UGC NET History Online Mock Test 1 held in India: 25 multiple-question answers from the history topic of the UGC NET Exam are given below.
UGC Net History Online Mock Test 1
| Mock Test | 1 |
| Question Type | MCQ |
| Medium | Online |
| Subject | History |
| Exam | UGC Net |
| Question | 25 |
| Marks | 1 |
First Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test 1
1. Which of these was the first Neolithic culture site to be noticed in India?
- (a) Lingsugur
- (b) Chirand
- (c) Mehrgarh
- (d) Koldihwa
Ans. (a) Lingsugur.
2. Which of these Neolithic people were cattle- herders?
- (a) Burzahom
- (b) Piklihal
- (c) Mahagara
- (d) Kili-Gul-Muhammad
Ans. (b) Piklihal.
3. Match list ‘A’ wish list ‘B’ and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
| ‘A’ | ‘B’ |
|---|---|
| A. Stuart Piggott | 1. personality of India |
| B. Subbarao | 2. Indische Alterthumskunde |
| C. Christian Lassen | 3. Prehistoric India |
| D. H.D. Sankalia | 4. Prehistory and Protohistory of India and Pakistan |
Codes:
| – | A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| (b) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| (c) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| (d) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Ans. (b) 3 1 2 4
4. What exactly is the meaning of ‘spot provenance’ in Geological-archaeological terms?
- (a) The artifacts of the Lower Palaeolithic man losing their group character.
- (b) The artifacts of the Lower Palaeolithic man were found individually.
- (c) Despite being removed from their original, they retain their group character
- (d) The artifacts remain precisely where their owners or users left them.
Ans. (c) Despite being removed from their original place, retaining their group character
5. The majority of Lower Palaeolithic culture artifacts. recorded or collected in the subcontinent are made of:
- (a) Dolomite
- (b) Quartzite
- (c) Rhyolite
- (d) Sandstones
Ans. (b) Quartzite
Second Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test 1
6. What is the difference between the Lower Palaeolithic (LP) and Middle Palaeolithic (MP) in terms of raw materials used for making tools in the Indian context?
- (a) LP primarily used quartzite, whereas MP primarily used dolomite.
- (b) LP primarily used dolomite, whereas MP primarily used quartzite.
- (c) LP primarily used sandstone, whereas MP primarily used quartzite.
- (d) LP primarily used quartzite, whereas MP primarily used crypto-crystalline silica.
Ans. (d) LP primarily used quartzite, whereas MP primarily used crypto-crystalline silica.
7. Which of the following fields of study has/has helped in the study of prehistoric times in their totality?
- 1. Geomorphology
- 2. Paleontology
- 3. Palaeobotany
- 4. Palaeoclimatology
Choose the correct response from the codes given below:
- (a) 1, 2 and 4
- (c) 1, 2 and 3
- (b) 1, 3 and 4
- (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Ans. (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
8. At which of the following localities is the most complete sequence of geomorphic and archaeological evidence of the Stone Age found?
- (a) Pushkar locality
- (b) Kathiawar locality
- (c) Hokra basin
- (d) Ganga-Yamuna Doab
Ans. (a) Pushkar locality.
9. In which of the following zones have Mesolithic culture sites not been recorded at all?
- (a) Central India
- (b) Deccan
- (c) Northern India
- (d) Tamilaham
Ans. (c) Northern India
10. At Visadi in Gujarat, an Upper Palaeolithic factory site is recorded as being contained within the body of the dune and not associated with the red soil. Which of these interpretations is possibly true?
- (a) that the last arid phase was less severe than the earlier one.
- (b) The intensity of aridity varied, allowing Upper Palaeolithic hunters to move into the dry zone from time to time.
- (c) That the Upper Palaeolithic hunters were more mobile and better equipped to survive in an arid environment than their predecessors.
- (d) All are true to some extent.
Ans. (d) All are true to some extent.
Third Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test 1
11. Which one of these is not a peculiar feature of Kashmiri Neolithic?
- (a) A pierced rectangular chopper or knife
- (b) Burying dogs with their masters
- (c) Pit dwellings with conical roofs
- (d) Wheat-based economy
Ans. (d) Wheat-based economy
12. At which of the following places a true hominid fossil has been found?
- (a) Hathnora
- (b) Vadamadurai
- (c) Kortalayar
- (d) Pinjore
Ans. (a) Hathnora
13. The evidence of the use of bone tools during the Upper Palaeolithic age in India comes from only one site. Which of the following is that site?
- (a) Muchchatta Chintamanu Gavi
- (b) Durkadi
- (c) Hunsgi
- (d) Paisra
Ans. (a) Muchchatta Chintamanu Gavi
14. Which of the following Mesolithic sites is not located in the Ganga plain?
- (a) Chopani Mando
- (b) Sarai Nahar Rai
- (c) Damdama
- (d) Adamgarh
Ans. (d) Adamgarh
15. At which of the following sites the first evidence of the cultivation of cotton has been found?
- (a) Mohenjodaro
- (b) Kili-Gul-Muhammad
- (c) Mehrgarh
- (d) Nal
Ans. (d) Nal
Fourth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test 1
16. At which of the following Neolithic sites dwelling-pits have not been found?
- (a) Gufkral
- (b) Burzahom
- (c) Loebaur
- (d) Ghaligai
Ans. (d) Ghaligai
17. In the Neolithic stage at Mehrgarh, turquoise beads have been found in the burials. This is not found locally. From where was it imported?
- (a) Nal
- (b) Greece
- (c) Turkmenia
- (d) China
Ans. (c) Turkmenia
18. At Mehrgarh, in the Neolithic phase, hump-packed trapezes are found, which are not found locally. Which of the following places is this possible source?
- (a) Turkmenia
- (b) Djeitun
- (c) Kili-Ghul-Muhammad
- (d) Mesopotamia
Ans. (b) Djeitun
19. Which of the following is a characteristic feature of the East Indian Neolithic?
- (a) It is based on rice.
- (b) It is based on barely.
- (c) It is based on barley and wheat.
- (d) Rice was imported.
Ans. (a) It is based on rice.
20. In which one of the following regions, the earliest evidence of rice cultivation has come?
- (a) Central Ganga Valley
- (b) Belan Valley
- (c) Gomal Valley
- (d) Bolan Valley
Ans. (b) Belan Valley
Fifth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test 1
21. Before 1960, which of the following levels of prehistory was not known in India?
- (a) Lower Palaeolithic
- (b) Middle Palaeolithic
- (c) Upper Palaeolithic
- (d) Mesolithic
Ans. (c) Upper Palaeolithic
22. Which of the following Iron Age sites in south India is the largest settlement?
- (a) Kolar
- (b) Hallur
- (c) Banahalli
- (d) Paiyampalli
Ans. (c) Banahalli
23. The first evidence of the physical traits of human species in India comes from:
- (a) Narmada Valley
- (b) Deccan
- (c) Sarai Nahar Rai
- (d) Assam
Ans. (c) Sarai Nahar Rai
24. Which of the following Neolithic sites is not found in Bihar?
- (a) Chirand
- (b) Chechar-Kutubpur
- (c) Taradih
- (d) Barudih
Ans. (d) Barudih
25. The only Upper Palaeolithic site in India where bone tools are found is:
- (a) Bhimbetka
- (b) Kurnool caves
- (c) Adamgarh
- (d) Mehsana
Ans. (b) Kurnool caves
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