History Solved Questions and Answers for UGC NET Exam | History MCQs Set 43/small>

(1) The Governor General who visited Allahabad to review the working of Mahalwari Land Revenue System was
(1) Lord William Bentinck
(2) Lord Auckland
(3) Lord Dalhousie
(4) Lord Canning
Answer: Lord William Bentinck
(2) Policy of tariff holiday was practised by the British during
(1) 1858 to 1870
(2) 1870 to 1880
(3) 1882 to 1894
(4) 1898 to 1905
Answer: 1882 to 1894

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(3) Which Gandhian movement has been called a ‘Spontaneous Revolution’ ?
(1) Champaran movement
(2) Non-cooperation movement
(3) Civil Disobedience movement
(4) Quit India movement
Answer: Quit India movement
(4) Who among the following historians is well known for his contributions to subaltern studies ?
(1) Sumit Sarkar
(2) Bipin Chandra
(3) Ranjit Guha
(4) K.N. Panicker
Answer: Ranjit Guha
(5) What measures were adopted by Mahmud Gawan to curb the power of the Bahmani Nobles ?

(i) He reduced the size of their estate

(ii) He increased the amount of land classified as royal domain

(iii) He forbade governors from controlling more than a single fort

(iv) He enhanced the rate of land revenue demand.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :

Codes :
(1) (i) (iv) (iii)
(2) (i) (ii) (iii)
(3) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(4) (i) (iii) (iv)
Answer: (i) (ii) (iii)
(6) Arrange the following in correct chronological order :

(i) Chaitanya

(ii) Eknath

(iii) Surdas

(iv) Tulsidas

Codes :
(1) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(2) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(3) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(4) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Answer: (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(7) The earliest evidence of transition from hunting and food gathering to animal domestication and agriculture in Indian subcontinent has been found at :
(1) Anjira
(2) Damb Sadat
(3) Kile Gul Mohammad
(4) Mehrgarh
Answer: Mehrgarh
(8) Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R)

Assertion (A) : Harrapan civilization was in close trade relations with South Turkmenistan.

Reason (R) : Harappan objects or those produced under Harappan influence have been found at Kish, Ur, Nippur, etc.

In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct ?

(1) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Answer: Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(9) Which Rigvedic deity is more frequently invoked as being the most useful as also the most fearsome of the gods ?
(1) Agni
(2) Dyaus
(3) Indra
(4) Marut
Answer: Indra
(10) Which text makes it evident that the Vedic Sabha and Samiti were two separate institutions ?
(1) Aitareya Brahmana
(2) Atharva Veda
(3) Satapatha Brahmana
(4) Yajurveda
Answer: Atharva Veda
(11) The followers of the Ajivika sect were also known by which other names ?

(i) Hatthapalekhana

(ii) Ekadandika

(iii) Magandika

(iv) Tedandika

Codes :
(1) (i) and (ii) only
(2) (i) and (iii) only
(3) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(4) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Answer: (i) and (ii) only
(12) The ‘Indica’ of Megasthenes is lost, but it survives in fragments in the writings of which Greeco-Roman authors ?

(i) Ktesias

(ii) Pliny the Elder

(iii) Diodorus Siculus

(iv) Strabo

Codes :
(1) (i) and (ii).
(2) (i), (ii) and (iii).
(3) (ii), (iii) and (iv).
(4) (i) and (iv).
Answer: (ii), (iii) and (iv).
(13) Which one of the following is not true about the Rummindei Pillar Inscription of Asoka ?
(1) It is located at Lumbini, a place Asoka had visited personally.
(2) It commemorates his visit to pay reverence to the Buddha Konakamana.
(3) Asoka made the village Lumbini free of the bali payments.
(4) He reduced its land revenue to one eighth.
Answer: It commemorates his visit to pay reverence to the Buddha Konakamana.
(14) Who visited the court of Bindusara as an envoy of the Syrian emperor ?
(1) Claudias
(2) Deimachus
(3) Diodorus
(4) Dionysus
Answer: Deimachus
(15) The Mauryan army was comprised of

(i) Infantry

(ii) Cavalry

(iii) Chariots

(iv) Elephants

Code :
(1) (i) and (ii) only
(2) (i) and (iii) only
(3) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(4) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Answer: (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

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