UGC Net History December 2014 Paper 2 Solved

HISTORY

Paper – II

Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All

questions are compulsory.

December 2014

1. Which one of the below mentioned sites is not Harappan ?

 (A) Padri (B) Kuntasi

 (C) Bhirrana (D) Jakhera

Answer:(D)

2. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

 (Vedas) (Their Brahmanas)

(A) Rigveda – Aitareya Brahmana

(B) Samaveda – Taittiriy Brahmana

(C) Yajurveda – Satapatha Brahmana

(D) Atharvaveda – Gopatha Brahmana

Answer:(B)

3. Asvapati of the Upanishadic age was the ruler of ?

 (A) Kekaya (B) Madra

 (C) Panchala (D) Usinara

Answer:(A)

4. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :

List – I  List – II

(States)  (Capitals)

a. Matsya  i. Vaisali

b. Vatsa  ii. Indraprastha

c. Vriji  iii. Viratanagara

d. Kuru  iv. Kausambi

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iv iii

 (B) ii iii i iv

 (C) iii iv i ii

 (D) iv i iii ii

Answer:(C)

5. Which among the following contemporary sects is said to have

played a role in the overthrow of the Nanda dynasty ?

 (A) Ajivaka (B) Bauddha

 (C) Charavaka (D) Jaina

Answer:(D)

6. Which of the following was an administrative centre of the southern

part of Ashokan Empire ?

 (A) Tosali (B) Samapa

 (C) Suvarnagiri (D) Ujjayini

Answer:(C)

7. In which of the following forms of ancient Indian marriages was the

payment of bride price a condition ?

 (A) Arsha (B) Asura

 (C) Daiva (D) Prajapatya

Answer:(B)

8. The Padirruppattu is a collection of poems in praise of

 (A) Chera Kings (B) Pandya Kings

 (C) Chola Kings (D) Tondaiman Kings

Answer:(A)

9. Kayarohana, said to be dwelling place of Lakulisa, the founder

of the Lakulisa-Pasupata cult, is located in which one of the following ?

 (A) Bengal (B) Uttar Pradesh

 (C) Rajasthan (D) Gujarat

Answer:(D)

10. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the code given below :

List – I  List – II

(Dynasties)   (Founders)

a. Satavahanas  i. Vindhyasakti

b. Vakatakas  ii. Indravarman-I

c. Eastern         iii. Sri Gupta

Gangas

d. Guptas      iv. Simuka

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iv i ii iii

 (B) iii ii i iv

 (C) i iii ii iv

 (D) ii i iv iii

Answer:(A)

11. Which of the following Gupta inscriptions describes Chandragupta II as Rajadhirajarshi ?

 (A) Udaigiri Cave Inscription of Chandragupta II

 (B) Mathura Stone Inscription of Chandragupta II

 (C) Poona Copper Plate of Prabhavatigupta

 (D) Bilsad Pillar Inscription of Kumaragupta I

Answer:(A)

12. Varahamihira, the 6th century astronomer, belonged to which part of the country ?

 (A) Western Malwa (B) Northern Gujarat

 (C) Southern Rajasthan (D) South Magadh

Answer:(A)

13. In the Aihole Inscription of Pulakesin, its composer Ravikirti describes himself as an

equal of the below mentioned writers :

 (1) Banabhatta (2) Kalidasa

 (3) Bhasa (4) Bharavi

 Select your answer from the codes given below :

Codes :

(A) (1) and (3) (B) (2) and (4)

 (C) (2) and (3) (D) (4) only

Answer:(B)

14. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as

Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : No power, South of the Vindhyas, other than the Rashtrakutas, played a

dominant role in the early history of North India.

 Reason (R) : The Kalachuris of Central India, who were related to the Rahstrakutas

actively supported them.

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

 (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)

15. Arrange the following names in chronological order and select the

correct answer from the code given below :

 (a) Vikrama Chola (b) Virarajendra – I

 (c) Rajaraja – II (d) Kulottunga – III

Codes :

 (A) (a) (b) (d) (c)

 (B) (b) (a) (c) (d)

 (C) (c) (d) (b) (a)

 (D) (d) (c) (a) (b)

Answer:(B)

16. Who among the following are known to be devotes of Siva ?

 1. Harsha of Kannauj

 2. Vijayasena of Bengal

 3. Bhoja Paramara

 4. Govindachandra Gahadavala

 Select the correct answer from the codes below :

 (A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3

 (C) 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer:(D)

17. Angkor Vat, the grandest monument in Cambodia was

originally dedicated to

 (A) Buddha (B) Siva

 (C) Surya (D) Vishnu

Answer:(D)

18. Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?

(A) Tabaqat-i-Akbari – Nizamuddin Ahmad

(B) Shah Jahan Nama – Inayat Khan

(C) Baharistan-i-Ghaybi – Mirza Haider Daughlat

(D) Nuskha-i-Dilkusha – Bhim Sen

Answer:(C)

19. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(Author)  (Books)

a. Irfan Habib   i. Military Technology in Hoysala Sculpture

(Twelfth and Thirteenth Century)

b. Joseph Needham  ii. Gunpowder and Firearms : Warfare in

Medieval India

c. Iqtidar Alam Khan  iii. Science and Civilization in China

d. Jean Deloche  iv. Medieval Technology : Exchanges between

India and the Islamic World

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iv ii iii i

 (B) ii iv i iii

 (C) ii i iii iv

 (D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(D)

20. Which one of the following statements is correct about medieval painting ?

 (A) The early phase of medieval tradition which mingles with Ajanta survivals at Ellora,

is characterised by sharp lines, pointed angles, absence of colour modelling and an

inclination towards variegated decoration.

 (B) This ‘medieval’ element is not found in the wall-paintings of South Indian temples

at Thanjavur and Tirumalai.

 (C) Non-mural paintings did not survive on palm-leaves from the Pala period in Eastern

India and Nepal.

 (D) All above are correct.

Answer:(A)

21. What is the correct chronology of the following Slave Sultans as they succeeded to the

throne of Delhi Sultanate ?

 (A) Ruknuddin Firoz Shah – Alauddin Masud Shah – Muizzuddin Bahram Shah –

Nasiruddin Mahmud

 (B) Muizzuddin Behram Shah – Nasiruddin Mahmud – Ruknuddin Firoz Shah –

Alauddin Masud Shah

 (C) Ruknuddin Firoz Shah – Muizzuddin Bahram Shah – Alauddin Masud Shah –

Nasiruddin Mahmud

 (D) Alauddin Masud Shah – Ruknuddin Firoz Shah – Muizzuddin Bahram Shah –

Nasiruddin Mahmud

Answer:(C)

22. The head of the royal intelligence service under the administration

of Alauddin Khilji was called

 (A) Diwan-i-riyasat (B) Barid-i-mamlik

 (C) Shahna-i-mandi (D) Ariz-i-mamlik

Answer:(B)

23. Nayankara system of the Vijayanagar Empire was modelled on the

 (A) Iqta assignments of the Sultanate (B) Warfare of the Sultans

 (C) Legal system of the Sultanate (D) None of the above

Answer:(A)

24. “People were happy and contended under his rule and so the young and the

old, the slave and the free, condoled his death by wearing black garments”,

Ferishta in his Tarikh-iFerishta writes this for which Saiyyid Sultan ?

 (A) Khizr Khan (B) Mubarak Shah

 (C) Muhammad Shah (D) Alauddin Shah

Answer:(A)

25. Who among the following opined that women should be confined

 to the house and work on spinning wheel ?

 (A) Minhaj Siraj and Hasan Nizami

 (B) Amir Khusrau and Isami

 (C) Yahya bin Ahmad and Zia-ud-din Barani

 (D) Shams-i Siraj Afif and Mahmud Shadiabadi

Answer:(B)

26. Identify the pair of architect and calligrapher associated with the

tomb of Ataga Khan, built in 1566-67 by his son Mirza Aziz Koka.

 (A) Ustad Khuda Quli and Baqi Muhammad

 (B) Mirak Sayyid Ghiyas and Mirak Mirza Ghiyas

 (C) Ahmad-al-Chishti and Riyaz Bukhari

 (D) Ustad Bilal and Ustad Qayamat Husain

Answer:(A)

27. Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(Terms)  (Meaning)

a. Bitikchi  i. Court chronicler

b. Mir’adl  ii. Tribe

c. Ulus  iii. Chief Justice

d. Waqia        iv. Military scribe

nawis or secretary

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) i iii iv ii

 (C) iv iii i ii

 (D) iv iii ii i

Answer:(D)

28. Which one of the following represents the correct chronology in

respect of coming of the European trading nations into India during

the medieval period ?

 (A) Dutch – Portuguese – English – French

 (B) Portuguese – English – French – Dutch

 (C) Portuguese – Dutch – English – French

 (D) English – Portuguese – French – Dutch

Answer:(C)

29. Which one of the following Mughal emperors claimed that he could

distinguish which painters had drawn the outline and who had filled in

the colours or drawn the face ?

 (A) Humayun (B) Akbar

 (C) Jahangir (D) Aurangzeb

Answer:(C)

30. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

(A) Maasir-i Alamgiri – Saqi Mustaid Khan

(B) Maasir-ul Umara – Abul Qasim Namakin

(C) Muntakhab ut Tawarikh – Abdul Qadir Badauni

(D) Akhbaru'l Akhyar – Abdul Haq

Answer:(B)

31. Essentially the Mughal India had

 (A) One-crop-a-year economy

 (B) Two-crops-a-year economy

 (C) Three-crops-a-year economy

 (D) Four-crops-a-year economy

Answer:(B)

32. Khilat conferred on the nobles by the Mughal emperors was a

 (A) Yemini Sword (B) Garment

 (C) Sayf-i Hindi (D) Barq-andaz

Answer:(B)

33. Which one of the following statements is not correct concerning the Marathas ?

 (A) Shivaji had asked for the desmukhi of Junar and Ahmadnagar Parganas which

Prince Murad, the governor of the Deccan, had promised to try and secure after

reaching the Emperor’s presence.

 (B) A farman of 1644 tells that Shahji had been removed from the court because of

rebellious activities of his agent Dadaji Kondadeva of Kondana.

 (C) Mavali foot soldiers became a strong part of Prince Murad’s army in the Deccan.

 (D) Shivaji conquered Javli from the Maratha chief, Chandra Rao More in 1656.

Answer:(C)

34. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled

as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : During the late medieval period the relations between Indians and

Europeans were mainly based on a mutual trade interest.

 Reason (R) : The settlement of European traders in India was followed with the arrival of

their families, and other social groups viz. pastors, physicians and artists.

In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct ? 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:(B)

35. Paramountcy is the position of paramount power enjoyed

by the British Government in relation to the

 (A) Indian Provinces (B) Presidency Towns

 (C) Zamindars (D) Princely States

Answer:(D)

36. What age of girls’ marriage was fixed by the Age of Consent Act, 1860 ?

 (A) 10 years (B) 12 years

 (C) 14 years (D) 15 years

Answer:(A)

37. Which ruler of India became a member of the Jocobin Club ?

 (A) Haider Ali (B) Ranjit Singh

 (C) Tipu Sultan (D) Nizam of Hyderabad

Answer:(C)

38. Give the chronological order of the states which

were annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the Doctrine

of Lapse :

 (i) Jhansi (ii) Udaipur

 (iii) Satara (iv) Sambalpur

 Select the correct answer from the code below :

Codes :

 (A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

 (B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

 (C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

 (D) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)

Answer:(C)

39. Under the ‘Old Guarantee System’ the British Companies

investing in railways were assured a guaranteed dividend of :

 (A) 10 % (B) 8 %

 (C) 5 % (D) 3 %

Answer:(C)

40. Indian National Congress has been likened to Gramsci’s war

of position by

 (A) Anil Seal (B) Bipan Chandra

 (C) C.A. Bayly (D) Sumit Sarkar

Answer:(B)

41. ‘The Emergence of Indian Nationalism’ is the name of

a book written by

 (A) Anil Seal (B) Bipan Chandra

 (C) Gail Minault (D) Francis Robinson

Answer:(A)

42. In 1922-23 the Swarajist group in the Congress

did not include

 (A) Motilal Nehru (B) C.R. Das

 (C) Hakim Ajmal Khan (D) Rajendra Prasad

Answer:(D)

43. The Silk Letter Conspiracy was organized by

 (A) Maulana Abdul Bari

 (B) Maulana Mahmud Hasan

 (C) Obaidullah Sindhi and Barkatullah

 (D) Muzaffar Ahmad and Mohammad Ali

Answer:(C)

44. The resolution on Fundamental Rights was adopted by the

Congress at its

 (A) Gauhati Session (1926) (B) Madras Session (1927)

 (C) Lahore Session (1929) (D) Karachi Session (1931)

Answer:(D)

45. Consider the following events :

 1. Cabinet Mission

 2. Bombay Plan

 3. Simon Commission

 4. Mountbatten Plan

 The correct chronological order of these events is

 (A) 2, 1, 3, 4 (B) 3, 2, 1, 4

 (C) 1, 2, 3, 4 (D) 1, 2, 4, 3

Answer:(B)

46. The theory of ‘General Will’ was propounded by

 (A) Abbé Sieyes (B) Montesquieu

 (C) Rousseau (D) Voltaire

Answer:(C)

47. Which philosopher had said about the Holy Roman Empire that it is

 neither Holy nor Roman nor Empire ?

 (A) Rousseau (B) Montesquieu

 (C) Diderot (D) Voltaire

Answer:(D)

48. Which is not correct about the features of postmodernism ?

 (A) It does not denounce the conventional history.

 (B) Its historiography has recreated interest in the world of little known individuals.

 (C) Its main theoretical contribution is its frontal attack on positivism.

 (D) Works of history in which its influence is evident has not only extended the range of

historical knowledge but also injected new life into some old ones.

Answer:(A)

49. Who was elected the first President of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC),

October 31, 1920 ?

 (A) V.V. Giri (B) Subhash Chandra Bose

 (C) Lajpat Rai (D) C.R. Das

Answer:(C)

50. Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Sirajuddaula was defeated by a small English East India Company’s

army.

 Reason (R) : He failed to get the support of the Hindus.

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

 (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

 (B) Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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

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

Answer:(C)