Set 22: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

Set 22: 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 22: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

First Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

1. The epic hero Krishna belonged to which one of the following clans?

• (a) Andhaka
• (b) Vrishni
• (c) Mahabhojas
• (d) Daivavriddhas

Ans. (b) Vrishni

2. Match list ‘A’ with wish list ‘B’ and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

Codes:

Ans. (c) B C A D

3. Which one of the following Mahajanapadas is discussed the most in the early Pali texts?

• (a) Magadh
• (b) Vajji
• (c) Avanti
• (d) Koshala

Ans. (d) Koshala

4. At which one of the following places the foundations of the Jivakaramavana (the monastery buildings donated by the famous physician Jivaka) have been found?

• (a) Rajagriha
• (b) Kosambi
• (c) Kashi
• (d) Shravasti

Ans. (a) Rajagriha

5. Which of the following Mahajanapadas changed from monarchy to the republican form of polity? Choose the correct answer from the codes given below :

• (1) Mallas
• (2) Panchalas
• (3) Kambojas
• (4) Avanti

Codes:

• (a) 1 and 2
• (b) only 4
• (c) 1, 2 and 3
• (d) 2, 3 and 4

Ans. (c) 1, 2 and 3

Second Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

6. Observing the prosperity of Vaishali because of its courtesan Ambapali, the name of Rajagriha appointed which of the following as their chief courtesan?

• (a) Nainavati
• (b) Shilavati
• (c) Champayati
• (d) Lilavati

Ans. (b) Shilavati

7. The famous grammarian Panini hailed from which of the following Mahajanapadas?

• (a) Gandhara
• (b) Kamboja
• (c) Vatsa
• (d) Avanti

Ans. (a) Gandhara

8. Purana Kassapa, who was a contemporary of the Buddha, observed that there were six jatis. Which of the following was not one of them?

• (a) black jati (kanhabhi jati)
• (b) blue jati (nilabhi jati)
• (c) red jati (lohitabhi jati)
• (d) boarder jati (simantabhi jati)

Ans. (d) boarder jati (simantabhi jati)

9. At which one of the following places Ghositarama monastery was located?

• (a) Champa
• (b) Varanasi
• (c) Kosambi
• (d) Saket

Ans. (c) Kosambi

10. Which of the following cities has yielded a plan which is almost a perfect square?

• (a) Samkissa
• (b) Shravasti
• (c) Kausambi
• (d) Sisupalgarh

Ans. (d) Sisupalgarh

Third Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

11. Which of the following were the first lay converts to Buddhism?

• (a) Gavampati from Varanasi
• (b) Yasa from Varanasi
• (c) Anathapindika from Sravasti
• (d) Tapassu and Bhallika from Utkala

Ans. (d) Tapassu and Bhallika from Utkala

12. We have references to sixteen Mahajanapadas in ancient texts. How many of these were located in the Ganga Valley?

• (a) 10
• (b) 15
• (c) 7
• (d) 4

Ans. (a) 10

13. The organization of the sangha borrowed its form from which of the following systems?

• (a) The gana-sangha system
• (b) The Vedic organization of Jana
• (c) The organization of the contemporary monarchies
• (d) The hierarchy of priests while performing a yajna

Ans. (a) The gana-sangha system

14. The inhabitants of Anga and Magadha Janapadas were held in contempt because of which one of the following reasons?

• (a) because they were black.
• (b) because they traded in certain articles not favored by the Brahmanical lawgivers.
• (c) because they supported the Buddha.
• (d) because they were heretics.

Ans. (b) because they traded in certain articles not favored by the Brahmanical lawgivers.

15. Which one of the following cities had the largest city area in the second urbanization of India?

• (a) Shravasti
• (b) Pataliputra
• (c) Rajagriha
• (d) Kausambi

Ans. (b) Pataliputra

Fourth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

16. “Human effort is ineffective” is the slogan of which of the religious faiths of early historical India?

• (a) Ajivika
• (b) Buddhism
• (c) Jainism
• (d) Shaivism

Ans. (a) Ajivika

17. Which of the following cities has the distinction of being the first metropolis of the Ganga civilization?

• (a) Pataliputra
• (b) Kausambi
• (c) Rajagriha
• (d) Vaishali

Ans. (c) Rajagriha

18. Which of the following was not a reason for the popularity of Buddhism?

• (a) The state patronage
• (b) It’s a social philosophy
• (c) It’s a complete rejection of the existing social order
• (d) The establishment of sangha

Ans. (c) It’s complete rejection of the existing social order

19. The most important institution of the free republics during the age of the Buddha was:

• (a) Sabha
• (b) Samiti
• (c) Parisha
• (d) Gana

Ans. (c) Parisha

20. On which of the following points both Brahmanism and Buddhism are in agreement with each other?

• (a) On the right of the king to receive taxes.
• (b) On the right of the king to supervise the religious centers.
• (c) On the social categories based on varna and jati.
• (d) On the issue of non-killing.

Ans. (a) On the right of the king to receive taxes

Fifth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

21. List ‘A’ consists of the technical expressions used in the Ganarajya type of state, and List ‘B’ consists of their functions. Match them and choose the correct answer from codes given below:

Codes:

Ans. (c) C D B A

22. The earliest legend about the origin of kingship occurs in which of the following texts?

• (a) Aitareya Brahmana
• (b) Digha Nikaya
• (c) Bhagavati Sutra
• (d) Uvasagadasao

Ans. (a) Aitareya Brahmana

23. Which of the following is not a reason why the traders patronized the sangha?

• (a) It supported trade as a legitimate means of livelihood.
• (b) It legitimized the practice of money lending and usury.
• (c) The inhabitants of Magadha and Anga were looked down upon as they traded in certain commodities.
• (d) In a social hierarchy, traders were given a status comparable to that of the Kshatriyas.

Ans. (d) In a social hierarchy, traders were given a status comparable to that of the Kshatriyas.

24. Which of the following epithets was not applied to the chief of the gana-rajyas?

• (a) Ganapati
• (b) Samghamukhya
• (c) gana jyeshtha
• (d) Samrata

Ans. (d) Samrata

25. In which of the following texts the Buddhist legend regarding the origin of kingship first appears?

• (a) Sutta Nipata
• (b) Digha Nikaya
• (c) Mahavastu
• (d) Mahavamsa

Ans. (b) Digha Nikaya