UGC NET Solved Question Paper in History, set-A

UGC NET Solved Question Paper in History, set-A

1. Match List-I (authors) with List-II (definitions of history) and select the correct answer with the help of the codes given below:
List – I                        List – II
(Authors)                     (Definitions of History)
(a) Oakshott                (i) All history is history of thought.
(b) Travelyan               (ii) History is herself simply a science, no less and no more.
(c) Collingwood          (iii) The fact is … that the past in history varies with the present.
(d) Bury                      (iv) The value of history is not scientific. Its true value is educational.
Codes:
       (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
Answer: (A)

2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List – I                                    List – II
(a) Paleolithic                         (i) Ground stone tools
(b) Mesolithic                          (ii) Rock painting
(c) Neolithic                            (iii) Flaked stone tools
(d) Upper Paleolithic               (iv) Micro lithic tools
Codes:
       (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
Answer: (C)

3. The largest number of Harappan sites has been found on the bank of the river
(A) Indus
(B) Satluj
(C) Saraswati
(D) Ravi
Answer: (C)

4. What was the unique feature of the Harappan civilization which was unknown to other contemporary civilizations?
(A) Cotton Cloth
(B) Palatial Houses
(C) Steatite Seals
(D) Carnelian Beads
Answer: (A)

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5. Match List-I (Place name) with List-II (Geographical location) and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List – I                        List – II
(a) Meluha                   (i) Bahrin
(b) Dilmun                   (ii) Indus Region
(c) Makan                    (iii) Central Asia
(d) Kurgaon                (iv) Makaran Coast
Codes:
      (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
Answer: (C)

6. Who was the first to propound the theory of Aryan invasion on India?
(A) R.E.M. Wheeler
(B) Gorden V. Childe
(C) J. Marshall
(D) R.P. Chanda
Answer: (D)

7. The famous philosopher king of the kingdom of Panchala during the later Vedic period was
(A) Ajatasatru
(B) Parikshita
(C) PravahanaJaivali
(D) Svetaketu
Answer: (C)

8. Who among the following Dharmasutra writers does not approve the system of Niyoga?
(A) Gautama
(B) Apastamba
(C) Baudhayana
(D) Vasishtha
Answer: (B)

9. Several names of Kautilya have been mentioned in which one of the following?
(A) Devi-Chandra-Guptam
(B) Dasa-Kumara-Charita
(C) Mudrarakshasa
(D) Abhidhana-Chintamani
Answer: (D)

10. Which among the following places is not associated with the Megalithic culture?
(A) Chandragiri
(B) Brahmagiri
(C) Adichchanallur
(D) Utnur
Answer: (C)

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11. What is the correct chronological order of the following Greco-Roman authors?

(a) Ktesias
(b) Pliny
(c) Strabo
(d) Ptolemy
(A) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(B) (a), (c), (b), (d)
(C) (c), (d), (a), (b)
(D) (d), (b), (c), (a)
Answer: (B)

12. The seat of the third great Sangam of Tamil authors was at
(A) Gangaikond Cholapuram
(B) Kanchi
(C) Madura
(D) Tanjavur
Answer: (C

13. Which among the following was not a port city during the ancient period?
(A) Tuticorin
(B) Poompuhar
(C) Tamralipti
(D) Nagapatnam
Answer: (A)

14. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below
List – I                                    List – II
(a) RomakaSidhanta               (i) Arabian’s influence
(b) Rouletted Ware                 (ii) Greek’s influence
(c) Surkhi                                (iii) Roman’s influence
(d) Algebra                              (iv) Kushan’sinfluence
Codes:
       (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Answer: (A)

15. Which one of the following inscriptions mentions the names of both Chandragupta and Ashoka?
(A) Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta.
(B) Junagarh inscription of Rudradaman.
(C) Shahbajgarhi inscription of Ashoka.
(D) Hathigumpha inscription of Kharvela.
Answer: (B)

16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List – I                        List – II
(a) Nyāya                    (i) Jamini
(b) Vaiseshika             (ii) Kapila
(c) Sānkhya                 (iii) Kaāda
(d) Mimansa                (iv) Gautam
Codes:
       (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
Answer: (C)

17. In connection with Satvahana coins which one of the following statement is not correct?
(A) They did not issue gold coins.
(B) They issued gold coins.
(C) They issued lead coins.
(D) They issued potin coins.
Answer: (B)

18. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from codes given below:
List – I                        List – II
(a) Kodumanal            (i) Pallava Temple
(b) Gangaikondan       (ii) Port City
(c) Mahabalipuram      (iii) Trade Centre
(d) Poompuhar            (iv) Chola Seat of Power
Codes:
       (a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
Answer: (D)

19. With which of the following eras was the Malava-reckoning identical?
(A) Vikrama
(B) Śaka
(C) Gupta
(D) Kali
Answer: (A)

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20. In which among the following a reference to the trading activities of the Tamils is found?
(A) Mullaippattu
(B) Nedunalvadai
(C) Silappadigaram
(D) Manimekhalai
Answer: (C)

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