NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 39

2025 NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 39 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 39

1. Amongst the seven classes of India described by Megasthenes, the sixth and seventh class respectively comprised of:

(a) Spies and Government officials
(b) Officiating priests and ministers
(c) Cultivators and merchants
(d) Administrators and spies

2. Which of the following is not one of the animals carved on the Sarnath Pillar?

(a) Humped Bull
(b) Deer
(c) Elephant
(d) Horse

3. The metals, mainly used for minting coins during the Mauryan period, were:

(a) Gold and silver
(b) Silver and copper
(c) Copper and bronze
(d) Lead and bronze

4. The red sandstones for Asokan Pillars were mainly quarried from:

(a) Taxila
(b) Chunar
(c) Aravali hills
(d) Both (b) and (c) above

5. The Asokan Pillar found at which of the following sites is considered to be the most graceful of all Asokan Pillars?

(a) Laurya-Nandangarh
(b) Rampurva
(c) Basarh
(d) Sarnath

6. The use of currency became a fairly common feature of the Mauryan period. Which of the following was not one of the main purposes for which money was used?

(a) Trade
(b) Payment of salaries to officers
(c) Taxes
(d) Banking

7. Which of the following is the most striking feature of the Asokan Pillars?

(a) Monolithic structure
(b) Carving
(c) Polish
(d) Quality of stone

8. One of the caves built by Asoka and dedicated to the Ajivika sect is:

(a) Nagarjuna Cave
(b) Jarasandha Cave at Rajagriha
(c) Sudama Cave at Barabara Hills
(d) Bhartihari Cave at Ujjain

9. It has been suggested that the Pillar Capitals were all sculpted by craftsmen from the same region (probably Taxila). What is the basis for this hypothesis?

(a) Closeness in style to Persian craftsmanship
(b) Uniformity of workmanship
(c) Reference in one of Asoka’s edicts to his having imported Persian craftsmen
(d) Remains of unfinished Pillar Capitals from Taxila

10. The famous Allahabad Pillar of Asoka, which was originally believed to have been at Kausambi, was probably shifted to Allahabad by:

(a) Samudragupta
(b) King Harsa of Kannauj
(c) Akbar
(d) Jahangir

11. The historian, who strongly argued that the Mauryan empire declined as a result of Brahmanical revolt against anti-Brahmanical and pro-Buddhist policies of Asoka, was:

(a) H.C. Ray Choudhuri
(b) H.P. Sastri
(c) R.K. Mukerjee
(d) D.R. Bhandarkar

12. Asoka’s eternal message given in the Pillar Edict-V for the protection of birds and animals from unnecessary slaughter was:

(a) Do not kill to survive
(b) ‘Killing of birds and animals is an injury to Nature’
(c) The living must not be nourished with the living
(d) ‘Cruelty to birds and animals is self-destructive’

13. The only son of Asoka found mentioned in his inscriptions is:

(a) Tivara
(b) Mahendra
(c) Kunala
(d) Jaluka

14. The Mauryan empire had brisk foreign trade with:

(a) West Asia
(b) Hellenistic West
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) South-east Asia

15. Asoka refers to the import of medicinal herbs, roots and fruits for the treatment of human beings and animals in:

(a) Pillar Edict-II
(b) Kalinga Edict
(c) Rock Edict-II
(d) Bhabru Edict

16. The famous Queen’s Edict (Minor Pillar Edict-IV) inscribed on a Pillar at Allahabad was issued by Asoka’s Queen:

(a) Vedisa Mahadevi
(b) Asandhamitra
(c) Karuvaki
(d) Tisyarakshita

17. Asoka completely banned the slaughter of:

(a) She-goats
(b) Rhinoceroses
(c) Barasing stags
(d) All the above

18. An Indian animal which earned the highest admiration of every Greek writer on Mauryan India, is:

(a) Cow
(b) Elephant
(c) Musk Deer
(d) Rhinoceros

19. Who of the following was not a son of Asoka?

(a) Tivara
(b) Kunala or Dharmavivardhana
(c) Jalauka
(d) Suman or Susima

20. What is the significance of the following two statements, respectively of Arrian and Magasthenes: “All the Indians are free and not one of them is slave.” “The Indians do not even use aliens as slaves”?

(a) There was no slavery in Mauryan India
(b) The institution of slavery of India was unlike its European counterpart
(c) The slavery in India was very mild
(d) Foreigners and persons of higher castes could not be enslaved

21. Who of the following Greek authors was not an ambassador to the Mauryan Court?

(a) Megasthenes
(b) Deimachus
(c) Dionysius
(d) Patrocles

22. Chief officers mentioned in Asoka’s edicts are:

(a) Rajukas, Yuktas, Mahamatras and Pradesikas
(b) Rajukas, Yuktas, Prativedakas and Purusas
(c) Dhamma-mahamatras and Rajukas
(d) Rajukas, Anta-mahamatras, Purusas and Prativedakas

23. Nearchus noted that “the laws of Indians differed from those of other nations and were not committed to writing”. This statement was inspired by the name: