UGC NET General Paper-1 June 2011
1.
A research paper is a brief report of research work based on
(A) Primary Data only
(B) Secondary Data only
(C) Both Primary and Secondary Data
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer is C
2.
Newton gave three basic laws of motion. This research is categorized as
(A) Descriptive Research
(B) Sample Survey
(C) Fundamental Research
(D) Applied Research
Correct Answer is C
3.
A group of experts in a specific area of knowledge assembled at a place and
prepared a syllabus for a new course. The process may be termed as
(A) Seminar
(B) Workshop
(C) Conference
(D) Symposium
Correct Answer is A
4.
In the process of conducting research ‘Formulation of Hypothesis” is followed
by
(A) Statement of Objectives
(B) Analysis of Data
(C) Selection of Research Tools
(D) Collection of Data
Correct Answer is B
Read the following passage carefully and answer questions 5 to 10:
All
historians are interpreters of text if they be private letters, Government
records or parish birthlists or whatever. For most kinds of historians, these
are only the necessary means to understanding something other than the texts
themselves, such as a political action or a historical trend, whereas for the
intellectual historian, a full understanding of his chosen texts is itself the
aim of his enquiries. Of course, the intellectual history is particularly prone
to draw on the focus of other disciplines that are habitually interpreting
texts for purposes of their own, probing the reasoning that ostensibly connects
premises and conclusions. Furthermore, the boundaries with adjacent
subdisciplines are shifting and indistinct: the history of art and the history
of science both claim a certain autonomy, partly just because they require
specialised technical skills, but both can also be seen as part of a wider
intellectual history, as is evident when one considers, for example, the common
stock of knowledge about cosmological beliefs or moral ideals of a period.
Like all historians, the intellectual historian is a consumer rather than a
producer of ‘methods’. His distinctiveness lies in which aspect of the past he
is trying to illuminate, not in having exclusive possession of either a corpus
of evidence or a body of techniques. That being said, it does seem that the
label ‘intellectual history’ attracts a disproportionate share of
misunderstanding.
It is alleged that intellectual history is the history of something that never
really mattered. The long dominance of the historical profession by political
historians bred a kind of philistinism, an unspoken belief that power and its
exercise was ‘what mattered’. The prejudice was reinforced by the assertion
that political action was never really the outcome of principles or ideas that
were ‘more flapdoodle’. The legacy of this precept is still discernible in the
tendency to require ideas to have ‘licensed’ the political class before they
can be deemed worthy of intellectual attention, as if there were some reasons
why the history of art or science, of philosophy or literature, were somehow of
interest and significance than the history of Parties or Parliaments. Perhaps
in recent years the mirror-image of this philistinism has been more common in
the claim that ideas of any one is of systematic expression or sophistication
do not matter, as if they were only held by a minority.
5.
An intellectual historian aims to fully understand
(A) the chosen texts of his own
(B) political actions
(C) historical trends
(D) his enquiries
Correct Answer is A
6.
Intellectual historians do not claim exclusive possession of
(A) conclusions
(B) any corpus of evidence
(C) distinctiveness
(D) habitual interpretation
Correct Answer is A
7.
The misconceptions about intellectual history stem from
(A) a body of techniques
(B) the common stock of knowledge
(C) the dominance of political historians
(D) cosmological beliefs
Correct Answer is A
8.
What is philistinism?
(A) Reinforcement of prejudice
(B) Fabrication of reasons
(C) The hold of land-owning classes
(D) Belief that power and its exercise matter
Correct Answer is D
9.
Knowledge of cosmological beliefs or moral ideas of a period can be drawn as
part of
(A) literary criticism
(B) history of science
(C) history of philosophy
(D) intellectual history
Correct Answer is D
10.
The claim that ideas of any one is of systematic expression do not matter, as
if they were held by a minority, is
(A) to have a licensed political class
(B) a political action
(C) a philosophy of literature
(D) the mirrorimage of philistinism
Correct Answer is D
11.
Public communication tends to occur within a more
(A) complex structure
(B) political structure
(C) convenient structure
(D) formal structure
Correct Answer is D
12.
Transforming thoughts, ideas and messages into verbal and non-verbal signs is
referred to as
(A) channelization
(B) mediation
(C) encoding
(D) decoding
Correct Answer is C
13.
Effective communication needs a supportive
(A) economic environment
(B) political environment
(C) social environment
(D) multi-cultural environment
Correct Answer is C
14.
A major barrier in the transmission of cognitive data in the process of
communication is an individual’s
(A) personality
(B) expectation
(C) social status
(D) coding ability
Correct Answer is D
15.
When communicated, institutionalised stereotypes become
(A) myths
(B) reasons
(C) experiences
(D) convictions
Correct Answer is D
16.
In mass communication, selective perception is dependent on the receiver’s
(A) competence
(B) pre-disposition
(C) receptivity
(D) ethnicity
Correct Answer is C
17.
Determine the relationship between the pair of words
NUMERATOR : DENOMINATOR and then select the pair of words from the following
which have a similar relationship:
(A) fraction : decimal
(B) divisor : quotient
(C) top : bottom
(D) dividend : divisor
Correct Answer is C
18.
Find the wrong number in the sequence
125, 127, 130, 135, 142, 153, 165
(A) 130
(B) 142
(C) 153
(D) 165
Correct Answer is D
19.
If HOBBY is coded as IOBY and LOBBY is coded as MOBY; then BOBBY is coded as
(A) BOBY
(B) COBY
(C) DOBY
(D) OOBY
Correct Answer is B
20.
The letters in the first set have certain relationship. On the basis of this
relationship, make the right choice for the second set:
K/T : 11/20 :: J/R : ?
(A) 10/8
(B) 10/18
(C) 11/19
(D) 10/19
Correct Answer is B
21.
If A = 5, B = 6, C = 7, D = 8 and so on, what do the following numbers stand
for?
17, 19, 20, 9, 8
(A) Plane
(B) Moped
(C) Motor
(D) Tonga
Correct Answer is B
22.
The price of oil is increased by 25%. If the expenditure is not allowed to
increase, the ratio between the reduction in consumption and the original
consumption is
(A) 1 : 3
(B) 1 : 4
(C) 1 : 5
(D) 1 : 6
Correct Answer is C
23.
How many 8’s are there in the following sequence which are preceded by 5 but
not immediately followed by 3?
5 8 3 7 5 8 6 3 8 5 4 5 8 4 7 6 5 5 8 3 5 8 7 5 8 2 8 5
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 7
(D) 3
Correct Answer is A
24.
If a rectangle were called a circle, a circle a point, a point a triangle and a
triangle a square, the shape of a wheel is
(A) Rectangle
(B) Circle
(C) Point
(D) Triangle
Correct Answer is C
25.
Which one of the following methods is best suited for mapping the distribution
of different crops as provided in the standard classification of crops in
India?
(A) Pie diagram
(B) Chorochromatic technique
(C) Isopleth technique
(D) Dot method
Correct Answer is B
26.
Which one of the following does not come under the methods of data
classification?
(A) Qualitative
(B) Normative
(C) Spatial
(D) Quantitative
Correct Answer is C
27.
Which one of the following is not a source of data?
(A) Administrative records
(B) Population census
(C) GIS
(D) Sample survey
Correct Answer is C
28.
If the statement ‘some men are cruel’ is false, which of the following
statements/statement are/is true?
(i) All men are cruel.
(ii) No men are cruel.
(iii) Some men are not cruel.
(A) (i) and (iii)
(B) (i) and (ii)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (iii) only
Correct Answer is D
29.
The octal number system consists of the following symbols:
(A) 0 – 7
(B) 0 – 9
(C) 0 – 9, A – F
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer is A
30.
The binary equivalent of (–19)10 in
signed magnitude system is
(A) 11101100
(B) 11101101
(C) 10010011
(D) None of these
Correct Answer is C
31.
DNS in internet technology stands for
(A) Dynamic Name System
(B) Domain Name System
(C) Distributed Name System
(D) None of these
Correct Answer is B
32.
HTML stands for
(A) Hyper Text Markup Language
(B) Hyper Text Manipulation Language
(C) Hyper Text Managing Links
(D) Hyper Text Manipulating Links
Correct Answer is A
33.
Which of the following is type of LAN?
(A) Ethernet
(B) Token Ring
(C) FDDI
(D) All of the above
Correct Answer is D
34.
Which of the following statements is true?
(A) Smart cards do not require an operating system.
(B) Smart cards and PCs use some operating system.
(C) COS is smart card operating system.
(D) The communication between reader and card is in full duplex mode.
Correct Answer is C
35.
The Ganga Action Plan was initiated during the year
(A) 1986
(B) 1988
(C) 1990
(D) 1992
Correct Answer is A
36.
Identify the correct sequence of energy sources in order of their share in the
power sector in India:
(A) Thermal > nuclear > hydro > wind
(B) Thermal > hydro > nuclear > wind
(C) Hydro > nuclear > thermal > wind
(D) Nuclear > hydro > wind > thermal
Correct Answer is B
37.
Chromium as a contaminant in drinking water in excess of permissible levels,
causes
(A) Skeletal damage
(B) Gastrointestinal problem
(C) Dermal and nervous problems
(D) Liver/Kidney problems
Correct Answer is D
38.
The main precursors of winter smog are
(A) N2O and hydrocarbons
(B) NOx and
hydrocarbons
(C) SO2 and
hydrocarbons
(D) SO2 and
ozone
Correct Answer is C
39.
Flash floods are caused
(A) the atmosphere is convectively unstable and there is considerable vertical
wind shear
(B) the atmosphere is stable
(C) the atmosphere is convectively unstable with no vertical windshear
(D) winds are catabatic
Correct Answer is A
40.
In mega cities of India, the dominant source of air pollution is
(A) transport sector
(B) thermal power
(C) municipal waste
(D) commercial sector
Correct Answer is A
41.
The first Open University in India was set up in the State of
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Delhi
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Correct Answer is A
42.
Most of the Universities in India are funded by
(A) the Central Government
(B) the State Governments
(C) the University Grants Commission
(D) Private bodies and Individuals
Correct Answer is C
43.
Which of the following organizations looks after the quality of Technical and
Management education in India?
(A) NCTE
(B) MCI
(C) AICTE
(D) CSIR
Correct Answer is C
44.
Consider the following statements:
Identify the statement which implies natural justice.
(A) The principle of natural justice is followed by the Courts.
(B) Justice delayed is justice denied.
(C) Natural justice is an inalienable right of a citizen
(D) A reasonable opportunity of being heard must be given.
Correct Answer is D
45.
The President of India is
(A) the Head of State
(B) the Head of Government
(C) both Head of the State and the Head of the Government
(D) None of the above
Correct Answer is A
46.
Who among the following holds office during the pleasure of the President of
India?
(A) Chief Election Commissioner
(B) Comptroller and Auditor General of India
(C) Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
(D) Governor of a State
Correct Answer is D
Questions 47 to 49 are based upon the following diagram in which there are
three interlocking circles A, P and S where A stands for Artists, circle P for
Professors and circle S for Sportspersons. Different regions in the figure are
lettered from a to f:
47.
The region which represents artists who are neither sportsmen nor professors
(A) d
(B) e
(C) b
(D) g
Correct Answer is B
48.
The region which represents professors, who are both artists and sportspersons.
(A) a
(B) c
(C) d
(D) g
Correct Answer is A
49.
The region which represents professors, who are also sportspersons, but not
artists.
(A) e
(B) f
(C) c
(D) g
Correct Answer is C
Questions 50 to 52 are based on the following data :
Measurements of some variable X were made at an interval of 1 minute from 10
A.M. to 10:20 A.M. The data, thus, obtained is as follows :
X : 60, 62, 65, 64, 63, 61, 66, 65, 70, 68 63, 62, 64, 69, 65, 64, 66, 67, 66,
64
50.
The value of X, which is exceeded 10% of the time in the duration of
measurement, is
(A) 69
(B) 68
(C) 67
(D) 66
Correct Answer is B
51.
The value of X, which is exceeded 90% of the time in the duration of
measurement, is
(A) 63
(B) 62
(C) 61
(D) 60
Correct Answer is C
52.
The value of X, which is exceeded 50% of the time in the duration of
measurement, is
(A) 66
(B) 65
(C) 64
(D) 63
Correct Answer is B
53.
For maintaining an effective discipline in the class, the teacher should
(A) Allow students to do what they like.
(B) Deal with the students strictly.
(C) Give the students some problem to solve.
(D) Deal with them politely and firmly
Correct Answer is C
54.
An effective teaching aid is one which
(A) is colourful and good looking
(B) activates all faculties
(C) is visible to all students
(D) easy to prepare and use
Correct Answer is B
55.
Those teachers are popular among students who
(A) develop intimacy with them
(B) help them solve their problems
(C) award good grades
(D) take classes on extra tuition fee
Correct Answer is B
56.
The essence of an effective classroom environment is
(A) a variety of teaching aids
(B) lively student-teacher interaction
(C) pin-drop silence
(D) strict discipline
Correct Answer is B
57.
On the first day of his class, if a teacher is asked by the students to
introduce himself, he should
(A) ask them to meet after the class
(B) tell them about himself in brief
(C) ignore the demand and start teaching
(D) scold the student for this unwanted demand
Correct Answer is B
58.
Moral values can be effectively inculcated among the students when the teacher
(A) frequently talks about values
(B) himself practices them
(C) tells stories of great persons
(D) talks of Gods and Goddesses
Correct Answer is B
59.
The essential qualities of a researcher are
(A) spirit of free enquiry
(B) reliance on observation and evidence
(C) systematization or theorizing of knowledge
(D) all the above
Correct Answer is D
60.
Research is conducted to
I. Generate new knowledge
II. Not to develop a theory
III. Obtain research degree
IV. Reinterpret existing knowledge
Which of the above are correct?
(A) I, III & II
(B) III, II & IV
(C) II, I & III
(D) I, III & IV
Correct Answer is D
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