Set 6: 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 6: UGC Net History Online Mock Test
| Mock Test | 6 |
| Question Type | MCQ |
| Medium | Online |
| Subject | History |
| Exam | UGC Net |
| Question | 25 |
| Marks | 1 |
First Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test
1. From the large number of seals discovered at almost all the Harappan sites, it appears that they were used for purposes.
- (a) Ritualistic and religious
- (b) Commercial
- (c) Both (a) and (b) above
- (d) Symbolic
Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b) above
2. The most important industry of the Harappans at Lothal and Chanhudaro was:
- (a) Shipbuilding
- (b) Bead-making
- (c) Handlooms
- (d) Metallurgical industries
Ans. (b) Bead-making
3. In the Harappan buildings, mostly burnt bricks were used, not stones, because:
- (a) Without iron tools stone-cutting was difficult
- (b) Bricks provided better flood defense
- (c) Bricks were ideally suited for the moist climate
- (d) Stone was not readily available
Ans. (d) Stone was not readily available
4. Which of the following is not one of the similarities between Harappan culture and the other ancient civilizations of Sumer, Mesopotamia, and Egypt?
- (a) Organized city life
- (b) Burial system and religious beliefs
- (c) Potter’s wheel
- (d) Domestication of animals
Ans. (b) Burial system and religious beliefs
5. Copper, used most widely by the Harappans, was obtained from:
- (a) Balochistan
- (b) Mesopotamia
- (c) Khetri mines
- (d) Both (a) and (b) above
Ans. (c) Khetri mines
Second Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test
6. An animal engraved on most of the Harappan seals is:
- (a) Humpless bull or unicorn
- (b) Elephant
- (c) Bison
- (d) Tiger
Ans. (a) Humpless bull or unicorn
7. Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of Harappan pottery?
- (a) Well-fired red ware
- (b) Painted black designs
- (c) Vegetal and geometric patterns
- (d) Red and black polished ware
Ans. (d) Red and black polished ware
8. The most important item of import for the Harappans was:
- (a) Metals and precious stones
- (b) Food Grains
- (c) Textiles
- (d) Pottery
Ans. (a) Metals and precious stones
9. Which of the following was not one of the distinctive features of Harappan culture?
- (a) Rectangular town planning
- (b) Absence of canal irrigation
- (c) Use of iron side by side with copper or bronze for implements
- (d) Granaries
Ans. (c) Use of iron side by side with copper or bronze for implements
10. Which of the following is not one of the reasons why it is commonly held that the Indus people were different from and anterior to the Rigvedic Aryans?
- (a) The ethnic type of the Aryans was different from the four ethnic types (Australoids, Mediterranean, Mongolian, and Alpine) found at Mohenjodaro
- (b) Whereas the Aryans lived a pastoral and agricultural life, the Indus people lived a highly organized city life
- (c) Whereas the food of the Indus people was vegetarian, the Aryans also ate meat and fish
- (d) The Vedic Aryans probably knew of horse-drawn chariots and defensive armor, which are absent in Harappan Culture
Ans. (c) Whereas the food of the Indus people was vegetarian, the Aryans also ate meat and fish
Third Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test
11. Which of the following does not indicate close links between the Indus Valley civilization and other contemporary West Asian civilizations?
- (a) Indus Valley seals had been found in Sumer, Elam, and Mesopotamia
- (b) Trade between the Indus Valley and Sumer was carried on by land (through Balochistan) and partly by sea
- (c) Literary and archaeological evidence of brisk trade between Harappan and Mesopotamian towns
- (d) Harappan economy was dependent on imports from West Asia
Ans. (d) Harappan economy was dependent on imports from West Asia
12. The Harappan site, located near the Iranian border, is:
- (a) Surkotada
- (b) Suktagendor
- (c) Kotla Nihangkhan
- (d) Alamgirpur
Ans. (b) Suktagendor
13. Which of the following were the most likely authors of the Harappan civilizations?
- (a) Sumerians
- (b) Dravidians or Mediterraneans
- (c) Aryans
- (d) Australoids
Ans. (b) Dravidians or Mediterraneans
14. The Harappan people conducted brisk trade with:
- (a) Afghanistan
- (b) Mesopotamia
- (c) Bahrain
- (d) All the above
Ans. (d) All the above
15. The religious beliefs of the Harappan period, as revealed at various sites, materially differ. Worship of the following was common at Kalibangan, Lothal, etc.:?
- (a) Mother Goddess
- (b) Fire
- (c) Tree
- (d) Animal
Ans. (b) Fire
Fourth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test
16. On what basis has the period of the Harappan civilization now been fixed between 2300 BC and 1750 BC?
- (a) Latest finds in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chandigarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, etc.
- (b) Radiocarbon dating (R-14)
- (c) Common pottery designs and other antiquities
- (d) Details of links between the Harappan civilization and the ancient civilizations of West Asia
Ans. (b) Radiocarbon dating (R-14)
17. Which of the following distinguishes the Harappan from other contemporary civilizations in the world?
- (a) Religious beliefs and social life
- (b) Development of science and technology
- (c) Town planning, drainage and sanitation
- (d) Uniform weights and measures and commercial contacts
Ans. (c) Town planning, drainage and sanitation
18. Which of the following was not a religious belief of the Harappan people?
- (a) Belief in evil spirits and life hereafter
- (b) Cults, fire and fertility
- (c) Adoration of trees and animals
- (d) Erection of large prayer houses
Ans. (d) Erection of large prayer houses
19. The greatest defect of the drainage system of the Indus Valley was:
- (a) Drains were covered with loose bricks
- (b) Drains were not connected to soak-pits
- (c) Drains were located near the wells
- (d) Drains were only 30 cm deep and 23 cm wide and, therefore, they often overflowed
Ans. (c) Drains were located near the wells
20. Which of the following weapons was not used by the Harappan people?
- (a) Arrows and swords
- (b) Daggers and spears
- (c) Mace-heads and missiles
- (d) Tiger claws and poisoned arrows
Ans. (d) Tiger claws and poisoned arrows
Fifth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test
21. Traces of rice cultivation have been found at:
- (a) Lothal and Rangpur
- (b) Kalibangan and Ropar
- (c) Alamgirpur and Harappa
- (d) All Harappan sites
Ans. (a) Lothal and Rangpur
22. Which of the following was not a contemporary of the Indus or Harappan civilization?
- (a) Egypt
- (b) Mesopotamia
- (c) Sumer
- (d) Greek
Ans. (d) Greek
23. Which of the following is not a feature of Lothal?
- (a) Discovery of a dockyard
- (b) Rectangular and circular fire-altars for animal sacrifice
- (c) Depiction of a ship on a seal
- (d) Evidence of the use of the plough
Ans. (d) Evidence of the use of the plough
24. Pair the Harappan settlements with the banks of rivers on which they were located:
| A. Lothal | I. Indus |
| B. Kalibangan | II. Sutlej |
| C. Ropar | III. Ravi |
| D. Harappa | IV. Ghaggar |
| E. Mohenjodaro | V. Bhogao |
| – | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | V | IV | II | III | I |
| (b) | II | V | I | IV | III |
| (c) | IV | V | II | III | I |
| (d) | V | IV | III | II | I |
Ans. (a) V, IV, II, III, I
25. A Yogi of the Harappan seals wearing a horned cap and surrounded by animals has been identified with:
Ans. (b) Pashupati Shiva
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