History Solved Questions and Answers for UGC NET Exam | History MCQs Set 12/small>
Questions
1
Who among the following made a statement in the House of commons that “The destinies of our Indian Empire are covered with thick darkness. It may be that... having become instructed in European knowledge, they may in some future age demand European institutions...
whether such a day will ever come I know not.... whenever it comes, it will be proudest day in English history.”
Answer: T.B. Macaulay
2
In which college a confrontation between the Principal D.L. Richardson and the student President of the “Society for the acquisition of General Knowledge” took place, while a paper was being read ?
Answer: Hindu College, Calcutta
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3
Who among the following was the famous woman revolutionary, was sentenced to transportation for life in the Chittagong Armoury Raid case, after her release in 1939 she joined the Communist Party of India ?
Answer: Kalpana Datta
4
What is the name of the Act under which the printer and publisher of any paper in native language could be called upon to enter into a bond not to publish anything to excite feelings of disaffection against the government ?
Answer:Vernacular Press Act 1878
5
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 ?
Answer: Gaikwad of Baroda
7
About whom the following, captain Sydenham wrote ‘... for they come to plunder, not to fight... ?
Answer: Pindaris
9
Who among the following described the Cripps proposals as a ‘Post dated cheque on a failing bank’ ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi
10
Who among the following had the title Fakhr - e - Afghan ?
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
11
Which of the following newspapers made vigorous denunciation of the Indigo planters and supported the cause of cultivators during ‘Indigo riots’ ?
Answer: Hindu Patriot
12
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
Answer: Meerut Conspiracy Case - Mirza Abbas
13
Which of the two Universities out of the four following Universities were established in the same year ? Select the correct answer from the code given below :
(a) Aligarh Muslim University
(b) S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Bombay
(c) Banaras Hindu University
(d) Vishvabharati University
Code :Answer: (b) and (c)
14
Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar was associated with which Institution that espoused the cause of women’s education ?
Answer: Bethune College, Calcutta
15
Who among the following princely ruler was made Maharaj Pramukh for his life time in the Covenant for Reconstitution of the United State of Rajasthan ?
Answer:Mewar
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