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Q1
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Each question carries 2 marks.
a.
Option a
b.
Option b
c.
Option c
d.
Option d
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9. Option (c) is correct.
The factors that contribute to effectiveness Giving proper references is a way to ethically
of teaching are knowledge of the teacher, use the work of any other researcher as a basis
communication skills and how effectively the for further studies. Research evidence cannot
teacher can manage the class. be used as a basis for screening the work
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
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d.
Option d
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style of any professionals. Preliminary studies
are conducted to understand the available
The reason behind using teaching aid will be
resources better but it cannot be used for
to optimize the learning and understanding of
reaching any final judgement.
students.
Q3
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2 marks
Each item has four alternative responses marked
a.
,
b.
,
Correct Answer
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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Research hypothesis or alternative hypothesis
Only creative and critical thinking cannot is- “child rearing practises do influence stress-
ensure jobs for students. Subject knowledge is proneness”
equally important.
So, null hypothesis is- “child rearing practises
Q4
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2 marks
Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the Answer Sheet.
a.
Option a
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b.
Option b
c.
Option c
d.
Option d
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do not influence stress-proneness”
Formative evaluation involves using quizzes
Since the Null hypothesis is rejected at 0.01
and QA sessions from time to time.
level, hence the research hypothesis will be
Summative evaluation is assessing the learning accepted.
of students at the end of year or semester. 11. Option (b) is correct.
Continuous and comprehensive evaluation Japan enjoyed a competitive advantage in the
involves regular assessments of cognitive and automobile industry for years.
other learning among students. Norm and 12. Option (c) is correct.
criterion reference tests are done based on a The labour based competitive advantage
group and certain yardsticks. enjoyed by India and Singapore cannot be
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
d.
Option d
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sustained over a longer period of time due to
Ex post facto research is an attempt to increasing number of new competitors entering
understand the effect or aftermath of something in the market.
which has already occurred. 13. Option (d) is correct.
Q6
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2 marks
Negative Marking: For each incorrect answer 0.5 marks shall be deducted.
1. Select the alternative which consists of positive
a.
and (R) are true but (R) is not the
factors contributing to effectiveness of teaching: correct explanation of
b.
Both
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Competitive advantage can be sustained over
Identification of research question is the time by combining the available resources
primary requirement for beginning any effectively in a way that is not imitable by
research work. competitors.
Q7
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The format of thesis writing is the same as in
a.
preparation of a research paper/article Read the following passage carefully and
b.
writing of seminar presentation answer the question.
c.
a research dissertation In terms of labour, for decades the relatively
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d.
presenting a workshop/conference paper low cost and high quality of Japanese
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14. Option (c) is correct.
The format of writing a thesis is the same as that An organization can achieve competitive
of writing a master’s or graduate dissertation. advantage in any market, if it has superior
knowledge that is applicable in that market.
Q8
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In the qualitative research paradigm, which workers conferred considerable competitive
of the following features may be considered advantage across numerous durable goods and
critical? consumer electronics industries (e.g., machinery,
automobiles, televisions, radios). Then labour-
a.
Data collection with standardised research
based advantages shifted to South Korea,
tools.
then to Malaysia, Mexico and other nations.
b.
Sampling design with probability sample
Today, China appears to be capitalizing
techniques.
best on the basis of labour. Japanese firms
c.
Data collection with bottom-up empirical still remain competitive in markets for such
evidence. durable goods, electronics and other products,
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d.
Data gathering to take place with top-down but the labour force is no longer sufficient for
systematic evidence. competitive advantage over manufacturers in
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15. Option (a) is correct.
Bottom-up approach is placing together various
The passage highlights the financial flow
pieces of research to get a whole. Qualitative
prevalent in the market from the time of gold
research is conducted using this approach only. coins and later at the time of paper money.
Q9
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From the following list of statements identify other industrializing nations. Such shifting of
the set which has negative implications for labour-based advantage is clearly not limited
‘research ethics’: to manufacturing industries. Today, a huge
(i) A researcher critically looks at the findings number of IT and service jobs are moving from
of another research. Europe and North America to India, Singapore,
(ii) Related studies are cited without proper and like countries with relatively well-educated,
references. low-cost workforces possessing technical skills.
(iii) Research findings are the basis for policy However, as educational levels and technical
making. skills continue to rise in other countries, India,
(iv) Conduct of the practitioner is screened in Singapore, and like nations enjoying labour-
terms of reported research evidence. based competitive advantage today are likely to
(v) A research study is replicated with a view to find that such an advantage cannot be sustained
verify the evidence from other researches. through emergence of new competitors.
(vi) Both policy making and policy In terms of capital, for centuries the days
implementing processes are regulated in of gold coins and later even paper money
terms of preliminary studies. restricted financial flows. Subsequently regional
Codes: concentrations were formed where large
banks, industries and markets coalesced. But
a.
(i), (ii) and (iii)
b.
(ii), (iii) and (iv)
today capital flows internationally at rapid
c.
(ii), (iv) and (vi)
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d.
(i), (iii) and (v)
speed. Global commerce no longer requires
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Statements with negative implications for research ethics are:
(ii) Citing related studies without proper references, which constitutes plagiarism and intellectual dishonesty.
(iv) Screening the conduct of practitioners strictly in terms of reported research evidence without context or proper ethical safeguards.
(vi) Regulating both policy making and implementation on the basis of merely preliminary (unsubstantiated/unverified) studies.
Critically examining findings (i), using well-established findings for policy making (iii), and replicating studies to verify findings (v) are standard and positive scientific practices. Therefore, the set with negative implications is (ii), (iv), and (vi).
Q10
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2 marks
In a research on the effect of child-rearing regional interactions among business players.
practices on stress-proneness of children in Regional capital concentrations in places such
completing school projects, the hypothesis
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as New York, London and Tokyo still persist, 14. What is required to ensure competitive
of course, but the capital concentrated there is advantages in specific markets?
no longer sufficient for competitive advantage
a.
Access to capital
over other capitalists distributed worldwide.
b.
Common office buildings
Only if an organization is able to combine,
c.
Superior knowledge
integrate and apply its resources (e.g., Land,
labour, capital, IT) in an effective manner that
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d.
Common metals
is not readily imitable by competitors can such 15. The passage also mentions about the trend of
an organization enjoy competitive advantage
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According to the passage on competitive advantages, capital and basic resources alone are no longer sufficient to guarantee competitive advantage. To ensure sustainable competitive advantage in specific markets, an organization requires superior knowledge to uniquely combine, integrate, and apply resources in a manner that cannot be easily replicated by competitors.
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Q11
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2 marks
Which country enjoyed competitive advantages
a.
Avoidance of proximity
in the automobile industry for decades?
b.
Voice modulation
c.
Mexico
d.
Malaysia
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Q12
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Why labour-based competitive advantages of
India and Singapore cannot be sustained in IT 19. What are the barriers to effective communi-
and service sectors? cation?
a.
Due to diminishing levels of skill.
b.
Due to capital-intensive technology making comments of consolation
inroads.
c.
Because of new competitors.
d.
Because of shifting of labour-based defensive attitude
advantage in manufacturing industries.
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Q13
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How can an organisation enjoy competitive narration
advantage and sustainable overtime? 20. The choice of communication partners is
a.
Through regional capital flows. influenced by factors of
b.
Through regional interactions among
c.
By making large banks, industries and
markets coalesced.
d.
By effective use of various instrumentalities.
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Q16
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What does the author lay stress on in the
economic inputs. An organization with
superior knowledge can achieve competitive passage?
advantage in markets that appreciate the
a.
International commerce
application of such knowledge. Semiconductors,
b.
Labour-Intensive industries
genetic engineering, pharmaceuticals, software,
c.
Capital resource management
military warfare, and like knowledge-intensive
d.
Knowledge-driven competitive advantage
competitive arenas provide both time-proven
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Q17
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Imagine you are working in an educational
and current examples. Consider semiconductors
institution where people are of equal status.
(e.g., computer chips), which are made
principally of sand and common metals. These Which method of communication is best suited
ubiquitous and powerful electronic devices are and normally employed in such a context?
designed within common office buildings, using
a.
Horizontal communication
commercially available tools, and fabricated
b.
Vertical communication
within factories in many industrialized nations.
c.
Corporate communication
Hence, land is not the key competitive resource
d.
Cross communication
in the semiconductor industry.
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Q18
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Identify the important element a teacher has to
Based on the passage answer the following
questions: take cognizance of while addressing students
in a classroom.
11. Which country enjoyed competitive advantages
a.
Avoidance of proximity
in the automobile industry for decades?
b.
Voice modulation
c.
Mexico
d.
Malaysia
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Q21
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As a teacher, select the best option to ensure the other. Which are those propositions? Select
your effective presence in the classroom. the correct code:
a.
Use of peer command Propositions:
b.
Making aggressive statements 1. All women are equal to men
c.
Adoption of well-established posture 2. Some women are equal to men
d.
Being authoritarian 3. Some women are not equal to men
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Q22
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Every communicator has to experience 4. No women are equal to men
a.
Manipulated emotions Codes:
b.
Anticipatory excitement
c.
The issue of homophiles
d.
1 and 3
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Q23
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In certain code, SELECTION is coded as which of the following propositions can be
QCJCARGML. The code of AMERICANS will claimed certainly to be true?
be Propositions:
a.
YKCPGAYLQ
b.
BNFSJDBMR
c.
QLYAGPCKY
d.
YQKLCYPAG
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Q24
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In the series
a.
63
b.
73
involved in it:
c.
83
d.
No poor person is a thief.
3, 11, 23, 39, 59, ..........
31. Consider the following statement and select the
The next term will be
correct code stating the nature of the argument
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Q25
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Two railway tickets from city A to B and three world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert
tickets from city A to C cost ` 177. Three tickets that in an entire field of millet only one grain
from city A to B and two tickets from city A to will grow.
C cost ` 173. The fare for city B from city A will
a.
Astronomical
b.
Anthropological
be `
c.
Deductive
d.
Analogical
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Q26
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2 marks
A person walks 10 m in front and 10 m to the
a.
Venn diagram represents propositions as
right. Then every time turning to his left, he well as classes.
walks 5, 15 and 15 m respectively. How far is he
b.
It can provide a clean method of notation.
now from his starting point?
c.
It can be either valid or invalid.
d.
It can provide the direct method of testing
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Q27
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A is sister of
a.
Grand daughter
b.
F is daughter of G. C is mother of 33. Select the code which is not correct in the
c.
E is mother of
d.
A is related context of deductive argument with two
to D as premises:
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Q28
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In the series
a.
JKLMN
b.
An argument with two true premises and a
AB, EDC, FGHI, ....?...., OPQRST, the missing
false conclusion may be valid.
term is
c.
An argument with one true premise, one
d.
NMKLJ valid.
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Q29
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2 marks
Among the following propositions two are
a.
2012
b.
2013
the conclusions validly drawn.
c.
2014
d.
An argument with two false premises and a
related in such a way that one is the denial of false conclusion may be valid.
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34. Given below are two premises and four 37. In which year, the percentage profit earned by
conclusions are drawn from them (taking the company B is less than that of company A?
singly or together). Select the code that states
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Q31
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2 marks
Consider the following statement and select the
The next term will be
correct code stating the nature of the argument
a.
63
b.
73
involved in it:
c.
83
d.
93
To suppose that the earth is the only populated
25. Two railway tickets from city A to B and three world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert
tickets from city A to C cost ` 177. Three tickets that in an entire field of millet only one grain
from city A to B and two tickets from city A to will grow.
C cost ` 173. The fare for city B from city A will
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Q32
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2 marks
Select the code which is not correct about Venn
a.
Venn diagram represents propositions as
right. Then every time turning to his left, he well as classes.
walks 5, 15 and 15 m respectively. How far is he
b.
It can provide a clean method of notation.
now from his starting point?
c.
30
d.
33 diagram:
26. A person walks 10 m in front and 10 m to the
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Q34
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2 marks
Given below are two premises and four 37. In which year, the percentage profit earned by
conclusions are drawn from them (taking the company B is less than that of company A?
singly or together). Select the code that states
a.
2012
b.
2013
the conclusions validly drawn.
c.
2014
d.
2015
Premises: (i) All religious persons are Direction for question 38 to 40:
emotional.
The following table shows the number of
(ii) Ram is a religious person. people in different age groups who responded
Conclusions:
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Q35
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2 marks
If the total expenditure of the two companies
a.
Information Technology (IT)
was ` 9 lakh in the year 2012 and the expenditure
b.
Information and Collaborative Technology
of A and B were in the ratio 2:1, then what was (ICT)
the income of the company A in that year?
c.
Information and Data Technology (IDT)
d.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Q36
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2 marks
What is the average percentage profit earned 48 is 110000, then the binary equivalent of the
by the company B? decimal number 51 is given by
a.
35%
b.
42%
c.
38%
d.
40%
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Q39
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2 marks
Approximately what percentage of the total
Percentage Profit (%)
Year sample indicates that Hip-Hop is their favourite
A B style of music?
a.
6%
b.
8%
2011 20 30
c.
14%
d.
12%
2012 35 40 40. What percentage of respondents aged 31+
2013 45 35 indicated a favourite style other than classical
music?
2014 40 50
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