NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 8

2025 NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 8 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 8

Mock Test Set	8
Question Type	MCQ
Medium	Online
Subject	History
Exam	UGC Net
Question	25
Marks	1

First Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

1. The most active trade contacts between the Harappan civilization and Mesopotamia existed during the period:

(a) 2350 BC-1770 BC
(b) 2500 BC–1500 BC
(c) 2000 BC–1500 BC
(d) 2480 BC–2300 BC

Ans. (a) 2350 BC–1770 BC

2. The largest building at Mohenjodaro is:

(a) The great bath
(b) The granary
(c) The audience chamber or pillared hall
(d) The collegiate building

Ans. (b) The granary

3. The earliest evidence of institutionalized burial has been found at

(a) Mehrgarh
(b) Anjira
(c) Harappa
(d) Kili Gul Muhammad

Ans. (a) Mehrgarh

4. What is common among Harappa, Mohenjodaro, Allah Dino, and Kunal?

(a) All are in Pakistan now
(b) All have yielded hoards of precious metals and semi-precious stones
(c) All were major cities
(d) All have similar structural patterns

Ans. (b) All have yielded hoards of precious metals and semi-precious stones

5. According to a hypothesis, Harappa functioned as a ‘gateway city’. Which two other cities could be kept in this category?

(a) Mohenjodaro
(b) Rakhigarhi
(c) Dholavira
(d) Suktagendor

Choose the right answer from the following:

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 4
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 3

Ans. (a) 1 and 2

Second Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

6. Which one of the following is not a view of S. M. Wheeler?

(a) The occurrence of timbers in the baked brick construction in the early phase of Mohenjodaro suggests that the master builder concerned was a foreigner accustomed to methods appropriate to a drier climate and inexperienced industrial conditions.
(b) From Mesopotamia, the Mature idea of civilization reached the Indian coast and the Indus Valley by an easy sea route and perhaps by land, to be there according to local tastes and circumstances.
(c) Mohenjodaro’s decline was long drawn out and progressive and the final fall was catastrophic
(d) There is a likelihood of immediate or wholesale colonization of the Indus region from Sumer

Ans. (d) There is a likelihood of immediate or wholesale colonization of the Indus region from Sumer

7. Which one of these is the most recurring ‘field symbol’ on Harappan seals?

(a) Unicorn
(b) Bull
(c) Rhinoceros
(d) Composite animals

Ans. (a) Unicorn

8. Which one of the following has not been found in cemetery R 37 at Harappa?

(a) Bronze mirrors
(b) Antimony rod
(c) Shell ladle and stone blades
(d) Copper arrows

Ans. (d) Copper arrows

9. Which one of these sites has not shown an intermediate phase between the Early Indus and Mature Indus phases?

(a) Harappa
(b) Nausharo
(c) Kot Diji
(d) Dholavira

Ans. (d) Dholavira

10. Which of the following have not been found at Mehrgarh:

(a) Granary
(b) Metallurgy
(c) Terracotta models of humped cattle
(d) Rice cultivation

Ans. (d) Rice cultivation

Third Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

11. Kalibangan began a plowed field, showing furrows in two directions, cutting each other at right angles, showing that:

(a) It was meant for single crop pattern
(b) It was mainly for planting trees
(c) It was a method of cropping two different plants on the same field
(d) It was meant for crop rotation

Ans. (c) It was a method of cropping two different plants on the same field

12. Which of the following sites has yielded a planned form showing the regular rectangular outline of the settlement around 3000 BC?

(a) Amri
(b) Kot Diji
(c) Dholavira
(d) Rahman Dheri

Ans. (d) Rahman Dheri

13. Which one of these has not been suggested as a reason for the post-urban proliferation of small villages in the dry zone of Saurashtra?

(a) Introduction of ajra as a staple crop
(b) Sedentarization of hunters
(c) Repeated shifts from mobile pastoralism to settled agriculture
(d) Introduction of canal irrigation technology

Ans. (d) Introduction of canal irrigation technology

14. Horse remains are found at:

(I) Surkotada
(II) Kalibangan
(III) Dholavira
(IV) Manda

Choose the correct answer from the following:

(a) I, II, and III
(b) II, IV, and I
(c) I, III, and IV
(d) I and II

Ans. (a) I, II and III

15. At which of these sites pre-script marks in the form of incised marks on pottery have been found?

(a) Rahman Dheri
(b) Amri
(c) Mehrgarh
(d) Nausharo

Ans. (a) Rahman Dheri

Fourth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

16. House walls resting on stone foundations appear to be unique features of which one of the following cultures?

(a) Jhukar
(b) Kayatha
(c) Banas
(d) Ahar

Ans. (d) Ahar

17. The oldest evidence of rice cultivation comes from:

(a) Mehrgarh
(b) Rangpur
(c) Koldihwa
(d) Kunal

Ans. (c) Koldihwa

18. The technique of lapping or joining two parts of metal to make a composite jar appeared in which period?

(a) Early Harappan
(b) Neolithic culture
(c) Mature Harappan
(d) Late Harappan

Ans. (d) Late Harappan

19. At which of these sites ‘a touchstone bearing gold streaks of different hues’ has been found?

(a) Kunal
(b) Kalibangan
(c) Ropar
(d) Banawali

Ans. (d) Banawali

20. Which of these Harappan industries disappeared after the decline of urbanism?

(a) Lithic Industries
(b) Pottery
(c) Stoneware bangle industries
(d) Metallurgy

Ans. (c) Stoneware bangle industries

Fifth Part: UGC Net History Online Mock Test

21. Match the following and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

1. Ornamental bricks used	A. Kalibangan in the floor of a house
2. Gutters of Pot first to drain the rainwater	B. Chanhudaro
3. first site excavated in India after independence	C.firstr
4. Touchstone	D. Banawali
5. Clay model of a plough	E. Banawali

(a) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D, 5-E
(b) 1-C, 2-A, 3-B, 4-E, 5-D
(c) 1-A, 2-B, 3-D, 4-E, 5-C
(d) 1-A, 2-B, 3-D, 4-C, 5-E

Ans. (a) 1-A, 2-B, 3-C, 4-D, 5-E

22. A unique feature of the defense work of this Indus city was the exposition of a deep and wide moat outside the town wall and a broad berth in between the two. Which is that city?