UGC NET 2018 Paper 2 History Prev Year Paper (08-Jul-2018)

Question 1

Which one of the following books was not written by Thomas Paine ?

Accepted Answer

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Answer

Common Sense

Answer

The Rights of Man

Answer

The Age of Reason

Question 2

From among the following statements regarding history writing by Leopold Von Ranke, which one is not True ?

Accepted Answer

Ranke believed that historical imagination could be used if documents were not available for history writing.

Answer

Ranke broke with the Enlightenment model of History as a teacher with teaching goals.

Answer

Ranke&rsquo;s advice to historians was to refrain from explaining historical facts by means of mechanical cause-effect models and historical &lsquo;laws&rsquo;.

Answer

Ranke&rsquo;s conception of history and his historical method were objective and free from value judgement.

Question 3

Which historian wrote the following words?&ldquo;The definition and demarcation of &lsquo;ages&rsquo; in the history of any country are problematic issues. These have been especially so in the case of India because our historians, all British to begin with, borrowed the highly unsuitable paradigm of Ancient/Medieval/Modern from the European experience, and further complicated the matter by inventing three other &lsquo;ages&rsquo; &ndash; Hindu, Muslim and British.&rdquo;

Accepted Answer

Bipan Chandra

Answer

R.C. Majumdar

Answer

Sumit Sarkar

Answer

Tapan Raychaudhuri

Question 4

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).Assertion (A) : Historical method may be regarded as a science that deals with the nature of human thought and the circumstances which condition its truth or validity.Reason (R) : As a science of knowledge, history is completely separated from natural science because it does not have universal laws.In the context of the above statements, which of the following is correct ?

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Answer

(A) is true, but (R) is false.

Answer

(A) is false, but (R) is true.

Question 5

Match List - I with List - II and select the correct answer with the help of the code given below :List &ndash; I (Social Reformer) List &ndash; II (Their association) (a) Pandita Ramabai(i) Seva Sadan(b) Maharshi D.K. Karve(ii) Sharada Sadan(c) G.K. Devdhar and  Mrs. Ramabai Ranade (iii) Rajmahendri Social Reform Association(d) Viresalingam Pantulu(iv) Anath Balika Ashram

Accepted Answer

(a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii)

Answer

(a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (i), (d) - (iv)

Answer

(a) - (iv), (b) - (iii), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)

Answer

(a) - (i), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (ii)

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	List – I (Social Reformer)		List – II (Their association)
(a)	Pandita Ramabai	(i)	Seva Sadan
(b)	Maharshi D.K. Karve	(ii)	Sharada Sadan
(c)	G.K. Devdhar and Mrs. Ramabai Ranade	(iii)	Rajmahendri Social Reform Association
(d)	Viresalingam Pantulu	(iv)	Anath Balika Ashram