UGC Net History 2012 June Paper 2 Solved

HISTORY

Paper – II

Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carrying two (2)

marks. Attempt all the questions.

June 2012

1. Which one of the following pairs is not

correct ?

(A) Lower  : Hunting,

Palaeolithic  gathering

 (B) Upper  Hunting,

Palaeolithic gathering

:

 (C) Mesolithic : Hunting, gathering

(D) Neolithic : Food Production

Answer:(C)

2. Match the List-I with List-II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Sarai Khola  (i) Haryana

(b) Tarkhanwaladera  (ii) Pakistan

(c) Kunal  (iii) Rajasthan

(d) Shikarpur (iv) Gujarat

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

 (B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 (C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

 (D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)

Answer:(A)

3. Which one of the following pairs is

correct ?

(A) Rock shelter : Langhnaj

(B) Microlith : Mahadaha

(C) Site associated : Lekhakia

with butchering

(D) Stone tool : Isampur

workshop

Answer:(D)

4. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Rigveda  (i) Vajsaneye

(b) Yajurveda  (ii) Shakala

(c) Samaveda  (iii) Shaunaka

(d) Atharvaveda  (iv) Kauthum

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

 (B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

 (D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

Answer:(B)

5. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Digha Nikaya  (i) Dhammapada

(b) Khuddaka  (ii) Mahapari-nibbana sutta

(c) Vinayapitaka  (iii) Kathavastu

(d) Abhidhamma- (iv) Khandhaka

pitaka

Codes:

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

 (C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 (D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

Answer:(A)

6. ‘Indica’ of Megasthenes was preserved

in later Greek accounts. Which one of

the following Greek travellers’ account

is not associated with ‘Indica’ ?

 (A) Ktesius

 (B) Strabo

 (C) Arrian

 (D) Pliny

Answer:(A)

7. Which one of the following pairs is not

correct ?

(A) Rock Edict : Sarnath

(B) Minor Rock : Bahapur

Edict

(C) Pillar Edict : Rampurva

(D) Minor Pillar : Sanchi

Edict

Answer:(A)

8. Which one of the following

administrative structure in ascending

order is correct ?

 (A) Dronamukha, Sthaniya,

Samgrahana, Karvatika

 (B) Sthaniya, Karvatika,

Dronamukha, Samgrahana

 (C) Sthaniya, Dronamukha,

Karvatika, Samgrahana

 (D) Sthaniya, Dronamukha,

Samgrahana, Karvatika

Answer:(C)

9. What is the correct chronological order

of the following ?

 (a) The Periplus of the Erythrean Sea

 (b) Cosmos Indikopleustes

 (c) Geography of Ptolemy

 (d) Indica of Megasthenes

 Choose the answer from the codes

given below :

 (A) (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (B) (a) (c) (d) (b)

 (C) (d) (a) (c) (b)

 (D) (c) (d) (a) (b)

Answer:(C)

10. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I List – II

(a) Agathocles (i) Buddha

(b) Kadphises I (ii) Samkarshana

(c) Vimakad- (iii) Atash

phises

(d) Kanishka I (iv) Shiva

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (B) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

 (C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

 (D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

Answer:(A)

11. Which one of the following evidence is

not the correct evidence of Ramagupta

in later period ?

 (A) Manasollasa of Someshwara

 (B) Shankararya’s commentary on

Harshcharita

 (C) Majmat-ul-Tawarikh of Abul

Hasan Ali

 (D) Sanjan Tamrapatra of

Amoghvarsha

Answer:(A)

12. Given below are two statements, one is

labelled as Assertion (A) and the other

is labelled as Reason (R)

Assertion (A) : The majority of

peasants in the Post-Gupta

Period were considered to

belong to Sudra Varna.

 Reason (R) : A large scale

incorporation of tribes into caste

system started taking place from

the Post-Gupta Period.

Read the above statements and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

 Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and

(R) is the correct explanation of

(A)

 (B) (A) is correct, but (R) is false

 (C) (A) is false, but (R) is correct

 (D) Both (A) and (R) are false

Answer:(A)

13. Which one of the following collection

of hymns of Alvar poetry collected by

Nathmuni ?

 (A) Periyapuranam

 (B) Tirumurai

 (C) Nalayira Divya Prabandhan

 (D) Tiruttondal Tiruvantati

Answer:(C)

14. Identify the dynasty to which Queen

Rudramadevi belonged to

 (A) Chalukyas of Badami

 (B) Pandyas of Madurai

 (C) Kakatiyas of Warrangal

 (D) Eastern Chalukyas of Vengi

Answer:(C)

15. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I   List – II

(a) Kirtivarman   (i) Vatapi

(b) Simhavishnu (ii) Tanjaur

(c) Dantivarman (iii) Kanchipuram

(d) Vijayalaya (iv) Manyekheta

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

 (B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

 (C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

 (D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

Answer:(D)

16. In which one of the following ancient

literary works a separate section of

painting is found ?

 (A) Panchasiddhantika

 (B) Vishnudharmottara Purana

 (C) Panchatantra

 (D) Natyashastra

Answer:(B)

17. Which one of the following was the

revenue officer of the Chola dynasty ?

 (A) Aulnayak

 (B) Sherundaram

 (C) Varitppottagakka

 (D) Perumakkal

Answer:(D)

18. Which of the following statements are

not correct ?

 (i) After Balban’s death his son

Bughra Khan assumed

sovereignty in Lakhnauti

 (ii) Alauddin Khalji extended his

authority to Bengal

 (iii) Ghiyasuddin Tughluq made

Bengal part of the Delhi

sultanate in 1324

 (iv) Firuz Shah Tughluq invaded

Bengal twice during the reign of

Shamsuddin Iliyas Shah.

 Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

 (A) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 (B) (ii) (iv)

 (C) (ii) (iii)

 (D) (iii) (iv)

Answer:(B)

19. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Shaikh Moinuddin  (i) Delhi

Chishti

(b) Shaikh Bahauddin (ii) Ajodhan

Zakariya

(c) Shaikh Farid-ud-din (iii) Multan

Masud Ganj-i-Shakar

(d) Shaikh Nizamuddin  (iv) Ajmer

Auliya

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

 (B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

 (C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

 (D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

Answer:(C)

20. Who termed the dominion of Sultan

Muhammad Tughlaq as ‘Hind and

Sind’ ?

 (A) Ziyauddin Barani

 (B) Abdal Malik Isami

 (C) Ibn Battuta

 (D) Yahia-bin Ahmad Sirhindi

Answer:(C)

21. 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 :

 (A) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (B) (i) (ii) (iii)

 (C) (iii) (iv) (ii)

 (D) (i) (iii) (iv)

Answer:(B)

22. Arrange the following in correct

chronological order :

 (i) Chaitanya (ii) Eknath

 (iii) Surdas (iv) Tulsidas

Codes :

 (A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

 (B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 (C) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)

 (D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

Answer:(A)

23. Given below are two statements, one

labelled Assertion (A) and other

labelled Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : In military terms

Firuz Shah Tughluq’s reign was

undistinguished

 Reason (R) : He could not subjugate

the ruler of Nagarkot

 In the context of the above two

statements, which one of the following

is correct?

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is

the correct explanation of (A)

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the correct explanation

of (A)

 (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

 (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer:(C)

24. Who described the Mughal imperial

Harem as the ‘Pavilion of chartity’ ?

 (A) Nizamuddin Ahmad

 (B) Abul Fazl

 (C) Gulbadan Begum

 (D) Abdul Hamid Lahori

Answer:(A)

25. In the Mughal System of

administration, Mir Bakshi was

 (A) Commandar-in-chief of the

Mughal army

 (B) Incharge of the imperial mint

 (C) Minister-in-charge of Treasury

 (D) Paymaster General

Answer:(D)

26. Which of the following social reforms

was not introduced by Akbar ?

 (A) Legalization of widows

remarriage

 (B) Registration of marriage

 (C) Total ban on the practice of sati

 (D) The age of circumcision was

raised to twelve

Answer:(C)

27. Which of the following statements is true ?

 (A) In Mughal India, cultivation of

indigo was confined to the

provinces of Delhi and Agra

 (B) Madad-i-Maash grants were

made hereditary by Aurangzeb

 (C) Altamgha Jagirs were made

transferable by Jahangir

 (D) Kashmir was brought under the

zabti system of land revenue

assessment.

Answer:(B)

28. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I  List – II

(a) Maasir-i- (i) Motmid

Jahangiri  Khan

(b) Iqbalnama-i- (ii) Saqi Mustaid

Jahangiri  Khan

(c) Maasir-i- (iii) Khwaza

Alamgiri  Kamgar-Ghairat Khan

(d) Futuhat-i- (iv) Isardas-Nagar

Alamgiri 

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

 (B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

 (C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

 (D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Answer:(B)

29. Arrange the following events in

chronological order :

 (i) Mughal occupation of Balkh

 (ii) Introduction of the system of

month proportion

 (iii) Extinction of Nizamshahi

 (iv) Treaty of the Mughals with

Bijapur and Golkunda

 (A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

 (B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

 (C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

 (D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

Answer:(A)

30. Arrange the following in chronological

order :

 (i) Prince Akbar’s flight to the

Deccan

 (ii) Conquest of Golkunda by

Aurangzeb

 (iii) Capture of Chitagong by Shaista

Khan

 (iv) The institution of Khalsa by

Guru Gobind Singh

 Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

 (A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

 (B) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

 (C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

 (D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

Answer:(B)

31. Given below are two statements, one is

labelled as Assertion (A) and the other

is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The English East India

Company eliminated their

Portuguese and Dutch trade

rivals by the end of the

Seventeenth century.

 Reason (R) : The English traders sold

goods of superior quality at

cheaper rates.

Read the above statements and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

Codes :

 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and

(R) is the correct explanation of

(A)

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but

(R) is not the correct explanation

of (A)

 (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

 (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer:(C)

32. Given below are two statements, one is

labelled as Assertion (A) and the other

is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The number of Rajput

Mansabdars declined in the

Mughal nobility during the

second half of Aurangzeb’s reign.

 Reason (R) : Aurangzeb assigned

large number of Jagirs to nobles

from the Deccan.

 Read the above statements and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and

(R) is the correct explanation of

(A)

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the correct explanation

of (A)

 (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

 (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Answer:(B)

33. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I  List – II

(Book)   (Author)

(a) Indian Painting  (i) Ashok

under the  kumar Das

Mughals

(b) Architecture of  (ii) Moti

Mughal India Chandra

(c) The Technique of  (iii) Percy Brown

Mughal Painting

(d) Mughal Painting  (iv) Catherine B. Asher

during Jahangir’s

Time

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

 (B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

 (C) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

 (D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

Answer:(D)

34. Consider the names of the following

Mughal Emperors of the Eighteenth

century :

 (i) Alamgir II

 (ii) Ahmad Shah

 (iii) Jahandar Shah

 (iv) Muhammad Shah

 Which among the following sequences

represents the correct chronological

order ?

 (A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

 (B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 (C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

 (D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

Answer:(C)

35. Given below are two statements, one is

labelled as Assertion (A) and other is

labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : The 1857 Mutiny was

suppressed by the British

 Reason (R) : Except for a few like

Rani of Jhansi, a very few

Indian rulers participated in the

mutiny.

Read the above statements and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and

(R) is the correct explanation of

(A)

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not the correct explanation

of (A)

 (C) Both (A) and (R) are false

 (D) (A) is true, but (R) is false

 Answer:(A)

36. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and other

labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : Dr. Annie Besant

organised the Home Rule

Movement against the British

Rule.

 Reason (R) : She wanted to organise

all sections of Indian people on

the basis of a single political

slogan above religious

consideration

Read the above statements and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below

Codes :

 (A) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct

 (B) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct

 (C) (A) and (R) both are not correct

 (D) (A) is correct and (R) is the

correct explanation of (A)

Answer:(D)

37. In which year did Robert Clive

accepted the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar

and Orissa from the Mughal ruler.

 (A) 1761

 (B) 1765

 (C) 1778

 (D) 1781

Answer:(A)

38. The Treaty of Bassien (1802) was

signed between :

 (A) the English and Peshwa Baji Rao II

 (B) the English and Tipu Sultan

 (C) the English and Holkar

 (D) the English and Gaikwad

Answer:(C)

39. The Home Rule Movement started by

Annie Besant aimed at :

 (A) boycotting foreign goods

 (B) educating the Indian Masses

 (C) attaining self-rule for India

 (D) agitating against the British

Monopoly in administration

Answer:(C)

40. Which of the following is the correct

chronological order of the English East

India Company factories established in

India ?

 (i) Surat (ii) Masulipatnam

 (iii) Hugli (iv) Balasore

Codes :

 (A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 (B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

 (D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)

Answer:(B)

41. Who was the first woman President of

the Indian National Congress ?

 (A) Sarojini Naidu

 (B) Annie Besant

 (C) Sucheta Kripalani

 (D) Madam Cama

Answer:(B)

42. Who wrote Poverty and Un-British

Rule in India ?

 (A) Dadabhai Naoroji

 (B) R. C. Dutt

 (C) Charles Wood

 (D) M. N. Roy

Answer:(A)

43. August 8, 1942 is important in Indian

History for

 (A) Formation of Indian National

Army by Subhash Chandra Bose

at Singapore

 (B) Cripp’s Proposals for Dominion

status

 (C) Non-co-operation Movement

launched by Mahatma Gandhi

 (D) Quit India Movement launched

by Mahatma Gandhi

Answer:(D)

44. Which is correctly matched :

(A) “Do or Die”  Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) “Swaraj is my Mahatma Gandhi

birth right

(C) “Give me Blood Subhash Chandra Bose

 I will give you freedom

(D) “Independence- B. G. Tilak

through non-

violence must

be our aim”

Answer:(C)

45. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below

List – I  List – II

(a) Freedom at  (i) Collins and

Midnight  Lapierre

(b) The Story of  (ii) C. P. Ramaswami

the Integration  Iyar

of Indian States

(c) Travancore (iii) V. P. Menon

Dewan

(d) Secretary of  (iv) Pethick-Lawrence

State

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

 (B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

 (C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

 (D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

Answer:(A)

46. Which of the following is the correct

chronological order of the Viceroys ?

 (i) North Brook

 (ii) Minto

 (iii) Linlithgow

 (iv) Mayo

Codes :

 (A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

 (B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

 (C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 (D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

Answer:(A)

47. Arrange the following into sequential

order and select correct answer from

the codes given below :

 (i) St. Thomae war

 (ii) The Pindari war

 (iii) Buxar war

 (iv) War of Chandurthi

Codes :

 (A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

 (B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

 (C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

 (D) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

Answer:(A)

48. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below

List – I  List – II

(a) Col. Tod  (i) Memoir of

Central India

(b) John  (ii) Annals and Antiquities of

Malcolm  Rajasthan

(c) C. R. Wilson  (iii) Historical Sketches of

South India

(d) M. Wilks  (iv) Early Annals of the English

in Bengal

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

 (B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

 (C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

 (D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

Answer:(A)

49. Match List-I with List-II and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below

List – I  List – II

(a) Punjab Tenancy Act  (i) 1883

(b) The Ilbert Bill          (ii) 1868

(c) Hunter Commission  (iii) 1921

(d) Chamber of Princes  (iv) 1882

Codes :

 (a) (b) (c) (d)

 (A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

 (B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)

 (C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

 (D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

Answer:(D)

50. Chronologically arrange the following

schools of historical thought as

emerged at different points of time

 (i) Enlightenment Historiography

 (ii) Church Historiography

 (iii) Annals Historiography

 (iv) Subaltern Historiography

 Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

 Codes :

 (A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

 (B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

 (C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

 (D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)

Answer:(C)