NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 31

2025 NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 31 held in India: 25 multiple-question answers from the history topic of the UGC NET Exam are given below.

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New NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 31

Mock Test Set	31
Question Type	MCQ
Medium	Online
Subject	History
Exam	UGC Net
Question	25
Marks	1

1. Which of the following was common to both Bhagavatism and Jainism?

(a) Austerity as the essential means of salvation
(b) Belief in eternal individual souls
(c) The concept of salvation as final independence of the soul (kaivalya)
(d) Respect for animal life

2. Which of the following kinds of devotion is ‘primary devotion’ according to Bhagavatism?

(a) Devotion of total detachment
(b) Devotion of the inquisitive
(c) Devotion of the distressed
(d) Unmotivated and selfless devotion

3. One obtains the Grace of God through:

(a) Bhakti
(b) Preman
(c) Complete self-surrender to God
(d) Observance of social obligations

4. Which of the following statements correctly describes the concept of preman in Bhagavatism?

(a) It is love in the physical sense
(b) It is attachment to worldly objects of pleasure
(c) It is another name of bhakti
(d) It is the completion and perfection of devotion (bhakti)

5. According to Bhagavata texts a definition of bhakti (devotion) includes:

(a) Intense love for God
(b) Most perfect attachment to God
(c) Observance of one’s duties
(d) All the above

6. According to Bhagavatism, salvation (mukti) primarily depends on:

(a) Bhakti (devotion)
(b) Prasad (grace of God)
(c) Prapatti or sharanagati (self-surrender)
(d) Preman (deep love)

7. Which of the following texts is not one of the sources of Bhagavatism?

(a) Mahabharata
(b) Narada and Shandilya Sutras
(c) Bagavata Purana
(d) Vishnudharmottara Purana

8. Which of the following means for achieving bhakti (devotion) is the most important?

(a) Giving up egoism, pride and other passions
(b) Renunciation of all objects of enjoyment
(c) Praying incessantly to God
(d) Companionship of devotees

9. Bhagavatism considers bhakti (devotion) as the best means of salvation, better than jnana (knowledge), karma (action) and yoga because:

(a) Unlike knowledge and action, devotion is within the reach of everyone
(b) Unlike devotion, knowledge and actions are motivated by egoism and and pride, and cannot activate God’s compassion or grace
(c) No one is dearer to God than His devotee
(d) It could be pursued through individual efforts

10. Which of the following means of achieving salvation is open to all according to Bhagavatism?

(a) The knowledge of the self
(b) Religious observances
(c) Devotional worship
(d) Total self-surrender to Him

11. According to Bhagavatism the cause of all human sins is:

(a) Lobha (greed)
(b) Asatya (falsehood)
(c) Avidya (ignorance)
(d) Maya (illusion)

12. Which of the following was the most important aspect of Brahmanism?

(a) The concept of mantra (sacred utterances)
(b) Sacrificial rituals
(c) The practice of tapas
(d) Attaining spiritual bliss through knowledge

13. How does devotion bring about liberation (mukti) according to Bhagavatism?

(a) It releases the soul from the bondage of action
(b) It destroys illusions by obtaining the grace of God
(c) It purges the soul of egoism
(d) Complete self-surrender arouses the compassion of God

14. The Bhagavata religion does not preach the cult of inactivism or quietism. Which of the following statements about Bhagavatism’s attitude towards action is not correct?

(a) We should not give up action, but we should do our duty without any attachment
(b) We should surrender the fruits of action to God
(c) We should live an active life completely dedicated to God
(d) Actions for the preservation of life are irrelevant

15. Which of the following schools of philosophy was the main offshoot of Bhagavatism?

(a) Sankhya
(b) Vaisheshika
(c) Advaita
(d) Vishishtadvaita

16. Bhagavatism has been regarded as a completely democratic religion because:

(a) It opened the portals of salvation to all irrespective of caste, creed or sex
(b) It preached a simple religion in the language of the masses
(c) It was a totally non-ritualistic religion em-phasising only individual’s devotion
(d) It was free from high-sounding philosophical speculations

17. Bhagavatism came to be known and merged with the Vaishnavism when:

(a) Vasudeva Krishna was identified with Vedic deity Vishnu
(b) The Vedic social rituals were adopted by Bhagavatism
(c) The cosmic gods, such as Nara and Narain, were adopted in Bhagavatism
(d) Bhagavatism adopted the concept of Varnashrama dharma

18. Which of the following paved the way for reconciliation between Bhagavatism and Brahmanism?

(a) Replacement of shraddha (faith) by bhakti (devotion)
(b) Growth of image worship and construction of temples
(c) Identification of Vasudeva Krishna with Vishnu
(d) Philosophy of Advaita

19. The practice of image worship started among the followers of Brahmanism with the emergence of:

(a) Ajivika sect
(b) Bhagavatism
(c) Vaishnavism
(d) Shaivism

20. Which of the following heterodox assertions of Bhagavatism was not supported by Buddhism?

(a) An open denial of the efficacy of sacrifices and austerities
(b) Denunciation of the slaughter of animals
(c) Stressing the element of bhakti (devo-tion) in place of abstract knowledge
(d) One’s caste or occupation was no hindrance to spiritual progress

21. One of the concepts of Brahmanism which is not accepted by Bhagavatism is:

(a) Doctrine of samsara
(b) Doctrine of karma
(c) Elaborate sacrificial rituals
(d) Varnashrama dharma

22. Panchratrikas were those who worshipped:

(a) Vasudeva in his four-fold vyuha form
(b) The deified sage Narain
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Iconic representations of God Vishnu-Vasudeva

23. Which of the following was not one of the features which Bhagavatism shared in common with Buddhism and Jainism?

(a) All the three constituted a revolt against the accepted religious creeds of the day
(b) All of them originated in the free atmosphere of independent republican clans – the Shakyas, the Lichhavis, and the Satvaras
(c) The founders of all the three were from royal families
(d) All the three believed in the concept of ahimsa.

24. After the rise of the heterodox sects like Jainism and Buddhism, which of the following rulers was the first staunch supporter of orthodox Brahmanical faith and who is alleged to have persecuted Buddhists?