2025 NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 27 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 27
Mock Test Set | 27 |
Question Type | MCQ |
Medium | Online |
Subject | History |
Exam | UGC Net |
Question | 25 |
Marks | 1 |
First Part: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 27
(The answers to mock test 27 are given below)
1. The richest source of the well-known smooth images of the Buddha in black slate and an extensive series of Buddhist bronzes is:
- (a) Kurkihar
- (b) Nalanda
- (c) Tanjore
- (d) Amravati
2. Which of the following constitutes the chief significance of Korean Buddhism?
- (a) The preservation of Mahayana Bud- dhims in its purest form
- (b) The role it played as an intermediary between China and Japan
- (c) The unique synthesis of the orthodox and the Tantric schools of Buddhism
- (d) None of the above
3. Which of the following Buddhist Philosopher is said to have visited Nepal in the fourth century A.D. in order to propagate his own doctrine?
- (a) Acharya Atisha
- (b) Acarya Kamalashila
- (c) Acharya Shantarakshita
- (d) Acharya Vasubandhu
4. Which of the following did for Buddhism in Japan, what King Asoka had done for it in India?
- (a) Prince Shotoku
- (b) Empress Suiko
- (c) Heina
- (d) Kamakura
5. What is the greatest debt owed by the Buddhist world to Sri Lanka?
- (a) The preservation of Buddha’s relics and sacred Bodhi tree
- (b) The preservation of the Pali canon in its entirety
- (c) The development of Buddhism through Simhalese commentaries of Buddhist texts
- (d) The propagation of Buddhism in South- East Asian countries
Second Part: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 27
(The answers to mock test 27 are given below)
6. The Tibetan monarch credited with introduc- tion of Buddhism in Tibet in the Seventh cen- tury A.D. is :
- (a) Sron-btsan-sgam-po
- (b) Opal-hkhov-Btsan
- (c) Mu-nu-btsan-po
- (d) Khvi-ode-srpm-btsan
7. Buddhism (Mahayana School) was first introduced in Japan in the — century A.D. :
- (a) First
- (b) Third
- (c) Seventh
- (d) Eighth
8. Which of the following was not one of the great events in the early history of Buddhism in Sri Lanka which left a deep impression and still evoke pious enthusiasm among millions of its votaries?
- (a) The visit of Mahendra and Sanghamitra
- (b) The transplantation of a branch of the Bodhi tree under which Gautama at-tained Buddhahood
- (c) The bringing of the Buddha’s tooth relic from India
- (d) Introduction of sacred Buddhist scrip- tures and architecture in Sri Lanka
9. Zen Buddhism, introduced in the twelfth cen- tury A.D., found its adherents mainly among the warriors and influenced Japanese culture considerably. The key to enlightenment, according to Zen Buddhism, is :
- (a) Recollection
- (b) Virtuous life
- (c) Meditation
- (d) Piety
10. In which of the following countries of South- East Asia was Mahayana Buddhism not the dominant school?
- (a) Burma
- (b) The Malaya Peninsula
- (c) Champa (Vietnam)
- (d) Tibet
Third Part: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 27
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11. The Buddhists who believed in strict monastic life and rigid disciplinary laws were known as:
- (a) Thera or Sthavira-vadins
- (b) Mahasanghikas
- (c) Vajrayayins
- (d) Sunyavadins
12. Which of the following pairs indicating the contents of the sacred Buddhist Pitakas is not correctly matched?
- (a) Vinaya Pitaka-rules of monastic dis- cipline
- (b) Abhidhamma Pitaka-philosophical development of the Buddha’s teachings
- (c) Sutta Pitaka-Stories of the Buddha’s previous births (Jataka stories)
- (d) Dhammapada – The original sermon of the Buddha of Sarnath
13. What was the purpose of the Chaityas during the early phase of Buddhism?
- (a) They served the purpose of temples
- (b) They were meditation halls
- (c) They were used for religious assemblies and prayers
- (d) They were used for holding social func- tions
14. The Buddhist Stupa of Borobodur, the largest and the only Stupa of its type in the world, was build by the Shailendra kings in:
- (a) Central Java, Indonesia
- (b) Angkorvat, Cambodia
- (c) Rangoon, Burma
- (d) Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
15. The Buddhist Law or Doctrine of karma meant :
- (a) A man reaps what he sows
- (b) Every individual is the maker of his own destiny
- (c) Prayers to a god or gods alone cannot change the destiny of man
- (d) All the above
Fourth Part: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 27
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16. An Indian Buddhist monk, who went to China in the first century A.D. and translated the Buddhist works in the Chinese language was :
- (a) Dharmakirti
- (b) Asanga
- (c) Kashyap Matanga
- (d) Nagarjuna
17. The Vibhashas are three large commentaries of :
- (a) Abhidhamma Pitaka
- (b) Vinaya Pitaka
- (c) All the three Pitakas
- (d) Sutta Pitaka
18. At which of the following places has the earliest example of the Buddhist stupa architecture been found?
- (a) Sanchi
- (b) Sankasya
- (c) Sarnath
- (d) Lumbini
19. The school of Indian art which is known as the Greco-Roman-Buddhist Art, is the — School :
- (a) Mauryan
- (b) Shunga
- (c) (Kushana) Gandhara
- (d) Gupta
20. Which of the following statements correctly describe the difference between a chaitya and a stupa?
- (a) Chaitya is a religious term, while stupa is an architectural term for a mound containing a relic of the Buddha and later on of leading Buddhist saints
- (b) Chaitya is a place of prayers/worship while stupa is a funeral monument
- (c) Chaityas were constructed by the monasteries while stupas were constructed by the kings and the rich merchants
- (d) Chaityas represent Mahayanism and stupas Hinayanism
Fifth Part: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 27
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21. At which of the following places has a stupa of the Kushana period been recently discovered?
- (a) Sanghol
- (b) Besnagar
- (c) Amravati
- (d) Lumbini (Rummindei)
22. To which of the following schools of art do the earliest images of the Buddha in human form belong?
- (a) Gandhara
- (b) Mathura
- (c) Pala
- (d) Gupta
23. With which of the following was the construc- tion of the stupas in the earliest period in- variably associated?
- (a) The concept of the universe
- (b) The life of the Buddha
- (c) The relics of the Buddha
- (d) The death of the Buddha
24. The most beautiful images of the Buddha were carved out in the School of Art :
- (a) Kushana
- (b) Shunga
- (c) Gupta
- (d) Pala
25. Which of the following did not produce an impact on Chinese life and thought as a result of the influence of Buddhism?
- (a) Doctrine of rebirth
- (b) Belief in reward and retribution
- (c) The idea of causality
- (d) Faith in Ahimsa
Answer Key: NTA UGC Net History Online Mock Test 27
1. (b) | 6. (a) | 11. (a) | 16. (d) | 21. (a) |
2. (b) | 7. (c) | 12. (d) | 17. (d) | 22. (a) |
3. (d) | 8. (d) | 13. (c) | 18. (c) | 23. (c) |
4. (a) | 9. (c) | 14. (a) | 19. (c) | 24. (c) |
5. (d) | 10. (a) | 15. (d) | 20. (c) | 25. (d) |
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