UGC Net History December 2012 Paper 3 Solved

HISTORY

PAPER – III

Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.

All questions are compulsory.

December 2012

1. Which one of the following is a

Neolithic site in Vindhyan region ?

(A) Mahagara

(B) Chirand

(C) Bangarh

(D) Khunti

Answer:(A)

2. Harappan sites have provided unique

plan of settlement comprising of

Citadel, Middle Town and Lower

Town.

(i) Kunal

(ii) Lothal

(iii) Rangpur

(iv) Dholavira

Select the correct answer by using the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (i) and (ii)

(B) (iii) and (iv)

(C) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(D) (iv) only

Answer:(D)

3. River Saraswati is known by which of

the following names in Pakistan ?

(i) Nara (ii) Raini

(iii) Hakra (iv) Wahinda

Select your answer from the codes

given below :

Codes :

(A) (i) and (iii)

(B) (i) and (ii)

(C) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Answer:(D)

4. The Battle of Ten Kings was fought

on the bank of which one of the

following rivers ?

(A) Saraswati (B) Sindhu

(C) Parushni (D) Beas

Answer:(C)

5. Given below are two statements, one

is labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : India had good

contacts with Rome.

Reason (R) : The rouletted ware had

been found at Brahmagiri,

Sisupalgarh, Tamluk, Amaravati.

Read the above statements and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

Codes :

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

the full 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)

6. The story of the migration of Videgha

Mathava to the east accompanied by

his priest Gotama Rahugana is

mentioned in which of the following ?

(A) Gopatha Brahmana

(B) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

(C) Satapatha Brahmana

(D) Aitareya Brahmana

Answer:(C)

7. Match List – I with List – II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I        List – II

Buddhist Places where

Councils      held

a. First  i. Pataliputra

b. Second  ii. Vaishali

c. Third  iii. Kashmir

d. Fourth  iv. Rajagriha

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iii i ii iv

(B) iv ii i iii

(C) ii iii iv i

(D) i iv iii ii

Answer:(B)

8. Match List – I with List – II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Sakyas  i. Vaishali

b. Koliyas  ii. Pipphalivana

c. Moriyas  iii. Ramagrama

d. Lichchhavis  iv. Kapilavastu

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iii i iv ii

(B) iv iii ii i

(C) ii iv i iii

(D) i ii iii iv

Answer:(B)

9. Arrange the following Pali canonical

texts into chronological order and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

(i) Samyukta Nikaya

(ii) Chullavagga

(iii) Sutta Nipata

(iv) Buddhavamsa

Codes :

(A) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)

(B) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

(D) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)

Answer:(C)

10. The following were the leaders of the

Ajivika Sect :

(i) Makkhali Gosala

(ii) Nanda Vachchha

(iii) Kisa Samkichchha

(iv) Bhadda

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (i) and (ii)

(B) (iii) and (iv)

(C) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(D) (iv) only

Answer:(C)

11. The stone portrait of Ashoka with his

name inscribed on it has been found

from the stupa remains of which one

of the following sites ?

(A) Sanchi

(B) Amaravati

(C) Deur-Kuthar

(D) Kanaganahalli

Answer:(D)

12. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and the other

labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Inscriptions in

Kharosthi have been found from

Bengal.

Reason (R) : Kharosthi was widely in

use in Bengal.

Read the above statements and select

the correct answer from the codes

below :

Codes :

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

(R) is the correct explanation of

(A).

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

(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)

13. Dasaratha Jataka is found sculptured

in stupa remains of the following

South Indian sites :

(i) Amaravati

(ii) Nagarjunakonda

(iii) Phanigiri

(iv) Gummididurru

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (i) and (iii)

(B) (iii) and (ii)

(C) (ii) only

(D) (iv) only

Answer:(C)

14. Given below are two statements, one

is labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : As per the Mitakshara

School, father could divide his

property among his sons during

his life time.

Reason (R) : The Mitakshara has

recognised son’s right of

ownership by birth in ancestral

property.

In the context of the above two

statements, which one of the following

is correct ? Give your 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:(B)

15. Match List – I with List – II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I List – II

a. Chandragupta i. Tushaspha

b. Skandagupta ii. Suviśakha

c. Rudradaman iii. Parnadatta

d. Ashoka iv. Pusyagupta

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) ii iv i iii

(C) iv iii ii i

(D) iii i iv ii

Answer:(C)

16. Coins of Bhagilaya have been found

from the following :

(i) Nasik

(ii) Kousambi

(iii) Narmada Valley

(iv) Godavari-Krishna Valley

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (iii) and (iv)

(C) (iii) only (D) (iv) only

Answer:(C)

17. Shell Inscriptions have been

discovered from the remains of Stupas

at the following sites :

(i) Bharhut

(ii) Amaravati

(iii) Deur-Kuthar

(iv) Sanchi

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (ii) and (iii) (B) (i) and (iv)

(C) (i) and (iii) (D) (ii) and (iv)

Answer:(X)

18. Fragments of Devi-Chandragupta, a

lost drama written by Vishakhadatta is

preserved in the following :

(i) Katha-Saritsagara

(ii) Shringara-Prakasha

(iii) Viddhashalabhanjika

(iv) Harshacharita

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (i) and (iii) (B) (ii) and (iv)

(C) (ii) only (D) (iii) and (iv)

Answer:(C)

19. Carving of Naga-Shakha on doorjambs

is a characteristic feature of the

following regional styles of temple

architecture :

(i) Chandella (ii) Pratihara

(iii) Solanki (iv) Paramara

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (i) and (iii) (B) (ii) only

(C) (i) and (iv) (D) (iii) and (iv)

Answer:(B)

20. Match List – I with List – II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Narasimhavarman i. Rock-cut caves at

I Mamallapuram

b. Shembiyan ii. Agasteshvara temple at

Mahadevi Anangapur

c. Lokamahadevi  iii. Virupaksha temple at

Pattadakal

d. Kulottunga – I  iv. Shiva temple at

Chidambaram

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii iv i

(B) iv i ii iii

(C) iii iv i ii

(D) i ii iii iv

Answer:(D)

21. Some Jaina Mahavidyas are

sculptured with a snake mount :

(i) Kali (ii) Gauri

(iii) Vairotya (iv) Mahakali

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (i) and (iii) (B) (ii) and (iv)

(C) (iv) and (iii) (D) (iii) only

Answer:(D)

22. Which of the following Navagrahas is

sculptured as the rio-anthropomorphic

snake deity ?

(A) Shani (B) Rahu

(C) Ketu (D) Mangal

Answer:(C)

23. Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Balban’s Theory of

Kingship was based on the

policy of ‘Blood and Iron’.

Reason (R) : The prestige of the

crown was undermined under

the successors of Iltutmish.

Answer the question from the codes

given below :

Codes :

(A) (A) is correct and (R) is wrong.

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

is the correct explanation of (A).

(C) (A) is incorrect and (R) is

correct. (R) is not the correct

explanation of (A).

(D) (A) is correct and (R) is

incorrect. (R) is the correct

explanation of (A).

Answer:(B)

24. Who amongst the following legalised

corruption in the land revenue

department ?

(A) Firozshah Tughlaq

(B) Sher Shah

(C) Malik Ambar

(D) None of the above

Answer:(D)

25. Who amongst the following by using

‘Psycho-History’ had proved that

Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq was not

‘mad’ as commented for the first time

by Elphinston ?

(A) Agha Mahdi Hussain

(B) R.C. Jauhari

(C) Ishwari Prasad

(D) Shafat Ahmad Khan

Answer:(C)

26. Abwab refers to

(A) Land revenue claimed by the

Muslim authorities.

(B) A system of revenue farming.

(C) A revenue paying State.

(D) Extra legal charges exacted by

nobles.

Answer:(D)

27. What is the correct chronological

sequence of the following Sufi Saints ?

(i) Khwaja Ali Hujjwiri

(ii) Shaikh Badruddin Samarkhandi

(iii) Shah Nayamatullah Qadiri

(iv) Khwaja Baqi Billah

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

(B) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

(C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)

(D) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)

Answer:(A)

28. Consider the names of the following

cities of Delhi :

(i) Jahanpanah

(ii) Siri

(iii) Tughluqabad

(iv) Khizarabad

Which among the following sequences

represent the correct chronological

order of foundation ?

(A) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)

(B) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

(C) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)

(D) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

Answer:(D)

29. What is not to be considered as the

nature of the Pre-Mughal Persian

Historiography ?

(A) Spiritual

(B) Didactic

(C) Impressionistic

(D) Provincial

Answer:(X)

30. Cannon and muskets in warfare in

India were introduced by

(A) Balban

(B) Alauddin Khalji

(C) Babur

(D) Akbar

Answer:(C)

31. Find out the correct sequence of the

rate of land revenue under Alauddin

Khilji, Firoz Tughlaq, Akbar and

Aurangzeb :

(A)1/2,1/2,1/3,1/2

(B)1/3,1/4,1/4,1/2

(C)1/4,1/3,1/2,1/2

(D)1/2,1/4,1/3,1/2

Answer:(A)

32. Match List – I with List – II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Zabt  i. Mughal system of land

measurement

b. Deshmukh   ii. Hereditary land right

c. Vatan  iii. Revenue officer

d. Ijaradari  iv. Revenue

farming system

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) i iii ii iv

(C) ii i iv iii

(D) ii iv iii i

Answer:(B)

33. Which one of the following historical

works of Amir Khusrau is in prose ?

(A) Qiranussadain

(B) Nuh Sipihr

(C) Ashiqa

(D) Khazain-ul-Futuh

Answer:(D)

34. Babur assumed the title of “Ghazi”

after the

(A) Battle of Panipat

(B) Battle of Khanwah

(C) Battle of Ghagra

(D) None of the above

Answer:(B)

35. Who amongst the following

commented for the first time that

Kabir tried to undermine the common

people’s pessimism in his Bhakti ?

(A) Savitri Chandra

(B) Yusuf Hussain

(C) J.N. Farquihar

(D) Romilla Thapar

Answer:(X)

36. Given below are two statements, one

is labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : There is no reliable

chronology of events concerning

the reign of Humayun, including

his own movements.

Reason (R) : The proper study of the

chronology of events indicate

that the so-called periods of

Humayun’s inactivity were

much briefer than have been

visualized.

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

(R) is not the correct explanation

of (A).

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.

Answer:(C)

37. Why was the ‘Double Dome’ used in

the Indo-Islamic architecture ?

(A) To strengthen the buildings.

(B) To give cooling effect inside the

building.

(C) To provide height to the

buildings.

(D) For the purpose of beauty.

Answer:(C)

38. What is the main contribution of

‘Tasawwuf’ in India ?

(A) Service to Islam

(B) Service to humanity

(C) Influencing the Medieval Bhakti

Movement

(D) Propagate the theory of

‘Wahadat-ul-Wajud’.

Answer:(B)

39. What was ‘Shahrukhi’ coin in

circulation during the Muslim period ?

(A) A gold coin

(B) A silver coin

(C) A copper coin

(D) None of the above

Answer:(B)

40. Which one of the following is not the

characteristic of Mughal painting ?

(A) Inclusion of spiritual and mystic

elements.

(B) Basically for the propagation of

Islam.

(C) Portrait and miniature.

(D) Courtly and aristocratic

Answer:(B)

41. Find out the statement from below

which is not correct ?

(A) The Maratha polity under

Peshwas got transformed into a

close confederacy.

(B) The Peshwa created a new class

of Sardars in the Swaraj area.

(C) The office of Peshwa became

hereditary.

(D) Originally the Peshwa did not

belong to the royal council.

Answer:(D)

42. In the context of the cultural and

Ideological framework of the Mughal

State which one of the following

statements is not correct ?

(A) Throughout the Mughal period

there had been a constant

process of reconciliation and

adjustment between the central

power and the regional elite.

(B) Because of decentralization

during the 18th century a group

of ‘upstarts’ came up to

monopolize the resources of the

empire.

(C) The Mughal process of

centralisation left no space for

existence of rival principles of

organisation.

(D) Possibilities for diffusion of

power had always been there in

Mughal India.

Answer:(C)

43. Which one of the following statements

regarding Abul Fazl’s Akbarnāma is

not true ?

(A) He usually does not refer to his

sources.

(B) He makes some crude

observations.

(C) He does not make

generalizations.

(D) He is never secular.

Answer:(D)

44. What was the title of the British

Museum Baburnāma manuscript

translated into English by Mrs. A.S.

Beveridge ?

(A) Baburnāma

(B) Waqyāt-i-Baburi

(C) Tuzuk-i-Baburi

(D) None of the above

Answer:(D)

45. The ‘Black Hole’ event was

sensationalized by whom ?

(A) Robert Clive

(B) Verelest

(C) Holwell

(D) Watson

Answer:(C)

46. The confederates against Tippu Sultan

in the Third Mysore War included

(A) Travancore Raja, Nizam of

Hyderabad and the English

(B) The English, Marathas and the

Nawab of Carnatic

(C) The English, Marathas and the

Nizam of Hyderabad

(D) The English, Nawab of Carnatic

and the Nizam of Hyderabad

Answer:(C)

47. Which Princely State was not annexed

under the Doctrine of Lapse in spite of

not having natural heir ?

(A) Satara (B) Karauli

(C) Pudukottai (D) Baroda

Answer:(B)

48. Legislative powers were restored back

to the provinces in the Act of

(A) 1833 (B) 1853

(C) 1861 (D) 1892

Answer:(C)

49. The policy announcement regarding

the ‘progressive realization of

responsible Government in India as an

integral part of the British Empire’

was made by

(A) Lord Morley

(B) Lord Montague

(C) Lord Ripon

(D) Lord Irwin

Answer:(B)

50. Paramountcy is paramount’ was

declared to define the relations of

Indian States with British Government

by which Commission ?

(A) Hunter Commission

(B) Strachey Commission

(C) Butler Commission

(D) Campbell Commission

Answer:(C)

51. The Governor General who visited

Allahabad to review the working of

Mahalwari Land Revenue System was

(A) Lord William Bentinck

(B) Lord Auckland

(C) Lord Dalhousie

(D) Lord Canning

Answer:(A)

52. The land revenue demand under the

Ryotwari in Madras was finally fixed

to fifty percent of the rental and the

settlement was made for thirty years in

the year

(A) 1820 (B) 1855

(C) 1864 (D) 1878

Answer:(X)

53. Policy of tariff holiday was practised

by the British during

(A) 1858 to 1870

(B) 1870 to 1880

(C) 1882 to 1894

(D) 1898 to 1905

Answer:(C)

54. The worrisome aspect of the drain of

wealth in the late nineteenth century

according to Dadabhai Naoroji was

(A) transfer of India’s accumulated

gold

(B) unrequited exports

(C) depletion of urban wealth

(D) British investments in India

Answer:(X)

55. The Scheme of Local Finance was

introduced by

(A) Lord Canning

(B) Lord Mayo

(C) Lord Lytton

(D) Lord Ripon

Answer:(B)

56. First factory legislation was passed to

improve the working conditions of the

labour in

(A) 1880

(B) 1881

(C) 1884

(D) 1893

Answer:(B)

57. Match List – I with List – II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

a. B.P. Wadia  i. Trade Union Leader

b. Sri Narayana ii. Peasant Leader

Guru

c. S.N. Haldar  iii. Jamshedpur Labour Leader

d. Kunvarji iv. South Indian Lower Caste

Mehta Leader

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iv i iii

(B) iv iii ii i

(C) i iv iii ii

(D) iii ii iv i

Answer:(C)

58. Match List – I with List – II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Bihar Provincia li. Vijay Singh

Kisan Sabha Pathik

b. Ryat’s

Association in ii. Sahajanand

Guntur Saraswati

c. Pratapgarh and iii. N.G. Ranga

Rae Bareli

Peasant Leader

d. Rajasthan iv. Baba Ram

Peasant Leader Chandra

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii iv i

(B) iv ii iii i

(C) iii ii iv i

(D) i iv ii iii

Answer:(A)

59. Which Gandhian movement has been

called a ‘Spontaneous Revolution’ ?

(A) Champaran movement

(B) Non-cooperation movement

(C) Civil Disobedience movement

(D) Quit India movement

Answer:(D)

60. The inspirational leader behind the

founding of the All India Women’s

Conference was

(A) Durga Bai Deshmukh

(B) Margaret Cousins

(C) Madam Cama

(D) Mutthulaxmi Reddy

Answer:(X)

61. Name the First Indian selected to

Indian Civil Service.

(A) Surendranath Banerjee

(B) Anandamohan Bose

(C) Gurudas Banerjee

(D) Satyendra Nath Tagore

Answer:(D)

62. The Arya Samaj movement believed

in

(A) Idolatory

(B) Polytheism

(C) Pantheism

(D) Vedic ritualism

Answer:(D)

63. Which foreign journalist reported

about the British brutality perpetrated

against peaceful Satyagrahis at

Dharasana Salt Depot during the Civil

Disobedience Movement ?

(A) Wels Miller

(B) C.F. Andrews

(C) Palmer

(D) Fischer

Answer:(A)

64. Who was the first President of All

India Depressed Class Association ?

(A) B.R. Ambedkar

(B) Shahu Maharaj

(C) E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker

(D) M.C. Rajah

Answer:(D)

65. The resignation by the Congress led

ministries on 1st Nov. 1939 was

celebrated by the Muslim League as

(A) Fulfilment Day

(B) Emancipation Day

(C) Deliverance Day

(D) Freedom Day

Answer:(C)

66. The First President of the All India

Congress Socialist Party was

(A) Achyut Patwardhan

(B) Ram Manohar Lohia

(C) Jay Prakash Narayan

(D) Sampurnanand

Answer:(D)

67. Which Commission was entrusted the

task of demarcating the line of India

and Pakistan in 1947 ?

(A) Wavell (B) Redcliffe

(C) Alexander (D) Marshall

Answer:(B)

68. The First Indian Princely State which

signed the Instrument of Accession to

join the Indian Union was

(A) Jaipur (B) Patiala

(C) Bikaner (D) Bhopal

Answer:(X)

69. Match List – I with List – II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Christian i. The exposition

Historiography of the Idea of Progress

b. Enlightenment ii. Attractive and Colourful

Historiography Reconstruction of the Past

c. Romantic iii. Derivation of Historical

Historiography Knowledge by applying

Scientific Method of Inquiry

d. Positivist iv. Theorization of the Idea of

Historiography Providentialism

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii iv i

(B) i iii ii iv

(C) ii iv iii i

(D) iv i ii iii

Answer:(D)

70. Who among the following historians is

well known for his contributions to

subaltern studies ?

(A) Sumit Sarkar

(B) Bipin Chandra

(C) Ranjit Guha

(D) K.N. Panicker

Answer:(C)

Read the following passage and answer the

following five questions (Nos. 71 to 75) :

The most vicious system of racial

oppression was set up in South Africa. The

system of racial segregation, called

apartheid, was enforced in the country by

the Government of the White minority led

by Daniel Malan, who came to power in

1948, and by the successive Governments.

The non-Whites, over 80 per cent of the

population, were denied the right to vote,

strikes were banned, Africans were deported

from some specified areas, education was

segregated, mixed marriages were declared

illegal (and immoral) and all dissent was

banned under what was called the

Suppression of Communism Act. Some of

the greatest works of world literature, and

not just political writings, were banned

under the Suppression of Communism Act.

Strict restrictions were imposed on the

movement of Africans and they were

required to carry a pass permitting them to

do so. South Africa left the Commonwealth

when the policy of apartheid came under

attack at the conference of the Prime

Ministers of Commonwealth countries.

71. Anti apartheid movement in South

Africa was led by

(A) African Peoples Party

(B) African National Congress

(C) Peoples Unity Front

(D) National Congress of Africa

Answer:(B)

72. “The Freedom Charter” was adopted

by the Congress of the People in the

year

(A) 1948

(B) 1954

(C) 1955

(D) 1990

Answer:(C)

73. What was not the aim of the

‘Suppression of Communism Act”

passed by the Racist regime of South

Africa ?

(A) To curb all dissent.

(B) To placate the capitalist

countries to support apartheid

regime of South Africa.

(C) To segregate the ‘Black’ and the

‘White’ population.

(D) To put social restrictions on the

‘Black’ population.

Answer:(B)

74. First ever democratic elections in

South Africa were won by Nelson

Mandela in the year

(A) 1989

(B) 1991

(C) 1994

(D) 1996

Answer:(C)

75. The Government headed by Nelson

Mandela was known as

(A) Government of the African

People

(B) Government of National Unity

(C) Government of the Black People

(D) Government of Free People

Answer:(B)