UGC NTA NET/JRF EXAM, December 2019 (HISTORY)

Total Questions: 100

31. Which among the following tribes of Palamau (Ranchi) kept aloof from the 1857 uprising?

Correct Answer: (b) Mundas and Oraons
Solution:

Nilamber and Pitamber were freedom fighters from Jharkhand, two brothers had led a revolt against the East India Company in 1857 they were born in Chemo-snya village in the Bhogta clan of the Kharwar in Latehar district. Mundas and Oraons kept aloof from 1857 uprising.

32. Which one of the following statements regarding Modern Indian Music, is not correct?

Correct Answer: (d) The newly developed interest in music, its practice and performance was solely inspired by nationalist ideals.
Solution:

The newly developed interest in music, its practice and performance was solely inspired by nationalist ideals.
There was significant impact of nationalist Ideas on modern Indian music but not complete.
of Musical nationalism is the term used to describe art music that was created with the Intension to promote nationalism. The 19ᵗʰ century also known as the Romantic Era was a turbulent political time in the western world.

33. Who wrote the following comments regarding social change in the nineteenth century? "All progress in social liberation tends to be a change from the law of status to the law of contract, from the restraints of family and caste, customs to the self-imposed restraints of the free will of the individual".

Correct Answer: (d) Mahadev Govind Ranade
Solution:

• Keshub Chandra Sen founder of Brahmo Samaj of India 1866.
• Swami Vivekanand is founder of "Ramkrishna Mission".
• Sri Narayan Guru started sri Narayan Guru Dharma Paripalan movement. •Mahadev Govind Ranade founded Indian Social conference.

34. In which year did the Bengal Police for the first time, use the method of finger printing for crime detection and proof?

Correct Answer: (b) 1898
Solution:

Fingerprints are very useful for the purpose of identification of criminals and proving their participation in court. The earliest known fingerprints being used as signatures for Identification are from Baby lone. Towards the end of 19ᵗʰ century sir Edward Richard Henry IG of police lower provinces Bengal. Started maintaining criminal records through a mathematical formula of fingerprint patterns in 1898.

35. From among the following Satyagrahas, which was not led by Mahatma Gandhi?

Correct Answer: (c) Mahad sweet water tank satyagrah
Solution:

(Mahad sweet water tank satyagrah) All other movements given in option are led by Gandhi ji. Kheda Satyagraha started in 1918. Gandhi ji was spiritual head of Satyagraha. In 1918 the crops failed in Kheda district of Gujrat but revenue not remitted Gandhi ji asked the formers not to pay the taxes. Vallabh Bhai Patel lead the Satyagraha at ground level.

36. Among the following delegates at the Congress Session at Karachi (1931) who did not oppose the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?

Correct Answer: (d) Purshotamdas Thakurdas
Solution:

Purshotamdas Thakurdas was a moderate leader and always favoured the co-ordination with British government for a better India so he did not opposed Gandhi Irwin pact at the Karachi session (1931) of Congress.

37. Who commented in 1913, the following words? "No Indian could have started the Indian National Congress... If an Indian had come forward to start such a movement embracing all India, the officials, in India would not have allowed the movement to come into existence. If the founder of the congress had not been a great Englishman, such was the distrust of political agitation in those days that the authorities would have at once found some way or the other to suppress the movement".

Correct Answer: (d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Solution:

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a social reformer and political leader of Indian National Congress during the time of the Indian Independent movement. He was the founder of "The servants of India Society". He was the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi. In year 1915 he died.

38. Which philosopher of history said "all history is contemporary history"?

Correct Answer: (b) Beneditto Croce
Solution:

Beneditto Croce was an Italian, Idealist, Philosopher historian & Politician who wrote on numerous topics. He said, "All history is contemporary history.

39. From among the following statements regarding the precautions a historian must observe, which one is not correct?

Correct Answer: (c) If the reasoning leaves any doubt, conclusion should be drawn by constructive imagination
Solution:

If the reasoning leaves any doubt, conclusion should be drawn by constructive imagination. It is not correct, because history comprise sources of Information, Analysis, Synthesis of facts there is no scope of imaginary conclusion in history.

40. Which one of the following functions of external criticism (Heuristic operations) in historical writing, is not correct?

Correct Answer: (b) To carry out interpretative criticism
Solution:

To carry out interpretative criticism historical evidence is derived from historical data by the process of criticism which is of two types: External and Internal. External criticism is concerned with establishing the authenticity of data. It is also called lower criticism.