UGC NET History 2025 Question Paper & Answers
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Official PYQ
UGC NET History 2025 (December 2025 / January 2026 cycle, Paper 2)
120 Mins 200 Marks
100Questions
200Max Marks
Sample questions from UGC NET History 2025 (December 2025 / January 2026 cycle, Paper 2)
1Which of the following are correct regarding Delhi Sultanate sources ?
A. Miftah-ul-Futuh refers about Jalaluddin Khilji's war
B. Khazain-ul-Futuh refers about Mubarak Shah Khilji's invasion
C. Nuh Siphir refers about Mubarak Shah Khilji's invasion
D. Tughlaqnama refers to Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq's war
E. Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi by Afif refers to reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- A) A, C, D, E only
- B) A, B, C, D only
- C) C, D, B, E only
- D) B, C, D, E only
Answer: A
2Name the author of Iqbalnama-i-Jahangiri.
- A) Mutamad Khan
- B) Asad Beg
- C) Munshi Kazim
- D) Jahangir
Answer: A
3The 18th and 19th Centuries were dominated by the writings of the European Scholars, usually referred to as the :
- A) Nationalists
- B) Marxists
- C) Orientalists
- D) Communists
Answer: C
4Match List - I with List - II.
List - I List - II A. Allah Baksh I. Unionist Party B. Baldev Singh II. Muslim League (U.P.) C. Sikandar Hayat Khan III. Sindh United Party D. Chaudhary Khaliquzzaman IV. Akali Party
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- A) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I
- B) A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
- C) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
- D) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
Answer: B
5Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Malguzaras or primary Zamindars were the holders of proprietary, hereditary, alienable rights over agricultural and habitational lands. They acquired those rights upon assuring the Mughal state that they would bring forests and wastelands under cultivation, maintain and extend cultivation and pay the Kharaj or māl regularly.
Reason (R): Malguzars could either cultivate the land themselves, that is Khud-Kasht, or with the help of family labour or hired labour and also the proprietors of other villages as per requirement.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- A) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
- B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
- C) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.
- D) (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.
Answer: A
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Official PYQ
UGC NET History 2025 (June 2025 cycle, Paper 2)
120 Mins 200 Marks
100Questions
200Max Marks
Sample questions from UGC NET History 2025 (June 2025 cycle, Paper 2)
1Who among the following was not a Visnukundin King ?
- A) Gopavarman
- B) Madhavavarman
- C) Govindavarma
- D) Devavarman
Answer: A
2The Yadavabhyudaya (or the Life of Lord Krishna) was composed by:
- A) Vedantadesika
- B) Ramanujacarya
- C) Appayya Diksita
- D) Vidya Madhava
Answer: A
3Which session of the Muslim League invited 'Ulema' and gave them public prominence ?
- A) Calcutta Session, 1912
- B) Karachi Session, 1907
- C) Delhi Session, 1918
- D) Lahore Session, 1940
Answer: C
4How many businessmen signed on 'Bombay Manifesto' (1936) which was an open indictment of Nehru's preaching of socialist ideas?
- A) 18
- B) 19
- C) 20
- D) 21
Answer: D
5Which of the following places did Shivaji have his mint at ?
- A) Ratnagiri
- B) Raigarh
- C) Poona
- D) Konkan
Answer: B
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