UGC NET Dec 2014 Paper-I
UGC NET December-2014 Paper
I
1.
CSS stands for
(A) Cascading Style Sheets
(B) Collecting Style Sheets
(C) Comparative Style Sheets
(D) Comprehensive Style Sheets
Answer: (A) Cascading Style Sheets
2. MOOC stands for
(A) Media Online Open Course
(B) Massachusetts Open Online Course
(C) Massive Open Online Course
(D) Myrind Open Online Course
Answer: (C) Massive Open Online Course
3. Binary equivalent of decimal number
35 is
(A) 100011
(B) 110001
(C) 110101
(D) 101011
Answer: (A) 100011
4. gif, jpg, bmp, png are used as
extensions for files which store
(A) Audio data
(B) Image data
(C) Video data
(D) Text data
Answer: (B) Image data
5. Symbols A-F are used in which one of
the following?
(A) Binary number system
(B) Decimal number system
(C) Hexadecimal number system
(D) Octal number system
Answer: (C) Hexadecimal number system
6. Which one of the following is not a
search engine?
(A) Google
(B) Chrome
(C) Yahoo
(D) Bing
Answer: (B) Chrome
7. In terms of total CO2 emissions
from a country, identity the correct sequence:
(A) U.S.A. > China > India >
Russia
(B) China > U.S.A. > India >
Russia
(C) China > U.S.A. > Russia >
India
(D) U.S.A. > China > Russia >
India
Answer: (B) China > U.S.A. > India > Russia
8. Match List – I and List – II and
identify the correct code:
List – I List – II
a. World Health
Day
i.16th
September
b. World Population
Day
ii. 1st December
c. World Ozone
Day
iii. 11th
July
d. World AIDS
Day
iv. 7th April
Codes:
a
b
c d
(A)
i
ii
iii iv
(B)
iv
iii
i ii
(C)
ii
iii
iv i
(D)
iii
iv
ii i
Answer: (B) iv
iii
i ii
9. Which of the anthropogenic activity
accounts for more than 2/3rd of global water consumption?
(A) Agriculture
(B) Hydropower generation
(C) Industry
(D) Domestic and Municipal usage
Answer: (A) Agriculture
10. One of the anthropogenic sources of
gaseous pollutants chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in air is
(A) Cement Industry
(B) Fertiliser industry
(C) Foam industry
(D) Pesticide industry
Answer: (C) Foam industry
11. The maximum
number of fake institutions / universities as identified by the UGC in the year
2014 are in the State / Union territory of
(A) Bihar
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Delhi
Answer: (B) Uttar Pradesh
12. Which of the following
institutions are empowered to confer or grant degrees under the UGC Act, 1956?
1. A university
established by an Act of Parliament.
2. A university
established by an Act of Legislature.
3. A university /
institution established by a linguistic minority.
4. An institution
which is a deemed to be university.
Select
the correct answers from the codes given below:
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (C) 1, 2 and 4
13. Which of the
following are the tools of good governance?
1. Social Audit
2. Separation of
Powers
3. Citizen’s
Charter
4. Right to
Information
Select
the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) 1, 3 and 4
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3, and
4
Answer: (D) 1, 2, 3, and 4
14. The cyclone
“Hudhud” hit the coast of which State?
(A) Andhra
Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala
(D) Gujarat
Answer: (A) Andhra Pradesh
15. Which of the
following is not a renewable natural resource?
(A) Clean air
(B) Fresh water
(C) Fertile soil
(D) Salt
Answer: (D) Salt
16. Right to
privacy as a Fundamental Right is implied in
(A) Right to
Freedom
(B) Right to Life
and Personal Liberty
(C) Right to
Equality
(D) Right against
Exploitation
Answer: (B) Right to Life and Personal Liberty
17. Which of the
following organizations deals with “capacity building programe” on Educational
Planning?
(A) NCERT
(B) UGC
(C) NAAC
(D) NUEPA
Answer: (D) NUEPA
18. Which of the
following powers, the President has in relation to Lok Sabha?
1. Summoning
2 Adjournment-
sine die
3. Prorogation
4. Dissolution
Select
the correct answer from the codes given below:
(A) 1 and 4
(B) 1, 2 and 3
(C) 1, 3 and 4
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (B) 1, 2 and 3
19. The interval
between two sessions of parliament must not exceed
(A) 3 months
(B) 6 months
(C) 4 months
(D) 100 days
Answer: (B) 6 months
20. Maximum
participation of students during teaching is possible through
(A) Lecture
method
(B) Demonstration
method
(C) Inductive
method
(D) Textbook
method
Answer: (C) Inductive method
21. Diagnostic evaluation ascertains
(A) Students performance at the
beginning of instructions.
(B) Learning progress and failures
during instructions.
(C) Degree of achievements of
instructions at the end.
(D) Causes and remedies of persistent
learning problems during instructions.
Answer: (D) Causes and remedies of persistent learning
problems during instructions.
22. Instructional aides are used by the
teacher to
(A) Glorify the class
(B) Attract the students
(C) Clarify the concepts
(D) Ensure discipline
Answer: (C) Clarify the concepts
23. Attitude of the teacher that
affects teaching pertains to
(A) Affective domain
(B) Cognitive domain
(C) Connative domain
(D) Psychomotor domain
Answer: (A) Affective domain
24. “Education is the manifestation of
perfection already in man” was stated by
(A) M. K. Gandhi
(B) R. N. Tagore
(C) Swami Vivekanand
(D) Sri Aurobindo
Answer: (C) Swami Vivekanand
25. Which of the following is not a
prescribed level of teaching?
(A) Memory
(B) Understanding
(C) Reflective
(D) Differentiation
Answer: (D) Differentiation
26. The core elements of dissertation
are
(A) Introduction; Data Collection; Data
Analysis; Conclusions and Recommendations
(B) Executive Summary; Literature
review; Data gathered; Conclusions; Bibliography
(C) Research Plan; Research Data;
Analysis; References
(D) Introduction; Literature Review;
Research Methodology; Results; Discussion and Conclusion
Answer: (D) Introduction; Literature Review; Research
Methodology; Results; Discussion and Conclusion
27. What is a Research Design?
(A) A way of conducting research that
is not grounded in theory.
(B) The choice between using
qualitative or quantitative methods.
(C) The style in which you present your
research findings e.g. a graph.
(D) A framework for every stage of the
collection and analysis of data.
Answer: (D) A framework for every stage of the collection
and analysis of data.
28. “Sampling Cases” means
(A) Sampling using a sampling frame
(B) Identifying people who are suitable
for research
(C) Literally the researcher’s brief
case
(D) Sampling of people, newspapers,
television programmes etc.
Answer: (D) Sampling of people, newspapers, television
programmes etc.
29. The frequency distribution of a
research data which is symmetrical in shape similar to a normal distribution
but center peak is much higher, is
(A) Skewed
(B) Mesokurtic
(C) Leptokurtic
(D) Platykurtic
Answer: (C) Leptokurtic
30. When planning to do a social
research, it is better to
(A) Approach the topic with an open
mind
(B) Do a pilot study before getting
stuck into it
(C) Be familiar with literature on the
topic
(D) Forget about theory because this is
a very practical
Answer: (A) Approach the topic with an open mind
31. When academicians are called to
deliver lecture or presentations to an audience on certain topics or a set of
topics of educational nature, it is called
(A) Training Program
(B) Seminar
(C) Workshop
(D) Symposium
Answer: (B) Seminar
32. Media is known as
(A) First Estate
(B) Second Estate
(C) Third Estate
(D) Fourth Estate
Answer: (D) Fourth Estate
33. The mode of communication that
involves a single source transmitting information to a large number of
receivers simultaneously, is called
(A) Group Communication
(B) Mass Communication
(C) Intrapersonal Communication
(D) Interpersonal Communication
Answer: (B) Mass Communication
34. A smart classroom is a teaching
space which has
(i) Smart portion with a touch panel
control system.
(ii) PC/Laptop connection and DVD/VCR player.
(iii) Document camera and specialized
software
(iv) Projector and screen
Select the correct answer
from the codes given below:
(A) (i) and (ii) only
(B) (ii) and (iv) only
(C) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Answer: (D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
35. The term “Yellow Journalism” refers
to
(A) Sensational news about terrorism
and violence
(B) Sensationalism and exaggeration to
attract readers / viewers.
(C) Sensational news about arts and
culture.
(D) Sensational news prints in yellow
paper.
Answer: (B) Sensationalism and exaggeration to attract
readers / viewers.
36. In the classroom, the teacher sends
the message either as words or images. The students are really
(A) Encoders
(B) Decoders
(C) Agitators
(D) Propagators
Answer: (B) Decoders
37. The next term in the series: AB,
ED, IH, NM, --- is
(A) TS
(B) ST
(C) TU
(D) SU
Answer: (A) TS
38. If STREAMERS is coded as UVTGALDQR,
then KNOWLEDGE will be coded as
(A) MQPYLCDFD
(B) MPQYLDCFD
(C) PMYQLDFCD
(D) YMQPLDDFC
Answer: (B) MPQYLDCFD
39. A is brother of B. B is the brother
of C. C is the husband of D. E is the father of A. D is related to E as
(A) Daughter
(B) Daughter-in-law
(C) Sister-in-law
(D) Sister
Answer: (B) Daughter-in-law
40. Two numbers are in the ration 3:5.
If 9 is subtracted from the numbers, the ratio becomes 12:23. The numbers are
(A) 30, 50
(B) 36, 60
(C) 33, 55
(D) 42, 70
Answer: (C) 33, 55
41. The mean of the ages of father and
his son is 27 years. After 18 years, father will be twice as old as his son.
Their present ages are
(A) 42, 12
(B) 40, 14
(C) 30, 24
(D) 36, 18
Answer: (A) 42, 12
42. Digital Empowerment means
(i) Universal digit literacy
(ii) Universal access to all digital
resources
(iii) Collaborative digital platform
for participative governance.
(iv) Probability of all entitlements
for individuals through cloud.
Choose the correct answer
from the codes given below:
(A) (i) and (ii) only
(B) (ii) and (iii) only
(C) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Answer: (D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
43. The next term in the series: 2, 7,
28, 63, 126, --- is
(A) 215
(B) 245
(C) 276
(D) 296
Answer: (A) 215
Read the following passage carefully and answer questions
44 to 48:
The
literary distaste for politics, however, seems to be focused not so much on the
largely murky practice of politics in itself as a subject of literary
representation but rather more on how it is often depicted in literature, i.e.,
on the very politics of such representation. A political novel often turns out
to be not merely a novel about politics but a novel with a politics of its own,
for it seeks not merely to show us how things are but has fairly definite ideas
about how things should be, and precisely what one should think and do in order
to make things move in that desired direction. In short, it seeks to convert
and enlist the reader to a particular cause or ideology; it often is (in an
only too familiar phrase) not literature but propaganda. This is said to
violate the very spirit of literature which is to broaden our understanding of
the world and the range of our sympathies rather than to narrow them down
through partisan commitment. As John Keats said, ‘We hate poetry that has a
palpable design upon us’.
Another reason why politics does not seem amenable to the highest kind of
literary representation seems to arise from the fact that politics by its very
nature is constituted of ideas and ideologies. If political situations do not
lend themselves to happy literary treatment, political ideas present perhaps an
even greater problem in this regard. Literature, it is argued, is about human
experiences rather than about intellectual abstractions; it deals in what is
called the ‘felt reality’ of human flesh and blood, and in sap and savour.
(rasa) rather than in and lifeless ideas. In an extensive discussion of the
matter in her book Ideas and the Novel, the American novelist Mary McCarthy
observed that ‘ideas are still today felt to be unsightly in the novel’ though
that was not so in ‘former days’, i.e., in the 18th and 19th centuries. Her
formulation of the precise nature of the incompatibility between ideas on the
one hand and the novel on the other betrays perhaps a divided conscience in the
matter and a sense of dilemma shared by many writers and readers: ‘An idea
cannot have loose ends, but a novel, I almost think, needs them. Nevertheless,
there is enough in common for the novelists to feel… the attraction of ideas
while taking up arms against them — most often with weapons of mockery.’
44. The constructs of politics by its
nature is
(A) Prevalent political situation
(B) Ideas and Ideologies
(C) Political propaganda
(D) Understanding of human nature
Answer: (C) Political propaganda
45. Literature deals with
(A) Human experiences in politics
(B) Intellectual abstractions
(C) Dry and empty ideas
(D) Felt reality of human life
Answer: (D) Felt reality of human life
46. The observation of the novelist,
May McCarthy reveals
(A) Unseen felt ideas of today in the
novel
(B) Dichotomy of conscience on
political ideas and novels
(C) Compatibility between idea and
novel
(D) Endless idea and novels
Answer: (B) Dichotomy of conscience on political ideas and
novels
47. According to the passage, a
political novel often turns out to be a
(A) Literary distaste for politics
(B) Literary representation of politics
(C) Novels with its own politics
(D) Depiction of murky practice of
politics
Answer: (C) Novels with its own politics
48. A political novel reveals
(A) Reality of the tings
(B) Writer’s perception
(C) Particular ideology of the readers
(D) The spirit of literature
Answer: (B) Writer’s perception
49. Warrior is related to sword,
carpenter is related to saw, farmer is related to plough. In the same way, the
author is related to
(A) Book
(B) Fame
(C) Reader
(D) Pen
Answer: (D) Pen
50. Given below is a
diagram of three circles A, B and C over-lapping each other? The circle A
represents the class of honest people, the circle B represent the class of
sincere people and circle C represents the class of politicians. p, q, r, s, U,
X, Y represent different regions. Select the code that represents the region
indicating the class of honest politicians who are not sincere.
(A) X
(B) q
(C) p
(D) s
Answer: (D) s
51. “A man ought no
more to value himself for being wiser than a woman if he owes his advantage to
a better education, than he ought to boast of his courage for beating a man
when his hands were tied.” The above passage is an instance of
(A) Deductive argument
(B) Hypothetical argument
(C) Analogical argument
(D) Factual argument
Answer: (C) Analogical argument
52. By which of the following proposition,
the proposition “wise men are hardly afraid of death” is contradicted?
(A) Some wise men are afraid of death.
(B) All wise men are afraid of death.
(C) No wise men is afraid of death.
(D) Some wise men are not afraid of
death.
Answer: (B) All wise men are afraid of death.
53. When in a group of propositions,
one proposition is claimed to follow from the others, that group of
propositions is called
(A) An argument
(B) A valid argument
(C) An explanation
(D) An invalid argument
Answer: (A) An argument
54. Namita and Samita are brilliant and
studious. Anita and karabi are obedient and irregular. Babita and Namita are
irregular but brilliant. Samita and Kabita are regular and obedient. Who among
them is/are brilliant, obedient, regular and studious?
(A) Samita alone
(B) Namita and Samita
(C) Kabita alone
(D) Anita alone
Answer: (A) Samita alone
For a county CO2 emissions (million metric tons)
from various sectors are given in the following table. Answer the questions (55
to 60) base on the data given
CO2 emissions (million metric tons)
|
|||||
Sector
Year
|
Power
|
Industry
|
Commercial
|
Agriculture
|
Domestic
|
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
|
500
600
650
700
800
|
200
300
320
400
450
|
150
200
250
300
320
|
80
90
100
150
200
|
100
110
120
150
180
|
55. By what percentage (%), the total
emissions of CO2 have increased from 2005 to 2009?
(A) ~89.32%
(B) ~57.62%
(C) ~40.32%
(D) ~113.12%
Answer: (A) ~89.32%
56. What is the average annual growth
rate of CO2 emission in power sector?
(A) ~12.57%
(B) ~16.87%
(C) ~30.81%
(D) ~50.25%
Answer: (A) ~12.57%
57. What is the percentage contribution
of power sector to total CO2 emission in the year 2008?
(A) ~30.82%
(B) ~41.18%
(C) ~51.38%
(D) ~60.25%
Answer: (B) ~41.18%
58. In which year, the contribution (%)
of industry to total sectoral CO2 emission was minimum?
(A) 2005
(B) 2006
(C) 2007
(D) 2008
Answer: (A) 2005
59. What is the percentage (%) growth
of CO2 emission from power sector during 2005 to 2009?
(A) 60
(B) 50
(C) 40
(D) 80
Answer: (A) 60
60. Which sector has recorded maximum
growth in CO2 emission during 2005 to 2009?
(A) Power
(B) Industry
(C) Commercial
(D) Agriculture
Answer: (D) Agriculture
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