NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 33

2025 NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 33 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 33

Mock Test Set	33
Question Type	MCQ
Medium	Online
Subject	History
Exam	UGC Net
Question	25
Marks	1

1. Which of the following was not the result of the Kalinga War?

(a) The number of casualties of combatants and non-combatants is stated to have been around four lakhs
(b) The cruel consequences of war revolutionised the personality and public policies of Asoka
(c) He waged no wars after the Kalinga War
(d) The strength of the Mauryan army was curtailed

2. Chandragupta Maurya launched his victorious career by first overthrowing the:

(a) Greeks from the north-west frontier
(b) Nandas from Magadha
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Himalayan chief Parvataka

3. Asoka’s pillar inscriptions, which were shifted from the original sites to Delhi, were:

(a) Meerut and Topara pillars
(b) Sanchi and Sarnath pillars
(c) Lumbini and Rampurva pillar
(d) Kausambi and Lauriya Nandangarh pillars

4. How many years after the Buddha‘s death did Asoka come to the throne according to the Sri Lankan chronicles?

(a) 218
(b) 155
(c) 275
(d) 278

5. The Greek sources mention Chandragupta Maurya as:

(a) Sandrocottus
(b) Androcottus
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Sandrocottus

6. One of the non-Indian Buddhist texts built around the personality of Asoka, is

(a) Mahavamsa
(b) Dipavamsa
(c) Divyavadana
(d) Ashokavadana

7. For the early life of Chandragupta Maurya, we have to depend on the:

(a) Puranas
(b) Buddhist sources
(c) Jain sources
(d) Greek accounts

8. The chronology of the Mauryas hinges round the date of:

(a) Alexander’s invasion
(b) Death of Mahavira
(c) Death of the Buddha
(d) Year of Asoka’s coronation

9. The Buddhist sources regard Chandragupta Maurya to be:

(a) A son of the chief of peacock-tamers
(b) A Kshatriya of the Moriya clan
(c) A son of Mura, one of the wives of the Nanda king
(d) A son of the chief of Moriyanagar

10. Which of the following regions of South India was not conquered by Chandragupta Maurya?

(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Kalinga
(d) Andhra

11. Which of the following is considered to be a controversial part of the treaty of 303 B.C. between Chandragupta and Seleucus?

(a) Seleucus surrendered his large territories to Chandragupta
(b) Chandragupta made a gift of 500 elephants to Seleucus
(c) Seleucus gave his daughter in marriage to Chandragupta
(d) A Greek envoy (Megasthenes) was accredited to the Mauryan court at Pataliputra

12. Who was the envoy of the Egyptian king Ptolemy Philadelphus in the Mauryan court?

(a) Dionysius
(b) Deimachos
(c) Megasthenes
(d) Diodorus

13. Which of the following literary works furnishes the details of the revolution by which Chandragupta Maurya, with the help of Kautilya, overthrew the Nandas?

(a) Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta
(b) Bana’s Harsacharita
(c) Devichandraguptam of Vishakhadatta
(d) Parisista Parvan

14. Chandragupta Maurya’s war with the Nanda king is described in the:

(a) Mudrarakshasa of Vishakhadatta
(b) The Jain work Parisishtaparvan
(c) The Buddhist work Mahavamsa.
(d) All the above

15. Which of the following sources does not state that Chanakya continued to serve Chandragupta’s son Bindusara Minister? as his

(a) Arya-Manjusri Mulakalpa
(b) Account of the Tibetan historian Taranath
(c) Ashokavadana
(d) Mahavamsa

16. Which of the following inscriptions proves Chandragupta Maurya’s conquest of Western India (Saurashtra)?

(a) Junagadh Rock Edict of Rudradaman
(b) Girnar Rock Edict of Asoka
(c) Sopara Rock Edict of Asoka
(d) Separate (Kalinga) Rock Edict

17. The Mauryan king Bindusara requested the son and successor of Seleucus Nikator named to send him some figs, raisin wine and a Greek philosopher:

(a) Ptolemy Philadelphus
(b) King Antiochus I of Syria
(c) King Antiochus Theos of Syria
(d) Alexander of Epirus

18. At which of the following places was Asoka stationed as Viceroy at the time of Bindusara’s death?

(a) Taxila
(b) Ujjain
(c) Saurashtra
(d) Tosali

19. In which of the following regions of his kingdom did Bindusara have to face two revolts, one of which was quelled by Asoka?

(a) Saurashtra
(b) Taxila
(c) The Deccan
(d) Ujjaini

20. The first major event of the reign of Asoka was the Kalinga War and conquest of Kalinga. Which of the following was the actual cause of the Kalinga War?

(a) Kalinga was a thorn in the body-politic of the empire
(b) “Asoka wished to control both the land and sea routes to South India”
(c) Kalinga had grown very powerful during the reign of Bindusara and was posing a danger to the Mauryan empire
(d) Independent Kalinga posed a threat to the Mauryan possessions in Andhra and Bengal

21. In which of the following sects was Bindusara interested?