Set 12: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

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Set 12: UGC Net History Online Mock Test held in India: 25 multiple-question answers from the history topic of the UGC NET Exam are given below.

Set 12: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

Mock Test Set12
Question TypeMCQ
MediumOnline
SubjectHistory
ExamUGC Net
Question25
Marks1

First Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

1. The Aryans came to India as:

  • (a) Invaders
  • (b) Immigrants
  • (c) Refugees
  • (d) Merchants and nomads

Ans. (b) Immigrants

2. According to the theory of double invasion of India by the Aryans, the first group inhabited the Punjab and the second group pushed its way through Gilgit and Chitral and settled in the midland country. Who put forward this theory?

  • (a) Dr. Giles
  • (b) Dr. Hoernle
  • (c) Sir George Grierson
  • (d) C. V. Vaidya

Ans. (b) Dr. Hoernle

3. On what evidence is South Russia/Central Asia regarded as the original home of the Aryans?

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

  • (1) Anthropological
  • (2) Philological
  • (3) Racial
  • (4) Archaeological

Codes:

  • (a) 1 & 2
  • (b) 2 & 4
  • (c) 3 & 4
  • (d) Only 3

Ans. (b) 2 & 4

4. The main focus of the early Vedic age, or Rigvedic culture, was:

  • (a) The Indo-Gangetic Valley
  • (b) The Punjab and Delhi regions
  • (c) The Indus Valley
  • (d) The region between the Swat and the Indus

Ans. (b) The Punjab and Delhi region

5. Which of the following is regarded as the original home of Indo-Iranians?

  • (a) The area between Dnieper and the Urals
  • (b) The two sides of the Vistula River
  • (c) The plains of the Oxus and Jaxrtes
  • (d) Sapta Sindhu

Ans. (c) The plains of the Oxus and Jaxrtes

Second Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

6. Which of the following is now most widely regarded as the original homeland of the Indo-Europeans or Aryans?

  • (a) India
  • (b) Central Europe
  • (c) South Russia or Central Asia
  • (d) The plane of Oxus

Ans. (c) South Russia or Central Asia

7. Which of the following correctly describes the Land of the Seven Rivers (Sapta Sindhu), where the initial Aryan settlements were located?

  • (a) The Indus Valley region
  • (b) The Punjab and Delhi regions
  • (c) The region from eastern Afghanistan to the upper valley of the Ganges
  • (d) The land of the Indus and its principal tributaries

Ans. (d) The land of the Indus and its principal tributaries

8. Immediately before coming to India, the Indo-Aryans formed part of which of the following Indo-European groups?

  • (a) Hittite
  • (b) Tocharian
  • (c) Indo-Iranian
  • (d) Lithuanian

Ans. (c) Indo-Iranian

9. The geographical knowledge of the early Aryans did not extend beyond:

  • (a) Indus
  • (b) Ganga
  • (c) Yamuna
  • (d) Ghaggar

Ans. (c) Yamuna

10. Which of the following was largely instrumental in accelerating the process of Aryan expansion?

  • (a) The desire of the priests to cause Agni to taste new lands
  • (b) The hasty withdrawal of demoralized aborigines
  • (c) Use of improved implements of iron
  • (d) The denudation of forests by floods on account of geomorphological changes

Ans. (c) Use of improved implements of iron

Third Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

11. The chief opponents of the Aryans were the indigenous people of non-Aryan origin known as Panis, and Dasas, or Dasyus. The factor which enabled the Aryans to emerge victorious in the struggle against the indigenous tribes was:

  • (a) Lack of unity among the indigenous tribes
  • (b) Better organization among the Aryans
  • (c) Superior military equipment of the Aryans
  • (d) Cultural superiority

Ans. (c) Superior military equipment of the Aryans

12. Which of the following was not one of the distinguished tribes of the later Vedic period?

  • (a) Bharatas
  • (b) Kurus
  • (c) Panchalas
  • (d) Videhas

Ans. (a) Bharatas

13. Which of the following did not form part of the Aryan’s knowledge of Indian geography in the later Vedic age or period?

  • (a) The ‘two seas’
  • (b) Several Himalayan peaks
  • (c) The Deccan up to the Krishna Valley
  • (d) The entire Gangetic Valley

Ans. (c) The Deccan up to the Krishna Valley

14. The main cause of the tribal wars among the early Aryan settlers, the most famous of which is referred to as the Battle of Ten Kings in the Rigveda, was:

  • (a) Intrigues of the Purohitas
  • (b) Exhibition of prowess
  • (c) Foreign invasions
  • (d) Cattle and land disputes

Ans. (d) Cattle and land disputes

15. Which of the following was the center of Aryan activity in the later Vedic period?

  • (a) The Aryavarta
  • (b) From the Yamuna to the western border of Bengal
  • (c) The Punjab and Delhi regions
  • (d) Uttarapatha

Ans. (b) From the Yamuna to the western border of Bengal

Fourth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

16. In what sense may the Aryan subjugation of the earlier inhabitants be regarded as a backward step?

  • (a) The Harappans were culturally far more advanced than their conquerors
  • (b) The Aryans destroyed the well-built cities and it took them many years to rebuild them
  • (c) The Harappans had a script which, the Indo-Aryans did not have, and it took them many years to develop one
  • (d) The Aryan invasion destroyed the economic structure of the country.

Ans. (a) The Harappans were culturally far more advanced than their conquerors

17. The Vedic hymns constantly refer to the wars between Sudas, the ruler of the Aryan tribe of Bharatas, and the non-Aryan (Dasyu) prince:

  • (a) Purandara
  • (b) Divodasa
  • (c) Nasatya
  • (d) Mitanni

Ans. (b) Divodasa

18. Which of the following are known as Brahmanas?

  • (a) The original texts of the Vedas
  • (b) Explanatory prose manuals relating to prayer and sacrificial ceremony
  • (c) Books dealing with worship and contemplation meant for wood-dwelling hermits
  • (d) Commentaries appended to the Aranyakas dealing with philosophical questions

Ans. (b) Explanatory prose manuals relating to prayer and sacrificial ceremony

19. Which of the following does not form part of the Vedas or the Shruti?

  • (a) Samhitas
  • (b) Brahmanas
  • (c) Upanishads
  • (d) Puranas

Ans. (d) Puranas

20. An inscription of 1400 BC, which describes the Vedic gods, was found in Asia Minor at:

  • (a) Cilicia
  • (b) Boghaz-Koi
  • (c) Hitti
  • (d) Eurphratide

Ans. (b) Boghaz-Koi

Fifth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

21. The Veda, which is partly a prose work, is:

  • (a) Atharvaveda
  • (b) Samaveda
  • (c) Yajurveda
  • (d) Rigveda

Ans. (c) Yajurveda

22. The Aryan expansion of India did not lead to:

  • (a) Opening up of new geographic areas
  • (b) Emergence of a predominantly agrarian economy
  • (c) Discovery of rich iron deposits in Magadha, leading to great improvement in technology
  • (d) Emergence of a caste system based on specialization in particular crafts or branches of knowledge

Ans. (d) Emergence of caste system based on specialization in particular crafts or branches of knowledge

23. The Rigvedic hymns can be treated as being historically fairly authentic because:

  • (a) They give a chronological account of the historical events
  • (b) They are the earliest of the Vedic literature
  • (c) Their composition was contemporary with the period described
  • (d) The events described in them are corroborated by Avesthan Gathsas

Ans. (c) Their composition was contemporary with the period described

24. Which of the following Vedas was the earliest composition?

  • (a) Rigveda
  • (b) Samaveda
  • (c) Yajurveda
  • (d) Atharvaveda

Ans. (a) Rigveda

25. The concept, “the world is God and God is my soul,” was propounded in the:

  • (a) Rigveda
  • (b) Brahmanas
  • (c) Brahmasutra
  • (d) Upanishads

Ans. (c) Brahmasutra

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