UGC NTA NET/JRF EXAM, Dec 2021/June 2022 HISTORY (Shift-I)

Total Questions: 100

1. Correct the sequence of following works (paintings) in chronological order under the Mughals

(A) The Birth of the Prince
(B) Muzmahil treating the sorcerers
(C) Akbar slaying Tiger
(D) Anwari and a companion in a tree house
(E) Death of Inayat Khan
Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

Correct Answer: (e) *
Solution:

(D) Anwari and a companion in a tree house                 -    1556 A.D.

(C) Akbar slaying a tiger                                                     -    1561 A.D.

(B) Muzmahil treating the sorcerers                                -   1575 A.D.

(A) Birth of prince                                                                -   1590-95 A.D.

(E) Death of Inayat Khan                                                   -    1618 A.D.

2. Match List I with List II

List I BooksList II Authors
(A) Mughal Government and Administration(I) M.S. Golwalkar
(B) The history and Culture of the Indian People (ed)(II) Sri Ram Sharma
(C) We or Our Nationhood Defined(III) R.C. Majumdar
(D) Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar(IV) Rakesh Sinha

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

ABCD
(a)(II)(III)(I)(IV)
(b)(I)(II)(III)(IV)
(c)(II)(III)(IV)(I)
(d)(IV)(II)(I)(III)
Correct Answer: (a)
Solution:
 (a) : List I BooksList II Authors
(A) Mughal Government and administration(II) Sri Ram Sharma
(B) The history and Culture of the Indian People(III) R.C. Majumdar
(C) We or Our Nationhood Defined(I) M.S. Golwalkar
(D) Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar(IV) Rakesh Sinha

3. Metrology is the study of

Correct Answer: (c) The measurement and arrangement of coins by weight
Solution:

Metrology is the study of the measurement and arrangement of coins by weight.

4. Out of the following which Indian members of the Viceroy's Executive Council resigned in February, 1943.

(A) M.S. Aney
(B) N.R. Jayakar
(C) H.P. Modi
(D) Tej Bhahadur Sapru
(E) Sucheta Kripalani
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) (A), (B), (C) only
Solution:

As a protest against the Government's policy, many Indians renounced their titles. A little later, on 17th February, 1943 the three members of the Viceroy's Executive council, H.P. Modi, N.R. Jayakar (or N.R. Sarkar) and M.S. Aney have resigned from the Viceroy's Executive council.

5. Which book of Indian logic introduces the New Nyaya (Navya Nyaya) system in Indian Philosophy.

Correct Answer: (c) Tattavacintamani
Solution:

Gangesa's book Tattavacintamani ("Thought Jewel of Reality") was written partly in response to Sriharsa's Khandanakhandakhadya, a defence of Advaita Vedanta, which leads to New Nyaya system in Indian Philosophy.

6. Who rejected deindustrialization and claimed a significant economic advancement during colonial rule in the 19th century?

Correct Answer: (c) Morris Davis Morris
Solution:

According to another school of thought mainly represented by foreign economists like Morris D. Morris, Daniel and Alice Thorner argued that de industrialization was a myth.

7. Arrange the following events chronologically starting from the earliest

(A) Royal charter granted to English East India Company
(B) Death of Mughal Emperor Akbar
(C) Portuguese occupation of Goa
(D) Establishment of French East India Company
(E) Establishment of The Dutch East India Company (VOC)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (b) (C), (A), (E), (B), (D) only
Solution:

(C) Portuguese occupation of Goa - 1510 A.D.
(A) Royal charter granted to English East India Company - 1600 A.D
(E) Establishment of the Dutch East India company - 1602 A.D.
(B) Death of Mughal Emperor Akbar - 1605 A.D.
(D) Establishment of French East India Company - 1664 A.D.

8. Which of these statements are correct

(A) The megalithic sites were centres of distribution and exchange
(B) Many megalithic sites were located along important routes
(C) Ports like Arikamedu near Pondicherry were linked to hinterland through megalithic activity
(D) Excavations at Arikamedu revealed a range of Roman objects such as a glass and table ware
(E) Amphorae were large coins of Roman emperors
Choose the most appropriate answer from theoptions given below:

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

Statements A, B, C and (D) are correct.
Statement (E) is not correct because Roman Amphoraewere the large ceramic jars for the packaging andtransport of liquid & semi liquid food stuff chiefly wine,olive oil. Amphorae was not coin. Many RomanAmphorae found from Arikamedu.

9. Match List I with List II

List I InstrumentList II Reference
(a) Scutch bow(I) Rauzat-us Safa
(b) Talika-yantra-chakra(II) Sirat-i-Firozhshahi
(c) Well wheel with pot garland(III) Bhavishya Purana
(d) Hour glass(IV) Miftah-ul-Fuzala

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

ABCD
(a)(IV)(III)(I)(II)
(b)(IV)(III)(II)(I)
(c)(II)(III)(I)(IV)
(d)(II)(III)(IV)(I)
Correct Answer: (b)
Solution:

Correct match of the items of List (I) with List (II) is as follows :-

List - IList - II
(A)Scutch bow(IV)Miftah-ul-Fuzala
(B)Talika-yantra-chakra(III)Bhavishya Purana
(C)Well wheel with pot garland(II)Sirat-i-Firozshahi
(D)Hour glass(I)Rauzat-us Safa

10. In which Pali canonical text does Gautam Budhha stress the need to protect cow

Correct Answer: (a) Suttanipata
Solution:

N.T.A. has approved its answer as option (a)- Suttanipata.
The Abhidhamma Pitaka is a detailed scholastic analysis and summary of the Buddha's teachings in the Suttas. Here the Suttas are reworked into a schematized system of general principles that might be called Buddhist - Psychology. In this Pali canonical text Gautam Buddha stress the need to protects Cow.