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Contents

Practice Set-1 Paper-II ...... 3–7 Paper-III ...... 8–14

Practice Set-2 Paper-II ...... 15–19 Paper-III ...... 20–26

Practice Set-3 Paper-II ...... 27–31 Paper-III ...... 32–39

Practice Set-4 Paper-II ...... 40–44 Paper-III ...... 45–52

Practice Set-5 Paper-II ...... 53–57 Paper-III ...... 58–65

Practice Set-6 Paper-II ...... 66–70 Paper-III ...... 71–77

Practice Set-7 Paper-II ...... 78–82 Paper-III ...... 83–89

Practice Set-8 Paper-II ...... 90–94 Paper-III ...... 95–102

Practice Set-9 Paper-II ...... 103–107 Paper-III ...... 108–114

Practice Set-10 Paper-II ...... 115–119 Paper-III ...... 120–126

Practice Set-11 Paper-II ...... 127–131 Paper-III ...... 132–138

Practice Set-12 Paper-II ...... 139–143 Paper-III ...... 144–150 ( iv )

Practice Set-13 Paper-II ...... 151–155 Paper-III ...... 156–163

Practice Set-14 Paper-II ...... 164–168 Paper-III ...... 169–177

Practice Set-15 Paper-II ...... 176–180 Paper-III ...... 181–187

Practice Set-16 Paper-II ...... 188–193 Paper-III ...... 194–201

Practice Set-17 Paper-II ...... 202–206 Paper-III ...... 207–213

Practice Set-18 Paper-II ...... 214–219 Paper-III ...... 220–227

Practice Set-19 Paper-II ...... 228–232 Paper-III ...... 233–238

Practice Set-20 Paper-II ...... 239–244 Paper-III ...... 245–252 Practice Sets UGC-NET/JRF/SET History Practice Set-1 Paper-II

1. Where was the first Indian Palaeolithic artifact 6. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer discovered? using the code given below the lists: (A) Daimabad List-I List-II (B) Mirzapur (Vedic Term) (Meaning) (C) Pallavaram (a) Muni 1. Guardian of marriage (b) Udgatri 2. Holyman who is silent (D) Soan Valley (c) Purusha 3. One who knows Sama Veda 2. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer (d) Aryaman 4. The primeval man using the code given below the lists: 5. The forest god List-I (Harappan List-II (River) Code: Settlement) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) Mohenjodaro 1. Indus (A) 2 3 1 4 (b) Rupar 2. Ghaggar (B) 2 3 4 1 (c) Kalibangan 3. Sutlej (C) 5 2 1 4 (d) Harappa 4. Ravi (D) 5 2 4 1 7. Which hymns of the Rigveda are considered to Code: contain the rudiments of the Indian drama? (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) Vivaha-sukta (B) Apri-sukta (A) 1 3 2 4 (C) Samvada-sukta (D) Purusha-sukta (B) 2 4 1 3 8. What are Brahmanas? (C) 1 4 2 3 (A) Detailed treatises on agricultural practices and (D) 2 3 1 4 methods 3. Which Harappan site has revealed an unusual plan of (B) Texts on sacrificial rituals the city comprising three separately demarcated areas (C) Guidelines for the rulers for organizing of settlements within a common fortification? administration (A) Kalibangan (D) Commentaries appended to the Aranyakas (B) Lothal dealing with philosophical questions (C) Banavali 9. Which one of the following do Phitsutras deal with? (A) Metre (B) Accent (D) Dholavira (C) Nouns (D) Ritual 4. Which one of the following statements about 10. What is the principal theme of the Ashtasahasrika – Mohenjodaro is correct? Prajnaparamita literature of ancient India? (A) The houses were made of cut and polished (A) Non-dual nature of the soul stone. (B) Spiritual principles developed by Bodhisattvas (B) Axes, chisels, knives and fish-hook were all made (C) Principles of Jain penance of iron. (D) Exposition of the yoga postures (C) The floor of the Great Bath was made of burnt 11. Match List-I (Ancient Kingdom) with List-II (Capital) brick. and select the correct answer using the code given (D) Gold ornaments were unknown to the below the lists: inhabitants. List-I (Ancient Kingdom) List-II (Capital) 5. Which one of the following statements is not correct (a) Anga 1. Champa about the Harappan civilization? (b) Vatsa 2. Kausambi (c) Matsya 3. Viratanagar (A) The inhabitants knew the use of geometrical (d) Surasena 4. Mathura designs Code: (B) The inhabitants knew the game of dice (a) (b) (c) (d) (C) In Kalibangan, most of the construction was done (A) 1 2 3 4 by using mud bricks (B) 3 4 1 2 (D) In Lothal, the inhabitants never used burnt bricks (C) 1 4 3 2 for construction (D) 3 2 1 4 4 Practice Sets U.G.C. History 12. Which one of the following statements is correct? 21. Match List-I (Ancient State) with List-II (Modern Vaipulya Sutras are Region) and select the correct answer using the code (A) Essentials of Jain philosophy given below the lists: (B) Commentaries on Sanskrit poetics List-I (Ancient State) List-II (Modern (C) Expanded sermons of Buddha Region) (D) Exposition of logic in Pali language (a) Durgar 1. Assom 13. Who founded the Theravada Buddhism according to (b) Kamarupa 2. Jammu the Tibetan tradition? (c) Trigarta 3. Jalandhar (A) Nalaka (B) Mahakassapa 4. Odisha (C) Nagarjuna (D) Moggali Putta Tissa Code: 14. Which one of the following is not a feature of (a) (b) (c) Gandhara style of Buddha images? (A) 1 2 3 (A) In seated position they are almost always shown (B) 2 1 3 cross-legged (C) 1 2 4 (D) 2 1 4 (B) The ears are shown elongated (C) They are never shown with a shaved head 22. Consider the following statements: (D) They are always shown in abhayamudra 1. Gautamiputra Satakarni defeated Nahapana. 15. Consider the following statements: 2. Vasishthiputra Sri Pulmavi was defeated by Rudradaman. 1. The XII Rock Edict of Ashoka mentions 3. Sri Yajna Satakarni styled himself as Ekabha- Satavahanas. mana. 2. According to the Jaina tradition, Simuka built Which of the statements given above are correct? both Jaina and Buddhist temples. (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (C) 1 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3 (A) 1 only (B) 2 only 23. In whose court was Heliodoros and ambassador? (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (A) Pushyamitra Shunga 16. Who has developed the technique of “Canonical (B) Kasiputra Bhagabhadra correlation analysis “? (C) Chandragupta Maurya (A) Spearman (B) James L. Murphy (D) Shaka Rudradaman (C) Donald L. Harnett (D) Hotelling 24. The great grammarian Patanjali of ancient India was 17. Which one is the method of factor analysis? whose contemporary among the following? (A) The centroid method (A) Chandragupta Maurya (B) The principal components method (B) Ashoka (C) The maximum likelihood method (C) Pushyamitra Sunga (D) All of the above (D) Susarman Kanva 18. Who has developed the method of factor analysis? 25. Who introduced the figure of Buddha with the legend (A) L.L. Thurston (B) James L. Murphy 'BODDO' on the gold and “SAKAMANO BODDO” (C) Donald L. Harnett (D) None of the above on the copper coins? 19. Which two among the following scholars participated (A) Demetrius (B) Huvishka-I in the Buddhist Council held during the time of (C) Kanishka (D) Wima Kadphises Kanishka? 26. Which one of the following works is ascribed to the 1. Vasumitra 2. Asvaghosa famous poet Rajasekhara? 3. Upali 4. Katyayana (A) Setubandha (B) Gaudavadha Select the correct answer using the code given (C) Karpurmanjari (D) Saptoeataka below: 27. Who was the President of the First Buddhist Council (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 held at Rajagriha? (C) 2 and 3 (D) 2 and 4 (A) Parshvaka (B) Sangharaksha 20. Which one of the following statements is correct? (C) Vasumitra (D) Mahakassapa The golikas and halikas of Satavahana period were: 28. Which Gupta Inscription refers to Arya Uditacharya (A) Village officials exercising administrative control as the descendent of Bhagavat Kusika? on behalf of the state (A) Jain Sculpture Inscription of Ramagupta at (B) Royal guards providing personal security to the Durjanpur King (B) Mathura Pillar Inscription of Chandragupta-II (C) Petty artisans working in the villages (C) Junagadh Inscription of Skandagupta (D) Sub-castes formed on occupational basis (D) Mehrauli Pillar Inscription of Chandragupta Practice Sets U.G.C. History 5 Directions: Assertion (A) – Reason (R) questions are 36. Consider the following administrative units in Chola to be answered based on the options given below: Kingdom: Code: 1. Kottam (A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the 2. Uru correct explanation of A 3. Valanadu (B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not In terms of their size, which is the correct sequence the correct explanation of A of these in descending order? (C) A is true but R is false (A) 1 – 3 – 2 (B) 3 – 1 – 2 (D) A is false but R is true (C) 2 – 1 – 3 (D) 3 – 2 – 1 29. Assertion (A): Prabhavati Gupta, the daughter of 37. The famous Kailashanath temple at Ellora was cut in Chandragupta-II married Vakataka King Rudrasena- the rock on the instructions of which Rashtrakuta King? II. (A) Krishna-I (B) Dhruva-I Reason (R): Chandragupta wanted help from (C) Krishna-II (D) Indra-III Vakataka King against the Shakas. 38. At which one of the following places is there a Sun 30. Assertion (A): In south India agriculture was the Temple? principal occupation of the megalithic people. (A) Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh) Reason (R): They introduced tank irrigation. (B) Modhera () 31. Assertion (A): Rigveda was never a popular text. (C) Halebid (Karnataka) Reason (R): It was a ritual text. (D) Sikar (Rajasthan) 32. Before Abhijnanasakuntalam, which of the following 39. Which one of the following departments was created two plays were composed by Kalidasa? by Allauddin Khalji to improve the functioning of the 1. Vikramorvasiyam State Revenues? 2. Malavikagnimitra (A) Diwan-i Mustakharaj 3. Swapnavasavadatta (B) Diwan-i Kohi 4. Kadambari (C) Diwan-i Arz Select the correct answer using the code given (D) Diwan-i Insha below: 40. What did the term dehliwal mean in the medieval (A) 1 and 2 (B) 1 and 3 period in India? (A) A Jain community doing business in Delhi (C) 1 and 4 (D) 3 and 4 (B) A vegetarian cuisine originating in Delhi 33. At which one of the following places were the three (C) The coinage prevalent in Delhi at the time of Sangam Literary Assemblies held? Turkish conquest (A) (B) (D) Afghan warriors stationed as guards of the city (C) (D) Vanji of Delhi 34. Who is credited with having excavated Cave XVI at 41. During whose reign was the award of the title ‘Khan’ Ajanta? introduced for the nobles of the ? (A) Gautamiputra Satakarni (A) Alauddin Khilji (B) Nahapana (B) Balban (C) Varahadeva (C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (D) Vindhyasena (D) Iltutmish 35. Match List-I (School of Thought) with List-II (Person) Directions: Assertion (A) – Reason (R) questions are and select the correct answer using the code given to be answered based on the options given below: below the lists: Code: (A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the List-I (School of List-II (Person) correct explanation of A Thought) (B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not (a) Mimamsa 1. Aksapada Gautama the correct explanation of A (b) Nyaya 2. Isvarakrisna (C) A is true but R is false (c) Sankhya 3. Jaimini (D) A is false but R is true (d) Vaisesika 4. Uluka Kanada 42. Assertion (A): The earliest paper manuscript in India Code: is dated 1223-24 A.D. and has been reported from (a) (b) (c) (d) Gujarat. (A) 3 1 2 4 Reason (R): The traditional manufacture of paper in (B) 2 4 3 1 India was of very poor quality and could only be (C) 3 4 2 1 improved with the assistance of techniques brought (D) 2 1 3 4 by the Turks in the 13th century. 6 Practice Sets U.G.C. History 43. Assertion (A): In the context of pre-historic India, 2. The literatures and chroniclers Barani and Isami most of the agricultural sites too have reported the were contemporaries. presence of a variety of Neolithic tools. 3. When Mahmud of Ghazni raided Somnatha, Reason (R): Settled agricultural activity necessitated Jayasimha Siddharaja was the Chalukya ruler of the development and use of a variety of microliths. the region. 44. Assertion (A): A notable feature in the Sanskrit plays Which of the statements given above is/are correct? of the Gupta period was that the characters of high (A) 1 only (B) 1 and 2 social status spoke Sanskrit, whereas those of low (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2 and 3 social status spoke Prakrit. 50. Who among the following rulers was the builder of Reason (R): Prakrit, as a language was more closely Jahan-Panah, Delhi’s fourth city? related to the speech of the times than was classical (A) Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish Sanskrit. (B) Sultan 45. During the reign of Iltutmish which one of the (C) Sultan Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq following was a silver coin in use? (D) Sultan Sikandar Lodi (A) Rupaiya (B) Jital (C) Mohur (D) Tanka Answers and Explanations 46. Who among the following was appointed as the Controller of the Grain Market by Alauddin Khilji 1. (C) Pallavaram (i.e., Tamil Nadu) yielded the first during the implementation of market control hand axe. measures? 2. (A) 3. (D) (A) (B) Malik Qabul 4. (C) The floor of great bath was made of burnt bricks. (C) Malik Chajju (D) Khizr Khan They were unknown to Iron. 47. Match List-I (Official with Reference to the Medieval 5. (D) Lothal’s dockyard is a burnt brick structure. Period) with List-II (Description) and select the 6. (B) 7. (C) correct answer using the code given below the lists: 8. (B) Under Brahmana Literature, Aranyaka, List-I (Official List-II Upanishad is included. Brahmana primarily with reference to (Description) deals with rules and procedures of Yagnas and the Medieval Period) sacrifices. (a) Khuts 1. Officer in charge of 9. (A) (b) Amir-i-Hajib the Royal Court 10. (B) Ashtrasahastrika Prajnaparumita contains (c) Muhtasib 2. Officer maintaining religious extents of Boddhisttva. (d) Nawisandas regulations of 11. (A) municipality 12. (C) Vaipulya Sutra contains Buddhist teaching in 3. Clerk more elaborated. 4. Village official 13. (B) Theravada or Sthaviravadin sect of Buddhism Code: was founded by Mahakassapa (Maha (a) (b) (c) (d) Kacchayana) of Ujjain. (A) 4 1 2 3 14. (D) (B) 3 2 1 4 15. (B) Rock Edict XII speaks of tolerance towards other (C) 4 2 1 3 sects. (D) 3 1 2 4 16. (D) 17. (D) 18. (A) 48. Which one of the following is the correct chronological 19. (A) Vasumitra - Chairman, Ashvaghosha - Dy. sequence? Chairman. (A) – Jamaluddin Yaqut – Khan-i-Jahan 20. (A) The administrator in rural area was called Maqbul – Mahmud Gawan Gaulmik. He controls small military under (B) Jamaluddin Yaqut – Malik Kafur – Khan-i-Jahan them. Maqbul – Mahmud Gawan 21. (C) Durgara - Jammu; Trigartha - Jalandhar (C) Malik Kafur – Jamaluddin Yaqut – Mahmud 22. (A) Sri Yajna Satakarni is known as the Saviour of Gawan – Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul Vedas. (D) Jamaluddin Yaqut – Malik Kafur – Mahmud 23. (B) Heliodorus was ambassador of Antialcidas, the Gawan – Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul Indo-Greek king to Kasiputra Bhaggabhadra. 49. Consider the following statements: 24. (C) Ayodhya Inscription informs that two 1. Ghaznavid coins issued in north-western India Ashwamedha Yagna was performed by have bilingual legends written in Arabic and Pushyamitra under Patanjali. Sharda scripts 25. (C) Practice Sets U.G.C. History 7 26. (C) Rajshekhara was the famous poet at the court of 39. (A) The department was created to collect arrears of Gurjara Pratihara king Mahendra Pal. Setubandha revenue from revenue officials. was written by Vakataka king Pravaren. 40. (C) Md. bin Ghauri used the coins which had the 27. (D) figure of Laxmi on the obverse and the Nagari 28. (B) Mathura Pillar Inscription belongs to the 5th year inscription coupled with Sultan’s name on the of the rule of Chandragupta-II. This gives reverse. information about religious sect. 41. (C) Nizami’s book says Ghiyassuddin Tughlaq 29. (A) awarded the title of Khan, but the tradition of 30. (B) Megalithic people lived around natural water awarding title was prevalent before him also. reservoirs in hilly areas on the hills and started 42. (B) producing paddy. 43. (C) Settled agricultural activities were practised in 31. (B) Rig Veda is not a public text. Rather, it was neolithic culture. composed by sages in the importance of Gods. 44. (A) It is not based on ritualistic practices and is well 45. (D) Tanka – Silver coin respected. Jittal – Copper coin. 32. (A) 'Kadambari' is written by Banabhatta while 46. (B) Alauddin Khilji appointed Malik Qabul as the 'Swapana Vasavdatta' was written by Bhas. head of grain market and Malik Yakub as the 33. (C) According to Tamil Tradition Pandya king head of Diwan-i-Riyasat. organized three Sangams at Madurai, Kapatpuram and Alvaye. 47. (D) 34. (C) Varahadeva, who was the feudatory of Prithvi 48. (B) Jamaluddin Yakut – 1236 - 1240 Sen-II. Ajanta Cave Chaitya number XVI, XVII, Malik Kafur – 1296 - 1316 XIX were built during his period. Khan-i-Jahan Maqbul – 1351 - 1588 35. (A) Mahmud Gawan – 1463 - 1482 36. (B) For administrative purposes; the Chola dynasty 49. (B) When Mahmud of Ghazni invaded Gujarat, was divided into provinces which are known as Bhima-I was the ruler. Isami and Barni wrote Mandlam. Mandlams were divided into Nadu during the reign of Firuz Tughlaq, and hence and Nadu into Kurram. In Kurram two village were contemporaries. (Medieval). associations worked – Ur and Sabha or 50. (C) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was the builder of Mahasabha. Jahan-Panah, Delhi’s fourth city at Adilabad near 37. (A) 38. (B) Tughlaqabad. q q q Paper-III

1. Match List-I (Coinage) with List-II (Principal Area (c) Mulla Daud 3. Mrigavati of Circulation) and select the correct answer using (d) Qutban 4. Muntakhab-ul Tawarikh the code given below the lists: Code: List-I (Coinage) List-II (a) (b) (c) (d) of Circulation) (Principal Area (A) 1 2 4 3 (a) Pagoda 1. Gujarat (B) 4 3 1 2 (b) Mahmudi 2. Vijayanagar (C) 1 3 4 2 (c) Muzaffari 3. North India (D) 4 2 1 3 (d) Sikandari 4. Malva 8. The Portuguese traveller, Nuniz visited Vijayanagar Code: during the reign of which one of the following? (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) Vira Narasimha (A) 4 3 2 1 (B) Deva Raya-I (B) 2 1 4 3 (C) Achyuta Raya (C) 4 1 2 3 (D) Sadasiva Raya (D) 2 3 4 1 9. In the early medieval India, which one of the 2. Haji Maula revolted against which one of the following places was referred to as Prabhasa following Sultans? Pattana? (A) Iltutmish (B) Raziya (A) Somanatha (B) Thanesvar (C) Balban (D) Alauddin Khalji (C) Ujjain (D) Varanasi 3. What did the concept adl as propounded by medieval 10. Whose permission was solicited by Albuquerque, the political thinkers signify? Portuguese Governor, to build a fort at Bhatkal? (A) Morality (B) Justice (A) Achyuta Raya (C) Aristocracy (D) Religious obligations (B) Krishna Deva Raya 4. Who have described Alauddin Khilji’s measure of (C) Saluva Narasimha slaughtering a large number of ‘New Muslims’ in one (D) Vira Narasimha single day? 11. Consider the following features of association with (A) and Afif temples: (B) Isami and Barani 1. Gopuram (C) Yahya Sihrindi and 2. Kalyanmandapa (D) Abdullah and Rizqullah Mushtaqi 3. Ornamental pillars and ceilings 5. Which one of the following regions was ruled by 4. Placement of Corbel below the pillars Mirza Haider Dughlat, the author of Tarikh-i-Rashidi, Which of the above features are found in the as a Sultan in the medieval period? Vijaynagar temple? (A) Bengal (B) Jaunpur (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 3 and 4 (C) Kashmir (D) Bijapur (C) 1, 2 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 6. The translation of Chintamani Bhatta’s Suka-Saptati 12. The great painter Khwaja Abdus Samad flourished at into the Persian title Tutinama was done by which of the Court of which one of the following? the following sufi saints? (A) Babur (B) Shershah (A) Sheikh Hamiduddin Nagori (C) Akbar (D) Shahjahan (B) Sheikh Fariduddin 13. In the Lucknow Session of the Congress in 1916, who (C) Khwaja Ziyauddin Nakhashabi among the following made a very significant proposal (D) Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki that the Congress should appoint a Working 7. Match List-I (Author) with List-II (Book) and select Committee that would carry on day-to-day affairs of the correct answer using the code given below the the Congress? lists: (A) Annie Beasant List-I (Author) List-II (Book) (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (a) Badayuni 1. Chandayan (C) Madan Mohan Malaviya (b) Isami 2. Futuh-us Salatin (D) Surendranath Banerjee Practice Sets U.G.C. History 9 14. Before taking employment under Aurangzeb, Mir Which of the above were not known to the Jumla was in whose service? Mughals? (A) Abdullah Qutb Shah of Golconda (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (B) Adil Shah of Bijapur (C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 4 (C) Nizam-ul-Mulk of Ahmednagar 22. Consider the following statements about the post- (D) Raja Jaswant Singh of Jodhpur Aurangzeb Mughal period: 15. Consider the following statements: 1. Farrukhsiyar owed his elevation to the throne to 1. Itimad Khan, one of the nobles of Mohammad Zulfiqar Khan and Imad-ul Mulk. Shah-III of Gujarat invited Akbar to interfere in 2. Aurangzeb had left a will to partition Mughal the affairs of Gujarat. Empire among his three surviving sons after his 2. When Hakim Mirza died, the province of death. was annexed to the Mughal Empire and Man 3. Muhammad Shah was supported by Nizam-ul- Singh was appointed as its Governor. Mulk of the Deccan. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3 (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (C) 3 only (D) 1, 2 and 3 16. Consider the following statements: 23. The first architectural achievement of Jahangir’s reign 1. Akbar prohibited sati – the immolation of widow in India was the construction of his father’s on husband’s pyre. mausoleum. Where was it built? 2. Akbar discouraged child marriage and encouraged (A) Lahore (B) Shikohabad widow remarriage among the . (C) Surat (D) Sikandara Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 24. Who bestowed the Office of Peshwa on Balaji (A) 1 only (B) 2 only Vishwanath? (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (A) Shivaji-III (B) Shahu 17. In which language was the famous text Hamza Nama (C) Sambhaji (D) Dhanaji Jadav which was illustrated on an unprecedented large 25. Which one of the following statements about Marathas canvas under the orders of Akbar originally is not correct? written? (A) The development of Maratha movement initiated (A) Arabid Shahji’s establishment of a de facto independent (B) Chaghtai Turkish kingdom in Odisha. (C) Persian (B) Baji Rao’s accession to the post of Peshwa took (D) Ottoman Turkish place in 1720. 18. Towards the end of Akbar’s reign, who dominated (C) Marathas made a bid for domination of Rajasthan, his nobility holding ranks of 500 zat and above? parts of Doab and in 1741. (A) Rajputs and other Hindus (D) Maratha movement was a movement led by (B) Shaikhzadas Maratha Sardars. (C) Turanis 26. Consider the following statements: (D) Iranis The Regulating Act of 1773 provided 1. That the Court of Directors of the Company, 19. Which one of the following kingdoms replaced the hitherto elected every year, would henceforth be Kingdom of Kamata which declined in the fifteenth elected for a period of three years. century? 2. That the number of Directors of the Company (A) Khasis (B) Garos was fixed at 24, one-fourths retiring every three (C) Ahoms (D) Cooch Bihar years. 20. Who among the following was the second Portuguese 3. For a judiciary emanating directly from the Governor in India? Crown. (A) Vasco de Gama Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (B) Francisco de Almeida (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 only (C) Alfonso de Albuquerque (C) 1 and 3 (D) 3 only (D) Francisco Xavier 27. Consider the following statements: 21. Consider the following devices/practices : 1. The Nizam of Hyderabad granted Northern 1. Multi-spindle wheels. Sarkars to the English as the Madras Government 2. Match-lock guns. agreed to assist him against the French and the 3. Watermills and windmills. Marathas. 4. Use of coal as a fuel. 2. The capture of Mahe, a French settlement by the 10 Practice Sets U.G.C. History English acted as one of the most important causes (C) Railway opened from Bombay to Thane for the outbreak of the second Anglo-Mysore (D) Foundation of the University of Delhi War. 34. Who among the following established the Swadeshi 3. The immediate provocation for the Third Anglo- Steam Navigation Company? Mysore war lay in the attempt of Tipu Sultan to (A) A.D. Shroff tighten his hold on the western coast. (B) Harisarvottam Rao Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (C) V.O. Chidambaram Pillai (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2 (D) Walchand Hirachand (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 3 35. Consider the following statements in respect of the 28. In the context of India’s relations with China, consider jajmani system in India: the following: 1. Bulk of the rural manufacturing in Maharashtra 1. China’s war with India in medieval period was provided by artisan 2. Dalai Lama’s departure from Tibet castes bound to agricultural castes by ties of 3. Bandung Conference client-patron relationship. 4. Panchsheel Agreement 2. In Maharashtra and Gujarat, the jajmani system Which one of the following is the correct chronological did not include only those kinds of work of the sequence of the above events? community artisans which were directly (A) 2 – 3 – 4 – 1 (B) 4 – 1 – 2 – 3 complimentary to agricultural production. (C) 2 – 1 – 4 – 3 (D) 4 – 3 – 2 – 1 Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 29. During the Anglo-Maratha Wars, which one of the (A) 1 only (B) 2 only following was concluded last? (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (A) Treaty of Gwalior with Sindhia 36. Consider the following statements: (B) Treaty of Mandasor with Holkar 1. Raja Rammohan Roy arranged for the first inter- (C) Treaty of Poona with Baji Rao-II caste marriage under the Brahmo Samaj. (D) Treaty of Surji-Arjangaon with Sindhia 2. Keshab Chandra Sen enunciated the basic, tenets 30. Which one of the following statements is not of Brahmo Samaj in his book 'Brahmodharma'. correct? Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (A) The printer and publisher had to obtain a license (A) 1 only (B) 2 only for starting a press (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (B) Magistrates could attach unlicensed presses 37. Tara Shankar Bandyopadhyaya’s novel ‘Ganadevata’ (C) Every book or newspaper was required to have portrays the decline of which one of the following printed the name of printer and publisher on it system? and a free copy supplied to local government (A) Zamindari system (D) The Governor-General had the right to revoke a (B) Ryotwari system license or call for a fresh application (C) Jajmani system 31. Consider the following statements in respect of the (D) Mahalwari system Regulating Act of 1773: 38. From where the concept of ‘Directive Principles of State 1. The tenure of the Council members depended Policy’ borrowed into the Indian Constitution? on the pleasure of the Governor-General. (A) Irish Constitution 2. The Governor-General-in-Council was (B) French Constitution empowered with casting vote. (C) British Constitution 3. The Governor-General-in-Council was vested (D) American Constitution with civil and military powers. 39. Who among the following played an important role Which of the statements given above are correct? for passing the Native Marriage Act of 1872? (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2 (A) Devendranath Tagore (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 3 (B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 32. Which one of the following Acts removed the legal (C) Keshab Chandra Sen recognition of slavery in India? (D) Shyam Chandra Dass (A) Pitt’s India Act, 1784 40. Identify from among the following who is not a post (B) The Charter Act, 1833 modernist critique— (C) The Act XI of 1835 (A) Jacques Lacan (B) Hayden White (D) The Act V of 1843 (C) Michael Foucault (D) Jacques Derrida 33. Which one of the following did not take place during 41. Consider the following statements: the administration of Lord Dalhousie? Keshav Chandra Sen encouraged (A) The Second Anglo-Burmese war 1. remarriage of widows. (B) Setting up telegraph line from Calcutta to Agra 2. inter-caste marriage. Practice Sets U.G.C. History 11 3. abolition of Purdah system. Reason (R): Sericulture in Kashmir was a well- 4. higher university education for women. developed practice since ancient times. Which of the statements given above are correct? 48. Consider the following statements relating to the Civil (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2, 3 and 4 Disobedience Movement: (C) 1 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 1. By the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the Congress agreed 42. Consider the following freedom fighters: to suspend the Civil Disobedience Movement. 1. Amir Chand 2. By the Gandhi-Irwin Pact, the Government 2. Avadh Behari promised to release all political prisoners not 3. Balmukund convicted for violence. 4. Basanta Kumar Biswas Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Who of the above received capital punishment on the (A) 1 only (B) 2 only accusation of throwing a bomb at Lord Hardinge? (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2, 3 and 4 49. Consider the following statements with reference to (C) 1, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4 43. Who among the following was popularly known as the provisions of the Indian Councils Act of 1909 Lokahitavadi? regarding the Imperial Legislative Council: (A) Akshay Kumar Dutt 1. The Act increased the power of the members to (B) Gopal Hari Deshmukh ask questions. (C) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 2. Voting on separate budget items was allowed by (D) Mahadev Govind Ranade the Act. 44. In the 1907 Session of the Congress at Surat, whose Which of the statements given above is/are correct? name was proposed by extremists group as the next (A) 1 only (B) 2 only President of the Congress? (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (A) Aurobindo Ghosh 50. During the National Movement, the Congress passed (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak a resolution on Fundamental Rights and economic (C) Lala Lajpat Rai policy by way of a major concession to placate the (D) Bipin Chandra Pal Left Wing at which one of the following sessions? 45. Consider the following statements in respect of the (A) Amritsar Session (B) Karachi Session Indigo revolt: (C) Lucknow Session (D) Tripuri Session 1. There was a complete unity among Hindu and 51. In 1890, who among the following started 'Indian Muslim peasants. Social Reformer'? 2. Hem Chandra Kar was one of the prominent (A) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar leaders of the rebellious ryots. (B) K. Viresalingam 3. The rebellious ryots maintained a great (C) K. N. Natarajan organization and discipline. (D) M. G. Ranade Which of the statements given above are correct? 52. Consider the following statements: (A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 1 and 2 1. In the First Round Table Conference that met in (C) 2 and 3 (D) 1 and 3 November 1930, Congress had no representative. Direction: Assertion (A) – Reason (R) questions are 2. Mahatma Gandhi was chosen as the sole to be answered based on the options given below: representative of the Congress at the Second Code: Round Table Conference held in September– (A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the December, 1931. correct explanation of A Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A (A) 1 only (B) 2 only (C) A is true but R is false (C) Both 1 and 2 (D) Neither 1 nor 2 (D) A is false but R is true 53. Consider the following statements with reference to 46. Assertion (A): In the early years of the Indian the extremists and moderates within the Congress National Congress, it was decided to rotate the during the years 1905-07: Congress Session among different parts of the 1. The extremists wanted to extend the Swadeshi country. and Boycott movement from Bengal to the rest Reason (R): The very early leadership of the of the country. Congress wanted to take up the issue of social reform 2. The moderates wanted to gradually extend of different parts of the country. the boycott from foreign goods to every form 47. Assertion (A): The references to silk-weaving in of association or cooperation with the govern­ Kashmir are found in Kalhana’s Rajtarangini. ment. Paractice Sets UGC-NET /JRF /SET History (Paper-II & III)

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