UGC NTA NET/JRF Exam, INDIAN CULTURE, December-2019

Total Questions: 100

81. Chronologically arrange the following provincial legislatures that extended franchise to women:

(a) Bombay and Madras
(b) Assam, Bihar and Orissa
(c) Punjab and Bengal
(d) United Provinces
Select the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: D. (a), (d), (c), (b)

82. Consider the following types of coins:

(a) Inscribed die-struck coins
(b) Uninscribed die-struck coins
(c) Punchmarked coins
(d) Uninscribed cast coins
Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of these coins? Select from the correct options given below:

Correct Answer: A. (c), (d), (b), (a)

83. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Vedas are collection of hymns written in Sanskrit language. The oldest of these texts is Rigveda and the last the Atharva veda.
Reason (R) : A major problem in using the Vedas as a source of history is the problem of their dating.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

84. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Education mediated by English rulers rekindled traditional Indian values into the soul of educated Indians.
Reasons (R) : The use of English for Indian education was an ideological campaign that assigned the task of committing the colonized to the notion of colonialism as a historically necessary and beneficial development.
In the context of the above two. statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: D. (A) is false, but (R) is true

85. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): To fulfil the extravagant expenditure by the Amirs and Royal court during the Mughal reign, the quality and quantity of manufactured goods were improved due to rise in demand of luxurious items.
Reason (R) : A variety of distinctive craftsmen were employed in the Royal factories and local artisans were equally talented and specialized.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

86. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): The Bhakti cult was also a factor in breaking the barrier between the natives and outsiders/immigrants.
Reason (R) : According to Bhagavata Purana, propitiating Vishnu and his devotees is enough for the purification of the Kiratas, Hunas, Andharas, Yavanas etc.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

87. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): While there are numerous references to the Ramayana and its author Valmiki in the Mahabharta, there is not a single reference to the Bharata war or the heroes of Mahabharata in the Ramayana.
Reason (R) : It shows that the Ramayana in its present form existed prior to the time when the Mahabharata assumed its final form.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

88. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Vidyarambha, the tenth sacrament, marks the beginning of study with the learning of the alphabets.
Reason (R) : The alphabet is regarded as the route of all knowledge, just as rivers lead to the ocean.
In the context of the above, which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: A. Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

89. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): The classification of Indian history into the Hindu, Muslim and British period is considered flawed for several reasons.
Reason (R) : Most of the historians shift the focus away from the religious labels towards the patterns of significant socioeconomic changes.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

90. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Traditional Marxism is devalued the importance of the idea of culture; culture was part of the 'superstructure' of society, and thus, simply a product of economic and industrial base.
Reasons (R): Ferdinand da Saussure insisted that the relation between a word and its meaning is constructed and not given. Language is cultural, and not natural, and so also the meaning it generates.
In the context of the above two statements which of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)