History Solved Questions and Answers for UGC NET Exam | History MCQs Set 32/small>

1 The Elephanta caves contain :

2 Who among the following Kings was born in a military camp during his father’s campaigns ?

3 Which Arab traveller is said to have visited India during the reign of Pratihara King Mihira Bhoja ?

4 The distinctive symbol on the coins of Kalchuri king Gangeydeva is :

5 Famous cave - temples of the Chalukyan period are known from which of the following ?

6 Arrange the following astronomers in the chronological order :

(a) Bhaskaracharya

(b) Bhoja

(c) Brahmagupta

(d) Varahamihira

Select the correct answer from the code given below :

7 Dramatist Bhavabhuti is given the credit of writing which of the following works ?

(a) Mahaviracharita

(b) Malatimadhava

(c) Ramacharita

(d) Uttararamacharita

Select the correct answer from the code given below :

8 The dance poses (Karanas) described in the Natyasastra are depicted in which of the following temples ?

9 The culmination of the Pandyan style of temple lies in the temple complex at :

10 Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Veerasaiva sect turned into a radical movement against the caste system and Brahmana orthodoxy.

Reason (R) :Its founder Basavesvara was himself a non - Brahmana.

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

11 “These mischievous people never pay money from their own coffers ........ They take money by force from the weak and indigent peasants who live under them”.

Who is reputed to have said this ?

12 “The Vijayanagara state boasted of being the protector of Hindu Varnaa s9 ramadharma against Islam, yet its primary enemies were Hindu Chiefs and Kings, and the city accommodated within itself a ‘Turuska’ quarter, a mosque and Muslim tomb. It was, in many ways, more like a Muslim capital than a Hindu one in its monumental architecture and in its Muslim soldiery and also in its urbanity”.

Whose quote is this ?

13 Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Timur had to ensure the safety of his communications from Kabul through the territory of the Afghans by the building of forts and the punishment of the tribes.

Reason (R) :The massacre and destruction of two Afghan tribes, referred to as Purnian and Kalatian, in the usual Timurid style created an atmosphere of terror for the security of the routes.

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

14 Which of the following is not correct ?

15 In 1568 Akbar issued the famous Fathnama of Chittor. Which of the following Persian work contains the full text of the Fathnama ?