UGC Net History June 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

June 2014

1. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

code given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Grid system of  i. Pitt Rivers

excavation

b. Principle of  ii. R.E.M. 

stratigraphy  Wheeler 

c. Radiocarbon   iii. Thomas 

method of dating Jefferson

d. Three dimen- iv. F.W. Libby

sional method of

recording

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) i ii iii iv

 (B) ii iii iv i

 (C) iii i ii iv

 (D) ii iv iii i

Answer(B)

2. In which area the neolithic man lived

in underground pits ?

 (A) Karnataka

 (B) Assam

 (C) Kashmir

 (D) Madhya Pradesh

Answer(C)

3. Match List – I (items found in

Harappan sites) with List – II

(possible sources) and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

List – I  List – II

a. Copper  i. Deccan

b. Shell  ii. Rajasthan

c. Lapis Lazuli  iii. Kutch

d. Gold  iv. Afghanistan

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iii iv i ii

 (B) i iii ii iv

 (C) ii iii i iv

 (D) ii iii iv i

Answer(D)

4. Which among the following weapons

of war have not been found in the

remains of the Harappan culture ?

 (i) Bows and Arrows

 (ii) Swords

 (iii) Shields

 (iv) Helmets

 Select the correct answer with the

help of the code given below :

 (A) (i) only

 (B) (i) and (ii)

 (C) (ii) and (iii)

 (D) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

Answer(D)

5. Who among the following priests had

the duty to supervise the performance

of a sacrifice ?

 (A) Hota

 (B) Brahma

 (C) Udgata

 (D) Adhvaryu

Answer(B)

6. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Srautasutra  i. Measuring of fire– altars

b. Grihyasutra  ii. Rules relating to sacrifices

c. Dharmasutra  iii. Domestic Rights

d. Sulvasutra  iv. Dharma or Law

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) ii iii iv i

 (B) i ii iii iv

 (C) iii iv ii i

 (D) iv i ii iii

Answer(A)

7. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

code given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Surya Siddhanta  i. Romans

b. Pudgala  ii. Greeks

c. Horashastra  iii. Āryabhatta

d. Arretine Ware  iv. Jainism

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iii iv ii i

 (B) iii ii i iv

 (C) ii iii iv i

 (D) i ii iv iii

Answer(A)

8. Match List – I (Officials) with

List – II (Departments) and select the

correct answer with the help of the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(Officials) (Departments)

a. Lakshanadhyaksha  i. Superintendent of Mints

b. Sitadhyaksha  ii. Superintendent of Commerce

c. Pautavadhyaksha  iii. Superintendent of Agriculture

d. Panyadhyaksha  iv. Superintendent of Weights

and Measures

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iv i ii iii

 (B) i iii iv ii

 (C) iii ii i iv

 (D) i iii ii iv

Answer(B)

9. Which inscription of Ashoka gives

an account of Kalinga War ?

 (A) Jaugada Rock Inscription

 (B) Dhauli Rock Inscription

 (C) Rummindei Pillar Inscription

 (D) Shahbajgarhi Rock Edic

Answer(D)

10. Who among the following rulers is

the last ruler of the Satavahana

dynasty ?

 (A) Siri Yajna

 (B) Siri Satakarni

 (C) Pulumavi IV

 (D) Siva Siri Pulumavi

Answer(C)

11. Who was the first Mathematician to

calculate the correct value of pi (π) ?

 (A) Āryabhatta I

 (B) Āryabhatta II

 (C) Varāhmihira

 (D) Brahmagupta

Answer(A)

12. Which one of the following

territories was not ruled by King

Chandragupta – I ?

 (A) Prayaga (B) Saketa

 (C) Vaishali (D) Magadha

Answer(C)

13. St. Thomas come to India for the

propagation of Christianity during

the reign of

 (A) Akbar

 (B) Gondophernes

 (C) Kadphises

 (D) Jahangir

Answer(B)

14. What is the correct chronological

sequence of the following Buddhist

sites ?

 (A) Nalanda, Nagarjunikonda,

Amravati, Sanchi

 (B) Nagarjunikonda, Sanchi,

Amravati, Nalanda

 (C) Sanchi, Amravati,

Nagarjunikonda, Nalanda

 (D) Sanchi, Nagarjunikonda,

Amravati, Nalanda

Answer(C)

15. Who among the following officers

was not a functionary under the

Mauryan Administration ?

 (A) Pradesikas (B) Rajukas

 (C) Yuktas (D) Nayakas

Answer(D)

16. Given below are two statements, one

is labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : With the

establishment of Turkish rule,

the art of history writing was

firmly established in India.

 Reason (R) : The Sultanate period

witnessed development of

paper industry in India.

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)

17. Who proclaimed that the mason and

stone cutters of Delhi were superior

to their fellow craftmen in the whole

Muslim World ?

 (A) Amir Khusro

 (B) Minhaj-us-Siraj

 (C) Ibn Batuta

 (D) Isami

Answer(A)

18. Who among the following used to

look after the army during the

Sultanate period ?

 (A) Naib

 (B) Wazir

 (C) Qazi

 (D) Ariz-i Mamaliq

Answer(D)

19. The country is for the most part well

cultivated, very fertile, the troops

amount in number to eleven lakhs.

 Who made the above statement in

respect of Vijayanagara State ?

 (A) Nuniz

 (B) Abdur Razzak

 (C) Nicolo Conti

 (D) D. Barbosa

Answer(B)

20. Who among the following opined

that ‘A woman cannot acquit herself

well as a ruler for she is essentially

deficient in intellect’ ?

 (A) Minhaj-us-Siraj

 (B) Ziyauddin Barni

 (C) Isami

 (D) Yahya Bin Ahmad

Answer(C)

21. Consider the following statements

about Sher Shah Suri :

 1. Sher Shah established an

empire extending from

Afghanistan to Orissa.

 2. His use of Hindavi language in

administration was a measure

of his practical sense.

 3. He enforced law and order with

heavy hand.

 4. He withdrew the circulation of

gold coins.

 Which of the above statements are

correct ? Select the correct answer

from the codes given below :

Codes :

 (A) 1, 3 (B) 2, 3

 (C) 1, 4 (D) 2, 4

Answer(B)

22. Arrange the following in correct

chronological order and select the

correct answer from the codes given

below :

 (i) Battle of Khanwa

 (ii) Battle of Palkhed

 (iii) Battle of Chausa

 (iv) Battle of Dhrmat

Codes :

 (A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)

 (B) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)

 (C) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

 (D) (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)

Answer(A)

23. Which of the following historical

accounts was not written during the

reign of Akbar ?

 (A) Tarikh-i Firishta

 (B) Humayunnama

 (C) Tarikh-i Shershahi

 (D) Tabaqat-i Akbari

Answer(A)

24. Which of the following historians

writes that Nur Jahan’s “relations and

connections were exalted by favours

of all kind” ?

 (A) Mutamad Khan

 (B) Inayat Khan

 (C) Khwaja Kamgar Khan

 (D) Abdul Hamid Lahori

Answer(A)

25. Which of the following statements is

true ?

 (A) Like Europe, the nobility in

Mughal India was a legal category.

 (B) The Mughal nobles were not

involved in the task of

administration at higher level.

 (C) The social distinctions between

the Iranis, Turanis and the

Shaikhzada nobles disappeared.

 (D) The nobles whose ancestors had

been in the Mughal Imperial

service for more than a genera-

tion were called Khanazads.

Answer(D)

26. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Francois  i. A Dutch traveller

Bernier  who visited India

during the reign of Jahangir.

b. Tavernier  ii. A French traveller who was a jeweller

by profession and who was in India

during the reigns of Shah Jahan and

Aurangzeb.

c. Pelsaert  iii. An Englishman who visited India

during the reign of Akbar.

d. Ralph  iv. A French physician who visited India

Fitch  during the reign of Aurangzeb and

believed that King was the owner of

all land in India.

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iv ii i iii

 (B) iv ii iii i

 (C) ii iv i iii

 (D) ii iv iii i

Answer(A)

27. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Ijara  i. A method of land

revenue assessment and

collection under the Mughals

b. Hasil  ii. The system of revenue farming

c. Ghalla  iii. Area under crop failure

bakhshi

d. Nabud  iv. Actually realised revenue under the

Mughals

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iv ii i iii

 (B) ii iv i iii

 (C) ii i iv iii

 (D) iii i iv ii

Answer(B)

28. Given below are two statements, one

labelled as Assertion (A) and other

labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : In military terms

Aurangzeb’s reign was

undistinguished.

 Reason (R) : He could not subjugate

the Marathas.

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(D)

29. ‘The reality of Mughal centralized

power is one matter, whether it was

‘good or bad’ quite another.’

 Who made the above statement ?

 (A) J.F. Richards

 (B) Irfan Habib

 (C) Satish Chandra

 (D) Jadunath Sarkar

Answer(A)

30. Match List-I with List-II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

(Name of the  (Title of the Head of the

Department of the  Department)

Central Government

under Shivaji)

a. Department of Royal  i. Amatya

Household and Court

Affairs

b. Department of  ii. Mantri

Foreign Affairs

c. Department of Royal  iii. Sumant

Correspondence

d. Finance Department  iv. Sachiv

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) ii iii i iv

 (B) ii iii iv i

 (C) iii ii iv i

 (D) iii ii i iv

Answer(B)

31. Given below are two statements, one

is labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other is labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Weak statesmen and

incompetent commanders were

responsible for the rapid

disintegration of the Mughal

Empire in the first half of the

Eighteenth century.

 Reason (R) : The Mughal statesmen

and nobles of this period were

preoccupied with their own

interest and had little concern

for the fate of the Empire.

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(D)

32. The only major industry in the hands

of Indian capitalists during the late

nineteenth century was

 (A) Cotton textile

 (B) Jute

 (C) Iron and steel

 (D) None of the above

Answer(A)

33. A young Maharashtrian who joined

the revolutionary movement in

Punjab was :

(A) Sukhdev (B) Rajguru

 (C) Namdev (D) Vasudev

Answer(B)

34. Who stated that the object of the

political dacoities must be to secure

money belonging to the Government ?

 (A) Ramprasad Bismil

 (B) Surya Sen

 (C) Pritilata Waddedar

 (D) Sukhdev

Answer(A)

35. Arrange the following in correct

chronological order and select the

correct answer with the help of the

code given below :

 (i) Minto

 (ii) John Shore

 (iii) Cornwallis

 (iv) Warren Hastings

Codes :

 (A) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)

 (B) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)

 (C) (i), (ii),(iii), (iv)

 (D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

Answer(D)

36. Who commented ‘Oriental learning,

is inferior to European learning ?”

 (A) Charles Wood

 (B) William Carrey

 (C) Lord Macaulay

 (D) William Hunter

Answer(C)

37. Who were called ‘Neo Nationalists’ ?

 (A) Moderators

 (B) Swarajists

 (C) Extremists

 (D) Revolutionaries

Answer(C)

38. Who set up the Agricultural Research

Institute at Pusa ?

 (A) Lytton (B) Rippon

 (C) Curzon (D) Minto

Answer(C)

39. Match List – I with List – II and

select the correct answer with the

help of the codes given below :

List – I  List – II

(Commission)  (Chairman)

a. Famine

Commission 1899 i. Thomas

Robertson

b. Railway  ii. Thomas

Commission 1901 Raleigh

c. Irrigation  iii. Anthony

Commission 1901 MacDonnell

d. Universities  iv. Sir Colin

Commission 1902 Scott Moncrieff

Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) iii i iv ii

 (B) i iv ii iii

 (C) iv ii iii i

 (D) i iii ii iv

Answer(A)

40. Who of the following poets wrote in

praise of Russian Revolution of 1917 ?

 (A) Subramanya Bharati

 (B) Muhammad Iqbal

 (C) Sarojini Naidu

 (D) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer(A)

41. In which year Dacca Anushilan

Samiti was founded ?

 (A) 1902

 (B) 1903

 (C) 1904

 (D) 1905

Answer(X)

42. Who among the following said, “For

me every tiniest activity is governed

by what I consider to be my religion” ?

 (A) Swami Vivekanand

 (B) V.D. Savarkar

 (C) Mahatma Gandhi

 (D) Subhash Chandra Bose

Answer(C)

43. The All India Women’s Conference

was started in 1927 to

 (A) promote women’s education

 (B) increase women’s share in the

legislatures

 (C) enhance women’s employment

 (D) campaign for women’s voting

rights

Answer(A)

44. Who of the following led a

delegation to London to demand

Female Franchise ?

 (A) Annie Besant

 (B) Sucheta Kripalani

 (C) Sarla Devi

 (D) Sarojini Naidu

Answer(D)

45. Which of the following is not true of

the Cabinet Mission plan ?

 (A) It rejected the creation of a

separate State of Pakistan.

 (B) It recognized India’s right to

secede from the

Commonwealth.

 (C) All members of the Indian

Cabinet are to be Indians.

 (D) It gave scope to the communal

representation.

Answer(D)

46. The Nehru-Liaqat Pact between India

and Pakistan was signed in 1950 to

resolve the issue of

 (A) Protection of Minorities

 (B) The accession of the Princely

States

(C) The Border disputes

 (D) Foreign Relations

Answer(A)

47. Where was Panchayat Raj first

introduced ?

 (A) Tamil Nadu

 (B) Rajasthan

 (C) Maharashtra

 (D) Andhra Pradesh

Answer(B)

48. Which one of the following

statements is not correct about Black

Death ?

 (A) The blood sucking fleas, that

lived on black rats were

responsible for the spread of

Black Death.

 (B) Plague was called Black Death

because of the deadly black

swellings it caused.

 (C) The terrible disease was

transmitted from Asia to

Europe in the fifteenth century.

 (D) People thought that God had

sent the Black Death as a

punishment for their sins.

 Answer(C)

49. Given below are two statements, one

is labelled as Assertion (A) and the

other one labelled as Reason (R) :

Assertion (A) : Civilization in all its

varied aspects constitutes the

subject-matter of history.

 Reason (R) : Such a cultural approach

to history would make it a

biography of civilization.

In the context of the above two

statements, which one of the

following codes 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(A)

50. Who amongst the following medieval

historiographers pronounced that :

“Prejudice and partisanship obscure

the critical faculty and preclude

critical investigation” ?

 (A) Al beruni

 (B) Minhaj-us Siraj

 (C) Ibn Khaldoun

 (D) Ziyauddin Barni

Answer(C)