UTP'S Weekly Test Series for NTA UGC-NET

Examination June 2024

Mock Test V
Test Code: UTPMAR01
Number of Questions: 40
Duration of Test: 40 minutes

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TEST PAPER
1. Consider the following pairs:

Rigveda : Kausitaki
Yajurveda : Satapatha
Samaveda : Pancavimsa
Atharvaveda : Gopatha

How many pairs given above is/are correct?

Only one pair

Only two pairs

Only three pairs

All four pairs

2. "Intresting the Brahmanas may be to students of Indian literature, they are of small intrest to
general reader".
Who made the above remark?

Max Muller

Romila Thapar

Maurice Winternitz

Irfan Habib
3. “If all the Upanishads and all the other scriptures happened all of a sudden to be reduced to
ashes, and if only the first verse in the Ishopanishad were left in the memory of the Hindus,
Hinduism would live forever.”
The above remark was made by Gandhi about:

Mundika Upanishad

Isha Upanisad

Aitareya Upanishad

Kena Upanisad

4. Speaking about falsifying history in a symposium entitled ‘In Defence of History’, he

said: “False history for a nation is like a false memory for an individual. It is a disease for the
country.”
Who is he?

D.N. Jha

E.H. Carr

Irfan Habib

Ranke
5. Who among the following is not associated with 'Periodisation in History'?

Christoph Cellarius

Leonardo Brune

James Mill

Conal Furay

6. Who among the following historians defines history as 'a narration of change'?

Irfan Habib

Romila Thapar

Arthur Marwick

R.G. Collingwood

7. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

1. N.B. Helhed : Manusmriti

2. James Princep : Brahmi script
3. William Jones : Asiatic Society of Bengal
4. Charles Willeman : Gita

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8. Sayana, a best-known commentator of Rigveda was contemporary of:

Bukka I and Harihara I

Bukka I and Harihara II

Devaraya II and Bukka I

None of the above

9. Purva Bhaga and Uttara Bhaga are parts of:

Pancavimsa Brahmana

Satapatha Brahmana

Jaiminiya Brahmana

Gopatha Brahmana

10. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote 'The Discovery of India' at:

Agra fort

Ahmednagar fort

Allahabad fort

Delhi fort
11. Which of the following historians is associated with German Revolution?

Leopold von Ranke

R.G. Collingwood

Conal Furay

Arthur Marwick

12. Consider the following pairs:

Christoph Cellarius : Universal History

Arthur Marwick : What History is?
Leopold von Ranke : The History of the Latin and Teutonic Nations
Abul fazl : Ayar-i-Danish

How many pairs given above is/are correct?

Only one pair

Only two pairs

Only three pairs

All four pairs

13. “History is not ‘what happened in the past’, rather it is the act of selecting, analyzing, and
writing about the past. It is something that is done, that is constructed, rather than an inert body of
data that lies scattered through the archives."
Who made the above remark?

Mark Lytle

E.H. Carr

Leopold von Ranke

R.G. Collingwood

14. The sixth book of Rigveda Samhita was composed by:

Bharadvaja

Kanva

Vasumitra

Vasistha

15. The first hymn of book I of RigVeda addressed to Agni. It was composed by:

Vasumitra

Kusa

Madhuchchanda

Kanva
16. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
1. Agnihotra — Offering butter and milk to fire
2. Vajapeya — Ritual after battle
3. Ranasuya — Coronation ritual
4. Agnichayana — Ritual in name of Agni

17. Who among the following wrote the famous work 'The Question for the Origin of the Vedic
Literature'.

Edwin Byrant

Max Muller

Maurice Winternitz

David Ricardo
18. Consider the following statements about James Mill:

1. He was a famous Polish historian and economist.

2. He studied at University of Edinburgh.
3. His famous work 'The History of British India' was published in 1718.
4. He was a close friend of J. Bentham.

How may statements given above is/are incorrect?

Only 1

1&2

1&3

2&3

19. Point out the odd one:

1. B.G. Tilak
2. S.B. Dixit
3. Niranjan Das
4. D.D. Kosambi

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20. The Rigveda is divided into:

40 sections

30 section

50 sections

10 sections

21. The Veda consists of 731 hymns; about 6000 verses and divided into 20 Books.
Identify the Veda:

Rigveda

Yajurveda

Atharveda

Samaveda

22. The Gopatha is the only Brahmana of Atharvaveda. Its first edition was published by Asiatic
Society of Bengal in

1872

1882

1793

1863
23. 'Satyamev Jayate' as a slogan was popularized by:

B.G. Tilak

Madan Mohan Malviya

Mahatma Gandhi

None of the above

24. Vratyas were the people who failed to perform

Rajasuya ceremony

Agnihotra ceremony

Vrata ceremony

Upanayana ceremony

25. Who among the following is not a commentator on Chandogya Upanishad?

Adhishankaracharya

Madhavacharya

Ramanaujacharya

Yajnavalkyacharya
26. Consider the following pairs:

Sakura janma : Birth through semen

Savitra Janma : Birth initiated by spiritual master
Yajnika janma : Gestation after worship of Vishnu

How many pairs given above is/are correct?

Only one pair

Only two pairs

All three pairs

None of the above

27. Yasaka’s Nirukta is a work on etymology of words in

Rigveda

Samav

Yajurveda

Atharveda
28. Who was the first official colonial historian of India?

Robert Orme

James Mill

H.T. Coolebroke

None of the above

29. The Charanavayuha of Shaunaka, a celebrated grammarian, mentions five recensions of:

Rigveda

Atharveda

Yaju

Samaveda

30. The word 'ni' in Upanishad means:

Praise

Knowledge

Devotion

Sit near
31. Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Alexander Cunningham
2. James Princep
3. Max Muller
4. H.D. Sankalia

2134

1234

2314

1342

32. Consider the following statements about Atharveda:

1. It is a work of two Vedic sages—Atharvan and Agnira.

2. It consists of 731 hymns.
3. Book I consisted of short hymns.
4. According to Maurice Winternitz 1/6th of its verses are taken from Rigveda.

How may statements given above is/are correct?

1&2

1, 3, & 4

1, 2, & 3

All of the above

33. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as
Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Satyamev Jayate is a part of mantra from Mundika Upanishad.

Reason (R): It was declared as the national motto of India on the occasion of independence.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

1. Both (A) & (R) are true & (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) & (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

34. The actual mantras of Samaveda are known as:

Samhitas

Shruti

Smriti

Brahmanas
35. Vratyastoma is a special interest of:

Tandya-maha Brahamana

Satapatha Brahmana

Aitareya Brahmana

Kena Upanisad

36. Who among the following is associated with Berlin Revolution of Historiography?

Leopold von Ranke

R.G. Collingwood

E.H. Carr

Marc Bloch

37. Apauruseya literally means:

Not authored by men

Guide

That which has been heared

That which has been remembered

38. Of the fifty branches of Krishna Yajurveda, we have today only four branches. Which of the
following is not one of them?

Taittiriya

Maitrayani

Katha

Madhyandina

39. Which Upanisad records discussion between Gargi and Yajnavalkya?

Kena Upanisad

Yajnavalkya Upanisad

Brihadaryanka Upanishad

Mundika Upanishad

40. The work "Alexander Cunningham and the Beginning of Indian Archaeology" is written by:

Maurice Winternitz

O.P. Kejriwal

Abu Imam

William Jones

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