the political and administrative centre of the Turkish empire in India but also the hub of its cultural activity. In the literature of the Sultanate period Delhi is never referred to… · Ans: A
  40. Which of the following is not a compilation of the conversations of the Sufis? · Ans: C
  41. Which one of the following is not the regulation (zawabit) of Sultan Alauddin Khalji's control of grain prices policy? · Ans: C
  42. The use of a capstan to lift heavy weights is mentioned for the first time in which of the following texts? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
  43. Match List I (Term) with List II (Meaning) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: D
  44. 'The Sultan possessed a deeply religious nature. He was strict in the performance of his religious duties, praying five times a day and keeping the Ramazan fasts during which period he did not take meat. He held the… · Ans: B
  45. Match List I (Vedic Rivers) with List II (Modern names) and select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  46. The archaeological evidence suggests that the Sakyas had built a stupa over the bodily remains of Gautama Buddha at: · Ans: C
  47. Which of the following pairs (Ancient City and Location) is not correctly matched? · Ans: D
  48. Which one of the following inscriptions of Asoka gives an account of 'Dharmavijaya'? · Ans: D
  49. What is the gap between the start of the Saka and Vikrama eras? · Ans: C
  50. Which of the following were mint centres of the Yaudheyas? · Ans: C
  51. Match List I (Literary writers) with List II (Language of their writings) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
  52. Which two of the following four universities were established in the same year? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
  53. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was associated with which institution that espoused the cause of women's education? · Ans: A
  54. In which college did a confrontation between the Principal D.L. Richardson and the student President of the 'Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge' take place while a paper was being read? · Ans: C
  55. Match List I (Engineering Colleges/Science Institutes) with List II (Founded in the year) and choose the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
  56. Arrange the following books in the chronological order in which they got published and select the correct code. · Ans: D
  57. Who among the following was the famous woman revolutionary who was sentenced to transportation for life in the Chittagong Armoury Raid case, and after her release in 1939 joined the Communist Party of India? · Ans: B
  58. Who among the following princely rulers was made Maharaj Pramukh for his lifetime in the Covenant for the Reconstitution of the United State of Rajasthan? · Ans: C
  59. Which of the following revolutionary organisations is not correctly matched with the name of its founder? · Ans: B
  60. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
  61. What is the name of the Act under which the printer and publisher of any paper in a native language could be called upon to enter into a bond not to publish anything to excite feelings of disaffection… · Ans: D
  62. Who among the following passed the Infant Marriage Preservation Act in 1901, which fixed the minimum marriageable age in the state for girls at 12 and for boys at 16? · Ans: D
  63. In which year was a Workmen's Compensation Act passed? · Ans: C
  64. About whom did Captain Sydenham write, '... for they come to plunder, not to fight'? · Ans: B
  65. In which year was the Birth Control League founded in Bombay? · Ans: B
  66. Match List I with List II pertaining to the various categories of terms used for the ladies of the imperial household and choose the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: D
  67. Who among the following described the Cripps proposals as a 'post-dated cheque on a failing bank'? · Ans: B
  68. Who among the following had the title Fakhr-e-Afghan? · Ans: D
  69. Match List I (Translation) with List II (Marathi translator) and select your answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
  70. Which of the following newspapers made a vigorous denunciation of the indigo planters and supported the cause of cultivators during the 'Indigo riots'? · Ans: B
  71. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched? · Ans: D
  72. From among the following princely rulers, who was described by Mr. Innes as the most loyal to the British for having loudly proclaimed 'Save India for the British'? · Ans: C
  73. 'En route to Karnatak, he made a pilgrimage to the Siva temple of Shri Shaila on the Krishna river. On departing, he gave funds sufficient to build a bathing ghat on the river, a monastery, and a guest… · Ans: A
  74. Who among the following made a statement in the House of Commons that 'The destinies of our Indian Empire are covered with thick darkness... having become instructed in European knowledge, they may in some future age de… · Ans: B
  75. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
  76. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  77. In regard to the Mughal emperor's interest in music, which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: D
  78. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: B
  79. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  80. With regard to mansab claims, match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
  81. What is not true about the Mughal zamindars? · Ans: C
  82. Which of the following statements are true about the sand glass (hour glass)? Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
  83. Which one of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: B
  84. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: B
  85. Who made the following assessment about Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan? 'Haider was an improving monarch and exhibited few innovations; Tipu was an innovating monarch and made no improvements.' · Ans: C
  86. Who made the following statement: 'We have effectively crippled our enemy, without making our friends too formidable'? · Ans: B
  87. Match List I (States annexed by the British) with List II (Year) and choose the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
  88. The Alvars were: · Ans: C
  89. Shahjahan used to reward his nobles for their architectural patronage. Which noble's rank was increased for the construction of a fine garden in Kashmir as well as for his diplomatic dealings with the unruly population? · Ans: D
  90. Who founded the Somapura Mahavihara, the famous centre of education? · Ans: B
  91. Arrange the following temples in chronological order and select the correct code. · Ans: C
  92. The Sailendra rulers of the East Indies maintained intimate relations with which of the following ruling dynasties of India? Select the correct code. · Ans: C
  93. Which one of the following statements is not correct as per the dasi patra vidhi (A.D. 1230), a sale deed mentioned in the Lekhapaddhati? · Ans: C
  94. Which one of the following is the earliest known manuscript copied on paper, and when and where? · Ans: A
  95. On the issue of the successful maintenance of barids, which of the following Sultans thus advised his son: 'Informers and spies should not be allowed to come anywhere near the court, for their closeness to the ruler ter… · Ans: B
  96. Which of the following kings claims to have stopped the practice of the mixing of Varnas? · Ans: A
  97. Consider the following statements about iqta. Select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
  98. When Kamal Mahiyar, a convert to Islam, was selected for the post of mutasarrif of Amroha and was presented before him, the Sultan reacted: 'When I happen to look at a low-born person, every artery and vein in… · Ans: B
  99. Which of the following statements is not correct? · Ans: C
  100. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: C
  101. Barbosa writes, 'The King allows such freedom that every man may come and go and live according to his own creed, without suffering any annoyance, and without enquiry whether he is a Christian, Jew, Moor or Heathen. Gre… · Ans: B
  102. Which of the following Mughal emperors noticed villagers collecting date-toddy liquor in the Chambal valley between Bayana and Dholpur, and described the method of extracting this as well as the tari proper? · Ans: A
  103. Who said, 'Whosoever came to the serai was to be served with food out of government money according to one's rank, and his pony was given grain and drink'? · Ans: C
  104. Name the notable astronomer of Akbar's court who wrote the Tajikanilakanthi, an astrological treatise: · Ans: A
  105. Match List I (Administrator) with List II (Department) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: C
  106. Which of the following emperors used to take part in a bout of gambling during the celebration of Diwali that continued for three nights? · Ans: C
  107. Arrange the following inscriptions in chronological order and select the correct code. · Ans: B
  108. The historicity of Darsaka, who, according to the genealogy of the Puranas, succeeded Ajatasatru on the throne of Magadha, is testified by: · Ans: D
  109. Arrange the following events in chronological order and select the correct code. · Ans: D
  110. The citizens, numbering about 20,000, after a brave resistance to Alexander, cast themselves with their wives and children into flames, anticipating the Rajput jauhar of later days. They belonged to which of the followi… · Ans: A
  111. Which classical (Graeco-Roman) author had observed, 'Generally, men who have hitherto written on India were a set of liars - Deimachus holds the first place in the list, Megasthenes comes next, while Onesicritus and Nea… · Ans: D
  112. Which rock edicts of the other recensions of the series of Asoka's fourteen Rock Edicts are substituted by the separate Kalinga Edicts found at Dhauli and Jaugada? Select the correct code. · Ans: B
  113. The brick core of the largest stupa of Sanchi, known as Stupa No. 1 or the Great Stupa, was built during the time of: · Ans: A
  114. The title 'Maharajasa-Rajatirajasa-devaputrasa-Kaisarasa' for the Kushana king Kanishka occurs in which of the following inscriptions? · Ans: A
  115. The name of the goddess Uma occurs on the coins of which of the following? · Ans: C
  116. Match List I (King) with List II (Epithet) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: A
  117. About the meaning of history, who has observed, 'Divine providence would take care of the meaning of history if he (the historian) takes care of facts'? · Ans: C
  118. The Karli rock-cut cave was excavated in: · Ans: C
  119. Which pre-historic site has yielded the evidence of the earliest huts in India? · Ans: D
  120. Which king of the Gupta dynasty was the first to call himself a Maharajadhiraja? · Ans: A
  121. Match List I (Samudragupta's contemporary kings of South India) with List II (Their kingdoms) and select the correct answer from the code given below. · Ans: B
  122. Despite the refusal of permission by the Emperor, which Chinese traveller visited India and, on his return to China, was not only forgiven for his secret exit from China but was received with great honour? · Ans: B
  123. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below. · Ans: A
  124. Which one of the following is not correct? · Ans: C
  125. Which Harappan civilization site, excavated later, has provided the evidence of a unique water harvesting and management system? · Ans: B

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