NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 30

2025 NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 30 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 30

Mock Test Set	30
Question Type	MCQ
Medium	Online
Subject	History
Exam	UGC Net
Question	25
Marks	1

1. When did Bhagavatism first come into prominence and spread to Western and Central India and the Deccan?

(a) Sixth century B.C.
(b) Second century B.C.
(c) First century A.D.
(d) Third century A.D.

2. Jainism has derived its metaphysical thoughts from:

(a) Buddhism
(b) Ajivakas
(c) Samkhya Philosophy
(d) Bhagavatas

3. Which of the following is not one of the Jain cave-dwellings?

(a) Tiger Cave at Udayagiri
(b) Indra Sabha at Ellora
(c) Ghantai and Adinath (rock) Temples at Khajuraho
(d) Sittannavasala Cave at Padukottai

4. Which of the following is not one of the examples of Jain art and architecture?

(a) Huge statues of Bahubali (Gomatesvara) at Sharavanabelagola
(b) Tiger Cave at Udayagiri
(c) Indra Sabha at Ellora
(d) Painting of Lord Mahavira at Ajanta and Bagh

5. Jainism was propagated in South India by:

(a) Gautama
(b) Indrabhuti
(c) Sudharman
(d) Bhadrabahu

6. Mahavira attained intuitive knowledge or enlightenment near:

(a) Valabhi
(b) Vaishali
(c) Parsvanath hills
(d) Pava

7. A ruling dynasty of the Deccan, which from the eighth to the tenth century A.D. showed a special leaning to Jainism, was:

(a) Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta
(b) Chalukyas of Badami
(c) Kadambas of Vanabasi
(d) Pallavas of Kanchi

8. A great contemporary of the Jain saint Bhadrabahu, who is said to have retired to Karnataka and died there, was:

(a) Nagarjuna
(b) Chandragupta Maurya
(c) Gautamiputra Satkarni
(d) Rudradaman

9. Which of the following is not matched correctly?

(a) Vardhamana Mahavira’s father – Siddhartha
(b) Vardhamana Mahavira’s mother – Trisala
(c) Vardhamana Mahavira’s wife – Yashoda
(d) Vardhamana Mahavira’s daughter – Chellana

10. The term Bhagavatism basically stands for a sect:

(a) Related to the worship of Vasudev Krishna
(b) Related to the worship of non-Vedic deity of the cowherds
(c) Which believed in the Upanishadic philosophy of Advaita
(d) All the above

11. According to Jainism how many stages or grades of a householder’s life has a person to pass through before he can enter the life of an ascetic or a monk?

(a) Seven
(b) Nine
(c) Eleven
(d) Fourteen

12. The great pontiff or saint of Jainism after Mahavira was/were:

(a) Sumbhutavijaya
(b) Bhadrabahu
(c) Sthulabhadra
(d) Hemachandra

13. The Panchratras were basically the worshippers of:

(a) Narain-Vishnu
(b) Five Vrishni heroes
(c) Vasudeva Krishna and his brother Balarama
(d) Trimoorti

14. Who of the following was the earliest known Greek follower of Bhagavatism?

(a) Megasthenes
(b) Antialkidas
(c) Heliodorus
(d) Demetrius

15. The Panchratra and Bhagavata sects both ultimately merged into:

(a) Vaishnavism
(b) Saivism
(c) Saktism
(d) Tantrism

16. Which one of the following are the main Bhagavata texts?

(a) The Smritis
(b) The Puranas
(c) The Upanishads
(d) The Brahmanas

17. The main Bhagavata deity Vasudeva Krishna was a:

(a) Warrior God
(b) Philosopher and Preacher
(c) Protector of cattle world
(d) All the above

18. On what basis is it said that Bhagavatism is as old as Buddhism and Jainism?

(a) References to Vasudeva Krishna in the Chhandogya Upanishad
(b) References in the Jain literature that Vasudeva Krishna was a scion of Jain Tirthankara Neminath
(c) Bhagavatism adopted the cult of non-violence from Jainism and Buddhism
(d) The ethical and social concepts of Bhagavatism were adopted from Buddhism and Jainism

19. The main Bhagavata deity Vasudeva Krishna was identified with the Vedic deity/deities: