UGC NET Ancient Indian education Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 51 previous-year questions on Ancient Indian education from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 10: Higher Education System, drawn from 47 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2023–2026). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Ancient Indian education
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Centres of learning | 5 |
| Takshashila | 3 |
| Vikramasila | 2 |
| Curriculum at Nalanda | 2 |
| Classical Indian treatises | 2 |
| Nalanda | 1 |
| Ujjain | 1 |
| Stages of Vedic education | 1 |
| Authors and their treatises | 1 |
| Sridhanya katak | 1 |
| Treatises and their authors | 1 |
| Multi-disciplinary universities | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Ancient Indian education appears in 47 of 87 papers (54%), which JRFSmart rates as high frequency.
1 question in this topic has been verified as repeated in more than one paper.
Sample previous-year questions
In ancient India, Ujjain was famous for the study of:
Ujjain, in ancient India, was famous for the study of
Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Department of Ashram) | List - II (Subject) A. Vishnu Sthana | I. Military Education B. Vivasta Sthana | II. Jyotish C. Garun Sthana | III. Politics D. Mahendra Sthana | IV. Travel and Transport Choose the correct…
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I (University) | LIST-II (Association) A. Takshshila | I. Gopala of Pala dynasty founded it B. Nalanda | II. Vajrayana and Tantrik Buddhism C. Vikramshila | III. Chanakya D. Odantpuri | IV. Considered world's first…
The Chinese scholars I-Qing and Xuan Zang visited ____________ in the 7th CE. Xuan Zang himself became a student of Yogashastra.
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I (Rituals) | LIST-II (Performed for) A. Upsampada | I. Performed at the end of formal education in Hindus B. Vidyarambh | II. Performed at the end of formal Buddhist education C. Upnayan | III. Performed at the age of 5 D…
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : Sheel Bhattarika, Vijyanka, Prabhu devi, Rani Nayanika, Rani Prabhavati Gupt, Sanghmitra are examples of some learned Buddhist women…
Select the CORRECT statements about Vedic Education : A. In Vedic era, education was the responsibility of the state. B. No fees was charged from students. C. Gurukulas were in pitiable condition as they did not have any fixed grants from the state. D…
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