NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 42

2025 NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 42 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 42

1. To which one of the following empires did the Indian kshatrapi paid a tribute of 320 talents of gold annually?

(a) Roman
(b) Greek
(c) Persian
(d) Chinese

2. Which one of the following statements is not true about the condition of slaves in the post-Mauryan period?

(a) Slaves working on the Mauryan state farms were now in the process of being transformed into tax-paying peasants.
(b) They could not be emancipated in any case
(c) On failure of competent witnesses even slaves could give evidence
(d) They did not have the right to acquire property for themself

3. The Karle cave is regarded as the finest specimen of rock-cut architecture on account of certain features. Which of the following features is not one of them?

(a) Beauty of the sculptures
(b) Rows of Pillars
(c) Fine proportion of different parts of the building
(d) A large number of votive inscriptions

4. Which of the following concepts were mainly responsible for proliferation of castes during the early historical period?

(1) Varnasamkara
(2) Vratya
(3) Gotrantara
(4) Dharmantarana

Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

(a) only 1
(b) only 4
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1 and 4

5. The graphic picture of which one of the following cities is provided in the Milindapanho?

(a) Purushapura
(b) Rajagriha
(c) Sakala
(d) Pataliputra

6. Which one of the following places provides the earliest evidence of an actual Saiva Shrine?

(a) Gudimallam
(b) Nagari
(c) Vidisha
(d) Bhaja

7. In which one of the following ways a person could not be made a slave?

(a) One who did not follow the Varnasrama dharma was deemed to be a slave
(b) A slave could be purchased
(c) A slave could be so by birth
(d) A person could become a slave by choice

8. In which of the following regions, the evidence of rock-cut architecture is not found?

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

9. The rulers of which of the following dynasties declared themselves to have been the restorer of Varnasramadharma?

(a) Satavahanas
(b) Kushanas
(c) Parthians
(d) Mauryas

10. Match list ‘A’ with the list ‘B’ and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

List ‘A’ List ‘B’

1. Sadabhagin A. The military governor

2. Gramasamika B. The king

3. Strategos C. The village headman

4. Satrap D. The provincial governor

Codes:

1 2 3 4

(a) B C A D

(b) A B C D

(d) A C D B

11. Which one of the following is not true about the social condition during the post-Mauryan period.

(a) There is no evidence of the existence of independent sudra peasants
(b) Sudras could attain a higher social status
(c) The distinctions between the sudra and vaisya categories were becoming thinner
(d) The artisans and craftsmen were largely drawn from the sudra category

12. Who was the first king to have abandoned some administrative rights over donated land?

(a) Simuka Satavahana
(b) Gautamiputra Satakarni
(c) Yajnasiri Satakarni
(d) Rudradaman

13. In which one of the following texts we have the earliest evidence of the use of jati in connection with a varna?

(a) Ashtadhyayi
(b) Nirukta
(c) Shulvasutras
(d) Manusmriti

14. Which of the following is the correct explanation of the concept of apad-dharma?

(a) Times of the heretical sects
(b) Times of the foreign invasions
(c) Times of distress or crisis
(d) Times of seclusion

15. Which one of the following is not true about the aksayanivi custom?

(a) It was adopted by the Satavahanas and the Kushanas
(b) It was a perpetual donation without the right of alienation
(c) It was a perpetual endowment of rent free land
(d) It was an endowment made only to the secular benificiaries

16. Which one of the following is not true about the differences between varna and jati?

(a) The varnas are divided on the basis of their functions whereas the jati hierarchy is organized on the principle of the absolute purity of the brahmana caste and the relative impurity of all other castes
(b) The varnas are broad categories subsuming within them a large number of jatis in a rather loose fashion
(c) The varna system operates at the pan-India level where as jati generally operates at local level
(d) The varna is a religious category whereas jati is a social category

17. To which period belongs the earliest inscriptional evidence of a land grant?

(a) Second century BC
(b) Third century BC
(c) First century BC
(d) First century AD

18. On which of the following, we are mainly dependent to know the organisation, importance and functions of early historical guilds?

(a) The Periplus
(b) The Jataka stories
(c) The Milindapanho
(d) The Lalitvistara

19. Which one of the following is not true about the guilds?

(a) Some of the guilds had their own seals and emblems
(b) The guilds fixed the rules of work, quality of the product and their prices
(c) The guilds, at times, controlled the personal matters of their members
(d) In legal matters their evidence were not admissible because of rigid caste rules

20. Which one of the following crafts related to the working of mineral products is not specifically mentioned in the Milindapanho?

(a) Gold
(b) Silver
(c) Brass
(d) Bronze

21. Which one of the following was not a characteristic feature of the post-Mauryan economy?

(a) Localisation of industry
(b) Occupations became highly specialised
(c) Individually owned agricultural farms
(d) Strong state control

22. Which one of the following is not true about the agrarian system of the post-Mauryan period?

(a) The person who brought the land under cultivation was the owner
(b) The private individuals had limited right to alienation of land
(c) There is no record of transfer of land for non-religious purposes
(d) The private individuals had absolute right over their land

23. List ‘A’ consists of the varna categories and the list ‘B’ consists of the material for sacrificial thread to be used by them. Match them and choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

List ‘A’ List ‘B’

1. Brahmana A. Flax

2. Kshatriya B. Cotton

3. Vaisya C. Not entitled to

4. Sudra D. Wool

Codes:

1 2 3 4

(a) B A C D

(b) A B C D

(d) D B A C

24. Which one of the following functions was not performed by the guilds?