NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 3

2025 NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 3 held in India: 25 multiple-question answers from the history topic of the UGC NET Exam are given below.

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NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 3

Mock Test	3
Question Type	MCQ
Medium	Online
Subject	History
Exam	UGC Net
Question	25
Marks	1

First Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test 3

(The answers to mock test 3 are given below)

1. Which of the following pottery represents the technical skill of the early Indian potters at its best?

(a) Painted Grey Ware
(b) Northern Black Polished Ware
(c) Red Ware
(d) Ochre-colored pottery

2. What is the generally accepted date of the Luni industry belonging to the Middle Palaeolithic age?

(a) 50.000 to 45,000 BC
(b) 65,000 to 45,000 BC
(c) 45,000 to 25,000 BC
(d) 45,000 to 10,000 BC

3. Which of the following pottery types provided the milieu for the second urbanization in India?

(a) PGW
(b) NBPW
(c) OCP
(d) BRW

4. Large open-air sites in the Soan Valley and Potwar Plateau primarily belong to which pre-historical phase?

(a) Lower Palaeolithic
(b) Middle Palaeolithic
(c) Upper Palaeolithic
(d) Mesolithic

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

‘A’	‘B’
1 Nevasan	A. Lower Palaeolithic Culture
2 Sohan	B. Mesolithic Culture
3 Terian	C. Chalcolithic Culture
4 Kot-Dijian	D. Middle Palaeolithic

Codes:

–	1	2	3	4
(a)	A	B	C	D
(b)	D	B	A	C
(c)	D	A	B	C
(d)	B	A	C	D

Second Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test 3

(The answers to mock test 3 are given below)

6. Which one of these sites is a Mesolithic habitation site?

(a) Tilwara
(b) Barasimla
(c) Barkachha
(d) Sidhpur

7. At which group of sites the tools continued to be used from Palaeolithic to Mature Harappan Phases?

(a) Rohri hills
(b) Hungsi
(c) Didwana
(d) Pushkar

8. At which of the following sites evidence of the Luni industry is not available?

(a) Hokra
(b) Baridhani
(c) Mogra
(d) Pushkar

9. Which one of these is the largest Painted Cirey Ware settlement?

(a) Atranjikhda
(b) Hastinapur
(c) Satwadi in Cholistan (Bahawalpur, Pak)
(d) Jakhera

10. List ‘A’ consists of Middle Palaeolithic sites and List ‘B’ consists of the names of states to which they belong. Match them and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

‘A’	‘B’
1. Reniguntur	A. Karnataka
2. Visadi	B. Andhra Pradesh
3. Budha Pushkar	C. Gujarat
4. Shorapur	D. Rajasthan

Codes:

–	1	2	3	4
(a)	B	C	D	A
(b)	A	B	C	D
(c)	B	A	D	C
(d)	A	C	B	D

Third Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test 3

(The answers to mock test 3 are given below)

11. The Middle Palaeolithic Industry in the Southern Thar Desert is known by which name?

(a) Jeti industry
(b) Luni industry
(c) Ganeshwar industry
(d) Pushkar industry

12. Most of the Mesolithic sites in India are located in the moist region. Which site has the distinction of being the first site to be discovered in the arid zone?

(a) Langhnaj
(b) Bagor
(c) Barasimla
(d) Sidhpur

13. Which of the following does not belong to the Mesolithic phase?

(a) Birbhanpur
(b) Langhnaj
(c) Teri
(d) Nausharo

14. Which of the following Mesolithic sites provides evidence of a battle?

(a) Langhnaj
(b) Sarai Nahar Rai
(c) Bagor
(d) Mahadaha

15. Which of the following sites is the largest Mesolithic site in India?

(a) Bagor
(b) Tilwara
(c) Valasana
(d) Akhaj

16. Identify the site where Mesolithic rock- shelters have not been found.

(a) Pachmari
(b) Lekhania
(c) Bhimbetka
(d) Chopani Mando

17. The Copper Hoard Culture is associated with which of the following pottery types?

(a) Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW)
(b) Black and Red Ware (BRW)
(c) Painted Grey Ware (PGW)
(d) Ochre-colored pottery (OCP)

Fourth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test 3

(The answers to mock test 3 are given below)

In questions 18–21, the statement ‘A’ is an assertion, and ‘R’ is a reason. Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are correct, and R is the correct explanation of ‘A’.

(b) ‘A’ is correct; ‘R’ is wrong.

(c) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are wrong.

(d) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are correct, but ‘R’ is not the correct explanation of A.

18. Assertion ‘A’: North Western India does not have many Middle Palaeolithic Age sites.

Reason ‘R’: In Punjab and adjoining areas, raw materials for Middle Palaeolithic tools are not available.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

19. Assertion ‘A’: The Indian microlithic industry is rooted in the Upper Palaeolithic industries.

Reason ‘R’: The archaeological stratigraphy continued from the Upper Palaeolithic into the Mesolithic.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

20. Assertion ‘A’: Budha Pushkar Lake was an ideal region for the Middle Palaeolithic people.

Reason ‘R’: A good stone was found near a permanent sweet water source.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

21. Assertion ‘A’: The Upper Palaeolithic people of the Belan Valley had links with the Himalayas or the western borderlands.

Reason ‘R’: At Chopani Mando in the Belan Valley, bones of sheep and goats have been found that are not indigenous to this region.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Fifth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test 3

(The answers to mock test 3 are given below)

22. Which animal figures are most prominent in the cave paintings of the Mesolithic age?

(a) Buffalo
(b) Deer
(c) Tigers
(d) Chinkara

23. At which one of the following Mesolithic sites a large butchering area, where meat and bones were chopped, has been discovered?

(a) Sarai-Nahar-Rai
(b) Mahadaha
(c) Adamgarh
(d) Barkachha

24. At which of the following Mesolithic sites are charred and carbonized grains of wild rice embedded in the burnt clay remains of wattle? and daub walls of huts have been discovered?

(a) Chopani Mando
(b) Barkachha
(c) Langhnaj
(d) Reniguntur

25. At which of the following sites OCP was first identified?

(a) Bisauli
(b) Saipan
(c) Bahadrabad
(d) Jhinjhana

Answer Key: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 3

1. (b)	6. (a)	11. (b)	16. (d)	21. (a)
2. (c)	7. (a)	12. (a)	17. (d)	22. (b)
3. (b)	8. (d)	13. (d)	18. (a)	23. (b)
4. (b)	9. (c)	14. (b)	19. (d)	24. (a)
5. (c)	10. (a)	15. (a)	20. (a)	25. (a)