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

Total Questions: 100

81. Chronologically arrange following social legislations passed by the British:

1. Regulation XVII that declared sati to be illegal in Bengal Presidency
2. Hindu Widow's Remarriage Act XV
3. Act V, which made slavery illegal in India
4. Regulation III, which declared infanticide to be a murder
Choose the correct option from those given below:

Correct Answer: (d) 4, 1, 3, 2
Solution:

Regulation III (1804)
Regulation XVII (1829)
Act V (1843)
Hindu Widow's Remarriage Act (1886)

82. Arrange the establishment of the following political associations chronologically:

1. Madras Mahajan Sabha
2. Bombay Presidency Association
3. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha
4. Bombay Association
Choose the correct option:

Correct Answer: (d) 4, 3, 1, 2
Solution:
AssociationFounder
Bombay Association (1852)Jagannath Shankar Sheth.
Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (1867)Mahadev Govind Ranade & Others
Madras Mahajan Sabha (1884)M Viraghavachari, B. Subramanya Aiyar and P. Anand Charlu.
Bombay Presidency AssociationBadruddin Tyabji, Pheroz Shah Mehta and K.T. Telang.

83. Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : The oldest paintings of Ajanta are datable to the second and first centuries BC.
Reason (R) : Chronologically the paintings ofcave No. 1 and 2 are the last in the series and pertain to the Post-Gupta period.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Solution:

The oldest paintings of Ajanta are datable to the second and first centuries B.C. Chronologically the paintings of cave no. 1 and 2 are the last in the series and pertain to the Post Gupta Period.
Ajanta caves are located in Maharashtra in Aurangabad district. Painting matter of Ajanta cave is "Life of Buddha"

84. Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : Rajasekhara wrote a drama entitled Balaramayana
Reason (R): He was the teacher of Pratihara King Rambhadra
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: (c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
Solution:

Rajashekhar wrote a drama entitled Balramayana but he was not the teacher of Pratihara King Rambhadra.
Rajasekhar was a great Sanskrit poet. He was court poet of Gurjar Pratihar Kings. He wrote Kavyamimansa and Karpurmanjari (in Saurseni Prakrit).

85. Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): From a Nalanda Copper-Plate we learn that the Pala Devapala donated five villages for the upkeep of Bauddha Vihara at Nalanda built by Balaputradeva, the king of Suvarnadvipa and Yavabhumi.
Reason (R) : It is a unique testimony to the long intercourse maintained by the Sailendras with their motherland.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

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

From a Nalanda copper plate. We learn that the pala Devpala donated five villages for the upkeep of Bauddha Vihara at Nalanda built by Balaputradeva, the king of Suvarnadvipa and Yavabhumi because it is a unique testimony to the long intercourse maintained by the Sailendras with their Motherland.
Pala dynasty was founded by Gopal.

86. Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : Nadir Shah's occupation of Dihli and massacre of its people; carried men's memories 340 years back to a similar calamity at the hands of Timur.
Reason (R): Nadir Shah, on the other hand, did not annex the trans-Indus provinces and the whole of Afghanistan.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: (c) (A) is true, but (R) is false
Solution:

Nadir Shah's attacked Delhi in 1739, during the kingship of Muhammad Shah. He looted Delhi and murdered so many people which memories 340 years back to a similar calamity at the hands of Timur.

87. Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : No other leader succeeded so in arousing and mobilizing the depressed classes for their own development as Dr. Ambedkar, for he gave them a sense of their own identity.
Reason (R) : Dr. Ambedkar's whole being rose in articulate protest against a social order which condemned him and his people to a life of social ostracism, material deprivation and psychological injury and insult.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

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

No other leader succeeded so in arousing and mobilizing the depressed classes for their own development as Dr. Ambedkar, for he gave them a sense of their own identity because Dr. Ambedkar has antipathy with social order which condemned him and his people to a life of ostracism, material deprivation and psychological injury and insult.
Whole of his life Ambedkar fought for depressed classes and added Article 17 in Indian constitution for equality of depressed classes Article 17-Abolition of untouchability.

88. Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): "History" refers to both a subject matter and thought process. Reason (R) : Thought process of historical thinking involves raising questions, marshalling evidence, discerning patterns in evidence and critiquing the narratives written by others.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

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

History is not only facts history is past events with thought process thought process of historical thinking involves raising questions, marshalling evidence, discerning patterns in evidence and critiquing the narrative written by others.

89. Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : Pride vanity, sympathy, antipathy, personal rivalry, political differences, social distinctions, religious disputes or patriotic favour could induce certain individuals to distort original records.
Reason (R) : There remains a grey zone between scholarship and political statements, which perhaps affects historians more than others, because they have been used from time immemorial to legitimate claims of politicians.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: (b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Solution:

Pride vanity, sympathy, antipathy, personal rivalry, religious disputes or patriotic favour could induce certain individuals to distort original records but only grey zone between scholars & political statements not Induce historian to distort original record other factors also responsible.

90. Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): From about 1715 Bengali merchants preferred to opt for English carriage service and utilize English vessels for their freight traffic.
Reason (R) : In entrusting their goods to a private English ship, they were in fact entrusting goods to the company, whose privileges private Englishman enjoyed.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

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

British East India Company established in 1600 has some privileges in business in Bengal. So Bengali merchants preffered to opt for English carriage services and utilize English vessels for their freight traffic. Till 1757 British East India company was only trading company after Battle of Buxar EIC gained diwani right of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.