UGC NET General Paper-1 December 2005
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| UGC NET General paper - 1 December 2005 |
1.
Team teaching has the potential to develop:
(A) Competitive spirit
(B) Cooperation
(C) The habit of supplementing the teaching of each other
(D) Highlighting the gaps in each other’s teaching
Correct Answer is C
2.
Which of the following is the most important characteristic of Open Book
Examination system?
(A) Students become serious.
(B) It improves attendance in the classroom.
(C) It reduces examination anxiety amongst students.
(D) It compels students to think.
Correct Answer is D
3.
Which of the following methods of teaching encourages the use of maximum
senses?
(A) Problem-solving method
(B) Laboratory method
(C) Self-study method
(D) Team teaching method
Correct Answer is B
4.
Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) Communicator should have fine senses
(B) Communicator should have tolerance power
(C) Communicator should be soft spoken
(D) Communicator should have good personality
Correct Answer is A
5.
An effective teacher is one who can:
(A) control the class
(B) give more information in less time
(C) motivate students to learn
(D) correct the assignments carefully
Correct Answer is C
6.
One of the following is not a quality of researcher:
(A) Unison with that of which he is in search
(B) He must be of alert mind
(C) Keenness in enquiry
(D) His assertion to outstrip the evidence
Correct Answer is D
7.
A satisfactory statistical quantitative method should not possess one of the
following qualities
(A) Appropriateness
(B) Measurability
(C) Comparability
(D) Flexibility
Correct Answer is D
8.
Books and records are the primary sources of data in:
(A) historical research
(B) participatory research
(C) clinical research
(D) laboratory research
Correct Answer is A
9.
Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) objectives should be pin-pointed
(B) objectives can be written in statement or question form
(C) another word for problem is variable
(D) all the above
Correct Answer is A
10.
The important pre-requisites of a researcher in sciences, social sciences and
humanities are
(A) laboratory skills, records, supervisor, topic
(B) Supervisor, topic, critical analysis, patience
(C) archives, supervisor, topic, flexibility in thinking
(D) topic, supervisor, good temperament, pre-conceived notions
Correct Answer is B
Read the following passage and answer the questions 11 to 15 :
Knowledge
creation in many cases requires creativity and idea generation. This is
especially important in generating alternative decision support solutions. Some
people believe that an individual’s creative ability stems primarily from
personality traits such as inventiveness, independence, individuality,
enthusiasm, and flexibility. However, several studies have found that
creativity is not so much a function of individual traits as was once believed,
and that individual creativity can be learned and improved. This understanding
has led innovative companies to recognise that the key to fostering creativity
may be the development of an idea-nurturing work environment. Idea-generation
methods and techniques, to be used by individuals or in groups, are consequently
being developed; Manual methods for supporting idea generation, such as
brainstorming in a group; can be very successful in certain situations.
However, in other situations such an’ approach is either not economically
feasible or not possible. For example, manual methods in group creativity
sessions will not work or will not be effective when: (1) there is no time to
conduct a proper idea-generation session; (2) there is a poor facilitator (or
no facilitator at all); (3) it is too expensive to - conduct an idea-generation
session; (4) the subject matter is too sensitive for a face-to-face session; or
(5) there are not enough participants, the mix of participants is not optimal
or there is no climate for idea generation. In such cases, cornputerised idea-generation
methods have been tried, with frequent success.
Idea-generation software is designed to help stimulate a single user or a group
to produce new ideas, options and choices. The user does all the work but the
software encourages and pushes, something like a personal trainer. Although
idea- generation software is still relatively new there are several packages on
the market. Various approaches are used by idea-generating software to increase
the flow of ideas to the user. Idea Fisher, for example, has an associate
lexicon of the English language that cross-references- words and phrases. These
associative links, based on analogies and metaphors, make it easy for the user
to be fed words related to a given theme. Some software packages use questions
to prompt the’ user towards new, unexplored patterns of thought. This helps
users to break out of cyclical thinking patterns, conquer mental blocks, or
deal with bouts of procrastination.
11.
The author, in this passage has focused on
(A) knowledge creation
(B) idea-generation
(C) creativity
(D) individual traits
Correct Answer is A
12.
Fostering creativity needs an environment of
(A) decision support systems
(B) idea-nurturing
(C) decision support solutions
(D) alternative individual factors
Correct Answer is B
13.
Manual methods for the support of idea-generation, in certain occasions,
(A) are alternatively effective
(B) can be less expensive
(C) do not need a facilitator
(D) require a mix of optimal participants
Correct Answer is A
14.
Idea-generation software works as if it is a
(A) stimulant
(B) knowledge ckage
(C) user-friendly trainer
(D) climate creator
Correct Answer is A
15.
Mental blocks, bouts of procrastination and cyclical thinking patterns can be
won when:
(A) innovative companies employ electronic thinking methods
(B) idea-generation software prompts questions
(C) manual methods are removed
(D) individuals acquire a neutral attitude towards the software
Correct Answer is B
16.
Level C of the effectiveness of communication is defined as:
(A) channel noise
(B) semantic noise
(C) psychological noise
(D) source noise
Correct Answer is A
17.
Recording a television programme on a VCR is an example of:
(A) time-shifting
(B) content reference
(C) mechanical clarity
(D) media synchronisation
Correct Answer is D
18.
A good communicator is the one who offers to his audience:
(A) plentiful of information
(B) a good amount of statistics
(C) concise proof
(D) repetition of facts
Correct Answer is A
19.
The largest number of newspapers in India is published from the state of:
(A) Kerala
(B) Maharashtra
(C) West Bengal
(D) Uttar Pradesh
Correct Answer is D
20.
Insert the missing number:
8 24 12 ? 18 54
(A) 26
(B) 24
(C) 36
(D) 32
Correct Answer is C
21.
January 1, 1995 was Sunday. What day of the week lies on January 1, 1996?
(A) Sunday
(B) Monday
(C) Saturday
(D) None of these
Correct Answer is B
22.
The sum of a positive number and its reciprocal is twice the difference of the
number and its reciprocal. The number is :
(A) √2
(B) 1/√2
(C) √3
(D) 1/√3
Correct Answer is C
23.
In a certain code, ROUNDS is written as RONUDS. how will PLEASE will be written
in the same code
(A) LPAESE
(B) PLAESE
(C) LPAEES
(D) PLASEE
Correct Answer is B
24.
At what time between 5.30 and 6.00 will the hands of a clock be at right
angles?
(A) 43 5/11 min. past 5
(B) 43 7/11 min. past 5
(C) 40 min. past 5
(D) 45 min past 5
Correct Answer is B
25.
Statements :
I. All students are ambitious
II. All ambitious persons are hard working
Conclusions :
(i) All students are hard-working
(ii) All hardly working people are not ambitious
Which of the following is correct?
(A) Only (i) is correct
(B) Only (ii) is correct
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are correct
(D) Neither (i) nor (ii) is correct
Correct Answer is C
26.
Statement : Most students are intelligent
Conclusions :
(ii) All students are not intelligent
Which of the following is implied?
(A) Only (i) is implied
(B) Only (ii) is implied
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are implied
(D) Neither (i) nor (ii) is implied
Correct Answer is B
27.
Statement: Most labourers are poor
Conclusions :
(ii) All labourers are not poor
Which of the following is implied?
(A) Only (i) is implied
(B) Only (ii) is implied
(C) Both (i) and (ii) are implied
(D) Neither (i) nor (ii) is implied
Correct Answer is B
28.
Line access and avoidance of collision are the main functions of:
(A) the CPU
(B) the monitor
(C) network protocols
(D) wide area networks
Correct Answer is C
29.
In the hypermedia database, information bits are stored in the form of:
(A) signals
(B) cubes
(C) nodes
(D) symbols
Correct Answer is C
30.
Communications bandwidth that has the highest capacity and is used by
microwave, cable and fibre optics lines is known as:
(A) hyper-link
(B) broadband
(C) bus width
(D) carrier wave
Correct Answer is B
31.
An electronic bill board that has a short text or graphical advertising message
is referred to as:
(A) bulletin
(B) strap
(C) bridge line
(D) banner
Correct Answer is D
32.
Which of the following is not the characteristic of a computer?
(A) computer is an electrical machine
(B) computer cannot think at its own
(C) computer processes information error free
(D) computer can hold data for any length of time
Correct Answer is A
33.
Bitumen is obtained from
(A) Forests and Plants
(B) Kerosene oil
(C) Crude oil
(D) underground mines
Correct Answer is C
34.
Malaria is caused by:
(A) bacterial infection
(B) viral infection
(C) parasitic infection
(D) fungal infection
Correct Answer is C
35.
The cloudy nights are warmer compared to clear nights (without clouds) during
winter days. This is because:
(A) clouds radiate heat towards the earth
(B) clouds prevent cold wave from the sky, descend on earth
(C) clouds prevent escaping of the heat radiation from the earth
(D) clouds being at great heights from earth absorb heat from the sun and send
towards the earth
Correct Answer is C
36.
Largest soil group of India is:
(A) Red soil
(B) Black soil
(C) Sandy soil
(D) Mountain soil
Correct Answer is C
37.
Main pollutant of the Indian coastal water is
(A) oil spill
(B) municipal sewage
(C) industrial effluents
(D) aerosols
Correct Answer is C
38.
Human ear is most sensitive to noise in the following frequency ranges:
(A) 1-2 KHz
(B) 100-500 Hz
(C) 10-12 KHz
(D) 13-16 KHz
Correct Answer is A
39.
Which species of chromium is toxic in water:
(A) Cr+2
(B) Cr+3
(C) Cr + 6
(D) Cr is non-toxic element
Correct Answer is C
40.
Match List - I (Dams) with List - II (River) in the following:
|
List - I (Dams) |
List - II (River) |
|
a. Bhakra |
(i)
Krishna y |
|
b.
Nagarjunasagar |
(ii)
Damodar |
|
c.
Panchet |
(iii)
Sutlej |
|
d.
Hirakud |
(iv)
Bhagirathi |
|
e. Tehri |
(v)
Mahanadi |
a b c d e
(A) v iii iv ii i
(B) iii i ii v iv
(C) i ii iv iii v
(D) ii iii iv i v
Correct Answer is B
41.
A negative reaction to a mediated communication is described as:
(A) flak
(B) fragmented feedback
(C) passive response
(D) non-conformity
Correct Answer is C
42.
The launch of satellite channel by IGNOU on 26th January 2003 for technological
education for the growth and development of distance education is:
(A) Eklavya channel
(B) Gyandarshan channel
(C) Rajrishi channel
(D) None of these
Correct Answer is A
43.
Match List - I with List-Il and select the correct answer from the code given
below:
|
List - I (Institutions) |
List - II (Locations) |
|
(a) The
Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) |
(i)
Shimla |
|
(b) The
Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS) |
(ii) New
Delhi |
|
(c) The
Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) |
(iii)
Banglore |
|
(d) The
Central Institute of Coastal Engineering for fisheries |
(iv)
Lucknow |
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) iv iii ii i
Correct Answer is A
44.
Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right?
(A) Right to equality
(B) Right against exploitation
(C) Right to freedom of speech and expression
(D) Right of free compulsory education of all children upto the age of 14
Correct Answer is All
45.
The Lok - Sabha can be dissolved before the expiry of its normal five year term
by:
(A) The Prime Minister
(B) The Speaker of Lok Sabha
(C) The President on the recommendation of the Prime Minister
(D) None of the above
Correct
Answer is C
Study the following graph carefully and answer Q.No. 46 to 50 given below:
46.
In which year the value per tin was minimum?
(A) 1995
(B) 1996
(C) 1998
(D) 1999
Correct Answer is A
47.
What was the difference between the tins exported in 1997 and 1998?
(A) 10
(B) 1000
(C) 100000
(D) 1000000
Correct Answer is A
48.
What was the approximate percentage increase in export value from 1995 to 1999?
(A) 350
(B) 330.3
(C) 433.3
(D) None of these
Correct Answer is D
49.
What was the percentage drop in export quantity from 1995 to 1996?
(A) 75
(B) 50
(C) 25
(D) None of these
Correct Answer is C
50.
If in 1998, the tins were exported at the same rate per tin as that in 1997,
what would be the value (in crores of rupees) of export in 1998?
(A) 400
(B) 375
(C) 352
(D) 330
Correct Answer is C
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