Set 13: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

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Set 13: 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 13: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

Mock Test Set13
Question TypeMCQ
MediumOnline
SubjectHistory
ExamUGC Net
Question25
Marks1

First Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

1. In the Vedic literature, the god Indra is called Purandara, destroyer of forts, because:

  • (a) Aryans had to fight with the enemies living in fortified places
  • (b) Aryans had expertise in breaking the forts
  • (c) Aryans introduced the technology of fortification
  • (d) Aryans had to make assaults against the fortified Harappan towns

Ans. (a) Aryans had to fight with the enemies living in fortified places

2. Which of the following famous Vedic scholars fixed the date of the Rigveda as 1500 BC to 1000 BC?

  • (a) Max Muller
  • (b) Jacobi
  • (c) Oldenburg
  • (d) Winternitz

Ans. (a) Max Muller

3. Who of the following was not the Vedic sun god?

  • (a) Savitri
  • (b) Vishnu Urukrama
  • (c) Savita
  • (d) Vishvakarma

Ans. (d) Vishvakarma

4. Which of the following statements about the Vedic family is not correct?

  • (a) The basic unit of Aryan society was the patriarchal family
  • (b) The birth of a son was especially welcome because they were needed in wars
  • (c) The sanctity of marriage had been recognized
  • (d) Child marriage was permitted

Ans. (d) Child marriage was permitted

5. Which of the following dates regarding the composition/age of the Rigveda is most widely accepted?

  • (a) 1000 BC
  • (b) About 4500 BC
  • (c) 1500 BC
  • (d) 1500 BC to 1000 BC

Ans. (d) 1500 BC to 1000 BC

Second Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

6. Which of the following contains the famous Gayatri mantra?

  • (a) Rigveda
  • (b) Yajurveda
  • (c) Samaveda
  • (d) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Ans. (a) Rigveda

7. In the Vedic homes, the fire was kept burning continuously because it was:

  • (a) Personification of sacrificial fire
  • (b) Second in importance to Indra
  • (c) Messenger between the gods and devotees
  • (d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

8. Which Vedangas contain the Srautra, the Grihya, and the Dharma Sutras?

  • (a) Shiksha
  • (b) Kalpa
  • (c) Nirukta
  • (d) Chhandas

Ans. (b) Kalpa

9. What did the term niyoga, concerning women, stand for in Vedic society?

  • (a) The performance of Vedic sacrifices by a woman independently
  • (b) The vow of celibacy taken by a woman of aristocratic society
  • (c) Cohabitation of a childless widow with her husband’s brother until the birth of a son
  • (d) Symbolic self-immolation of a widow with her husband

Ans. (c) Cohabitation of a childless widow with her husband’s brother until the birth of a son

10. The name Aghnya (not to be killed), mentioned in many passages of the Rigveda, applies to:

  • (a) Priest
  • (b) Women
  • (c) Cows
  • (d) Brahmanas

Ans. (c) Cows

Third Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

11. The most common crime mentioned in the Rigveda was:

  • (a) Murder
  • (b) Kidnapping
  • (c) Cattle-lifting
  • (d) Stealing gold

Ans. (c) Cattle-lifting

12. Which social practices were not pursued during the Vedic period?

  • (a) People could change their occupations
  • (b) Inter-caste marriages were allowed
  • (c) Food cooked by the shudras was not taken
  • (d) Sati or self-immolation upon the death of a husband, was not known.

Ans. (c) Food cooked by the shudras was not taken

13. The staple food of the Rigvedic Aryans was:

  • (a) Barley and rice
  • (b) Milk and its products
  • (c) Rice and pulses
  • (d) Vegetables and fruits

Ans. (b) Milk and its products

14. The word Ganpati, used in the Rigvedic period or the early Vedic age, designates:

  • (a) Husband and wife
  • (b) Mistress as well as master of the house
  • (c) A newlywed couple
  • (d) Head of the family

Ans. (b) Mistress as well as master of the house

15. The Jana during the Vedic period refers to:

  • (a) District
  • (b) Tribe
  • (c) Villages
  • (d) Cattle

Ans. (b) Tribe

Fourth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

16. The Rigvedic inseparable twin gods Aswins corresponded to:

  • (a) Dawn and dusk
  • (b) Physicians of gods and men
  • (c) Protectors of conjugal love and life
  • (d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

17. The sage who is said to have Aryanized South India, was:

  • (a) Vishwamitra
  • (b) Agastya
  • (c) Vashishtha
  • (d) Yagyavalkya

Ans. (b) Agastya

18. The term device (twice-born) in the Vedic period referred to:

  • (a) Brahmanas
  • (b) Kshatriyas
  • (c) Vaishyas
  • (d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

19. In the Vedic period, the people, called Panis, were:

  • (a) Those who controlled trade
  • (b) Cattle-breeders
  • (c) Cowherds
  • (d) Ploughmen

Ans. (b) Cattle-breeders

20. Which of the following statements about the Vedic period’s judicial system is incorrect?

  • (a) There were no regular legal institutions, customs,s or law
  • (b) The customs, his chief priest were the judges, perhaps advised by certain elders of the community
  • (c) Punishment was in terms of fines, the usual payment for killing a man being a hundred cows
  • (d) Capital punishment was usually awarded in case of more heinous crimes like patricide, regicide, etc.

Ans. (d) Capital punishment was usually awarded in case of more heinous crimes like patricide, regicide, etc.

Fifth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

21. The four-fold division of society is expressly mentioned in:

  • (a) Yajurveda
  • (b) Purusa-sukta of the Rigveda
  • (c) Hiranyagarbha-sukta
  • (d) Satapatha Brahmana

Ans. (b) Purusa-sukta of the Rigveda

22. The standard unit of value, used as the medium of exchange during the Vedic period, was:

  • (a) Cow
  • (b) Necklet of gold (niska)
  • (c) Both (a) and (b)
  • (d) Pana

Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b)

23. The Vedic gods in charge of right, truth, and moral order were:

  • (a) Dyaus
  • (b) Varuna
  • (c) Indra
  • (d) Prajapati

Ans. (b) Varuna

24. In the early Vedic period, the Aryan and Dasyus, or Dasas, were the two main classes in society. Which of the following was not one of the basic points of difference between the two?

  • (a) Language
  • (b) Religion
  • (c) Food/eating habits
  • (d) Physiognomy and color

Ans. (c) Food/eating habits

25. Which of the following was not a judicial punishment in the Vedic civilization?

  • (a) Tying a criminal to a stake
  • (b) Subjecting the criminal to fire and water ordeal
  • (c) A debtor was punished with a period of servitude under the creditor
  • (d) Monetary compensation to the relative of a person killed/murdered

Ans. (d) Monetary compensation to the relative of a person killed/murdered

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