UGC NET 2015 Dec Paper 1
Q. 1 Greater the handicap of the students coming to the educational institutions greater the demand on the:
A. family
B. society
C. teacher
D. state
Q. 2 What are the characteristics of continuous and comprehensive evaluation ?
(a) It increases the workload on students by taking multiple tests
(b) It replaces marks with grades.
(c) It evaluates every aspect of the student.
(d) It helps in reducing examination phobia.
select the correct answer from the codes given below:
A. (a),(b),(c) and (d)
B. (b) and (d)
C. (a), (b) and (c)
D. (b),(c) and (d)
Q. 3 which of the following attributes denote great strengths of a teacher?
(a)full time active involvement in the institutional management
(b)setting examples
(c)willingness to put assumptions to the test
(d)acknowledging mistakes
select the correct answer from the codes given below
A. (a), (b) and (d)
B. (b), (c) and (d)
C. (a), (c) and (d)
D. (a), (b), (c) and (d)
Q. 4 which one of the following statements is correct in the context of multiple-choice type questions?
A. they are more objective than true-false type questions
B. they are less objective than essay type questions
C. they are more subjective than short-answer type questions
D. they are more subjective than true-false type questions
Q. 5 As chairman of an independent commission on education, Jacques Delors report to UNESCO was titles:
A. international commission on education report
B. millenmium development report
C. learning : the treasure within
D. world declaration on education for all
Q. 6 What are required for good teaching?
(a) diagnosis
(b) remedy
(c) direction
(d) feedback
select the correct option from the codes given below:
A. (a), (b), (c) and (d)
B. (a) and (b)
C. (a),(c) and (d)
D. (c) and (d)
Q. 7 which of the following statements is not true in the context of participatory research?
A. it recognizes knowledge as power
B. it emphasizes on people as experts
C. it is a collective process of enquiry
D. its sole purpose is production of knowledge
Q. 8 which of the following statements is true in the context of the testing of a hypothesis?
A. it is only attractive hypothesis that can be tested
B. it is only the null hypothesis, that can be tested
C. both, the alternative and the null hypothesis can be tested
D. both, the alternative and the null hypotheisis cannot be tested
Q. 9 which of the following are the basic rules of APA style of referencing format
(a) italicize titles of shorter works such as journal articles or essays
(b) invert authors names(last name first)
(c) italicize titles of longer works such as books and journals
(d) alphabetically index reference list
select the correct answer from the codes given below:
A. (a) and (b)
B. (b),(c) and (d)
C. (c) and (d)
D. (a), (b), (c) and (d)
Q. 10 which of the following are the characteristics of a seminar ?
(a) It is a form of academic instruction.
(b) it involves questioning, discussion and debates
(c) it involves large group of individuals
(d) it needs involvement of the skilled persons
select the correct answer from the codes given below
A. (b) and (c)
B. (b) and (d)
C. (b), (c) and (d)
D. (a),(b) and (d)
Q. 11 A reseacher is interested in studying the prospects of a particular political party in an urban area. what tool should he prefer for the study?
A. rating scale
B. interviewer
C. questionnaire
D. schedule
Q. 12 Ethical norms in research do not involve guidelines for:
A. thesis format
B. copyright
C. patenting policy
D. data sharing policies
Questions: 13 – 17
I did that recently when you have to sign a big card- which is horror into itself, especially as the keeper of the big card was learning over me at the time. suddenly I was on the spot, a rabbit in the headlights, torn between doing a fun message or some sort of in-joke or a drawing. Instead overwhelming by the myriad options available to me, I decided to just write: “Good luck, best, Joel.” It was then that I realised, to my horror, that I had forgotten how to write. My entire exisistence is “tap letters into computer”. My shopping lists are hidden in the notes function of my phone. If struggling to think. Paper is something I pile beneath my laptop to make it a more comfortable height for me to type on. A poll of 1000 teens by the stationers, Bic found that one in 10 dont own a pen, a third have never written a letter and half of 13 to 19 years-old have never been forced to sit down and write a thank you letter,. more than 80% have nevr written a love letter, 56% dont have letter paper at home. And a quarter have never known unique torture of writing a birthday card. The most a teen ever has to use a pen in on an exam paper. Bic, have you heard of mobile phones ? have you heard of e-mail , face book and snap chatting ? this is the future. pens are dead. handwriting is a relic. “Handwriting is one of the most creative outlets we have and should be given the same importance as other art forms such as sketching, painting or photography.”
Q. 13 when confronted with signing a big card, the author felt like “a rabbit in the headlight .” what does this phrase mean?
A. a state of confusion
B. a state of pleasure
C. a state of anxiety
D. a state of pain
Q. 14 According to the author, which one is not the most creative outlet of pursuit ?
A. hand writing
B. photography
C. sketching
D. reading
Q. 15 the entire existence of the author revolves round:
(a) computer
(b) mobile phone
(c) type writer
identify the correct answer from the codes given below:
A. (b) only
B. (a) and (b) only
C. (a),(b) and (c)
D. (b) and (c) only
Q. 16 how many teens, as per the BIc survey, do not own a pen?
A. 800
B. 560
C. 500
D. 100
Q. 17 what is the main concern of the author?
A. that the teens use social networks for communication
B. that the teens use mobile phones
C. that the teens use computer
D. that the teens have forgotten the art of handwriting
Q. 18 The main objectives student evaluation of teachers are:
(a) to gather information about student weakness
(b) to make teachers take teaching seriously
(c) to help teachers adopt innovative methods or teaching
(d) to identify the areas of further improvement in teacher trails
identify the correct answer from the codes given below
A. (a) and (b) only
B. (b),(c) and (d) only
C. (a),(b) and (c) only
D. (a) only
Q. 19 using the central point of the class room communication as the beginning of a dynamic pattern of ideas is referred to as:
A. systemisation
B. problem-orientation
C. idea protocol
D. mind mapping
Q. 20 aspects of the voice, other than the speech are known as :
A. physical language
B. personal language
C. para language
D. delivery language
Q. 21 every type of communication is affected by its:
A. reception
B. transmission
C. non regulation
D. delivery language
Q. 22 attitudes, action and appearances in the context of classroom communication are considered as:
A. verbal
B. non-verbal
C. impersonal
D. irrational
Q. 23 most often the teacher-student communication is :
A. spurious
B. critical
C. utilitarian
D. confrontational
Q. 24 In a classroom a communicators trust level is determined by :
A. the use of hyperbole
B. the change of voice level
C. the use of abstract concepts
D. eye contact
Q. 25 The next term in the series 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, ?
A. 50
B. 57
C. 62
D. 72
Q. 26 A group of 210 students appeared in some test. the mean of 1/3rd of students is found to be 60. the mean of the remaining students is found to be 78. the mean of the whole group will be :
A. 80
B. 76
C. 74
D. 72
Q. 27 anil after travelling 6 km towards east from his house realized that he has travelled in a wrong direction. He turned and travelled 12 km towards west, turned right and travelled 8 km to reach his office. The straight distance of the office from his house is
A. 20 km
B. 14 km
C. 12 km
D. 10 km
Q. 28 The next term in the series
B2E, D5H, F12K, H27N, ?
A. J561
B. 162Q
C. Q62J
D. J58Q
Q. 29 A party was held in which a grand mother, father, mother, four sons, their wives and one son and two daughters to each of the sons were present. The number of females present in the party is:
A. 12
B. 14
C. 18
D. 24
Q. 30 P and Q are brothers. R and S are sisters. The son of P is brother of S , Q is related to R as:
A. son
B. brother
C. uncle
D. father
Q. 31 consider the argument given below:
‘pre-employment testing of teachers is quite fair because doctors, architects and engineers who are now employed had to face such testing ‘
what type of argument it is?
A. deductive
B. analogical
C. psychological
D. biological
Q. 32 among the following propositions two are related in such a way that they can both be true although they cannot both be false. Which are those propositions ? select the correct code.
propositions:
(a) some priests are cunning
(b) no priest is cunning
(c) all priests are cunning
(d) some priests are not cunning.
codes:
A. (a) and (b)
B. (c) and (d)
C. (a) and (c)
D. (a) and (d)
Q. 33 A cluster of propositions with a structure that exhibits some inference is called:
A. an inference
B. an argument
C. an explanation
D. a valid argument
Q. 34 consider the following assertion (A) and reason (R) and select the correct code given below:
(A) : No man is perfect
(R) : some men are not perfect.
A. both (A) and (R) are true but (R) does not provide sufficient reason for (A)
B. both (A) and (R) provides sufficient reason for (A)
C. (A) is true but (R) is false
D. (A) is false but (R) is true
Q. 35 A definition that has a meaning that is deliberately assigned to some symbol is called:
A. lexical
B. precising
C. stipulative
D. persuasive
Q. 36 If the propositions ‘No men are honest’ is taken to be false which of the following proposition/prepositions :
A. all men are honest
B. some men are honest
C. some men are not honest
D. no honest person is man
Questions: 37 – 42
given below in the table is the decadal data of population and electrical power production of a country. based on the above table, answer the questions from Sl. No. 37 to 42
Q. 37 which decade registered the maximum growth rate (%) of population ?
A. 1961-71
B. 1971-81
C. 1991-2001
D. 2001-2011
Q. 38 average decadal growth rate (%) of population is:
A. -12.21%
B. -9.82%
C. -6.73%
D. -5%
Q. 39 based on the average decadal growth rate, what will be the population in the year 2021 ?
A. 40.34 million
B. 38. 49 million
C. 37.28 million
D. 36.62 million
Q. 40 In the year 1951, what was the power availability per person ?
A. 100 W
B. 200 W
C. 400 W
D. 500 W
Q. 41 In which decade, the average power availability per person was maximum ?
A. 1981-1991
B. 1991-2001
C. 2001-2011
D. 1971-1981
Q. 42 By what percentage (%) the power production increased from 1951to 2011 ?
A. 100%
B. 300%
C. 600%
D. 900%
Q. 43 NMEICT stands for :
A. national mission on educational through ICT
B. national mission on e-governance through ICT
C. national mission on e-commerce through ICT
D. national mission on e-learning through ICT
Q. 44 which of the following is an instant messaging application ?
(a) whatsapp
(b) google talk
(c) viber
select the correct option form the codes given below:
A. (a) and (b) only
B. (b) and (c) only
C. (a) only
D. (a),(b) and (c)
Q. 45 In a computer a byte generally consists of :
A. 4 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 16 bits
D. 10 bits
Q. 46 Which of the following is not an input device?
A. microphone
B. keyboard
C. joystick
D. monitor
Q. 47 which of the following in an open source software?
A. MS word
B. windows
C. mozilla firefox
D. acrobat reader
Q. 48 which of the following enables us to send the same letter to different persons in MS word?
A. Mail join
B. mail copy
C. mail insert
D. mail merge
Q. 49 inside the rural homes, the source/ sources of nitrogen oxide pollution may be:
(a) unvented gas stoves
(b) wood stoves
(c) kerosene heaters
choose the correct option
A. (a) and (b only)
B. (b) and (c) only
C. (b) only
D. (a),(b) and (c)
Q. 50 which of the following pollutants can cause cancer in humans?
A. pesticides
B. mercury
C. lead
D. ozone
Q. 51 Assertion : people population control measures do not necessarily help in checking environmental degradation.
reason : the relationship between population growth and environmental degradation is rather complex
A. both (A) and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
B. both (A) and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C. (A) is true but (R) is false
D. (A) is false but (R) is true
Q. 52 which of the following phenomena is not a natural hazard
A. wild fire
B. lightning
C. landslide
D. chemical contamination
Q. 53 as part of national climate change policy, Indian government is planning to raise the installed capacity of renewable energy by the year 2030 to :
A. 175 GW
B. 200 GW
C. 250 GW
D. 350 GW
Q. 54 at present, in terms of per capita energy consumption(kWh/ year), identify the correct sequence.
A. brazil > russia > china > india
B. russia > china > india > brazil
C. russia > china > brazil > india
D. china > russia > brazil > india
Q. 55 which of the following are the objectives of rashritya uchchatar shiksha abhiyan (RUSA)?
(a) to improve the oevrall quality of state instituions
(b) to ensure adequate availability of quality factor
(c) to create new institutions through upgradations of existing autonomous colleges
(d) to downgradeuniversities with poor infrastructure into autonomous colleges
select the answer from the codes given below
A. (a), (b), (c) and (d)
B. (a), (b) and (c)
C. (a),(c) and (d)
D. (a),(b) and (d)
Q. 56 the grounds on which discrimination in admission to educational institutions is
constitutionally prohibited are:
(a) religion
(b) sex
(c) place of birth
(d) nationality
select the correct answer from the codes given below
A. (b), (c) and (d)
B. (a), (b) and (c)
C. (a), (b) and (d)
D. (a),(b),(c) and (d)
Q. 57 which of the following statements are correct about lok sabha
(a) the constitution puts a limit on the size of the lok sabha
(b) the size and shape of the parliamentry constituents is determined by the election
commision
(c) first past the post electorial system is followed
(d) the speaker of lok sabha does not have a casting vote in case of an equality of votes
select the correct option from the codes given below:
A. (a) and (c)
B. (a),(b) and (c)
C. (a),(b) and (d)
D. (a),(b), (c) and (d)
Q. 58 public order as an item in the constitution figures in
A. the union list
B. the state list
C. the concurrent list
D. the residuary list
Q. 59 the term office of the advocate general of a state is
A. 4 years
B. 5 years
C. 6 years or 65 years of age whichever is earlier
D. not fixed
Q. 60 Which among the following states has the highest number of seats in the lok sabha?
A. maharastra
B. rajasthan
C. tamil nadu
D. west bengal
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