UGC NTA NET/JRF EXAM, Dec 2020/June 2021 (HISTORY) (Shift-I)

Total Questions: 100

71. Given below are two statements: One labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

 

Assertion (A): Devaraya II strengthened the military base of the kingdom by improving the quality of war horses and the training of horsemen and archers. He established deeper political control over west-coast emporia, thus linking military reform with international commerce.
Reasons (R): Military and administrative dominance over the major ports on the Arabian Sea provided Devaraya II with a new and different source of state finance.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Solution:

Devaraya II ruled from 1422-1446 AD. He adopted title Gazbetkar (hunter of elephants). He wrote Tika on Mahanataka Sudhanidhi and Brahmasutra.

72. Match List I with List II

List I (Author)List II (Books)
(A)Lewis Mumford(I)Vande Mataram – The Biography of a Song
(B)Catherine Arnold(II)Masks of Conquest – Literary study and British Rule in India
(C)Gauri Viswanathan(III)Pandemic – 1918
(D)Sabyasachi Bhattacharya(IV)The City in History

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

ABCD
(a)IIIIVIII
(b)IVIIIIII
(c)IIIIVIII
(d)IIIIIIIV
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:
AuthorBooks
Lewis MumfordThe City in History
Catherine ArnoldPandemic – 1918
Gauri ViswanathanMasks of Conquest – Literary study and British Rule in India
Sabyasachi BhattacharyaVande Mataram – The Biography of a Song

73. Match List I with List II

List I (Authors)List II (Books)
(A)Sanjay Joshi(I)Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge
(B)Nicholas B. Dirks(II)Fractured Modernity – Making of a Middle Class in Colonial North India
(C)Bernard S. Cohn(III)Castes of Mind – Colonialism and the Making of Modern India
(D)Eric Hobsbawm(IV)Fractured Times – Culture and Society in the Twentieth Century

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

ABCD
(a)IIIIVIII
(b)IVIIIIII
(c)IIIIVIII
(d)IIIIIIIV
Correct Answer: (d)
Solution:
AuthorsBooks
Sanjay JoshiFractured Modernity – Making of a Middle Class in Colonial North India
Nicholas B. DirksCastes of Mind – Colonialism and the Making of Modern India
Bernard S. Cohn Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge
Eric Hobsbawm Fractured Times – Culture and Society in the Twentieth Century

74. Chronologically arrange Muhammad bin Tughlaq's experiments/projects:

(A) Token currency
(B) Khorasan expedition
(C) Transfer of capital
(D) Qarachil expedition
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) (C), (A), (B), (D)
Solution:

Muhammad bin Tughlaq's project in chronological order
Transfer of capital                -               (1327)
Token currency                     -               (1330)
Khorasan expedition            -               (1332-33)
Qarachil expedition              -               (1337-38)

75. Match List I with List II

List I (Authors)List II (Dharmasastras)
(A)Bhatta Lakshmidhara(I)Chaturvargachintamani
(B)Devannabhatta(II)Smrityarthasara
(C)Hemadri(III)Kriyakalpataru
(D)Sridhara(IV)Smriti-Chandrika

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

ABCD
(a)IIIIIIIV
(b)IIIIVIII
(c)IIIIVIII
(d)IIIIIIIV
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:

Authors                                                         Dharmasastras

Bhatta Larshmidhara                         - Kriyakalpataru

Devanbhatta                                        - Smriti chandrika

Hemadri                                              - Chaturvargachintamani

Sridhara                                              -  Smrityarthasara

76. Who was the first elected president of the All India Depressed Classes Association formed in 1926?

Correct Answer: (b) Rao Bahadur M. C. Rajah
Solution:

Rao Bahadur M. C. Rajah was the first elected president of the All India Depressed Classes Association formed in 1926.
• M. C. Rajah was leader of justice party.

77. In the Bayana Hoard, coins of which Gupta ruler have been found in the highest number?

Correct Answer: (c) Chandragupta-II
Solution:

In the Bayana Hoard, coins of Chandragupta II have been found in the highest number among the gupta kings. Kumargupta I issued the largest varities of coins. His 628 coins in the Bayana hoard belong to 14 different types.

78. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I) : When a soldier died showing exemplary valour while fighting for the king, he was granted land for the livelihood of his dependents, called 'Mrityukavritti'.
Statement (II) : A Chandella inscription records the grant of such a 'Mrityukavritti'.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Solution:

Statement (I) is true that when a soldier died showing exemplary valour while fighting for the king, he was granted land for the livelihood of his dependents, called 'Mrityukarvritti'.
Statement (II) is true that a Chandella inscription records the grant of such a 'Mrityukavritti'.

79. Who among the following travellers visited a "Hospitol of Birds" at Cambay in 1623-24, where he saw some lame, sick and mateless birds and some tiny orphan mice. He writes, "A venerable old man with a white beard was keeping them in a box amongst cotton, with his spectacles on his nose, giving them milk to eat with a bird's feather, because they were so little that as yet they could eat nothing else, and as he told us, he intended when they are grown up to let them go free whither they please".

Correct Answer: (c) Pietro Della Valle
Solution:

Pietro Della Valle visited a "Hospitol of Birds" at Cambay in 1623-24.
• Pietro Della Valle the famous Italian traveller came in India during reign of Jahangir. He visited Surat.

80. In Which of the following texts are the Sabha and the Samiti mentioned as the two daughters' of a Vedic deity?

Correct Answer: (c) Atharvaveda
Solution:

In Atharvaveda sabha and samiti mentioned as two daughter's of vedic diety.