UGC NTA NET/JRF EXAM, June 2023 HISTORY (Shift-I)

Total Questions: 100

61. Match list I with list II

	LIST-I	LIST-II
A.	Upari	I.	A category of tenancy tenure held under the Marathas
B.	Amla	II.	Clerk or Tax Gatherer
C.	Desai	III.	Property holders or holders of revenue rights
D.	Masand	IV.	Local sikh officials in charge of designated sangats or congregation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
(b) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV
(c) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III
(d) A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III

Correct Answer: (a) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

Solution:

	List-I	List-II
A.	Upari	A category of tenancy tenure held under Maratha
B.	Amla	Clerk of tax gatherer
C.	Desai	Property holders or holders of revenue rights.
D.	Masand	Local Sikh officials in charge of designated Sangats or congregations.

62. Match list I with list II

	LIST-I (Minor rock Edict)	LIST-II (Location)
A.	Panguraria	I.	Bellary, Karnataks
B.	Udegolam	II.	Chitradurga, Karnataka
C.	Jatinga-Rameshvara	III.	Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh
D.	Ahraura	IV.	Sehore, MP (Madhya Pradesh)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
(b) A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III
(c) A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
(d) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

Correct Answer: (a) A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Solution:

	List-I	List-II
A.	Panguraria	Sehore, MP (Madhya pradesh)
B.	Udegolam	Bellary, Karnataka
C.	Jatinga-Rameshvara	Chitradurga, Karnataka
D.	Ahraura	Mirzapur, Uttar pradesh

63. With whose speech the film Brandichi Batli/ Brandy ki Botal (1939) begins?

(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
(d) Sardar Patel

Correct Answer: (d) Sardar Patel

Solution:

Brandichi Batli/Brandy ki Batal (1939) begins with speech of Sardar patel. Brandy ki Botal is an Emotional Romantic musical comedy thriller family drama film crafted with excellence by Master Vinayak. The Story revolves around the life of Bagaram, a municipality clerk and an honest man living with family who wants a bottle of Brandy for the sake of Boss son who got ill and he fell in love with Malati a sweet girl of Boss-but hesitate to express and set on hilarious and chaotic path to find a bottle of Brandy but a series of incident causes him into danger, leading consequences.

64. Which out of the following is NOT correct?

(a) Battle of Sitabaldi was fought between the English and the forces of Appa Saheb Bhosle
(b) Peshwa Baji Rao II signed the Treaty of Poona
(c) Daulat Rao Sindhia signed the Treaty of G walior with the British
(d) The British army led by General Smith defeated Bapu Gokhale at the Battle of Laswari

Correct Answer: (d) The British army led by General Smith defeated Bapu Gokhale at the Battle of Laswari

Solution:

Statement (d) is not correct because Battle of Laswari fought between British army led by Gerard lake and Raghu ji Bhonsale on 17 dec 1803. It was part of second Anglo Maratha War.
Battle of Sitabaldi was fought between English and forces of Appa saheb Bhosle in November 1817. Peshwa Baji Rao II signed the treaty of Poona in June 1817.
Treaty of Gwalior was signed in 1817 between Daulat Rao Sindhia and British.

65. The only city in India that could be set in the same class as Delhi according to Ibn Battuta was:

(a) Lakhnauti
(b) Satgaon
(c) Madurai
(d) Daulatabad (Devgiri)

Correct Answer: (d) Daulatabad (Devgiri)

Solution:

According to Ibn battuta Daulatabad is the only city in India that could be set in the same class as Delhi. Ibn battuta visited India during rule of Mohammad Bin Tughlaq. Mohammad bin Tughlaq transferred his capital from Delhi to Devagiri and renamed Devagiri as Daulatabad. Transfer of capital was blunder because due to this decision people of Delhi suffers very much. This plan was highly unsuccessful.

66. Which of the following statements are correct?

A. An image of Krishna was installed in а cave in the Barabar hills by the Maukhari Chief Anantavarman in the 5th century.
B. Vishnu is mentioned in the Junagarh inscription of Skandagupta as the consort of Lakshmi.
C. The Pallavas had the Boar as their family emblem.
D. The god Chhangu-Narayana i.e. Narayana on Chhangu or Garuda is situated on Dolaparvata in Nepal.
E. The Varaha, Narasimha and Vamana avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu are also found in the sculptures of the rock cut caves at Udayagiri at Mamallapuram.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(a) A, B, C and D only
(b) B, C, D and E only
(c) A, C and E only
(d) A, B, D and E only

Correct Answer: (d) A, B, D and E only

Solution:

Statement (d) is not correct because Family emblem of Pallavas was Lion and Nandi not Boar.All other statement are correct.

67. Match list I with list II :

LIST-I	LIST-II
A. Amir Khusrau	I. Futuh-us- Salatin
B. Zia-ud-din Barani	II. Sana-i-Muhammadi
C. Rafi-ud-din	III. Tughlaq Nama
D. Isami	IV. Tazkirat-ul-Muluk

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

(a) A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
(b) A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I
(c) A-I, B-IV, C-II, D-III
(d) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

Correct Answer: (a) A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

Solution:

	List-I	List-II
A.	Amir Khusrau	Tughlaqnama
B.	Zia-ud-din-Barani	Sana-i-Muhammadi
C.	Rafi-ud-din	Tazkirat-ul-Muluk
D.	Isami	Futuh-us-salatin

68. Given below are two statements :

Statement I: The most important among the eastern Kingdoms which submitted to the mighty Gupta emperor were Samatata and Kamarupа. Statement II: The tribal states which paid homage to Gupta Empire were Malavas, Arjunayanas, Yaudheyas, Madrakas, Abhiras and Kakas.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
In the context of above statements, choose appropriate answer from the following options-

(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(c) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(d) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

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

Solution:

Statement (I) is correct that the most Important among eastern Kingdoms which submitted to the mighty Gupta emperors were Samatata and Kamarupa. Statement (II) is correct that The tribal states which paid homage to Gupta empire were Malavas, Arjunayanas, Yaudheyas, Madrakas, Abhiras and Kakas. Gupta Dynasty was founded by Shri Gupta Initially they ruled areas around Bihar and Uttar pradesh.Samudragupta was great King of Gupta empire. He defeated 12 Kings of Dakshinapatha and 9 kings of Aryavarta.

69. "The imperial civilization may well have absorbed numerous contributions from various conquered people.....to understand and adopt a new culture". Who wrote the above passage?

(a) Francis Fukuyama
(b) A.K. Coomaraswamy
(c) Joseph S. Nye
(d) Yuval Noah Harari

Correct Answer: (d) Yuval Noah Harari

Solution:

Yuval Noah Harari wrote "The imperial civilization may well have absorbed numerous contributions from various conquered People ...to understand and adopt a new culture.
Yuval Noah Harari is a historian from Israel. He composed books "Sapiens : A brief history of Humankind, Homo deus : A Brief history of tomorrow. Harari is originally specialized in world history medieval history and military history.

70. Which of the following statements are correct regarding Painted Grey Ware (PGW)?

A. PGW was first identified at Ahichchhatra (in Bareilly district) in the 1940s. B. It also been found at sites of Thapli and Purola in the coastal region of Orissa.
C. Makkhan Lal's study of Kanpur district (Uttar Pradesh) in 1980's brought to lights the PGW sites and their settlement patterns.
D. Nagda represents a fairly evolved protourban or semi-urban stage of the PGW.
E. Alamgirpur, Kampil, Noh, Bhagwanpur and Hastinapur have the evidence of the PGW Material culture.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(a) A, C and E only
(b) A, B, C and D only
(c) A, C and D only
(d) B, C, D and E only

Correct Answer: (a) A, C and E only

Solution:

Painted Grey ware culture is an iron age Indo-Aryan culture of western Gangetic plain and Ghagger Hakra valley in Indian subcontinent dated between 1200-500 BСЕ.
First PGW site was identified at Ahichchhatra (in Bareilly district) in the 1940s.
Makkhan lal's study of Kanpur district (Uttar prdesh) in 1980s brought to light the PGW sites and their settlement patterns.
Alamgirpur, Kampil Noh, Bhagwanpur and Hastinapur have the evidence of PGW material culture.