UGC NET General Paper-1 December 2010
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1.
Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms?
(A) Socio-economic Status
(B) Marital Status
(C) Numerical Aptitude
(D) Professional Attitude
Correct Answer is D
2.
A doctor studies the relative effectiveness of two drugs of dengue fever. His
research would be classified as
(A) Descriptive Survey
(B) Experimental Research
(C) Case Study
(D) Ethnography
Correct Answer is B
3.
The term ‘phenomenology’ is associated with the process of
(A) Qualitative Research
(B) Analysis of Variance
(C) Correlational Study
(D) Probability Sampling
Correct Answer is A
4.
The ‘Sociogram’ technique is used to study
(A) Vocational Interest
(B) Professional Competence
(C) Human Relations
(D) Achievement Motivation
Correct Answer is C
Read the following passage carefully and answer questions from 5 to 10:
It
should be remembered that the nationalist movement in India, like all
nationalist movements, was essentially a bourgeois movement. It represented the
natural historical stage of development, and to consider it or to criticise it
as a working-class movement is wrong. Gandhi represented that movement and the
Indian masses in relation to that movement to a supreme degree, and he became
the voice of Indian people to that extent. The main contribution of Gandhi to
India and the Indian masses has been through the powerful movements which he
launched through the National Congress. Through nation-wide action he sought to
mould the millions, and largely succeeded in doing so, and changing them from a
demoralised, timid and hopeless mass, bullied and crushed by every dominant
interest, and incapable of resistance, into a people with self-respect and
self-reliance, resisting tyranny, and capable of united action and sacrifice
for a larger cause.
Gandhi made people think of political and economic issues and every village and
every bazaar hummed with argument and debate on the new ideas and hopes that
filled the people. That was an amazing psychological change. The time was ripe
for it, of course, and circumstances and world conditions worked for this
change. But a great leader is necessary to take advantage of circumstances and
conditions. Gandhi was that leader, and he released many of the bonds that
imprisoned and disabled our minds, and none of us who experienced it can ever
forget that great feeling of release and exhilaration that came over the Indian
people.
Gandhi has played a revolutionary role in India of the greatest importance
because he knew how to make the most of the objective conditions and could
reach the heart of the masses, while groups with a more advanced ideology
functioned largely in the air because they did not fit in with those conditions
and could therefore not evoke any substantial response from the masses.
It is perfectly true that Gandhi, functioning in the nationalist plane, does
not think in terms of the conflict of classes, and tries to compose their
differences. But the action he has indulged and taught the people has
inevitably raised mass consciousness tremendously and made social issues vital.
Gandhi and the Congress must be judged by the policies they pursue and the
action they indulge in. But behind this, personality counts and colours those
policies and activities. In the case of very exceptional person like Gandhi the
question of personality becomes especially important in order to understand and
appraise him. To us he has represented the spirit and honour of India, the
yearning of her sorrowing millions to be rid of their innumerable burdens, and
an insult to him by the British Government or others has been an insult to
India and her people.
5.
Which one of the following is true of the given passage?
(A) The passage is a critique of Gandhi’s role in Indian movement for
independence.
(B) The passage hails the role of Gandhi in India’s freedom movement.
(C) The author is neutral on Gandhi’s role in India’s freedom movement.
(D) It is an account of Indian National Congress’s support to the working-class
movement.
Correct Answer is B
6.
The change that the Gandhian movement brought among the Indian masses was
(A) Physical
(B) Cultural
(C) Technological
(D) Psychological
Correct Answer is D
7.
To consider the nationalist movement or to criticise it as a working-class
movement was wrong because it was a
(A) historical movement
(B) voice of the Indian people
(C) bourgeois movement
(D) movement represented by Gandhi
Correct Answer is C
8.
Gandhi played a revolutionary role in India because he could
(A) preach morality
(B) reach the heart of Indians
(C) see the conflict of classes
(D) lead the Indian National Congress
Correct Answer is B
9.
Groups with advanced ideology functioned in the air as they did not fit in with
(A) objective conditions of masses
(B) the Gandhian ideology
(C) the class consciousness of the people
(D) the differences among masses
Correct Answer is A
10.
The author concludes the passage by
(A) criticising the Indian masses
(B) the Gandhian movement
(C) pointing out the importance of the personality of Gandhi
(D) identifying the sorrows of millions of Indians
Correct Answer is C
11.
Media that exist in an interconnected series of communication – points are
referred to as
(A) Networked media
(B) Connective media
(C) Nodal media
(D) Multimedia
Correct Answer is A
12.
The information function of mass communication is described as
(A) diffusion
(B) publicity
(C) surveillance
(D) diversion
Correct Answer is C
13.
An example of asynchronous medium is
(A) Radio
(B) Television
(C) Film
(D) Newspaper
Correct Answer is D
14.
In communication, connotative words are
(A) explicit
(B) abstract
(C) simple
(D) cultural
Correct Answer is D
15.
A message beneath a message is labelled as
(A) embedded text
(B) internal text
(C) inter-text
(D) sub-text
Correct Answer is D
16.
In analog mass communication, stories are
(A) static
(B) dynamic
(C) interactive
(D) exploratory
Correct Answer is A
17.
Determine the relationship between the pair of words ALWAYS : NEVER and then
select from the following pair of words which have a similar relationship:
(A) often : rarely
(B) frequently : occasionally
(C) constantly : frequently
(D) intermittently : casually
Correct Answer is A
18.
Find the wrong number in the sequence :
52, 51, 48, 43, 34, 27, 16
(A) 27
(B) 34
(C) 43
(D) 48
Correct Answer is B
19.
In a certain code, PAN is written as 31 and PAR as 35, then PAT is written in
the same code as
(A) 30
(B) 37
(C) 39
(D) 41
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 :
AF : IK : : LQ : ?
(A) MO
(B) NP
(C) OR
(D) TV
Correct Answer is D
21.
If 5472 = 9, 6342 = 6, 7584 = 6, what is 9236 ?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Correct Answer is A
22.
In an examination, 35% of the total students failed in Hindi, 45% failed in
English and 20% in both. The percentage of those who passed in both subjects is
(A) 10
(B) 20
(C) 30
(D) 40
Correct Answer is D
23.
Two statements I and II given below are followed by two conclusions (a) and
(b). Supposing the statements are true, which of the following conclusions can
logically follow?
Statements :
I. Some flowers are red.
II. Some flowers are blue.
Conclusions :
(a) Some flowers are neither red nor blue.
(b) Some flowers are both red and blue.
(A) Only (a) follows.
(B) Only (b) follows.
(C) Both (a) and (b) follow.
(D) Neither (a) nor (b) follows
Correct Answer is D
24.
If the statement ‘all students are intelligent’ is true, which of the following
statements are false?
(i) No students are intelligent.
(ii) Some students are intelligent.
(iii) Some students are not intelligent.
(A) (i) and (ii)
(B) (i) and (iii)
(C) (ii) and (iii)
(D) (i) only
Correct Answer is B
25.
A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with
a universal statement is called
(A) Deductive Reasoning
(B) Inductive Reasoning
(C) Abnormal Reasoning
(D) Transcendental Reasoning
Correct Answer is D
26.
What is the smallest number of ducks that could swim in this formation – two
ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck between two ducks?
(A) 5
(B) 7
(C) 4
(D) 3
Correct Answer is D
27.
Mr. A, Miss B, Mr. C and Miss D are sitting around a table and discussing their
trades.
(i) Mr. A sits opposite to the cook.
(ii) Miss B sits right to the barber
(iii) The washerman sits right to the barber
(iv) Miss D sits opposite to Mr. C
What are the trades of A and B ?
((A) Tailor and barber
(B) Barber and cook
(C) Tailor and cook
(D) Tailor and washerman
Correct Answer is C
28.
Which one of the following methods serve to measure correlation between two
variables?
(A) Scatter Diagram
(B) Frequency Distribution
(C) Two-way table
(D) Coefficient of Rank Correlation
Correct Answer is D
29.
Which one of the following is not an Internet Service Provider (ISP) ?
(A) MTNL
(B) BSNL
(C) ERNET India
(D) Infotech India Ltd.
Correct Answer is D
30.
The hexadecimal number system consists of the symbols
(A) 0 – 7
(B) 0 – 9 , A – F
(C) 0 – 7, A – F
(D) None of these
Correct Answer is B
31.
The binary equivalent of (–15)10 is
(2’s complement system is used)
(A) 11110001
(B) 11110000
(C) 10001111
(D) None of these
Correct Answer is A
32.
1 GB is equal to
(A) 230 bits
(B) 230 bytes
(C) 220 bits
(D) 220 bytes
Correct Answer is B
33.
The set of computer programs that manage the hardware/software of a computer is
called
(A) Compiler system
(B) Operation system
(C) Operating system
(D) None of these
Correct Answer is C
34.
S/MIME in Internet technology stands for
(A) Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
(B) Secure Multimedia Internet Mail Extension
(C) Simple Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
(D) Simple Multimedia Internet Mail Extension
Correct Answer is A
35.
Which of the following is not covered in 8 missions under the Climate Action
Plan of Government of India?
(A) Solar power
(B) Waste to energy conversion
(C) Afforestation
(D) Nuclear energy
Correct Answer is D
36.
The concentration of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in drinking water should not
exceed
(A) 500 mg/L
(B) 400 mg/L
(C) 300 mg/L
(D) 200 mg/L
Correct Answer is A
37.
‘Chipko’ movement was first started by
(A) Arundhati Roy
(B) Medha Patkar
(C) Ila Bhatt
(D) Sunderlal Bahuguna
Correct Answer is D
38.
The constituents of photochemical smog responsible for eye irritation are
(A) SO2 and
O3
(B) SO2 and
NO2
(C) HCHO and PAN
(D) SO2 and
SPM
Correct Answer is C
39.
Assertion (A) : Some carbonaceous aerosols may be carcinogenic.
Reason (R) : They may contain polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
(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 false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is correct.
Correct Answer is A
40.
Volcanic eruptions affect
(A) atmosphere and hydrosphere
(B) hydrosphere and biosphere
(C) lithosphere, biosphere and atmosphere
(D) lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere
Correct Answer is D
41.
India’s first Defense University is in the State of
(A) Haryana
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Punjab
Correct Answer is A
42.
Most of the Universities in India
(A) conduct teaching and research only
(B) affiliate colleges and conduct examinations
(C) conduct teaching/research and examinations
(D) promote research only
Correct Answer is C
43.
Which one of the following is not a Constitutional Body?
(A) Election Commission
(B) Finance Commission
(C) Union Public Service Commission
(D) Planning Commission
Correct Answer is D
44.
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
(A) Indian Parliament is supreme.
(B) The Supreme Court of India has the power of judicial review.
(C) There is a division of powers between the Centre and the States.
(D) There is a Council of Ministers to aid and advise the President.
Correct Answer is B
45.
Which one of the following statements reflects the republic character of Indian
democracy?
(A) Written Constitution
(B) No State religion
(C) Devolution of power to local Government institutions
(D) Elected President and directly or indirectly elected Parliament
Correct Answer is D
46.
Who among the following appointed by the Governor can be removed by only the
President of India?
(A) Chief Minister of a State
(B) A member of the State Public Service Commission
(C) Advocate-General
(D) Vice-Chancellor of a State University
Correct Answer is B
47.
If two small circles represent the class of the ‘men’ and the class of the
‘plants’ and the big circle represents ‘mortality’, which one of the following
figures represent the proposition ‘All men are mortal.’ ?
Correct Answer is C
The following table presents the production of electronic items (TVs and
LCDs) in a factory during the period from 2006 to 2010. Study the table
carefully and answer the questions from 48 to 52:
48.
In which year, the total production of electronic items is maximum?
(A) 2006
(B) 2007
(C) 2008
(D) 2010
Correct Answer is C
49.
What is the difference between averages of production of LCDs and TVs from 2006
to 2008 ?
(A) 3000
(B) 2867
(C) 3015
(D) 2600
Correct Answer is D
50.
What is the year in which production of TVs is half the production of LCDs in
the year 2010 ?
(A) 2007
(B) 2006
(C) 2009
(D) 2008
Correct Answer is B
51.
What is the ratio of production of LCDs in the years 2008 and 2010 ?
(A) 4 : 3
(B) 3 : 4
(C) 1 : 3
(D) 2 : 3
Correct Answer is B
52.
What is the ratio of production of TVs in the years 2006 and 2007 ?
(A) 6 : 7
(B) 7 : 6
(C) 2 : 3
(D) 3 : 2
Correct Answer is C
53.
Some students in a class exhibit great curiosity for learning. It may be
because such children
(A) Are gifted
(B) Come from rich families
(C) Show artificial behavior
(D) Create indiscipline in the class
Correct Answer is A
54.
The most important quality of a good teacher is
(A) Sound knowledge of subject matter
(B) Good communication skills
(C) Concern for students’ welfare
(D) Effective leadership qualities
Correct Answer is A
55.
Which one of the following is appropriate in respect of teacher student
relationship?
(A) Very informal and intimate
(B) Limited to classroom only
(C) Cordial and respectful
(D) Indifferent
Correct Answer is C
56.
The academic performance of students can be improved if parents are encouraged
to
(A) supervise the work of their wards
(B) arrange for extra tuition
(C) remain unconcerned about it
(D) interact with teachers frequently
Correct Answer is A
57.
In a lively classroom situation, there is likely to be
(A) occasional roars of laughter
(B) complete silence
(C) frequent teacher-student dialogue
(D) loud discussion among students
Correct Answer is C
58.
If a parent approaches the teacher to do some favour to his/her ward in the
examination, the teacher should
(A) try to help him
(B) ask him not to talk in those terms
(C) refuse politely and firmly
(D) ask him rudely to go away
Correct Answer is C
59.
Which of the following phrases is not relevant to describe the meaning of
research as a process?
(A) Systematic Activity
(B) Objective Observation
(C) Trial and Error
(D) Problem Solving
Correct Answer is B
60.
Which of the following is not an example of a continuous variable?
(A) Family size
(B) Intelligence
(C) Height
(D) Attitude
Correct Answer is B
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