NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 28

2025 NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 28 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 28

Mock Test Set	28
Question Type	MCQ
Medium	Online
Subject	History
Exam	UGC Net
Question	25
Marks	1

First Part: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 28

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1. Which of the following rigorous practices is not pursued by the Jain monks?

(a) Fasting and self-mortification
(b) Death through gradual starvation
(c) Pulling away the hair of head and beard
(d) Not taking bath other than in flowing water

2. Which of the following statements regarding Mahavira‘s relation with the Lichhavis of Vaishali is correct?

(a) His father Siddhartha belonged to the Jnatrika clan of the Lichhavis
(b) Mahavira was married in the Lichhavi royal family
(c) Mahavira’s mother Trisala was a sister of Chetaka, an eminent Lichhavi noble of Vaishali
(d) Mahavira’s son-in-law Jamali was a prime minister of the Lichhavis

3. Which of the following were not one of the royal patrons of Jainism?

(a) Satvahanas
(b) Gangas
(c) Chalukyas of Gujarat
(d) Rashtrakutas

4. At which of the following place did Mahavira’s death take place?

(a) Kusinara
(b) Vaishali
(c) Rajagriha
(d) Pava

5. Which of the following was not one of the reasons for the gradual decline of Jainism?

(a) The assimilative power of Hinduism
(b) The destruction of their temples by the foreign invaders and others
(c) The extremism of its ethical code and religious discipline
(d) The influence and popularity of Shaiva and Vaishnava saints in the South

Second Part: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 28

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6. During his lifetime, Mahavira’s teachings were confined to the Ganga valley. But in later centuries they spread to many regions. Which of the following was not such region?

(a) Gujarat
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Karnataka
(d) West Bengal

7. What is the meaning of the word ‘Jaina’?

(a) It means a person free from worldly fetters
(b) It means one who is free from all passions and desires
(c) It is derived from the word Jina, meaning conqueror
(d) It means one who has renounced worldly pleasures

8. Which of the following was not one of the reasons for the rapid spread of Jainism amongst the trading community?

(a) The trading community could observe the vow of non-injury without any difficulty
(b) The strict limitation of private property was interpreted to mean landed property and not the wealth earned from trade and commerce
(c) The Jain church received generous donations from rich merchants
(d) The encouragement of frugality in Jainism coincided with a similar sentiment in commercial activity.

9. Which of the following vows was added by Mahavira to the four great vows enjoined by the twenty-third Tirthankara Parsvanath?

(a) Non-injury
(b) Continence or chastity
(c) Truthfulness
(d) Non-attachment

10. The images of which of the following Buddhist deities were not worshipped in Mahayana Buddhism?

(a) The previous human Buddhas
(b) Bodhisattvas as their spiritual sons
(c) Goddesses Taras as consorts of Bod-hisattvas
(d) Goddess Sri Lakshmi-symbolising the material life

Third Part: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 28

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11. When was the second and the last Jain Council held at Vallabhi (Gujarat), which made a final collection of the scriptures and reduced them to writing?

(a) Third century B.C.
(b) First century A.D.
(c) Fifth or sixth century A.D.
(d) Seventh or Eighth century A.D.

12. What was the name of the Jain monk under whose leadership, a large Jain community migrated from Magadha (South Bihar) to Shravanabelagola in Karnataka in the fourth century B.C.?

(a) Nagarjuna
(b) Samghadasa
(c) Haribhadra
(d) Bhadrabahu

13. Which of the following are considered to be the oldest texts containing Mahavira’s teachings received by Sthulabhadra at the feet of his guru Bhadrabahu?

(a) Angas
(b) Fourteen Purvas
(c) Prakimas
(d) Four Mulasutras

14. Where was the first Jain Council held around the third century B.C.?

(a) Vallabhi
(b) Pataliputra
(c) Vaishali
(d) Jrimbhikagrama

15. Which of the following was not a point of socio- spiritual difference between Buddhism and Jainism?

(a) They differ in their fundamental concept of salvation
(b) Jainism did not oppose the caste system and was more accommodating to Hinduism than Buddhism
(c) Within five hundred years, Buddhism became a world religion while Jainism never went outside India
(d) Buddhism was a religion of the masses, while Jainism remained confined to wealthy merchants and monopolists

Fourth Part: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 28

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16. When did the final compilation of Mahavira’s teachings take place?

(a) Sixth century B.C.
(b) Third century B.C.
(c) Fifth or sixth century A.D.
(d) Eleventh century A.D.

17. What was the nature of difference between Bhadrabahu and his followers, which led to the split of Jainism into two sects, namely Digambaras and Shvetambaras?

(a) Interpretation of certain philosophical canons
(b) Compilation of the teachings of Mahavira
(c) Whether or not the monks should wear clothes
(d) Idol worship

18. Which of the following Jain texts were compiled at the first Jain Council held at Pataliputra in the third century B.C.?

(a) Purvas
(b) Twelve Angas
(c) Ten Prakirnas
(d) Six Chheda sutras

19. A Jain Tirthankara who is supposed to have been the kinsman of Lord Krishna was:

(a) Risabha
(b) Neminatha or Aristanemi
(c) Parsvanath
(d) Mahavira

20. Which of the following is considered to be the greatest of Jain scholars?

(a) Bhadrabahu
(b) Sthulabhadra
(c) Amoghavarsha
(d) Hemchandra

Fifth Part: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 28

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21. The greatest Jain scholar Hemachandra was a court Pandit and annalist at the court of:

(a) Rashtrakuta Amoghavarsa
(b) Chalukya Kumarapala
(c) Chalukya Jayasimha Siddharaja
(d) Chandel Vidyadhara

22. The eleven Gandharas in Jainism were:

(a) Close disciples or apostles of Mahavira
(b) Heads of the school of Jainism
(c) Great angels of Jainism
(d) Future pontiffs of Jainism

23. The followers of Vardhamana Mahavira were known as Nirgranthas, because they had:

(a) Discarded their clothes
(b) Become free from worldly fetters or bonds
(c) Become perfect men
(d) Accepted the teachings of Mahavira

24. Which of the following pairs of Jain religious texts and their contents is not correctly matched?

(a) Angas – explain the Jain doctrines through big ends
(b) Chheda sutras – explain the rules of dis-cipline of the monastic order
(c) Mula sutras – deal with the basic doctrines of Jainism
(d) Prakirmas – deal with the monastic order of the nuns

25. What was the name of the village where Mahavira attained the highest spiritual knowledge (kevalva-jnana)?

(a) Kundapura or Kundagrama
(b) Vaishali
(c) Gaya
(d) Jrimbhikagrama

Answer Key: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 28

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