UGC NET English

Shift 2 2015 Paper 1

Question Paper
 Paper –I 7. Which of the following statements
regarding the meaning of research are
1. Which of the following is the highest level correct?
of cognitive ability? 1. Research refers to a series of
A. Knowing B. Understanding systematic activity or activities
C. Analysing D. Evaluating undertaken to find out the solution of
2. Which of the following factors does not a problem.
impact teaching? 2. It is systematic, logical and an
unbiased process wherein verification
A. Teacher’s knowledge
of hypothesis, data analysis,
B. Class room activities that encourage
interpretation and formation of
learning
principles can be done.
C. Socio-economic background of
3. It is an intellectual enquiry or quest
teachers and students
towards truth.
D. Learning through experience
4. It leads to enhancement of
3. Which of the following statements about knowledge.
teaching aids are correct? Select the correct answer from the codes

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1. They help in retaining concepts for given below:

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longer duration. A. 1, 2 and 3 B. 2, 3 and 4

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2. They help students learn better. C. 1, 3 and 4 D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

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3. They make teaching learning process 8. A good thesis writing should involve:

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interesting. 1. reduction of punctuation and
4. They enhance rote learning. grammatical errors to a minimum.

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Select the correct answer from the codes 2. careful checking of references.

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given below: 3. consistency in the way the

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A. 1, 2, 3 and 4 thesis is written.

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B. 1, 2 and 3 4. a clear and well written abstract.
C. 2, 3 and 4 Select the correct answer from the codes
given below:

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D. 1, 2 and 4
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4

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4. Techniques used by a teacher to teach

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B. 1, 2 and 3
include:
C. 1, 2 and 4

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1. Lecture
D. 2, 3 and 4
2. Interactive lecture 9. Jean Piaget gave a theory of cognitive

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3. Group work development of humans on the basis of
4. Self study his:

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Select the correct answer from the codes A. Fundamental Research
given below: B. Applied Research
A. 1, 2 and 3 B. 1, 2, 3 and 4 C. Action Research
C. 2, 3 and 4 D. 1, 2 and 4 D. Evaluation Research
5. Achievement tests are commonly used 10. “Male and female students perform
for the purpose of: equally well in a numerical aptitude test.”
A. Making selections for a specific job This statement indicates a:
B. Selecting candidates for a course A. research hypothesis
B. null hypothesis
C. Identifying strengths and weaknesses
C. directional hypothesis
of learners
D. statistical hypothesis
D. Assessing the amount of learning after
11. The conclusions/findings of which type of
teaching
research cannot be generalized to other
6. A good teacher is one who:
situations?
A. gives useful information
A. Historical Research
B. explains concepts and principles B. Descriptive Research
C. gives printed notes to students C. Experimental Research
D. inspires students to learn D. Causal Comparative Research

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12. Which of the following steps are required What the future holds for us is which
to design a questionnaire? stories we hold on to and how we act on
1. Writing primary and secondary aims of them.
the study. Answer the following questions:
2. Review of the current literature. 13. Out knowledge is a collection of:
3. Prepare a draft of questionnaire. A. all stories that we have heard during
4. Revision of the draft. our life-time
Select the correct answer from the codes B. some stories that we remember
given below: C. a few stories that survive
A. 1, 2 and 3 D. some important stories
B. 1, 3 and 4 14. Story telling is:
C. 2, 3 and 4 A. an art
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 B. a science
Read the following passage carefully C. in our genes
and answer questions 13 to 18. D. the essence of what makes us human
15. How the future will turn out to be,
Story telling is not in our genes. Neither depends upon the stories?

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it is an evolutionary history. It is the
A. We collectively choose to believe in
essence of what makes us Human.

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Human being progress by telling stories. B. Which are repeatedly narrated

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One event can result in a great variety of C. Designed to spread fear and tension

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stories being told about it. Sometimes D. Designed to make prophecy

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those stories differ greatly. Which stories 16. Rational optimists:
are picked up and repeated and which 1. Look for opportunities.

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ones are dropped and forgotten often 2. Are sensible and cheerful.

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determines how we progress. Our
3. Are selfishly driven
history, knowledge and understanding

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are all the collections of few stories that Identify the correct answer from the

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survive. This includes the stories that we codes given below:
tell each other about the future. And how A. 1, 2 and 3
the future will turn out depends partly, B. 1 only

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possibly largely, on which stories we

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C. 1 and 2 only

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collectively choose to believe.
D. 2 and 3 only
Some stories are designed to spread fear
17. Humans become less selfish when:

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and concern. This is because some story-
tellers feel that there is a need to raise A. they work in large groups
some tensions. Some stories are B. they listen to frightening stories

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frightening, they are like totemic C. they listen to cheerful stories
warnings : “Fail to act now and we are all

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D. they work in solitude
doomed.” Then there are stories that 18. ‘Practical Possibles’ are the ones who:
indicate that all will be fine so long as we
A. follow Midway Path
heave everything upto a few especially
able adults. Currently, this trend is being B. are doom-mongers
led by those who call themselves “rational C. are self-centred
optimists”. They tend to claim that it is D. are cheerful and carefree
human nature to compete and to succeed 19. Effectiveness of communication can be
and also to profit at the expense of traced from which of the following?
others. The rational optimists however, 1. Attitude surveys
do not realize how humanity has
2. Performance records
progressed overtime through amiable
social networks and how large groups 3. Students attendance
works in less selfishness and in the 4. Selection of communication channel
process accommodate rich and poor, high Select the correct answer from the codes
and low alike. This aspect in story-telling given below:
is considered by the ‘Practical Possibles’, A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
who sit between those who say all is fine
B. 1, 2 and 3
and cheerful and be individualistic in your
C. 2, 3 and 4
approach to a successful future, and
those who ordain pessimism and fear that D. 1, 2 and 4
we are doomed.

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20. Assertion (A) : Formal communication 27. One day Prakash left home and walked 10
tends to be fast and km towards south, turned right and
flexible. walked 5 km, turned right and walked 10
Reason (R) : Formal communication km and turned left and walked 10 km.
is a systematic and How many km will be have to walk to
orderly flow of reach his home straight?
information. A. 10
A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is B. 20
correct explanation of (A) C. 15
B. Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) D. 3
is not correct explanation of (A) 28. A girl introduced a boy as the son of the
C. (A) is correct but, (R) is false daughter of the father of her uncle. The
D. (A) is false but, (R) is correct boy is related to girl as:
21. Which of the following are the A. Brother
characteristic features of B. Uncle
communication? C. Nephew
1. Communication involves exchange of D. Son

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ideas, facts and opinions. 29. In an examination 10,000 students

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2. Communication involves both appeared. The result revealed the

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information and understanding. number of students who have:

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3. Communication is a continuous Passed in all five subjects = 5583

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process. Passed in three subjects only = 1400
4. Communication is a circular process. Passed in two subjects only = 1200

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Select the correct answer from the codes Passed in one subject only = 735

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given below: Failed in English only = 75

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A. 1, 2 and 3 Failed in Physics only = 145

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B. 1, 2 and 4 Failed in Chemistry only = 140
C. 2, 3 and 4 Failed in Mathematics only = 200
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Failed in Bio-science only = 157

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22. The term ‘grapevine’ is also known as: The number of students passed in at least

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A. Downward communication four subjects is:
B. Informal communication A. 6300 B. 6900

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C. Upward communication C. 7300 D. 7900
D. Horizontal communication 30. At present a person is 4 time older than

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23. Which of the following is not a principle of his son and is 3 years older than his wife.
effective communication? After 3 years the age of the son will be 15

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A. Persuasive and convincing dialogue years. The age of the person’s wife after
B. Participation of the audience 5 years will be:
C. One-way transfer of information A. 42 B. 48
D. Strategic use of grapevine C. 45 D. 50
24. In communication, the language is: 31. If we want to seek new knowledge of
A. The verbal code facts about the world, we must rely on
B. Intrapersonal reason of the type:
C. The symbolic code A. Inductive B. Deductive
D. The non-verbal code C. Demonstrative D. Physiological
25. The next term in the series is: 32. A deductive argument is invalid if:
2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ? A. Its premises and conclusions
A. 73 B. 75 are all false
C. 78 D. 80 B. Its premises are true its
26. In certain code MATHURA is coded as conclusion is false
JXQEROX. The code of HOTELS will be: C. Its premises are false but its
A. LEQIBP conclusion is true
B. ELQBIP D. Its premises and conclusions
C. LEBIQP are all true
D. ELIPQB

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33. Inductive reasoning is grounded on: Statements:
A. Integrity of nature 1. Venn diagram represents the
B. Unity of nature arguments graphically.
C. Uniformity of nature 2. Venn diagram can enhance
D. Harmony of nature our understanding.
34. Among the following statements two are 3. Venn diagram may be called valid or
contradictory to each other. Select the invalid.
correct code that represents them: 4. Venn diagram is clear method of
Statements: notation.
1. All poets are philosophers Codes:
2. Some poets are philosophers. A. 1, 2 and 3
3. Some poets are not philosophers. B. 1, 2 and 4
4. No philosopher is a poet. C. 2, 3 and 4
Codes: D. 1, 3 and 4
A. 1 and 2 36. When the purpose of a definition is to
B. 1 and 4 explain the use or to eliminate ambiguity
C. 1 and 3 the definition is called:

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D. 2 and 3 A. Stipulative

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35. Which of the codes given below contains B. Theoretical

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only the correct statements? Select the C. Lexical

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code: D. Persuasive

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A company has 20 employees with their age (in years) and salary (in thousand rupees per

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month) mentioned against each of them:

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S. No. Age Salary S. No. Age Salary
(in years) (in thousand (in years) (in thousand
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month) month)

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1. 44 35 11. 33 30

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2. 32 20 12. 31 35
3. 54 45 13. 3 35

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4. 42 35 14. 37 40
5. 31 20 15. 44 45

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6. 53 60 16. 36 35
7. 42 50 17. 34 35

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8. 51 55 18. 49 50
9. 34 25 19. 43 45
10. 41 30 20. 45 50

37. Classify the data of age of each employee 39. What is the average age of the
in class interval of 5 years. Which class employees?
interval of 5 years has the maximum A. 40.3 years
average salary? B. 387.6 years
A. 35 - 40 years C. 47.2 years
B. 40 – 45 years D. 45.3 years
C. 45 – 50 years
D. 50 – 55 years 40. What is the fraction (%) of employees
38. What is the frequency (%) in the class getting salary  40,000 per month?
interval of 30 – 35 years? A. 45%
A. 20% B. 50%
B. 25% C. 35%
C. 30% D. 32%
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41. What is the average salary (in thousand 50. India’s contribution to total global carbon
per month) in the age group 40–50 dioxide emissions is about:
years? A.  3%
A. 35 B.  6%
B. 42.5 C.  10%
C. 40.5 D.  15%
D. 36.5 51. Two earthquakes A and B happen to be of
42. What is the fraction of employees getting magnitude 5 and 6 respectively on
salary less than the average salary of all Richter Scale. The ratio of the energies
the employees? released EB/EA will be approximately:
A. 45% A.  8
B. 50% B.  16
C. 55% C.  32
D. 47% D.  64
43. Encoding or scrambling data for 52. Which of the following combinations
transmission across a network is known represent renewable natural resources?
as: A. Fertile soil, fresh water and natural

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A. Protection gas

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B. Detection B. Clean air, phosphates and

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C. Encryption biological diversity

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D. Decryption C. Fishes, fertile soil and fresh water

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44. Which of the following is not an output D. Oil, forests and tides
device? 53. In the recently launched Air Quality Index

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A. Printer in India, which of the following pollutants

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B. Speaker is not included?

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C. Monitor A. Carbon monoxide

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D. Keyboard B. Fine particulate matter
45. Which of the following represents one C. Ozone
billion characters? D. Chlorofluorocarbons

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A. Kilobyte 54. The factors which are most important in

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B. Megabyte determining the impact of anthropogenic
C. Gigabyte activities on environment are:

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D. Terabyte A. Population, affluence per person, land
46. Which of the following is not open source available per person

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software? B. Population, affluence per person and
A. Internet explorer the technology used for exploiting

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B. Fedora Linux resources
C. Open office C. Atmospheric conditions, population
D. Apache HTTP server and forest cover
47. Which one of the following represents the D. Population, forest cover and land
binary equivalent of the decimal number 25? available per person
A. 10101 B. 01101 55. The session of the parliament is
C. 11001 D. 11011 summoned by:
48. Which is an instant messenger that is A. The President
used for chatting? B. The Prime Minister
A. Altavista C. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
B. MAC D. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha and
C. Microsoft Office the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
D. Google Talk 56. Civil Service Day is celebrated in India
49. In which of the countries per capita use on:
of water is maximum? A. 21st April
A. USA B. 24th April
B. European Union C. 21st June
C. China D. 7th July
D. India

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57. The South Asia University is situated in A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
the city of: B. 1, 2 and 3
A. Colombo C. 2, 3 and 4
B. Dhaka D. 1, 2 and 4
C. New Delhi 59. The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in
D. Kathmandu institutions of higher education in India
58. The University Grants Commission was at present (2015) is about:
established with which of the following A. 8 percent
aims? B. 12 percent
1. Promotion of research and C. 19 percent
development in higher education D. 23 percent
2. Identifying and sustaining 60. The total number of central universities in
institutions of potential learning India in April 2015 was:
3. Capacity building of teachers A. 08
4. Providing autonomy to each and every B. 14

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higher educational institution in India C. 27

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given below:

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