M-SET-February 2013 Paper-I
M-SET-February, 2013 Paper-I
1. Major
role of a teacher is to:
(A)
Provide the students up-to-date knowledge
(B)
Provide the students accurate knowledge
(C)
Assist the students to acquire and reorganise knowledge
(D)
Assist the students to remember given knowledge for a long time.
Answer: (C) Assist
the students to acquire and reorganise knowledge
2. The
learner characteristics that impacts learning the most are:
(A)
Social and economic background
(B)
Intelligence and study habits
(C)
Aptitude and motivation
(D) Age
and health
Answer: (C) Aptitude
and motivation
3. The
main drawback of lecture is that:
(A) The
students get bored and become inattentive consequently
(B) The
students get readymade answers and become lazy
(C) The
students become passive receivers and do not think
Answer: (C) The
students become passive receivers and do not think
4. If
‘Learning to know’ is aim of education, then students should be :
(A)
provided with latest global knowledge
(B)
taught with the help of latest technology
(C) given
more indepth assignments
(D)
encouraged for self-learning
Answer: (D) encouraged
for self-learning
5. Which
effort will promote use of library by students ?
(A)
Development of skills and interest in reading
(B)
Attractive display of new books and journals
(C)
Reading assignments given by teacher
(D)
Appointment of student representatives on library committee
Answer: (A) Development
of skills and interest in reading
6.
Present evaluation system has limitations regarding :
(A)
Predicting success in academic courses
(B)
Predicting success in life and vocation
(C)
Measuring development of skills
(D)
Judging academic achievement
Answer: (B) Predicting
success in life and vocation
7.
Knowledge unlike belief refers to :
(A)
Values
(B)
Perceptions
(C) Facts
(D) Myths
Answer: (C) Facts
8. One of
the main aims of science is :
(A)
Persuasion
(B)
Prediction
(C)
Postdiction
(D)
Assertion
Answer: (B) Prediction
9. The
stage at which the researcher makes his/her observations and records them, is
called as :
(A) Data
Measurement
(B) Data
Analysis
(C) Data
Processing
(D) Data
Collection
Answer: (D) Data
Collection
10. A set
of interrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions that present a
systematic view of phenomena by specifying relations among variables is called
:
(A)
Procedure
(B)
Theory
(C)
Method
(D)
Causation
Answer: (B) Theory
11. An
exhaustive and critical reading of the available literature on the research
topic prior to its investigation is called as :
(A)
Researching of literature
(B)
Review of literature
(C)
Assessment of literature
(D)
Classification of literature
Answer: (B) Review
of literature
12. A
‘focus group discussion’ includes about ............. participants.
(A) 6–8
(B) 22–26
(C) 2–4
(D) 10–15
Answer: (A) 6–8
Answer question Nos. 13 to 18 based
either on the English or the Marathi passage :
As matters stand today, many teachers are unable to do the best of
which they are capable. For this there are a number of reasons, some more or
less accidental, others very deep-seated. To begin with the former, most
teachers are overworked and are compelled to prepare their pupils for
examinations rather than to give them a liberalizing mental training. The
people who are not accustomed to teaching—and this includes practically all
educational authorities—have no idea of the expense of spirit that it involves.
Clergymen are not expected to preach sermons for several hours
every day, but the analogous effort is demanded of teachers. The result is that
many of them become harassed and nervous, out of touch with recent work in the
subjects that they teach, and unable to inspire their students with a sense of
the intellectual delights to be obtained from new understanding and new
knowledge.
This, however, is by no means the bravest matter. In most
countries certain opinions are recognized as correct, and others as dangerous.
Teachers whose opinions are not correct are expected to keep
silent about them. If they mention their opinions it is propaganda, while the
mentioning of correct opinions is that the inquiring young too often have to go
outside the classroom to discover what is being taught by the most vigorous
minds of their own time. There is a subject called civics, in which, perhaps
more than in any other, the teaching is expected to be misleading. The young are taught a sort of copybook account of how
public affairs are supposed to be conducted, and are carefully shielded from
all knowledge as to how in fact they are conducted. When they grow up and
discover the truth, the result is too often a complete cynicism in which all
public ideals are lost; whereas if they had been taught the truth carefully and
with proper comment at an earlier age they might have become men able to combat
evils in which, as it is, they acquiesce with a shrug.
13. The
author regrets the fact that :
(A)
clergymen are not expected to preach everyday
(B) many
teachers are not able to realise their full potential
(C) some
teachers are better than the others
(D)
teachers are expected to train students’ minds
Answer: (B) many
teachers are not able to realise their full potential
14. Which
of the following statements is true ?
(A)
Educational authorities are effective teachers
(B) In
all countries certain opinions are recognised as correct
(C)
Civics is unnecessarily taught in some contexts
(D) Most teachers
are forced to prepare their students for examinations
Answer: (D) Most
teachers are forced to prepare their students for examinations
15.
Teachers are expected to :
(A)
discover the truth
(B) be
cynical about public ideals
(C)
lecture for many hours everyday
(D)
inspire their students to work hard
Answer: (C) lecture
for many hours everyday
16.
Teachers are out of touch with :
(A) the
recent developments in their own subjects
(B) the
latest encyclopaedias
(C) the
reality of the world
(D)
propaganda
Answer: (A) the
recent developments in their own subjects
17. The
teaching of Civics is problematic because students realise that :
(A) they
cannot combat the evils of society
(B) they
cannot formulate correct opinions about society
(C) what
they were taught is different from reality
(D) they
cannot take delight in new knowledge
Answer: (C) what
they were taught is different from reality
18.
Choose the most appropriate title for the passage from the following :
(A)
Difficulties faced by teachers
(B) The
teaching of civics
(C)
Students’ duties
(D)
Teaching as a noble profession
Answer: (A) Difficulties
faced by teachers
19. In
which of the following types of communication the sender and receiver very
rarely share the same time and space continuum and interact in a considerable
way ?
(A)
Interpersonal Communication
(B) Group
Communication
(C) Mass
Communication
(D)
Verbal Communication
Answer: (C) Mass
Communication
20. We
generally and unknowingly tend to believe non-verbal clues more than verbal
clues of a person because :
(A)
verbal clues are generally difficult to understand
(B)
non-verbal clues are more involuntary than verbal
(C)
verbal clues are highly culture sensitive
(D)
non-verbal clues are highly controllable
Answer: (B) non-verbal
clues are more involuntary than verbal
21. Which
of the following are examples of non-verbal communication ?
(i)
Grunt
(ii) Emoticon
(iii)
Letter
(iv)
Sigh
(A) only
(i) and (ii) are correct
(B) only
(ii) and (iv) are correct
(D) only
(i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
Answer: (D) only
(i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
22. On
the criteria of interactivity and dynamism of communication which of the
following is the best situation for teaching ?
(A)
Face-to-face classroom teaching
(B) Video
lecture with talk back
(C) A
simulated virtual classroom
(D)
Distance education
Answer: (A) Face-to-face
classroom teaching
23. Which
year marked the arrival of private satellite television channels in India ?
(A) 1982
(B) 1985
(C) 1991
(D) 1995
Answer: (C) 1991
24. In
the context of Indian media identify the correct alternative: Newspaper : IRS
:: TV : ?
(A) TRP
(B) TPR
(C) TVN
(D) TAE
Answer: (A) TRP
25.
Replace the question mark (?) by an appropriate alternative in the following
series : 32 33 37 46 62 ?
(A) 85
(B) 87
(C) 94
(D) 99
Answer: (B) 87
26.
Replace the question mark (?) by an appropriate alternative in the following
letter series :
AZ DW GT
JQ ?
(A) LD
(B) MN
(C) MO
(D) NM
Answer: (B) MN
27. In a
certain code language, PUNE is written as SXQH. How would you write DELHI in
this language ?
(A) FGNJL
(B) FGNJK
(C) GHOKM
(D) GHOKL
Answer: (D) GHOKL
28. Find
the odd man out :
(A) 6
(B) 18
(C) 24
(D) 36
Answer: (C) 24
29. Find
the wrong term in the following series :
68 66 62
59 56 53
(A) 59
(B) 62
(C) 66
(D) 68
Answer: (C) 66
30. P is
the brother of Q; Q is the son of R; S is R’s father. What is P of S ?
(A) Son
(B)
Brother
(C)
Grandson
(D)
Grandfather
Answer: (C) Grandson
31. In
this question, a statement is followed by two assumptions, I and II. Decide
which of the assumption/s is/are implicit in the given statement. Indicate your
answer by choosing one of the alternatives :
Alternatives
:
Mark :
(A) if
assumption I only is implicit.
(B) if
assumption II only is implicit.
(C) if
both I and II are implicit.
(D) if
neither I nor II is implicit.
Statement
:
Children
are influenced more by their teachers.
Assumptions
:
I : A
large amount of time is spent at school by the children.
II :
Children consider their teachers as role models.
Answer: (B) if
assumption II only is implicit.
32. In
this question, two statements numbered 1 and 2 are followed by two conclusions
P and Q. You have to take the two statements to be true and then decide which
of the two conclusion/s necessarily follow/s from the two given statements.
Indicate your answer by using the appropriate alternative:
Alternatives
:
Mark :
(A) if
only conclusion P follows.
(B) if
only conclusion Q follows.
(C) if
both conclusions P and Q follow.
(D) if
neither conclusion P nor Q follows.
Statements
:
(1) All
guilty men are prisoners.
(2) No
prisoners are educated.
Conclusions :
(P) Some
educated persons are prisoners.
(Q) Some
educated persons are guilty.
Answer: (D) if
neither conclusion P nor Q follows.
33.
Replace the question mark (?) by an appropriate alternative :
Yard : ?
:: Quart : Litre
(A) Metre
(B) Pint
(C) Pound
(D) Foot
Answer: (A) Metre
34. Find
the odd man out :
(A) Zinc
(B) Iron
(C)
Iodine
(D)
Mercury
Answer: (C) Iodine
35. In a
junior college with 500 students, 250 students study Mathematics and 200
students study Biology. One hundred students study neither Mathematics nor
Biology. How many students study both Mathematics and Biology ?
(A) 50
(B) 100
(C) 150
(D) 250
Answer: (A) 50
36.
Select the same relationship from the given four alternatives as given in the
original pair. Square : Cube
(A)
Triangle : Prism
(B)
Circle : Sphere
(C)
Sphere : Earth
(D) Line
: Cylinder
Answer: (B) Circle
: Sphere
Yearly income of three men and two
women is given in the following table. Read the table and answer questions 37
to 39 :
Income
(in thousand rupees)
Person 1990 1991 1992 1993
Mohan 120 160 200 240
Hariprasad 100 140 160 200
Laxman
90 120
150
200
Smt.
Meenakshi 200 250 300 370
Km. Radha 120 120 150 170
37. Who
has the average income of Rs. 1,40,000 for all the four years ?
(A) Mohan
alone
(C) Laxman
and Km. Radha both
(D) Km.
Radha alone
Answer: (C) Laxman
and Km. Radha both
38. How
high is the total average income for four years of men compared to that of
women (in thousand rupees) ?
(A)
213.334
(B)
350.044
(C)
432.054
(D)
544.082
Answer: (A) 213.334
39. What
is, in round figures, the ratio between the total income of men and that of
women for all years ?
(A) 14 :
15
(B) 15 :
16
(C) 23 :
21
(D) 16 : 14
Answer: (D) 16 : 14
The following table shows the
percent change in monthly value of inventory at six businesses from April to
June (for Q. Nos. 40 to 42) :
Percent
Change
Business From
April to May From May to June
P +6 +8
Q +5 –5
R +2 +12
S +8 –5
T +14 0
U +2 –10
40. If
the value of inventory at Business Q was Rs. 30 lakh for April, what was its
value for June ?
(A) Rs.
22.500 lakh
(B) Rs.
29.925 lakh
(C) Rs.
30.000 lakh
(D) Rs.
33.000 lakh
Answer: (B) Rs.
29.925 lakh
41. Which
of the six businesses had the greatest percent change in value of inventory
from April to June ?
(A) P
(B) R
(C) T
(D) P, R
and T
Answer: (A) P
42. The
value of inventory for May as percentage of the value of inventory for June is
maximum for Business :
(A) Q
(B) S
(C) T
(D) U
Answer: (D) U
43. .doc
is a :
(A) Word
file
(B)
Picture file
(C)
Deleted file
(D)
Driver file
Answer: (A) Word
file
44. In
computer terminology which one of the following is the largest in terms of data
capacity ?
(A) KB
(B) TB
(C) MB
(D) GB
Answer: (B) TB
45. Skype
is usually used for :
(A)
social networking
(B)
interpersonal communication
(C)
virtual classroom
(D) actual
classroom
Answer: (B) interpersonal
communication
46.
Statistical tables can be generally generated on :
(A)
Microsoft Word
(B) Excel
(C)
PowerPoint
(D) Paint
Brush
Answer: (B) Excel
47.
Identify the incorrect form of addressing any dignitory :
(A)
Cabinet Minister—Honourable
(B)
Mayor—Honorable
(C)
Governor—Your Excellency
(D)
Judge—Your Excellency
Answer: (D) Judge—Your
Excellency
48. A
speech generally includes the following parts :
(i)
Introduction
(ii)
Statement of the central idea
(iii) The
main body
(iv)
Conclusion
(A) Only
(i) and (iii) are correct
(B) Only
(i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(C) Only
(ii) is correct
(D) All
the four are correct
Answer: (D) All the
four are correct
49.
Reduction in earth’s ozone layer leads to :
(A)
Increase in smog concentration
(B)
Increase in sea levels
(C)
Increase in UV radiation on the earth’s surface
(D)
Reduction in oxygen level on the earth’s surface
Answer: (C) Increase
in UV radiation on the earth’s surface
50. The
following are alternate sources of energy :
(i) Solar
(ii)
Nuclear
(iii)
Wind
(iv) Sea
waves
(A) Only
(i) and (iii) are correct
(B) Only
(i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
(C) Only
(i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(D) Only
(ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
Answer: (C) Only
(i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
51. CEE
is an organization associated with :
(A) Civil
engineering
(B)
Environmental education
(C)
Coastal environment
(D)
Commerce and economics
Answer: (B) Environmental
education
52.
Richter scale is used to measure :
(A) Wind
velocity
(B)
Siesmic vibrations
(C)
Intensity of light
(D)
Volume of water
Answer: (B) Siesmic
vibrations
53. High
tide and low tide is influenced by :
(A)
Rotation of the earth
(B)
Revolution of the earth
(C)
Phases of the moon
(D)
Supernatural forces
Answer: (C) Phases
of the moon
54. The
key controversy regarding the Narmada Dam Project focused on :
(B) Water
distribution
(C) Rehabilitation
(D)
Poverty
Answer: (C) Rehabilitation
55. Which
of the following is untrue about Deemed University ?
(A) It
has full autonomy in setting course work
(B) It
prepares own guidelines for admissions and fees
(C) It
can affiliate other institutions
(D) It
can award degrees under its own name
Answer: (C) It can
affiliate other institutions
56. Which
of the following is not a Professional Course ?
(A)
Pharmacy
(B) Law
(C)
Engineering
(D) Fine
Arts
Answer: (D) Fine Arts
57. The
right of minorities to establish educational institutions in India is provided
by :
(A)
Fundamental Rights
(B)
Fundamental Duties
(C)
Directive Principles
(D) Human
Rights
Answer: (A) Fundamental
Rights
58. The
process of making new syllabus of any course begins in :
(A)
Faculty
(B) Board
of Studies
(C)
Academic Council
(D)
Research and Recognition Committee
Answer: (B) Board
of Studies
59. The
apex institution/institutions for engineering education and research in India
is/are :
(A)
Indian Institutes of Technology
(B)
Indian Institutes of Information Technology
(C)
Indian Institute of Advanced Study
(D)
Association of Indian Universities
Answer: (A) Indian
Institutes of Technology
60. The
University Grants Commission of India has the following responsibilities :
(i)
Promote and co-ordinate higher education.
(ii)
Maintain standard of teaching, examination and research in universities.
(iii)
Provide funds for higher education.
(iv) Advise
Central and State Government on measures to be taken for improving higher
education.
(A) Only
(i) and (ii) are correct
(B) Only
(i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
(C) Only
(i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) All
four are correct
Answer: (D) All
four are correct
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