Name of the Organization : University Grants Commission
Type of the Exam : UGC National Eligibility Test NET
Subject : Indian Culture
Year : 2014
Document Type : Model Question Paper
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** This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions of two (2) marks each.
** All questions are compulsory.
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1. Microlithic tools are the main tools of
(A) Lower Paleolithic period
(B) Middle Paleolithic period
(C) Mesolithic period
(D) Iron Age
2. Which Harappan culture site has yielded the evidence of the cotton ?
(A) Kalibangan
(B) Lothal
(C) Harappa
(D) Mohenjodaro
3. Jain Tirthankara Mahavira has been mentioned in the early Pali lilterature as
(A) Mahavira
(B) Nigantha Nataputta
(C) Vardhamana
(D) Videhaputta
4. In which of the following forms of marriage the payment of the bride price was a condition ?
(A) Asura
(B) Paisacha
(C) Prajapatya
(D) Rakshasa
5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below :
List – I List – II (Period) (Significant Females)
a. Vedic i. Karuvaki
b. Upnishadic ii. Apala
c. Buddhist iii. Gargi
d. Mauryan iv. Sujata
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i ii iii iv
6. The head of village administration Grama or Gramika generally belonged to which Var a ?
(A) Brahmana
(B) Kshatriya
(C) Vaisya
(D) Sudra
7. The Chief of Sren organization in Budha’s time was known as
(A) Bhojaka
(B) Sarthavaha
(C) Sresthi
(D) Jye thaka
8. The first Jaina council was held at
(A) Pava
(B) Pa aliputra
(C) Valabh
(D) Vaisal
9. The republic state against which Ajatashatru faught was
(A) Koliya
(B) Sakya
(C) Malla
(D) Vajji
10. Arrange the following women in chronological order
i. Amrapali ii. Vasantsena
iii. Sutanuka iv. Jawala
Select your answer from the code
given below :
Codes :
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) iv i iii ii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv iii ii i
11. Which of the writer mentions about Ashoka’s palace at Patliputra ?
(A) Magasthenes
(B) Fahien
(C) It. Sing
(D) None of the above
12. Puranas mention which of the dynasties of South India ?
(A) Pallavas
(B) Cholas
(C) Rashtrakutas
(D) Satavahanas
13. In the Mauryan administration ‘Sannidhata’ was incharge of
(A) Royal treasury
(B) Store house
(C) Cavalry
(D) Provincial administration
14. Which of the following inscriptions mentions that the state had made provision of two granaries for relief in the time of distress ?
(A) Pillar Edict VII of Ashoka
(B) Hathigumpha Inscription of Kharavela
(C) Piprahwa Vase Inscription
(D) Sohgaura Bronze Plaque inscription
15. Rock cut caves at Barabar hills were carved during the time of
(A) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(B) Bindusara
(C) Desratha
(D) Kharavela
16. The Indo-Greek envoy Heliodorus erected Garuda Pillar during the reign of
(A) Agnimitra
(B) Bhagabhadra
(C) Pushyamitra
(D) Vasumitra
17. Who of the following rulers
performed horse sacrifice ?
(A) Agnimitra
(B) Kharavela
(C) Pushyamitra
(D) Gautamiputra Satakarni
18. Match List-I with List-II and select correct answer from the code given below the lists :
List – I List – II (Kings) (Title)
a. Kanishka i. Param Maheswara
b. Ashoka ii. Devaputra
c. Chandra Gupta-II iii. Devanampriya
d. Dhanga Chandella iv. Parama Bhagavata
Codes :
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iii ii i iv
19. Kaveripattnam was
(A) Pallava capital
(B) Temple Town
(C) Army Centre
(D) Famous Sea-port
20. Which of the following texts expounds the philosophy of Sunyavada ?
(A) Abhidharmakosa
(B) Lankavatarasutra
(C) Madhyamika – Karika
(D) Sutralankara