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

Total Questions: 100

61. Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Sikhism?

(A) From the 1750s on wards the Sikh dals and misals (groups) became more and more powerful, led by individual chiefs (sardars) who organized troops of increasingly professional mounted musketeers.
(B) There was the tradition of an annual 'Sarbat Khalsa' at Chak Guru (Amritsar); but because of dissensions each chief tended to carve out a separate territory for himself.
(C) The process was at last checked by Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), who established a kingdom in the Punjab in the name of the Khalsa.
(D) The Gurus were all Khatris, but their principal lieutenants, the Masand were mostly Jatts in the seventeenth century.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (c) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Solution:

Sikhs organised in Sikh Dals and Misals from 1707 after death of Aurangzeb. Total misals were 12. Ranjit Singh belong to Sukarchakiya misal. The annual assembly of all Sikhs misals at the Harmandir Sahib was called the Sarbat Khalsa. This took place twice a year.

62. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

Correct Answer: (b) They were paid the remuneration always in kind.
Solution:

Balutedar: Village servant and craftsman called Balutedar. They were expected to serve villagers whenever required in their respective capacity fined by their castes and were paid the remuneration at the time of two harvests usually in kinds but not always in kinds. So, statement (b) is incorrect.

63. Read the following statement and select the answer from the options given below: "Sociologists have reported how castes could also change their status along with their occupations under forms of Sanskritization." Who propounded the theory of Sanskritization?

Correct Answer: (b) M.N. Srinivas
Solution:

The concept of sanskritization was first introduced by prof. M.N. Srinivas the famous sociologist. He explained the concept of sanskritization in his book "Religion and society among the coorgs of south India.
" Sanskritization is a process by which a lower caste or tribe or any other group changes its customs, rituals, Ideology and way of life in the direction of a higher.

64. Jahangir twice mentions a tower, tank and pavilion used as a hunting palace about 29 km from Lahore. Today the site is known as Shaikhupura, but Jahangir in 1606 refers to it as Jahangirpura and then in 1620 calls it Jahangirabad, both meaning City of Jahangir, the latter a more Persianate from.

Here the cmperor's favourite tame antelope died before 1606; it was buried in a grave above which a sculpted antelope and eulogy written by Mulla Muhammad Husain of Kashmir were placed. Adjacent to this gravestone, a tower was constructed around 1606 under the supervision of Sikandar Muin Khan, the landholder of the area. On Jahangir's orders, Sikandar Muin Khan also built a tank and royal residence.

Despite Muin's death while the work was in progress, the complex was handsomely completed by 1620, the later stages of construction having been supervised by Iradat Khan. The expenses incurred were sufficiently awesome that the emperor recorded the amount in his memoirs. Jahangir considered the site a kingly hunting place', although his successor found the place inadequate and in 1634 spent another sizable sum rebuilding the pavilion.

In which book does Jahangir twice mention the tower, tank and pavilion?

Correct Answer: (b) Tuzuk-i Jahangiri
Solution:

Tuzuk-i Jahangiri is the Autobiographical text of Mughal emperor Jahangir. Jahangir started writing his autobiography due to illness this was completed by Motmad Khan.

65. Who among the following mentioned personalities was also called Shaikhu Baba?

Correct Answer: (d) Emperor Jahangir
Solution:

The Mughal emperor Jahangir was nicknamed as Shaikhu Baba because Abkar got this son by blessings of Sufi Saint Sheikh Salim Chisti.

66. Both the names Jahangirpura and Jahangirabad carry same meaning, i.e. 'city of Jahangir'. From which language the word Pura is taken?

Correct Answer: (d) Sanskrit
Solution:

Jahangirpura and Jahangirabad carry same meaning i.e. the city of Jahangir. The word 'Pura' is taken from Sanskrit language. 'Pura' is the oldest Sanskrit language word for 'city'.

67. In which of the following cities is situated 'Nim Sarai Minar' built during Akbar's reign?

Correct Answer: (b) Malda
Solution:

Nimsarai Minar a peculiar minar at old malda quite similar to the one at Fatehpur Sikri. It stands on the west bank of the Mahananda river and the minar is called Nim Sarai because it is situated exactly half way (nim) between Gaur Lakhnauti and Pandua Firuzabad and because there was a serai there.

68. The plan of the Shaikhupura tower resembles to Hiran Minar built during Akbar's reign. In which of the following cities is Hiran Minar situated?

Correct Answer: (a) Fatehpur Sikri
Solution:

Hiran minar is an early 17ᵗʰ century Mughal era complex located in Shaikhupura in the Pakistani of Punjab.
The complex was built at the site of a game reserve in honour of Mughal emperor Jahangirs beloved Antelope mentioned in the Para clearly.

69. English position in India was improved by the 73. 'Golden Farman' granted to them in 1932 AD. Who granted this Farman to them?

Correct Answer: (b) Sultan of Golkonda
Solution:

The English company's position Improved by the 'Golden Forman' issued to them by sultan of Golconda in 1632. On a payment of 500 pagodas a year they earned the privilege of trading freely in the ports of Golconda.

70. When did Francois Caron establish First French Factory in India?

Correct Answer: (a) 1667 AD
Solution:

The French were last Europeans to come India for trade. Under the reign of Louis XIV. The finance minister Colbert laid foundation of the "Compagnie des Indes Orientals" (French east India company) with 50 year trade monopoly on French trade in 1664. Failing in revive Madagaskar Francois Caron headed expedition to India setting up a factory in Surat in 1667.