05 March 2023 – Morning Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

A. Holistic development of rural clusters
B. Reorient the academic curricula and research programmes in Higher Education Institutions to align them with development of local community.
C. Enable effective intervention at the field level
D. Inculcate the moral values.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A. Nagaland University, Nagaland
B. Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh
C. Sikkim University, Sikkim
D. Manipur University, Manipur
E. Guwahati University, Assam.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Statement-I: University Grants Commission (UGC) became a statutory organization of the Government of India by an act of Parliament in 1956.
Statement-II: National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organization set up in 1961 by the Government of India.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A. Lahore in 1832
B. Bombay in 1882
C. Calcutta in 1843
D. Delhi in 1899.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

A. Odantapuri
B. Navadeep
C. Valabhi
D. Banaras

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Comprehension

Aware of the high stakes involved in seizing control over the Indus for navigation, the British persuaded two Sindh amirs, Rustam Khan, the Amir of Khanpur and Murad Ali of Hyderabad, to enter into a one-sided treaty and as proxies to throw the Indus open to the British Military and political penetration.

Under the treaty, signed reluctantly by the Sindh amirs, the British obtained the right to take the final decision regarding taxation duties on goods passing through the Indus to the Arabian Sea.

This was a variation of a gun-boat diplomacy with which the advancing British seized the veto in their hands to control the entire trade flow from Central Asia to Sindh and thereby the right to manipulate the economies of the regions and the states, including that of Ranjit Singh whose removal was not on their agenda.

The next step was to coerce Ranjit Singh to sign the treaty, opening Sutlej to commerce as well. The British agent, Captain, Wade, told the Maharaja that the expansion of trade in his (the Maharaja's) dominions would result only after singing the treaty.

But the British agencies had disrupted the economy of the Sikh state by imposing a heavy toll of Rs. 570 on the boats carrying large loads. This included the pashmina shawl output from 20,000 looms that were operating in Kashmir. The shawls were exported mainly to the European market, especially France, where they posed stiff competition to woollen manufacturers from Britain.

Given below are two statements:

Statement-I: The Pashmina shawls were quite popular in Europe.
Statement-II: The British made it easy for Kashmiri manufacturers to export the Pashmina shawls to Europe.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Assertion A: The British wanted Ranjit Singh to sign the treaty.
Reason R: The British wanted to control the trade through the Indus.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A. Rustam Khan
B. Murad Ali
C. Ranjit Singh

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Statement I: The Sindh amirs were quite pleased and willing to sign the treaty with the British.
Statement II: Controlling the navigation through the Indus was high on the British agenda.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Assertion A: The British wanted to control the navigation routes through the rivers.
Reason R: Rivers were used for trading goods and the British found it lucrative to make profit by controlling the trade.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: