UGC NET JRF DEC. 2013 PAPER-I SET-W
Note : • This paper contains Sixty (60) multiple choice
questions, each question carrying two (2) marks.
• Candidate
is expected to answer any Fifty (50) questions.
• In case
more than Fifty (50) questions are attempted, only the first Fifty
(50) questions will
be evaluated.
1.
Which is the main objective of research ?
(A)
To review the literature
(B)
To summarize what is already
known
(C)
To get an academic degree
(D)
To discover new facts or to
make
fresh interpretation of
known
facts
ANS.
1 D
2.
Sampling error decreases with the
(A)
decrease in sample size
(B)
increase in sample size
(C)
process of randomization
(D)
process of analysis
ANS.
2 B
3.
The principles of fundamental
research
are used in
(A)
action research
(B)
applied research
(C)
philosophical research
(D)
historical research
ANS.
3 B
4.
Users who use media for their own
ends
are identified as
(A)
Passive audience
(B)
Active audience
(C)
Positive audience
(D)
Negative audience
ANS.
4 B
5.
Classroom communication can be
described
as
(A)
Exploration
(B)
Institutionalisation
(C)
Unsignified narration
(D)
Discourse
ANS.
5 D
6.
Ideological codes shape our collective
(A)
Productions (B) Perceptions
(C) Consumptions (D)
Creations
ANS.
6 B
7.
In communication, myths have power,
but
are
(A)
uncultural.
(B)
insignificant.
(C)
imprecise.
(D)
unpreferred.
ANS.
7 C
8.
The first multi-lingual news agency of
India
was
(A)
Samachar
(B)
API
(C)
Hindustan Samachar
(D)
Samachar Bharati
ANS.
8 C
9.
Organisational communication can
also
be equated with
(A)
intra-personal communication.
(B)
inter-personal communication.
(C)
group communication.
(D)
mass communication.
ANS.
9 C
10.
If two propositions having the same
subject
and predicate terms are such
that
one is the denial of the other, the
relationship
between them is called
(A)
Contradictory
(B)
Contrary
(C)
Sub-contrary
(D)
Sub-alternation
ANS.
10 A
11.
Ananya and Krishna can speak and
follow
English. Bulbul can write and
speak
Hindi as Archana does.
Archana
talks with Ananya also in
Bengali.
Krishna can not follow
Bengali.
Bulbul talks with Ananya in
Hindi.
Who can speak and follow
English,
Hindi and Bengali ?
(A)
Archana
(B)
Bulbul
(C)
Ananya
(D) Krishna
ANS.
11 C
12.
A stipulative definition may be said to
be
(A)
Always true
(B)
Always false
(C)
Sometimes true, sometimes
false
(D)
Neither true nor false
ANS.
12 D
13.
When the conclusion of an argument
follows
from its premise/premises
conclusively,
the argument is called
(A)
Circular argument
(B)
Inductive argument
(C)
Deductive argument
(D)
Analogical argument
ANS.
13 C
14.
Saturn and Mars are planets like the
earth.
They borrow light from the Sun
and
moves around the Sun as the
Earth
does. So those planets are
inhabited
by various orders of
creatures
as the earth is.
What
type of argument is contained in
the
above passage ?
(A)
Deductive (B) Astrological
(C)
Analogical (D) Mathematical
ANS.
14 C
15.
Given below are two premises. Four
conclusions
are drawn from those two
premises
in four codes. Select the code
that
states the conclusion validly drawn.
Premises
:
(i)
All saints are religious. (major)
(ii)
Some honest persons are saints.
(minor)
Codes
:
(A)
All saints are honest.
(B)
Some saints are honest.
(C)
Some honest persons are
religious.
(D) All religious persons are honest.
ANS.
15 C
Foreign
Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India
from
different regions of the world in
different
years. Study the table carefully
and
answer questions from 16 to 19 based
on
this table.
Number of Foreign Tourist
Region Arrivals
2007 2008 2009
Western
Europe
1686083 1799525 1610086
North
America
1007276 1027297 1024469
South Asia 982428 1051846 982633
South East
Asia
303475 332925 348495
East Asia 352037 355230 318292
West Asia 171661 215542 201110
Total FTAs
in India
5081504 5282603 5108579
ANS.
15 C
16.
Find out the region that contributed
around
20 percent of the total foreign
tourist
arrivals in India in 2009.
(A)
Western Europe
(B)
North America
(C)
South Asia
(D)
South East Asia
ANS.
16 B
17.
Which of the following regions has
recorded
the highest negative growth
rate
of foreign tourist arrivals in India
in
2009 ?
(A)
Western Europe
(B)
North America
(C)
South Asia
(D)
West Asia
ANS.
17 D
18.
Find out the region that has been
showing
declining trend in terms of
share
of foreign tourist arrivals in
India
in 2008 and 2009.
(A)
Western Europe
(B)
South East Asia
(C)
East Asia
(D)
West Asia
ANS.
18 A
19.
Identify the region that has shown
hyper
growth rate of foreign tourist
arrivals
than the growth rate of the
total
FTAs in India in 2008.
(A)
Western Europe
(B)
North America
(C)
South Asia
(D)
East Asia
ANS.
19 C
20.
The post-industrial society is
designated
as
(A)
Information society
(B)
Technology society
(C)
Mediated society
(D)
Non-agricultural society
ANS.
20 A
21.
The initial efforts for internet based
communication
was for
(A)
Commercial communication
(B)
Military purposes
(C)
Personal interaction
(D)
Political campaigns
ANS.
21 B
22.
Internal communication within
institutions
is done through
(A)
LAN
(B)
WAN
(C)
EBB
(D)
MMS
ANS.
22 A
23.
Virtual reality provides
(A)
Sharp pictures
(B)
Individual audio
(C)
Participatory experience
(D)
Preview of new films
ANS.
23 C
24.
The first virtual university of India
came
up in
(A)
Andhra Pradesh
(B)
Maharashtra
(C)
Uttar Pradesh
(D)
Tamil Nadu
ANS.
24 D
25.
Arrange the following books in
chronological
order in which they
appeared.
Use the code given below :
(i)
Limits to Growth
(ii)
Silent Spring
(iii)
Our Common Future
(iv)
Resourceful Earth
Codes
:
(A)
(i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(B)
(ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(C)
(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
ANS.
25 C
26.
Which one of the following continents
is at
a greater risk of desertification ?
(A)
Africa
(B)
Asia
(C)
South America
(D)
North America
ANS.
26 A
27.
“Women are closer to nature than
men.”
What kind of perspective is this ?
(A)
Realist (B) Essentialist
(C)
Feminist (D) Deep ecology
ANS.
27 B
28.
Which one of the following is not a
matter
a global concern in the removal
of
tropical forests ?
(A)
Their ability to absorb the
chemicals
that contribute to
depletion
of ozone layer.
(B)
Their role in maintaining the
oxygen
and carbon balance of
the
earth.
(C)
Their ability to regulate surface
and
air temperatures, moisture
content
and reflectivity.
(D)
Their contribution to the
biological
diversity of the planet.
ANS.
28 A
29.
The most comprehensive approach to
address
the problems of manenvironment
interaction
is one of the
following
:
(A)
Natural Resource Conservation
Approach
(B)
Urban-industrial Growth
Oriented
Approach
(C)
Rural-agricultural Growth
Oriented
Approach
(D)
Watershed Development Approach
ANS.
29 D
30.
The major source of the pollutant gas,
carbon
mono-oxide (CO), in urban
areas
is
(A)
Thermal power sector
(B)
Transport sector
(C)
Industrial sector
(D)
Domestic sector
ANS.
30 B
31.
In a fuel cell driven vehicle, the
energy
is obtained from the
combustion
of
(A)
Methane (B) Hydrogen
(C) LPG (D) CNG
ANS.
31 B
32.
Which one of the following Councils
has
been disbanded in 2013 ?
(A)
Distance Education Council
(DEC)
(B)
National Council for Teacher
Education
(NCTE)
(C)
National Council of Educational
Research
and Training
(NCERT)
(D)
National Assessment and
Accreditation
Council (NAAC)
ANS.
32 A
33.
Which of the following statements are
correct
about the National Assessment
and
Accreditation Council ?
1. It
is an autonomous institution.
2. It
is tasked with the
responsibility
of assessing and
accrediting
institutions of higher
education.
3. It
is located in Delhi.
4. It
has regional offices.
Select
the correct answer from the
codes
given below :
Codes
:
(A) 1
and 3 (B) 1 and 2
(C)
1, 2 and 4 (D) 2, 3 and 4
ANS.
33 B
34.
The power of the Supreme Court of
India
to decide disputes between two
or
more States falls under its
(A)
Advisory Jurisdiction
(B)
Appellate Jurisdiction
(C)
Original Jurisdiction
(D)
Writ Jurisdiction
ANS.
34 C
35.
Which of the following statements are
correct
?
1.
There are seven Union
Territories
in India.
2.
Two Union Territories have
Legislative
Assemblies
3.
One Union Territory has a High
Court.
4.
One Union Territory is the
capital
of two States.
Select
the correct answer from the
codes
given below :
(A) 1
and 3 only
(B) 2
and 4 only
(C)
2, 3 and 4 only
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
ANS.
35 D
36.
Which of the following statements are
correct
about the Central Information
Commission
?
1.
The Central Information
Commission
is a statutory body.
2.
The Chief Information
Commissioner
and other
Information
Commissioners are
appointed
by the President of
India.
3.
The Commission can impose
a
penalty upto a maximum of
` 25,000/-
4. It
can punish an errant officer.
Select
the correct answer from the
codes
given below :
Codes
:
(A) 1
and 2 only
(B)
1, 2 and 4
(C)
1, 2 and 3
(D)
2, 3 and 4
ANS.
36 C
37.
Who among the following conducted
the
CNN-IBN – The Hindu 2013
Election
Tracker Survey across 267
constituencies
in 18 States ?
(A)
The Centre for the Study of
Developing
Societies (CSDS)
(B)
The Association for Democratic
Reforms
(ADR)
(C)
CNN and IBN
(D)
CNN, IBN and The Hindu
ANS.
37 A
38.
In certain code TEACHER is written
as
VGCEJGT. The code of
CHILDREN
will be
(A)
EKNJFTGP (B) EJKNFTGP
(C)
KNJFGTP (D) None of these
ANS.
38 B
39.
A person has to buy both apples and
mangoes.
The cost of one apple is
` 7/-
whereas that of a mango is ` 5/-.
If
the person has ` 38, the number of
apples
he can buy is
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
ANS.
39 D
40.
A man pointing to a lady said, “The
son
of her only brother is the brother
of my
wife”. The lady is related to the
man
as
(A)
Mother’s sister
(B)
Grand mother
(C)
Mother-in-law
(D)
Sister of Father-in-law
ANS.
40 D
41.
In this series
6, 4,
1, 2, 2, 8, 7, 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 8, 6, 2,
2, 7,
1, 4, 1, 3, 5, 8, 6, how many pairs
of
successive numbers have a
difference
of 2 each ?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 8
ANS.
41 C
42.
The mean marks obtained by a class
of 40
students is 65. The mean marks
of
half of the students is found to be
45.
The mean marks of the remaining
students
is
(A)
85 (B) 60
(C)
70 (D) 65
ANS.
42 A
43.
Anil is twice as old as Sunita. Three
years
ago, he was three times as old as
Sunita.
The present age of Anil is
(A) 6
years
(B) 8
years
(C)
12 years
(D)
16 years
ANS.
43
44.
Which of the following is a social
network
?
(A)
amazon.com
(B)
eBay
(C)
gmail.com
(D)
Twitter
ANS.
44 D
45.
The population information is called
parameter
while the corresponding
sample
information is known as
(A)
Universe
(B)
Inference
(C)
Sampling design
(D)
Statistics
ANS.
45 D
Read
the following passage carefully and answer questions 46 to 51 :
Heritage
conservation practices improved worldwide after the International Centre for
the Study
of
the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) was established
with
UNESCO’s
assistance in 1959. The inter-governmental organisation with 126 member states
has
done
a commendable job by training more than 4,000 professionals, providing practice
standards,
and
sharing technical expertise. In this golden jubilee year, as we acknowledge its
key role in
global
conservation, an assessment of international practices would be meaningful to
the Indian
conservation
movement. Consistent investment, rigorous attention, and dedicated research and
dissemination
are some of the positive lessons to imbibe. Countries such as Italy have
demonstrated
that prioritising heritage with significant budget provision pays. On the other
hand,
India,
which is no less endowed in terms of cultural capital, has a long way to go.
Surveys
indicate
that in addition to the 6,600 protected monuments, there are over 60,000
equally valuable
heritage
structures that await attention. Besides the small group in the service of
Archaeological
Survey
of India, there are only about 150 trained conservation professionals. In order
to
overcome
this severe shortage the emphasis has been on setting up dedicated labs and
training
institutions.
It would make much better sense for conservation to be made part of mainstream
research
and engineering institutes, as has been done in Europe.
Increasing
funding and building institutions are the relatively easy part. The real
challenge is to
redefine
international approaches to address local contexts. Conservation cannot limit
itself to
enhancing
the art-historical value of the heritage structures, which international
charters perhaps
overemphasise.
The effort has to be broad-based : It must also serve as a means to improving
the
quality
of life in the area where the heritage structures are located. The first task
therefore is to
integrate
conservation efforts with sound development plans that take care of people
living in the
heritage
vicinity. Unlike in western countries, many traditional building crafts survive
in India, and
conservation
practices offer an avenue to support them. This has been acknowledged by the
Indian
National
Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage charter for conservation but is yet to
receive substantial
state
support. More strength for heritage conservation can be mobilised by aligning
it with the green
building
movement. Heritage structures are essentially eco-friendly and conservation
could become a
vital
part of the sustainable building practices campaign in future.
46.
The outlook for conservation heritage changed
(A)
after the establishment of the International Centre for the Study of the
Preservation
and
Restoration of Cultural Property.
(B)
after training the specialists in the field.
(C)
after extending UNESCO’s assistance to the educational institutions.
(D)
after ASI’s measures to protect the monuments.
ANS.
46 A
47.
The inter-government organization was appreciated because of
(A)
increasing number of members to 126.
(B)
imparting training to professionals and sharing technical expertise.
(C)
consistent investment in conservation.
(D)
its proactive role in renovation and restoration.
ANS.
47 B
48.
Indian conservation movement will be successful if there would be
(A)
Financial support from the Government of India.
(B)
Non-governmental organisations role and participation in the conservation
movement.
(C)
consistent investment, rigorous attention, and dedicated research and
dissemination of
awareness
for conservation.
(D)
Archaeological Survey of India’s meaningful assistance.
ANS.
48 C
49.
As per the surveys of historical monuments in India, there is very small
number of
protected
monuments. As per given the total number of monuments and enlisted number of
protected
monuments, percentage comes to
(A) 10
percent (B) 11 percent (C) 12 percent (D) 13 percent
ANS.
49 B
50.
What should India learn from Europe to conserve our cultural heritage ?
(i)
There should be significant budget provision to conserve our cultural heritage.
(ii)
Establish dedicated labs and training institutions.
(iii)
Force the government to provide sufficient funds.
(iv)
Conservation should be made part of mainstream research and engineering
institutes.
Choose
correct answer from the codes given below :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) (B) (i), (ii), (iv) (C) (i), (ii) (D)
(i), (iii), (iv)
ANS.
50 B
51.
INTACH is known for its contribution for conservation of our cultural
heritage. The full
form
of INTACH is
(A)
International Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.
(B)
Intra-national Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
(C)
Integrated Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
(D) Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
ANS.
51 D
52.
While delivering lecture if there is
some
disturbance in the class, a
teacher
should
(A)
keep quiet for a while and then
continue.
(B)
punish those causing
disturbance.
(C)
motivate to teach those causing
disturbance.
(D)
not bother of what is happening
in
the class.
ANS.
52 C
53.
Effective teaching is a function of
(A)
Teacher’s satisfaction.
(B)
Teacher’s honesty and
commitment.
(C)
Teacher’s making students learn
and
understand.
(D)
Teacher’s liking for professional
excellence.
ANS.
53 C
54.
The most appropriate meaning of
learning
is
(A)
Acquisition of skills
(B)
Modification of behaviour
(C)
Personal adjustment
(D)
Inculcation of knowledge
ANS.
54 B
55.
Arrange the following teaching
process
in order :
(i)
Relate the present knowledge
with
previous one
(ii)
Evaluation
(iii)
Reteaching
(iv)
Formulating instructional objectives
(v)
Presentation of instructional
materials
(A)
(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
(B)
(ii), (i), (iii), (iv), (v)
(C)
(v), (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(D) (iv), (i), (v), (ii), (iii)
ANS.
55 D
56.
CIET stands for
(A)
Centre for Integrated Education
and
Technology
(B)
Central Institute for Engineering
and
Technology
(C)
Central Institute for Education
Technology
(D)
Centre for Integrated Evaluation
Techniques.
ANS.
56 C
57.
Teacher’s role at higher education
level
is to
(A)
provide information to students.
(B)
promote self learning in students.
(C)
encourage healthy competition
among
students.
(D)
help students to solve their
problems.
ANS.
57 B
58.
The Verstehen School of
Understanding
was popularised by
(A)
German Social Scientists
(B)
American Philosophers
(C)
British Academicians
(D)
Italian Political Analysts
ANS.
58 A
59.
The sequential operations in scientific
research
are
(A)
Co-variation, Elimination of
Spurious
Relations, Generalisation,
Theorisation
(B)
Generalisation, Co-variation,
Theorisation,
Elimination of
Spurious
Relations
(C)
Theorisation, Generalisation,
Elimination
of Spurious
Relations,
Co-variation
(D)
Elimination of Spurious Relations,
Theorisation,
Generalisation,
Co-variation.
ANS.
59 A
60.
In sampling, the lottery method is
used
for
(A)
Interpretation
(B)
Theorisation
(C)
Conceptualisation
(D) Randomisation
ANS.
60 D
UGC
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ANSWER KEYS (Paper I)
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X Y Z
1 D A A D
2 B B B C
3 B A C A
4 B C D C
5 D D C D
6 B C A D
7 C A B A
8 C B D B
9 C A D C
10 A D C B
11 C B A B
12 D B C D
13 C A D C
14 C B D C
15 C C A B
16 B D B D
17 D C C C
18 A A B B
19 C B B A
20 A D D A
21 B D C D
22 A C C D
23 C A B B
24 D C D B
25 C D C B
26 A D B D
27 B A A B
28 A B A C
29 D C D C
30 B B D C
31 B B B A
32 A D B C
33 B C B D
34 C C D C
35 D B B C
36 C D C C
37 A C C B
38 B B C D
39 D A A A
40 D A C C
41 C D D A
42 A D C B
43 C B C A
44 D B C C
45 D B B D
46 A D D C
47 B B A A
48 C C C B
49 B C A A
50 B C B D
51 D A A B
52 C C C B
53 C D D A
54 B C C B
55 D C A C
56 C C B D
57 B B A C
58 A D D A
59 A A B B
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