UGC-NET · GENERAL APTITUDE
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Q1
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2 marks
Each question carries 2 marks.
a.
Option a
b.
Option b
c.
Option c
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d.
Option d
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11. Option (c) is correct.
It is the responsibility of the teacher to ensure Questionnaire method is the best for conducting
that every student in the class is at the same a survey with the aim of understanding the
level of understanding. prospects of any political party.
Q2
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2 marks
There are 50 questions to be attempted out of 60 questions.
a.
Option a
b.
Option b
c.
Option c
d.
Option d
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12. Option (a) is correct.
Continuous and comprehensive evaluation There is no strict format for drafting thesis. The
does not increase workload on students. format is normally decided by the institutes
and the heads.
Q3
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2 marks
Each item has four alternative responses marked
a.
,
b.
,
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c.
and
d.
. You have to darken the oval as indicated
below on the correct response against each item.
Example: where
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13. Option (a) is correct.
Active involvement in the management of
institution is a discretionary choice of any While writing a birthday card using pen and
paper, author felt the state of confusion as
teacher. It does not affect the teaching skills of
writing using laptops and iPhone is much
any teacher.
easier.
Q4
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2 marks
Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the Answer Sheet.
a.
Option a
Correct Answer
b.
Option b
c.
Option c
d.
Option d
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14. Option (d) is correct.
MCQs require respondents to be more specific
Author has not listed reading as one of the
and hence it helps in better judgement of the
creative pursuit.
understanding level of learners.
Q5
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2 marks
Use of any calculator or log table etc., is prohibited.
a.
Option a
b.
Option b
c.
Option c
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d.
Option d
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Author has always used mobiles and computers
Delors report is a report providing an insight for writing and other related activities.
into four pillars of learning and education
Q6
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2 marks
Negative Marking: For each incorrect answer 0.5 marks shall be deducted.
1. Greater the handicap of the students coming
a.
Family
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b.
They are less objective than essay type
to the educational institutions, greater the questions.
demand on the:
c.
They are more subjective than short-answer
d.
State
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17. Option (d) is correct.
Effective teaching requires all diagnosis,
The main issue covered in the passage is that
remedy, direction and feedback.
people have forgotten the art of writing.
Q9
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2 marks
Which of the following are the basic rules of lists are hidden in the notes function of my
APA style of referencing format? phone. If I need to remember something I
1. Italicize titles of shorter works such as send an e-mail to myself. A pen is something
journal articles or essays I chew when I’m struggling to think. Paper is
2. Invert authors’ names (last name first) something I pile beneath my laptop to make it
3. Italicize titles of longer works such as books a more comfortable height for me to type on.
and journals A poll of 1,000 teens by the stationers, Bic found
4. Alphabetically index reference list that one in 10 don’t own a pen, a third have
Select the correct answer from the codes given never written a letter, and half of 13 to 19 years
below: - old have never been forced to sit down and
a.
1 and 2
b.
2, 3 and 4 write a thank you letter. More than 80% have
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c.
3 and 4
d.
1, 2, 3 and 4 never written a love letter, 56% don’t have
letter paper at home. And a quarter have never
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20. Option (c) is correct.
Italicizing the name of shorter works is not the Paralanguage in communication involves those
rule under APA style of referencing. aspects of speech which support the way in
Q10
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2 marks
Which of the following are the characteristics of
known the unique torture of writing a birthday
a seminar?
card. The most a teen ever has to use a pen is on
1. It is a form of academic instruction.
an exam paper.
2. It involves questioning, discussion and
debates. Bic, have you heard of mobile phones? Have
3. It involves large groups of individuals. you heard of e-mail, facebook and snap
4. It needs involvement of skilled persons. chatting? This is the future. Pens are dead.
Paper is dead. Handwriting is a relic.
Select the correct answer from the codes given
below: “Handwriting is one of the most creative
outlets we have and should be given the same
a.
2 and 3
b.
2 and 4
importance as other art forms such as sketching,
c.
2, 3 and 4
d.
1, 2 and 4
painting or photography.”
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which message is received by the audience.
Involving large group of people is not a These are gestures, facial expressions, voice
necessary characteristic of Seminars. modulations, pitch and speech, etc.
Q11
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2 marks
A researcher is interested in studying the prospects
of a particular political party in an urban area. Answer the following questions:
What tool should he prefer for the study? 13. When confronted with signing a big card, the
a.
Rating scale
b.
Interview author felt like “a rabbit in the headlight”. What
c.
Questionnaire
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d.
Schedule does this phrase mean?
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For assessing political prospects across an urban area with a large and geographically dispersed literate population, a **Questionnaire** is the most efficient, economical, and preferred data collection tool.
Q12
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2 marks
Ethical norms in research do not involve
a.
A state of confusion
guidelines for:
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b.
A state of pleasure
c.
A state of anxiety
d.
A state of pain
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The idiom 'like a rabbit caught in the headlights' means being so frightened, surprised, or overwhelmed that one is unable to think, move, or act, representing **a state of confusion** (or being stunned/frozen).
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Q16
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How many teens, as per the Bic survey, do not 24. In a classroom, a communicator’s trust level is
own a pen? determined by:
a.
800
b.
560
c.
500
d.
100
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Q17
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What is the main concern of the author?
a.
That the teens use social networks for
25. The next term in the series
communication.
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37 ? is:
b.
That the teens use mobile phones.
c.
That the teens use computer.
d.
eye contact
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Q18
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2 marks
The main objectives of student evaluation of The mean of the remaining students is found to
teachers are: be 78. The mean of the whole group will be:
1. To gather information about student
a.
80
b.
76
weaknesses.
c.
74
d.
72
2. To make teachers take teaching seriously. 27. Anil after travelling 6 km towards East from
3. To help teachers adopt innovative methods his house realized that he has travelled in
of teaching. a wrong direction. He turned and travelled
4. To identify the areas of further improvement 12 km towards West, turned right and travelled
in teacher traits. Identify the correct answer 8 km to reach his office. The straight distance of
from the codes given below: the office from his house is:
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Q19
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Using the central point of the classroom 28. The next term in the series:
communication as the beginning of a dynamic B2E, D5H, F12K, H27N ? is:
pattern of ideas is referred to as:
a.
J56I
b.
I62Q
c.
Q62J
d.
J58Q
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Q20
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2 marks
Aspects of the voice, other than the speech are
party is:
known as:
a.
12
b.
14
c.
18
d.
24
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Q21
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2 marks
Every type of communication is affected by its: son of P is brother of S. Q is related to R as:
a.
Reception
b.
Transmission
c.
Non-regulation
d.
Context
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Q22
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2 marks
Attitudes, actions and appearances in the 31. Consider the argument given below:
context of classroom communication are ‘Pre-employment testing of teachers is quite fair
considered as: because doctors, architects and engineers who
a.
Verbal
b.
Non-verbal are now employed had to face such a testing.’
c.
Impersonal
d.
Irrational What type of argument it is?
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Q25
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2 marks
The next term in the series
communication.
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37 ? is:
a.
50
b.
That the teens use mobile phones.
c.
That the teens use computer.
d.
72
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Q30
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2 marks
P and Q are brothers. R and S are sisters. The
21. Every type of communication is affected by its: son of P is brother of S. Q is related to R as:
a.
Reception
b.
Transmission
c.
Non-regulation
d.
Context
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Q32
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2 marks
Among the following propositions two are
1991 30 50
related in such a way that they can both be true
although they cannot both be false. Which are 2001 32 80
those propositions? Select the correct code. 2011 35 100
Propositions: *1 GW = 1000 million watt
1. Some priests are cunning. 37. Which decade registered the maximum growth
2. No priest is cunning. rate (%) of population?
3. All priests are cunning.
a.
1961-1971
b.
1971-1981
4. Some priests are not cunning.
c.
1991-2001
d.
2001-2011
Codes:
38. Average decadal growth rate (%) of population
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Q33
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2 marks
A Cluster of propositions with a structure that
a.
An inference
b.
An argument
what will be the population in the year 2021?
c.
~6.73%
d.
~5%
exhibits some inference is called:
39. Based on the average decadal growth rate,
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Q34
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Consider the following assertion
a.
and reason
b.
200 W
provide sufficient reason for
c.
37.28 million
d.
36.62 million
(R) and select the correct code given below:
Assertion
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Q35
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A definition that has a meaning that is 42. By what percentage (%) the power production
deliberately assigned to some symbol is called: increased from 1951 to 2011?
a.
Lexical
b.
Precising
c.
Stipulative
d.
Persuasive
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Q36
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If the proposition ‘No men are honest’ is taken
43. NMEICT stands for:
to be false which of the following proposition/
propositions can be claimed certainly to be true?
a.
National Mission on Education through
ICT
Propositions:
b.
National Mission on E-governance through
c.
National Mission on E-commerce through
d.
No honest person is man
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