Set 24: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

Set 24: 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 24: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

First Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

1. Which of the following was the most scientific belief of Jainism?

• (a) Physical endurance as a mental phenomenon
• (b) Life in all animate and inanimate things
• (c) All sins originate in one’s mind
• (d) The cycle of nature

Ans. (b) Life in all animate and inanimate things

2. Which of the following is not one of the Four Noble Sentiments that a person aspiring for nirvana should cultivate?

• (a) Metta or universal love
• (b) Karuna or compassion
• (c) Mudita or sympathetic joy
• (d) Upekkha or equanimity

Ans. (d) Upekkha or equanimity

3. The Buddha called the Eightfold Path preached by him the Middle Path because it was a :

• (a) Middle Path preached by all religions
• (b) Meeting point of all religions
• (c) Balanced view of life
• (d) Eternal truth of all religions

Ans. (c) Balanced view of life

4. In which of the following contemporary Brahmanic beliefs did the Buddha show absolute faith?

• (a) God
• (b) Doctrine of karma
• (c) Transmigration of the soul
• (d) Stages of life (varnashrama dharma)

Ans. (b) Doctrine of karma

5. Which of the following is not a practical aspect of the Buddha’s teachings?

• (a) Man is the arbiter of his destiny, not any god or gods
• (b) Every pleasure is illusory
• (c) He did not emphasize the spiritual aspects of life
• (d) Life is nothing but a cycle of sorrows

Ans. (d) Life is nothing but a cycle of sorrows

Second Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

6. What, according to the Chain of Dependent Origination, is the original cause of human suffering?

• (a) Desire
• (b) Ignorance
• (c) Consciousness
• (d) Attachment

Ans. (b) Ignorance

7. Which of the following was not one of the special injunctions which the Buddha prescribed for the Buddhist sangha?

• (a) Not to kill and tell lies
• (b) Not to use intoxicants
• (c) Not to sing or dance
• (d) Not to eat at odd hours

Ans. (c) Not to sing or dance

8. Which of the following steps of the Eightfold Path relates to the attention paid to the activities and weaknesses of one’s body and mind?

• (a) Right thought
• (b) Right endeavor
• (c) Right recollection
• (d) Right meditation

Ans. (c) Right recollection

9. The Doctrine of karma in Buddhism means :

• (a) Predestination
• (b) The justification for social and economic inequalities in life
• (c) The deeds of a person determine the state of his life
• (d) Doing one’s duty without bothering about the result

Ans. (c) The deeds of a person determine the state of his life

10. What was the occasion for the Second Buddhist Council?

• (a) To prepare a complete and authentic collection of the teachings of Lord Buddha
• (b) To settle the controversy arising from the adoption of certain practices by the Vajjian monks of Vaishali
• (c) To establish the purity of the canon, which had been imperiled by the rise of different sects.
• (d) To put an end to the dissensions in the Church (sangha)

Ans. (b) To settle the controversy arising from the adoption of certain practices by the Vajjian monks of Vaishali

Third Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

11. The Buddhist Councils were called four times to :

• (a) Compile the canonical texts
• (b) Resolve the religious disputes
• (c) Maintain unity in the sangha
• (d) All the above

Ans. (d) All the above

12. Under the aegis of which of the following kings was the third Buddhist Council held?

• (a) Asoka
• (b) Kanishka
• (c) Menander (Milinda)
• (d) Harsha

Ans. (a) Asoka

13. The First Council was held immediately after the Buddha’s death. How many years after the Buddha’s death was the Second Council held?

• (a) 100
• (b) 200
• (c) 300
• (d) 400

Ans. (a) 100

14. The Buddha did not talk of spiritual aspects such as God, the soul, life after death, etc., because:

• (a) He was only concerned with the ethical aspects of life
• (b) He wanted to resolve the practical problems of life
• (c) He considered such speculations unnecessary
• (d) He did not intend to establish a formal religion

Ans. (d) He did not intend to establish a formal religion

15. Which of the following is not a representative of Buddhist art?

• (a) Stupa
• (b) Chaitya
• (c) Vihara
• (d) Relic towers

Ans. (d) Relic towers

Fourth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

16. Presided over the proceedings of the First Council :

• (a) Thera Yasha
• (b) Mahakassapa
• (c) Moggaliputta Tissa
• (d) Vasumitra

Ans. (b) Mahakassapa

17. The Third Buddhist Council made a new classification of the Buddhist canonical texts, by adding a third Pitaka to the existing two Pitakas. The new Pitaka was

• (a) Vinaya Pitaka
• (b) Abhidhamma
• (c) Dhamma Pitaka
• (d) Sutta Pitaka

Ans. (b) Abhidhamma

18. Which of the following is considered the oldest orthodox Buddhist sect?

• (a) Mahayanism
• (b) Sthaviravadins or Theravadins
• (c) Vatisputriyas
• (d) Prajnaptivadins

Ans. (b) Sthaviravadins or Theravadins

19. The Council made Sanskrit the vehicle of Buddhist scriptures :

• (a) First
• (b) Second
• (c) Third
• (d) Fourth

Ans. (d) Fourth

20. During the reign of which of the following kings did Mahayanism formally come into existence?

• (a) Ajatashatru
• (b) Dharmapala
• (c) Asoka
• (d) Kanishka

Ans. (d) Kanishka

Fifth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

21. Which of the following was added to the Buddhist canonical texts by the Fourth Buddhist Council?

• (a) Dhammapada
• (b) Jatakas
• (c) Vibhashas or commentaries
• (d) Kathavatthu prakarana

Ans. (c) Vibhashas or commentaries

22. The despatch of missionaries to the different countries of the world for the first time for the propagation of Buddhism was the result of the Council.

• (a) First
• (b) Second
• (c) Third
• (d) Fourth

Ans. (c) Third

23. The Sarvastivadin school of Buddhism mainly flourished in :

• (a) Bengal
• (b) Magadha
• (c) The Punjab and NWFP
• (d) Maharashtra

Ans. (c) The Punjab and NWFP

24. Which of the following was not one of the common beliefs of both Jainism and Buddhism?

• (a) Belief in the Law of karma
• (b) Belief in Atheism
• (c) Belief in the doctrine of non-violence
• (d) Belief in rigorous asceticism

Ans. (d) Belief in rigorous asceticism

25. Of the following Four Noble Truths taught by the Buddha, the basic truth was:

• (a) Existence of sorrow
• (b) Sorrow causation
• (c) Cessation of sorrow is possible by elimination of desire
• (d) The way to end sorrow lies in following the Eightfold Path

Ans. (a) Existence of sorrow