UGC NET / JRF History Paper 2 Dec 2012 Solved Questions and Answers (MCQ)

UGC NET / JRF History Paper 2 Solved Multiple Choice Questions and Answers of December 2012 Exam. These Indian History Questions and Answers are very useful fro upcoming competitive exams, entrance exams or interviews.
Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.
1) Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – I List – II
a. Mesolithic sitei. Langhnaj
b. Microlithii. Bagor (Rajasthan)
c. Beginning of Settled Agricultureiii. Birbhanpur
d. Chalcedonyiv. Chopni Mando

  1. a-i, b-ii, c- iii, d iv
  2. a- i, b- ii, c- iii, d- iv
  3. a-iii, b- ii, c- i, d- iv
  4. a-ii, b- iii, c- iv, d- i
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Answer = a-i, b-ii, c- iii, d iv

2) In which one of the following places the centre of stone tool manufacture is found ?
  1. Mehbubanagar
  2. Malaprabha
  3. Isampur
  4. Palaghat
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Answer = Isampur

3) Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – IList – II
a. Rigveda1. Kanva
b. Yajurveda2. Ranayaniya
c. Samaveda3. Pippalada
d. Atharvaveda4. Shakala

  1. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
  2. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
  3. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
  4. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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Answer = a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3

4) Excavations at the sites of the places mentioned in the Mahabharata are related to which one of the following cultures ?
  1. Northern Black polished ware
  2. Red and Black polished ware
  3. Painted grey ware
  4. None of the above
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Answer = Painted grey ware

5) Which, one of the following places, is not associated with mature Harappan settlement ?
  1. Dhalewan
  2. Lakhmirwala
  3. Surkotda
  4. Sarai Khola
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Answer = Sarai Khola

6) Recently in which place broken relief sculpture of King Ashoka has been discovered ?
  1. Kanaganahalli in Karnataka
  2. Mahasthan in Uttar Pradesh
  3. Kumrahar in Bihar
  4. Nittur in Karnataka
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Answer = Kanaganahalli in Karnataka

7) In which Buddhist scripture religious practices in the contemporary period of Buddha has been mentioned ?
  1. Ambattha Sutta
  2. Mahavamsa
  3. Bhaddasala Jataka
  4. Brahmajala Sutta
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Answer = Brahmajala Sutta

8) Which, one of the following, is not the anthology of Sangam literature ?
  1. Ettutokai
  2. Tirrukkurala
  3. Pattupattu
  4. Ahinanuru
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Answer = Tirrukkurala

9) Match the List – I with List – II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
List – IList – II
a. Al-Biruni1. Mc Crindle
b. Megasthenes2. Beal
c. Faxian3. Legge
d. Xuanzang 4. Sachau

  1. a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2
  2. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
  3. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
  4. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
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Answer = a-4, b-1, c-3, d-2

10) Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : North India between 750 A.D. and 1200 A.D. witnessed the emergence and full growth of a new politicosocio-economic structure.
Reason (R) : There is total unanimity among historians to describe this new structure as ‘feudalism’.
Read the above statements and select the correct answers from the codes given below :
Codes :

  1. (A) is correct but (R) is false.
  2. (A) is incorrect but (R) is correct.
  3. Both are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
  4. Both are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
Show Answer
Answer = (A) is correct but (R) is false.


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