NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 35

2025 NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 35 held in India: 25 multiple-question answers from the history topic of the UGC NET Exam are given below.

NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 35

1. Who of the following was not one of the later Mauryas who succeeded Asoka?

(a) Dasharatha
(b) Samprati
(c) Shalishuka
(d) Shubhagasena

2. What is the most significant difference in the message of the Pillar Edicts as compared to the Rock Edicts?

(a) The main stress in the Pillar Edicts is on social welfare measure
(b) There is a hint of fanaticism about dhamma and of megalomania in the Pillar Edicts
(c) The Pillar Edicts are mainly devoted to the moral aspects of dhamma and Asoka’s attachment to Buddhism
(d) Rock Edicts are addressed to common people and Pillar Edicts to the Buddhist order

3. In which of the following Major Rock Edicts does Asoka introduce the institution of dhamma-mahamatta for the first time?

(a) Rock Edict II
(b) Rock Edict III
(c) Rock Edict IV
(d) Rock Edict V

4. Information in respect of which of the following cannot be obtained from the edicts and inscriptions of Asoka?

(a) The sectarian and communal conflict of the period
(b) Working of the inner mind of Asoka
(c) Administrative reforms introduced by Asoka
(d) The social, religious and economic life of the people of his time

5. Rock Edict XIII (also known as Separate Rock Edict, because it is not found elsewhere) is regarded as one of the most important documents of Asokan history, because:

(a) It expresses his regret and remorse at the suffering caused by the Kalinga War
(b) It expresses a new idea of conquest that of dhamma-vijaya instead of victory by war and violence
(c) It is the longest of the fourteen Major Rock Edicts and is recorded in a tone of recapitulation
(d) All the above

6. What was the subject of the Rock Edict I issued by Asoka?

(a) Prohibition of animal sacrifice and festive meetings (samaja)
(b) Measures of social welfare undertaken for the benefit of the people
(c) Liberality to Brahmins and Sramanas
(d) Visit to Bodh-Gaya

7. Which of the following contains the pronouncement: “All men are my children”?

(a) Rock Edict V
(b) Pillar Edict VI
(c) Separate Rock Edict I
(d) Separate Rock Edict II

8. Which edict of Asoka contains the famous pronouncement: “At all times, whether I am eating, or am in the women’s apartments, or in my inner apartments, or at the cattle shed, or in my carriage, or in my gardens-wherever I may be my mahamattar should keep me in touch with public business”?

(a) Rock Edict II
(b) Rock Edict IV
(c) Rock Edict VI
(d) Rock Edict VIII

9. In which of the following respects do the Asokan epigraphs not help us to draw historical inferences?

(a) In delineating the boundary of the Mauryan empire
(b) In inferring Asoka’s relations with his border countries
(c) In inferring the impact of Kalinga War on the non-combatants
(d) In deriving conclusions regarding his relations with the members of his family

10. Which of the following was not one of the reasons why the conquest of Kalinga was of strategic and economic importance to the Mauryan empire?

(a) It stood in the way of the southern routes from the Ganges valley
(b) It was also a powerful maritime state and, therefore a convenient source of income
(c) Its rich and fertile and could contribute to the economic prosperity of the empire
(d) It provided contiguity to the Mauryan territories of Andhra and Bengal

11. The Mauryan king who issued the Nagarjuni Hill Cave Inscriptions and assumed the royal title of Devanampriya was:

(a) Asoka
(b) Dasharatha
(c) Bindusara
(d) Brihadratha

12. According to which tradition is Asoka said to have visited Khotan in Central Asia in 236 B.C.?

(a) Tibetan tradition
(b) Buddhist tradition
(c) Jain tradition
(d) Chinese tradition

13. Which of the following states of India did not form part of the Mauryan empire?

(a) Kerala
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Kashmir

14. Which of the following administrative measures was not undertaken by Asoka?

(a) The monarch started the practice of royal tours and instituted quinquennial circuits of officers
(b) He issued a code of conduct to his officials
(c) He tried to save people from miscarriage of justice
(d) Release of the convicts on the mercy petition moved by his ministers

15. According to which of the following sources is Asoka said to have built the city of Srinagar?

(a) Buddhist tradition
(b) Jain tradition
(c) Tibetan tradition
(d) Kalhana’s Rajatarangini

16. According to which of the following sources, did Asoka in his old age abdicate the throne in favour of his grandson Samprati?

(a) Ashokavadana
(b) Divyavadana
(c) Mahavamsa
(d) Gargi-Samhita

17. On what basis is it held that on the east the province of Vanga (part of modern Bengal) formed part of the Mauryan empire?

(a) Discovery of Asokan edicts in this part of Bengal
(b) Tamralipti, the principal port of the area, was one of the most important maritime centres during the Mauryan period
(c) Megasthenes’ Indika mentions Chandragupta‘s conquest of the region
(d) Buddhist traditions associate Asoka with propagation of Buddhism in Bengal

18. Which of the following was not one of Hellenic kings to whom diplomatic missions were sent by Asoka?

(a) Xerxes of Macedonia
(b) Antiochus II Theos of Syria
(c) Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt
(d) Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia

19. Which of the following was the contribution of the Mauryas to Tamil culture?

(a) Brahmi script
(b) Art of engraving stone inscriptions
(c) Prakrit language
(d) The art of stone-cutting and sculpture

20. The most striking example of the architectural closeness between Achaemenid Iran and Mauryan India was:

(a) The stone elephant at Dhauli
(b) The lion-capital at Sarnath
(c) The royal palace at Pataliputra
(d) Terracotta objects found at various Mauryan sites

21. Towards health care, the most important measures taken by Asoka was/were:

(a) He opened dispensaries for the treatment of both human beings and animals
(b) He got the herbs and plants, needed for medical purposes, cultivated
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) He made arrangements for safe drinking water in the whole of his empire

22. Which of the following is not one of the sources for determining the geographical extent of the Mauryan empire during the reign of Asoka?

(a) The distribution of his rock and pillar edicts
(b) The contents of his inscriptions
(c) The literary and religious traditions
(d) Numismatic evidence

23. There is similarity between the edicts of Asoka and those of:

(a) Antiochus II
(b) Darius
(c) Ptolemy II
(d) Antigonus Gonatas

24. Which of the following statements about the Mauryan relations with Sri Lanka is not correct?

(a) The coming of Mahendra and Sanghamitra to Sri Lanka was the first official contact between the two countries
(b) The king of Sri Lanka, Tissa, adopted the title of Devanampiya and appears to have modelled himself on Asoka
(c) There were frequent exchanges of gifts and envoys
(d) Tissa, the Sinhalese king, accepted Bud-dhism and appears to have made it the state religion

25. In which of the following edicts/inscriptions does Asoka express his faith in the Buddhist creed?