UGC Net History December 2013 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.

1. The method of Radiocarbon Dating

was used in India for the first time at

(A) Deccan College, Pune

(B) Physical Research Laboratory,

Ahmedabad

Delhi

(D) Tata Institute of Fundamental

Research, Mumbai

Answer:(D)

2. Where were the first Palaeolithic

tools found in India ?

(A) Hallur

(B) Kurnool

(D) Tekkalkota

Answer:(C)

3. Arrange the following archaeologists

in the chronological order and select

the correct answer with the help of

the codes given below :

(i) James Fergusson

(ii) James Princep

(iii) Alexander Cunningham

(iv) Edward Thomas

Codes :

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

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

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

Answer:(A)

4. The Harappa culture people inherited

the knowledge of wheat, barley and

cotton cultivation from their

ancestors of the following :

(A) Kot Diji

(B) Amri

(D) Kalibangan

Answer:(C)

5. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer with the

help of the codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Kingdom) (King)

a. Kuru 1. Nichakshu

b. Kekaya 2. Parikshita

c. Kasi 3. Asvapati

d. Vatsabhumi 4. Ajatasatru

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 3 4 1

(B) 1 4 2 3

(D) 4 1 3 2

Answer:(A)

6. After Hastinapur was swept away by

floods the Pandavas shifted their

capital to

(A) Kausambi

(B) Kurukshetra

(D) Indraprastha

Answer:(A)

7. Pataligrama, which later became the

famous city of Pataliputra, had been

fortified initially by

(A) Bimbisara

(B) Kalasoka

(D) Udayabhadra

Answer:(C)

8. ‘Dharmaraja’ too was a title of

(A) Ajatasatru

(B) Asoka

(D) Harshavardhan

Answer:(B)

9. During Alexander’s invasion of India

which of the following was ruled by

two hereditary kings with the help of

a council of elders ?

(A) Ashtakaraja (B) Abhisara

Answer:(D)

10. ‘Pautavadhyaksha’ was incharge of

which department under the Mauryan

administrative system ?

(A) Weights and measures

(B) Forest resources

(D) Shipping

Answer:(A)

11. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer with the

help of the codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Ancient (Modern Location)

Places)

a. Pushkalavati 1. Begram (Afghanistan)

b. Kapisa 2. Halebid

c. Gangavadi 3. Charsadda

(Peshawar)

d. Dvarsamudra 4. Mysore

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 3 2 1 4

(B) 2 1 3 4

(D) 1 3 4 2

Answer:(C)

12. Identify the Tamil anthology which

is devoted to the praise of Chera

Kings

(A) Narrinai

(B) Padirruppattu

(D) Kuruntogai

Answer:(B)

13. Nahapana’s defeat at the hands of

Gautamiputra Satakarni is attested by

which of the following coin-hoards ?

(A) Erakina (B) Nasik

Answer:(B)

14. Who among the following rulers had

performed the maximum number of

Asvamedha sacrifices ?

(A) Samudragupta

(B) Kumaragupta I

(D) Pravarasena I

Answer:(D)

15. A drama named ‘Kauntaleshwar

Dautya’ has been attributed to

Kalidasa by

(A) Kuntalesha

(B) Bharavi

(D) Kshemendra

Answer:(D)

16. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Harshavardhana,

according to the Chinese

traveller Hiuen Tsang, not only

followed Buddhism, but also

had a marked antipathy to the

Brahmanical religion.

Reason (R) : Some seals which

refer to his elder brother as a

Buddhist describe Harsha as a

devoted Saiva.

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).

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer:(B)

17. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer with the

help of the codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Ancient Towns) (Present Site)

a. Anahilavada 1. Mandsor

b. Aihole 2. Amaravati

c. Dhanyakatak 3. Badami

d. Dasapura 4. Patan

Codes

a b c d

(A) 2 1 4 3

(B) 4 3 2 1

(D) 4 1 2 3

Answer:(B)

18. The temple of Rajarajesvara is

dedicated to

(A) Kartikeya (B) Siva

Answer:(B)

19. Identify the dynasty, the rulers of

which called themselves Brahma-

Kshatriya

(A) Pratihara (B) Chalukya

Answer:(C)

20. Who among the following rulers

provided financial help for the

restoration of a demolished Mosque

in Khambhat ?

(A) Bhoja Paramara

(B) Mihira Bhoja

(D) Chamu araja

Answer:(D)

21. Which of the following dynasties is

known for the involvement of

women in its administration ?

(A) Kalchuri

(B) Gahadavala

(D) Chalukya

Answer:(D)

22. Chronologically arrange the

following events and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

(i) The collapse of Chalukya

kingdom of Kalyani.

(ii) Conquest of Sri Lanka by

Rajendra Chola

(iii) Annexation of Yadava

kingdom of Devagiri to the

Sultanate of Delhi

(iv) The visit of Marco Polo, the

Venetian traveller to South

India.

Codes :

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

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

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

Answer:(B)

23. In which of the following works we

get a detailed account of Firoz Shah’s

canal system ?

(A) Futuhat-I Firoz Shahi

(B) Tarikh-I Mubarak Shahi

(D) None of the above

Answer:(B)

24. Consider the following statements on

the reforms of Alauddin Khalji :

(i) Confiscation of all grants of

tax-free land.

(ii) Introduction of daag and

chehra in his military.

(iii) Abolition of iqtas of big nobles

and military commanders.

(iv) Banning of public sale of

liquor.

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

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

Answer:(C)

25. Who among the following was an

Alvar Saint ?

(A) Appar

(B) Kulasekhara

(D) Venkatanatha

Answer:(B)

26. The Book of Marco Polo is primarily

an account of

(A) Political history of South India

(B) Economic history of South

India

(D) None of the above

Answer:(B)

27. Arrange the visit of the following

foreign travellers to South India in

chronological sequential order and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

(i) A Nikitin

(ii) Abdur Razzaq

(iii) Caesar Fredrick

(iv) Domingo Paes

Codes :

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

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

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

Answer:(D)

28. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Old names of (Modern

places) names)

a. Baran 1. Anhilwara

b. Qarachil 2. Bhatinda

c. Tabarhind 3. Kullu

d. Patan 4. Bulandshahar

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 3 1 4

(B) 4 3 2 1

(D) 3 2 1 4

Answer:(B)

29. Concerning the foundation of

Tughlaq dynasty by Ghiyasuddin

Tughlaq, which one of the following

statements is not true ?

(A) At the time of accession,

Ghiyasuddin’s authority had

been unanimously accepted.

(B) Ghiyasuddin was having at his

disposal a large number of

loyal soldiers who extended

support.

a lot to the stability of the

Sultanate.

(D) The treasury of the empire

which the Sultan inherited was

very sound.

Answer:(D)

30. Given below are two statements, one

is labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The conduct of

ruling authority in the Sultanate

of Delhi was governed by the

Shariat.

Reason (R) : The ideal of the

state was not to convert the

entire country from dar-ul-harb

into dar-ul-Islam.

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 and

(R) is not the correct

explanation of (A).

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer:(D)

31. Shaikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

belonged to the Sufi Silsilah

(A) Firdausi

(B) Chishti

(D) Naqshbandi

Answer:(A)

32. Which one of the following is not

correct in respect of Baburnamah ?

(A) The memoir of Babur is a

historical source of great

literary value.

(B) The events described are not in

chronological order.

bad act with utmost

impartiality.

(D) Historical events are

inextricably mixed up with

Babur’s own opinions,

sentiments and judgements.

Answer:(B)

33. Given below are two statements, one

is labelled as Assertion (A) and other

is labelled Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : All Jagirdars were

primarily the mansabdars but

not all mansabdars were

Jagirdars.

Reason (R) : Some mansabdars

were paid in cash and not

through Jagirs.

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).

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Answer:(A)

34. Consider the following statements

concerning the Rajput States of

Central India and select the correct

answer from the codes given below :

(i) Baghelas ruled over Bandogarh

(ii) Dhandera was a Rajput

principality in the Suba of

Allahabad.

(iii) Orcha was located on the route

linking the North and the

Deccan.

(iv) Orcha was in the possession of

the Bundela Rajputs.

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(D) All of the above

Answer:(C)

35. Daag and Chehra in Mughal military

administration were introduced

during the reign of

(A) Akbar

(B) Jahangir

(D) Aurangzeb

Answer:(A)

36. In the battle of Haldighati, Rana

Pratap of Mewar was defeated by the

Mughal army led by

(A) Abdur Rahim Khan-i Khanan

(B) Raja Man Singh

(D) Saadullah Khan

Answer:(B)

37. Iwan in Mughal architectural

terminology means

(A) a “façade-gateway” or high

portal

(B) concave element in vaults,

usually arched.

square or rectangle with

corners

(D) a pillared construction of any

dimensions and plan

Answer:(D)

38. Under which Mughal emperor

naturalist trends in Mughal painting

reached their apogee ?

(A) Humayun

(B) Akbar

(D) Shahjahan

Answer:(C)

39. Who among the following remarked

that, “Unlike contemporary early

modern European kings, the Mughal

emperors did not depend upon loans

from private financiers to meet

routine expenditure.” ?

(A) Irfan Habib

(B) Sanjay Subrahmanyam

(D) J.F. Richards

Answer:(D)

40. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

(Place) (Founder)

a. City of 1. Rana Kumbha

Bikaner

b. Kirti Stambha 2. Rao Bika

(Chittor)

c. City of 3. Alp Khan

Ahmedabad

d. City of 4. Ahmed Shah I

Hoshangabad

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 1 2 3 4

(B) 1 2 4 3

(D) 2 1 3 4

Answer:(C)

41. Which of the following pairs is not

correctly matched ?

Institution Location

(A) Khudabaksh

Library– Patna

(B) Bhandarkar

Oriental Research

Institute– Pune

(D) SalarjungMuseum– Hyderabad

Answer:(C)

42. Arrange the following Peshwas in

chronological order :

(i) Balaji Bajirao

(ii) Bajirao II

(iii) Madhav Rao I

(iv) Madhav Rao Narayan

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

Codes :

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

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

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

Answer:(B)

43. Which one of the following

statements is not correct ?

(A) In the Persian sources of the

late medieval period of India,

account on the life of rural

society is very limited.

(B) The foreign travellers of the

period who visited India in

their accounts provide hardly

any account on rural society.

help us to know the life and

conditions of the rural people

to some extent.

(D) The large mass of revenue

records dealing with land

revenue are of no help to

construct the history of rural

society in medieval India.

Answer:(D)

44. One of the following was not a major

result of the Permanent Revenue

Settlement of East India Company :

(A) It created a class of loyal

landlords.

(B) Cultivators were put under the

mercy of zamindars.

revenue increase to the

company.

(D) Agricultural production got a

major boos

Answer:(D)

45. Who was the Governor of Bengal

between 1667 and 1669 ?

(A) Robert Clive

(B) Verlest

(D) Count de Lally

Answer:(X)

46. The founder of the Nizam’s State in

Hyderabad was

(A) Nizam Ali Khan

(B) Muzaffar Jung

(D) Mir Osman Ali Khan

Answer:(C)

47. Arrange the following revolts in the

chronological order and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

(i) Koli

(ii) Santhal

(iii) Chuar and Ho

(iv) Waghera

Codes :

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

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

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

Answer:(A)

48. The English East India Company lost

its monopoly of Indian trade by

throwing it open to the Britishers by

the Charter Act of

(A) 1793

(B) 1813

(D) 1853

Answer:(B)

49. Given below are two statements, one

is labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other is labelled Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : The British had no

coherent place for the princes

in their imperial ideology.

Reason (R) : The princes were

kept apart from each other.

These traditional rulerships

served the purpose of

announcing India’s enduring

‘differences’.

Read the above statements and select

the correct answers from the codes

given below :

Codes :

(A) (A) is correct but (R) is false.

(B) (A) is incorrect but (R) is

correct.

correct explanation of (A).

(D) Both are correct and (R) is not

the correct explanation of (A).

Answer:(D)

50. Who was the Governor of Madras in

1661 ?

(A) Fox Croft

(B) Streynsham

(D) Charles Boone

Answer:(X)

51. Which one of the following policy

document was called the ‘Magna

Carta’ of Western education system

in India ?

(A) MaCaulay’s Minute of 1835

(B) Indian Education Commission

Report of 1882

1854

(D) Releigh Commission Report of

1902

Answer:(C)

52. In whose honour Gateway of India

was built ?

(A) King George V

(B) King George VI

(D) Queen Victoria

Answer:(A)

53. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

a. Dadabhai 1. Indian Mirror

Naoroji

b. Dwarakanath 2. Rast Goftar

Vidyabhushan

c. Devendranath 3. Swadeshamitram

Tagore

d. G.S. Aiyer 4. Somaprakasha

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 3 2 4 1

(B) 2 4 3 1

(D) 2 4 1 3

Answer:(D)

54. Veda Samaj founded under the

initiative of Kesab Chandra Sen in

1864 in Madras was renamed as the

Brahmo Samaj of South India in

1871 by

(A) Sir R. Venkataratnam Naidu

(B) Rajagopala Naidu

(D) K. Sreedharalu Naidu

Answer:(D)

55. Arrange the following Viceroys in

chronological order and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

(i) Lord Reading

(ii) Earl of Willingdon

(iii) Sir John Lawrence

(iv) Earl of Dufferin

Codes :

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

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

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

Answer:(A)

56. Given below are the two statements,

one is labelled as Assertion (A) and

other is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Indian States

Commission reiterated that

‘Paramountcy must remain

Paramount’.

Reason (R) : The British were

disenchanted with the new

corporate princely culture.

Read the above statements and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

Codes :

(A) (A) is correct but (R) is false.

(B) (A) is incorrect but (R) is

correct.

correct explanation of (A).

(D) Both are correct and (R) is not

the correct explanation of (A).

Answer:(C)

57. Arrange the following Commissions

in the chronological order and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

(i) Kothari Commission

(ii) Radhakrishnan Commission

(iii) Sadler Commission

(iv) University Grants Commission

Codes :

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

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

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

Answer:(A)

58. Mrs. Annie Besant became the first

woman President of Indian National

Congress in the year

(A) 1916

(B) 1917

(D) 1921

Answer:(B)

59. Who said in 1904 that “Bengal

United is a power”, “Bengal divided

will pull in several different ways.” ?

(A) Lord Curzon

(B) Herbert Risley

(D) Sir Lancelot Hare

Answer:(B)

60. Shyamji Krishna Varma set up the

India House in London to work for

India’s freedom in the year

(A) 1902

(B) 1905

(D) 1909

Answer:(B)

61. Who has called Gopal Krishna

Gokhale a rare combination of “the

practical, strenuous worker and the

mystic dreamer of dreams” ?

(A) Mrs. Sarojini Naidu

(B) Mrs. Annie Besant

(D) V.D. Savarkar

Answer:(A)

62. Vaikom Satyagraha was launched by

Gandhiji in Kerala to

(A) ban devadasi system in temple

services.

(B) remove untouchability

Brahmins as priests

(D) open the temples for the entry

of avarnas or lower castes.

Answer:(D)

63. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

a. Collins, Larry 1. SatanicVerses

and Lapierre

b. Judith Brown 2. The Great Divide :

Britain-India-Pakistan

c. Salman 3. Freedom At Midnight

Rushdie

d. H.V. Hudson 4.Gandhi’s Rise to Power

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 3 4 1 2

(B) 4 2 3 1

(D) 3 1 4 2

Answer:(A)

64. Who has remarked, ‘history is more

interesting than a novel’ ?

(A) David Hume (B) Toynbee

Answer:(A)

65. Concerning relation of history with

other subjects which one of the

following statements is not correct ?

(A) Modern economic history is

supported by statistical data to

a considerable extent.

(B) For a long time history was not

considered as a branch of

literature.

ideas and their impact on

society has resulted in the

formation of intellectual history.

(D) Time and space factors give

history its correct perspective.

Answer:(B)

66. Who among the following declared

that the postmodernist ideas were a

menace to historical study ?

(A) Arthur Marvic

(B) Holden Furber

(D) H.E. Barnes

Answer:(A)

67. Consider the following observations

relating to Renaissance and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

(i) Renaissance was marked with a

new kind of learning signified

by a spirit of inquiry into every

aspect of human thought.

(ii) More emphasis was given to

man and humanism than to god

and spiritualism.

(iii) The study of the works

produced by ancient Greek and

Roman scholars was not given

importance.

(iv) The humanist movement which

ushered in Renaissance could

not emancipate the western

thought from the bondage of

medieval Christianity.

Codes :

(A) (i) and(ii)

(B) (i) and (iii)

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

Answer:(A)

68. Match the List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

a. Montesquieu 1. Divine Comedy

b. Dante 2. The Spirit of Laws

c. Rousseau 3. The Social Contract

d. Machiavelli 4. The Prince

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 2 1 3 4

(B) 3 4 2 1

(D) 2 3 4 1

Answer:(A)

69. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I List – II

a. Jacob 1. The Society of

Burckhardt Jesus

b. Ignatius of 2. Critique of

Loyola Pure Reason

c. John Calvin 3. The Civilization of

theRenaissance in Italy

d. Immanuel 4. Institutes of the

Kant ChristianReligion

Codes :

a b c d

(A) 3 1 4 2

(B) 4 3 1 2

(D) 1 3 2 4

Answer:(A)

70. The Durham Report advocated the

need of a gradual emancipation of

British Colonies towards a state of

complete independence. The

recommendation was applied to

(A) The Colonies in Africa

(B) The Colonies in Asia

(D) All of the above

Read the following passage and answer the

questions numbers 71 to 75 :

Aśoka (c. 273-236 B.C.), the grandson of

Chandragupta, styled ‘the beloved of the

gods’ and ‘of lovable appearance’,

succeeded to the throne of Pā aliputra by

winning a fratricidal war. Nine years

after his accession he rounded off the

empire which he inherited from his

grandfather by annexing Kali ga. The

Kali ga war brought to the emperor a

violent reaction, no doubt under the

influence of Buddha’s teachings. He

regretted the vast numbers of men

killed or taken prisoner; he bemoaned

the lot of pious men and women to

whom befell ‘personal violence, death

or banishment from loved ones’; and he

eschewed for ever war as an instrument

of governance. ‘If any one does him

wrong, the “beloved of the god” must

bear all that can be borne. He embarked

on a career of Dharma Vijaya, conquest

through Dharma. He set up a network

of missions to preach Dharma; declared

that all men were his children; ‘and

what little effort I make, – what is it for

? – (in order) that I may be free from

debt to the creatures, that I may render

some happy here and that they may gain

heaven in the next world’, said he. The

Emperor constituted himself as the

guardian of the moral and material

welfare of the world

Answer:(C)

71. Asoka is throughout referred to as

‘Devanampiya’ and ‘Piyadasi’ in his

edicts except a few. Which are such

exceptions ?

(i) Maski

(ii) Gujarra

(iii) Nittur

(iv) Udegolam

Select the correct answer with the

help of the codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (i) only

(B) (i) and (ii)

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

Answer:(D)

72. Which is that source which gives a

lie to the tradition of a fratricidal war

of Asoka ?

(A) Asokavadana

(B) Dipavamsa

(D) Asokan Pillar Edict VII

Answer:(C)

73. Which one of the following did not

form part of the Asokan empire ?

(A) Tamilakam (B) Saurashtra

Answer:(A)

74. In which of his edicts does Asoka

express remorse for the sufferings

caused by the Kalinga war ?

(A) Separate Kaling Edicts

(B) Bhabru Edict

(D) Rock Edict IV

Answer:(C)

75. In which of his following inscriptions

did Asoka declare that all people

were his children ?

(A) Minor Rock Edict I

(B) Rock Edict XII

(D) Rummindei Pillar Edict

Answer:(C)

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