UGC NET Paper 1 December 2012
1. The English word communication is derived from which
of the following words?
(a) Communis and communicate
(b) Communist and commune
(c) Communism and communalism
(d) Communion and common sense
2. Chinese Cultural Revolution leader Mao Zedong used
a type of communication to talk to the masses and it is
known as
(a) Mass line communication
(b) Group communication
(c) Participatory communication
(d) Dialogue communication
3. Conversing with the spirits and ancestors is termed as
(a) Transpersonal communication
(b) Intrapersonal communication
(c) Interpersonal communication
(d) Face-to-face communication
4. The largest circulated daily newspaper among the
following is
(a) The Times of India
(b) The Indian Express
(c) The Hindu
(d) The Deccan Herald
5. The pioneer of silent feature fi lm in India was
(a) K. A. Abbas (b) Satyajit Ray
(c) B. R. Chopra (d) Dadasaheb Phalke
6. Classroom communication of a teacher rests on the principle of
(a) Infotainment (b) Edutainment
(c) Entertainment (d) Power equation
7. The missing number in the series
0, 6, 24, 60, 120, ?, 336, is
(a) 240 (b) 220
(c) 280 (d) 210
8. A group of 7 members having a majority of boys is to be
formed out of 6 boys and 4 girls. The number of ways the
group can be formed is
(a) 80 (b) 100
(c) 90 (d) 110
9. The number of observations in a group is 40. The average of the fi rst 10 members is 4.5 and the average of remaining 30 members is 3.5. The average of the whole
group is
(a) 4 (b) 15/2
(c) 15/4 (d) 6
10. If ‘MOHAN’ is represented by the code ‘KMFYL’, then
‘COUNT’ will be represented by
(a) AMSLR (b) MSLAR
(c) MASRL (d) SAMLR
11. The sum of the ages of two person A and B is 50. Five
years ago, the ratio of their ages was 5 : 3. The present
age of A and B is
(a) 30 and 20 (b) 35 and 15
(c) 38 and 12 (d) 40 and 10
12. Let A mean minus (-), B mean multiplied by (×), C mean
divided by (÷), and D mean plus (+). The value of 90 D 9
A 29 C 10 B 2 is
(a) 8 (b) 10
(c) 12 (d) 14
13. Consider Assertion I and Assertion II and select the
right code given below.
Assertion I: Even bank lockers are not safe. Thieves
can break them and take away your wealth. However,
thieves cannot go to heaven. So, you should keep your
wealth in heaven.
Assertion II: The diff erence in skin colour of living beings
is due to the distance from the sun and not because of
some permanent traits. Skin colour is the result of body’s
reaction to the sun and its rays.
Codes:
(a) Both the assertions are forms of argument.
(b) Assertion I is an argument, but Assertion II is not.
(c) Assertion II is an argument, but Assertion I is not.
(d) Both the assertions are explanations of facts.
14. By which of the following proposition, the proposition,
some men are not honest is contradicted?
(a) All men are honest. (b) Some men are honest.
(c) No men are honest. (d) All the above
15. A stipulative definition is
(a) Always true
(b) Always false
(c) Sometimes true sometimes false
(d) Neither true nor false
16. Choose the appropriate alternative given in the codes to
replace the question mark.
Examiner – Examinee, Pleader – Client, Preceptor – ?
(a) Customer
(b) Pathfinder
(c) Perceiver
(d) Disciple
17. If the statement, most of the students are obedient, is
taken to be true, then which one of the following pair of
statements can be claimed to be true?
I. All obedient persons are students.
II. All students are obedient.
III. Some students are obedient.
IV. Some students are not disobedient.
Codes:
(a) I and II (b) II and III
(c) III and IV (d) II and IV
18. Choose the right code:
A deductive argument claims that:
I. The conclusion does not claim something more than
that is contained in the premises.
II. The conclusion is supported by the premise or
premises conclusively.
III. If the conclusion is false, then premise or premises
may be either true or false.
IV. If the premise or combination of premises is or are true,
then the conclusion must be true.
Codes:
(a) I and II
(b) I and III
(c) II and III
(d) All the above
On the basis of the data given in the following table,
provide answers to questions from 19 to 24.
19. How many activities of social services have shown the
expenditure to be less than 5% of the total expenditures
incurred on social services in 2008–2009?
(a) One (b) Three
(c) Five (d) All of these
20. In which year, the expenditures on social services
increased with the highest rate?
(a) 2007-2008 (b) 2008-2009
(c) 2009-2010 (d) 2010-2011
21. Which of the following activities remain almost stagnant
in terms of shares of expenditure?
(a) North-eastern areas
(b) Welfare of SC/ST and OBC
(c) Information and broadcasting
(d) Social welfare and nutrition
22. Which of the following item’s expenditure share is
almost equal to the remaining three items in the given
years?
(a) Information and broadcasting
(b) Welfare of SC/ST and OBC
(c) Labour and employment
(d) Social welfare and nutrition
23. Which of the following items of social services have registered the highest rate of increase in expenditure during
2007-2008 to 2010-2011?
(a) Education, sports and youth affairs.
(b) Welfare of SC/ST and OBC.
(c) Social welfare and nutrition.
(d) Overall social services.
24. Which of the following items have registered the highest rate of decline in terms of expenditure during
2007-2008 to 2009-2010?
(a) Labour and employment
(b) Health and family welfare
(c) Social welfare and nutrition
(d) Education, sports and youth affairs
25. ALU stands for
(a) American Logic Unit
(b) Alternate Local Unit
(c) Alternating Logic Unit
(d) Arithmetic Logic Unit
26. A personal computer uses a number of chips mounted on
a circuit board called
(a) Microprocessor (b) System board
(c) Daughter board (d) Motherboard
27. Computer virus is a
(a) Hardware (b) Bacteria
(c) Software (d) None of these
28. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) (17)10 = (17)16 (b) (17)10 = (17)8
(c) (17)10 = (10111)2
(d) (17)10 = (10001)2
29. The file extension of MS-Word document in Office 2007
is __________
(a) .pdf (b) .doc
(c) .docx (d) .txt
30. __________ is a protocol used by e-mail clients to download e-mails to your computer.
(a) TCP (b) FTP
(c) SMTP (d) POP
31. Which of the following is a source of methane?
(a) Wetlands
(b) Foam industry
(c) Thermal power plants
(d) Cement industry
32. Minamata disease in Japan was caused by pollution due
to
(a) Lead (b) Mercury
(c) Cadmium (d) Zinc
33. Biomagnification means increase in the
(a) Concentration of pollutants in living organisms.
(b) Number of species.
(c) Size of living organisms.
(d) Biomass
34. Nagoya protocol is related to
(a) Climate change (b) Ozone depletion
(c) Hazardous waste (d) Biodiversity
35. The second most important source after fossil fuels contributing to India’s energy needs is
(a) Solar energy (b) Nuclear energy
(c) Hydropower (d) Wind energy
36. In case of earthquakes, an increase in magnitude 1 on
Richter scale implies
(a) A ten-fold increase in the amplitude of seismic
waves.
(b) A ten-fold increase in the energy of the seismic
waves.
(c) A two-fold increase in the amplitude of seismic
waves.
(d) A two-fold increase in the energy of seismic waves.
37. Which of the following is not a measure of human development index?
(a) Literacy rate (b) Gross enrolment
(c) Sex ratio (d) Life expectancy
38. India has the highest number of students in colleges
after
(a) UK (b) USA
(c) Australia (d) Canada
39. Which of the following statement(s) is/are not correct
about the Attorney General of India?
I. The President appoints a person, who is qualified to
be a judge of a High Court, to be the Attorney General
of India.
II. He has the right of audience in all the courts of the
country.
III. He has the right to take part in the proceedings of
the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
IV. He has a fixed tenure.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Codes:
(a) I and IV (b) II, III and IV
(c) III and IV (d) III only
40. Which of the following prefixes President Pranab
Mukherjee desires to discontinue while interacting with
Indian dignitaries as well as in official notings?
I. His Excellency
II. Mahamahim
III. Hon’ble
IV. Shri/Smt
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Codes:
(a) I and III (b) II and III
(c) I and II (d) I, II and III
41. Which of the following can be done under conditions of
financial emergency?
I. State Legislative Assemblies can be abolished.
II. Central government can acquire control over the
budget and expenditure of states.
III. Salaries of the judges of High Courts and the
Supreme Court can be reduced.
IV. Right to constitutional remedies can be suspended.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Codes:
(a) I, II and III (b) II, III and IV
(c) I and II (d) II and III
42. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer
from the codes given below.
Codes:
(a) A-IV, B-I, C-III and D-II
(b) A-II, B-III, C-IV and D-I
(c) A-III, B-IV, C-I and D-II
(d) A-IV, B-III, C-II and D-I
43. For an efficient and durable learning, the learner should
have
(a) Ability to learn only
(b) Requisite level of motivation only.
(c) Opportunities to learn only.
(d) Desired level of ability and motivation
44. Classroom communication must be
(a) Teacher-centric (b) Student-centric
(c) General-centric (d) Textbook-centric
45. The best method of teaching is to
(a) Impart information.
(b) Ask students to read books.
(c) Suggest good reference material.
(d) Initiate a discussion and participate in it.
46. Interaction inside the classroom should generate
(a) Argument (b) Information
(c) Ideas (d) Controversy
47. ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child’ gives the message that
(a) Punishment in the class should be banned.
(b) Corporal punishment is not acceptable.
(c) Undesirable behaviour must be punished.
(d) Children should be beaten with rods.
48. The type of communication that a teacher has in the
classroom is termed as
(a) Interpersonal
(b) Mass communication
(c) Group communication
(d) Face-to-face communication
49. Which of the following is an indication of the quality of a
research journal?
(a) Impact factor (b) h-index
(c) g-index (d) i10-index
50. Good research ethics means
(a) Not disclosing the holdings of shares or stocks in a
company that sponsors your research.
(b) Assigning a particular research problem to one
Ph.D. or research student only.
(c) Discussing with your colleagues confidential data
from a research paper that you are reviewing for an
academic journal.
(d) Submitting the same research manuscript for publishing in more than one journal.
51. Which of the following sampling methods is based on
probability?
(a) Convenience sampling
(b) Quota sampling
(c) Judgement sampling
(d) Stratified sampling
52. Which one of the following references is written according to American Psychological Association (APA)
format?
(a) Sharma, V. (2010). Fundamentals of Computer
Science. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill
(b) Sharma, V. 2010. Fundamentals of Computer
Science. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill
(c) Sharma, V. 2010. Fundamentals of Computer
Science, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill
(d) Sharma, V. (2010), Fundamentals of Computer
Science, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill
53. Arrange the following steps of research in correct
sequence:
I. Identification of research problem
II. Listing of research objectives
III. Collection of data
IV. Methodology
V. Data analysis
VI. Results and discussion
Codes:
(a) I, II, III, IV, V and VI (b) I, II, III, IV, V and VI
(c) II, I, III, IV, V and VI (d) II, I, IV, III, V and VI
54. Identify the incorrect statement.
(a) A hypothesis is made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigations.
(b) A hypothesis is a basis for reasoning without any
assumption of its truth.
(c) A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a
phenomenon.
(d) A scientific hypothesis is a scientific theory.
Read the following passage carefully and answer
the questions from 55 to 60.
The popular view of towns and cities in developing
countries and of urbanization process is that despite
the benefits and comforts it brings, the emergence of
such cities connotes environmental degradation, generation of slums and squatters, urban poverty, unemployment, crimes, lawlessness, traffic chaos and so
on. But what is the reality? Given the unprecedented
increase in urban population over the past 50 years
from 300 million in 1950 to 2 billion in 2000 in developing countries, the wonder is how well the world has
coped and not how badly.
In general, the urban quality of life has improved in
terms of availability of water and sanitation, power,
health and education, communication, and transport. By way of illustration, a large number of urban
residents have been provided with improved water in
urban areas in Asia’s largest countries, such as China,
India, Indonesia and Philippines. Despite that, the
access to improved water in terms of percentage of
total urban population seems to have declined during
the past decade of 20th century, although in absolute
numbers, millions of additional urbanites have been
provided improved services. These countries have
made significant progress in the provision of sanitation services too, together, providing for an additional
population of more than 293 million citizens within
a decade (1990-2000). These improvements must
be viewed against the backdrop of rapidly increasing
urban population, fiscal crunch and strained human
resources and efficient and quality-oriented public
management.
55. The popular view about the process of urbanization in
developing countries is
(a) Positive (b) Negative
(c) Neutral (d) Unspecified
56. The average annual increase in the number of urbanites
in developing countries, from 1950 to 2000 AD, was
close to
(a) 30 million (b) 40 million
(c) 50 million (d) 60 million
57. The reality of urbanization is reflected in
(a) How well the situation has been managed
(b) How badly the situation has gone out of control
(c) How fast has been the tempo of urbanization
(d) How fast the environment has degraded
58. Which one of the following is not considered as an indicator of urban quality of life?
(a) Tempo of urbanization
(b) Provision of basic services
(c) Access to social amenities
(d) All of the above
59. The author in this passage has tried to focus on
(a) Extension of knowledge
(b) Generation of environmental consciousness
(c) Analytical reasoning
(d) Descriptive statement
60. In the above passage, the author intends to state
(a) The hazards of the urban life
(b) The sufferings of the urban life
(c) The awareness of human progress
(d) The limits of growth
Answer keys
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (a)
11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (b)
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (c) 28. (d) 29. (c) 30. (d)
31. (a) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (d) 35. (c) 36. (a) 37. (c) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (c)
41. (d) 42. (a) 43. (d) 44. (b) 45. (d) 46. (c) 47. (c) 48. (c) 49. (a) 50. (b)
51. (d) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (b) 56. (a) 57. (a) 58. (a) 59. (c) 60. (d)