UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2009-JUNE) MODEL PAPER-85

UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2009-JUNE) MODEL PAPER-85

1. Good evaluation of written material should not be based on:
(A) Linguistic expression
(B) Logical presentation
(C) Ability to reproduce whatever is read
(D) Comprehension of subject

2. Why do teachers use teaching aid?
(A) To make teaching fun-filled
(B) To teach within understanding level of students
(C) For students’ attention
(D) To make students attentive

3. Attitudes, concepts, skills and knowledge are products of:
(A) Learning 
(B) Research
(C) Heredity 
(D) Explanation

4. Which among the following gives more freedom to the learner to interact?
(A) Use of film
(B) Small group discussion
(C) Lectures by experts
(D) Viewing country-wide classroom programme on TV

5. Which of the following is not a product of learning?
(A) Attitudes 
(B) Concepts
(C) Knowledge 
(D) Maturation

6. How can the objectivity of the research be enhanced?
(A) Through its impartiality 
(B) Through its reliability
(C) Through its validity 
(D) All of these

7. Action-research is:
(A) An applied research
(B) A research carried out to solve immediate problems
(C) A longitudinal research
(D) All the above

8. The basis on which assumptions are formulated:
(A) Cultural background of the country
(B) Universities
(C) Specific characteristics of the castes
(D) All of these

9. Which of the following is classified in the category of the developmental research?
(A) Philosophical research 
(B) Action research
(C) Descriptive research 
(D) All the above

10. We use Factorial Analysis:
(A) To know the relationship between two variables
(B) To test the Hypothesis
(C) To know the difference between two variables
(D) To know the difference among the many variables

UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2009-DEC) MODEL PAPER-84

UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2009-DEC) MODEL PAPER-84

51. Maximum soot is released from
(A) Petrol vehicles 
(B) CNG vehicles
(C) Diesel vehicles 
(D) Thermal Power Plants

52. Surface Ozone is produced from
(A) Transport sector 
(B) Cement plants
(C) Textile industry 
(D) Chemical industry

53. Which one of the following non-conventional energy sources can be exploited most economically?
(A) Solar
(B) Wind
(C) Geo-thermal
(D) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)

54. The most recurring natural hazard in India is
(A) Earthquakes 
(B) Floods
(C) Landslides
(D) Volcanoes

55. The recommendation of National Knowledge Commission for the establishment of 1500 Universities is to
(A) create more teaching jobs
(B) ensure increase in student enrolment in higher education
(C) replace or substitute the privately managed higher education institutions by public institutions
(D) enable increased movement of students from rural areas to urban areas

56. According to Article 120 of the Constitution of India, the business in Parliament shall be transacted in
(A) English only
(B) Hindi only
(C) English and Hindi both
(D) All the languages included in Eighth Schedule of the Constitution

57. Which of the following is more interactive and student centric?
(A) Seminar 
(B) Workshop
(C) Lecture 
(D) Group Discussion

58. The Parliament in India is composed of
(A) Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha
(B) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha & Vice President
(C) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha & President
(D) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha with their Secretariats

59. The enrolment in higher education in India is contributed both by Formal System of Education and by System of Distance Education. Distance education contributes
(A) 50% of formal system
(B) 25% of formal system
(C) 10% of the formal system
(D) Distance education system’s contribution is not taken into account while considering the figures of enrolment in higher education

60. Assertion (A): The U.G.C. Academic Staff Colleges came into existence to improve the quality of teachers.
Reason (R): University and college teachers have to undergo both orientation and refresher courses.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is correct and (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false and (R) is correct.

UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2009-DEC) MODEL PAPER-83

UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2009-DEC) MODEL PAPER-83

41. Which of the following sources of data is not based on primary data collection?
(A) Census of India
(B) National Sample Survey
(C) Statistical Abstracts of India
(D) National Family Health Survey

42. Which of the four data sets have more dispersion?
(A) 88 91 90 92 89 91
(B) 0 1 1 0 –1 –2
(C) 3 5 2 4 1 5
(D) 0 5 8 10 –2 –8

43. Which of the following is not related to information security on the Internet?
(A) Data Encryption 
(B) Water marking
(C) Data Hiding 
(D) Information Retrieval

44. Which is the largest unit of storage among the following?
(A) Terabyte 
(B) Megabyte
(C) Kilobyte 
(D) Gigabyte

45. bit stands for
(A) binary information term 
(B) binary digit
(C) binary tree 
(D) Bivariate Theory

46. Which one of the following is not a linear data structure?
(A) Array 
(B) Binary Tree
(C) Queue 
(D) Stack

47. Which one of the following is not a network device?
(A) Router 
(B) Switch
(C) Hub 
(D) CPU

48. A compiler is used to convert the following to object code which can be executed
(A) High-level language 
(B) Low-level language
(C) Assembly language 
(D) Natural language

49. The great Indian Bustard bird is found in
(A) Thar Desert of Rajasthan
(B) Coastal regions of India
(C) Malabar Coast
(D) Delta regions

50. The Sagarmanthan National Park has been established to preserve the eco-system of which mountain peak?
(A) Kanchenjunga 
(B) Mount Everest
(C) Annapurna 
(D) Dhaulavira

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2009-DEC) MODEL PAPER-82

31. Deductive argument involves
(A) sufficient evidence 
(B) critical thinking
(C) seeing logical relations
(D) repeated observation

32. Inductive reasoning is based on or presupposes
(A) uniformity of nature 
(B) God created the world
(C) unity of nature 
(D) laws of nature

33. To be critical, thinking must be
(A) practical 
(B) socially relevant
(C) individually satisfying 
(D) analytical

34. Which of the following is an analogous statement?
(A) Man is like God
(B) God is great
(C) Gandhiji is the Father of the Nation
(D) Man is a rational being.

Questions from 35 - 36 are based on the following diagram in which there are three intersecting circles. H representing The Hindu, I representing Indian Express and T representing The Times of India. A total of 50 persons were surveyed and the number in the Venn diagram indicates the number of persons reading the newspapers.



35. How many persons would be reading at least two newspapers?
(A) 23 
(B) 25
(C) 27 
(D) 29

36. How many persons would be reading almost two newspapers?
(A) 23 
(B) 25
(C) 2 
(D) 48

37. Which of the following graphs does not represent regular (periodic) behavior of the variable f(t)?
                                                                                                                                               (A) 1 
(B) 2
(C) 3 
(D) 4

Study the following graph and answer the questions 38 to 40:



38. In which year total number of patients registered in hospital X and hospital Y was the maximum?
(A) 2003 
(B) 2004
(C) 2005 
(D) 2006

39. What is the maximum dispersion in the registration of patients in the two hospitals in a year?
(A) 8000 
(B) 6000
(C) 4000 
(D) 2000

40. In which year there was maximum decrease in registration of patients in hospital X?
(A) 2003 
(B) 2004
(C) 2005 
(D) 2006

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2009-DEC) MODEL PAPER-81

21. Which of the following statements is not connected with communication?
(A) Medium is the message.
(B) The world is an electronic cocoon.
(C) Information is power.
(D) Telepathy is technological.

22. Communication becomes circular when
(A) the decoder becomes an encoder
(B) the feedback is absent
(C) the source is credible
(D) the channel is clear

23. The site that played a major role during the terrorist attack on Mumbai (26/11) in 2008 was
(A) Orkut 
(B) Facebook
(C) Amazon.com 
(D) Twitter

24. Assertion (A): For an effective classroom communication at times it is desirable to use the projection technology.
Reason (R): Using the projection technology facilitates extensive coverage of course contents.
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation.
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

25. January 1, 1995 was a Sunday. What day of the week lies on January 1, 1996?
(A) Sunday 
(B) Monday
(C) Wednesday 
(D) Saturday

26. When an error of 1% is made in the length and breadth of a rectangle, the percentage error (%) in the area of a rectangle will be
(A) 0 
(B) 1
(C) 2 
(D) 4

27. The next number in the series 2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ? will be
(A) 74 
(B) 75
(C) 76 
(D) None of the above

28. There are 10 true-false questions in an examination. Then these questions can be answered in
(A) 20 ways 
(B) 100 ways
(C) 240 ways 
(D) 1024 ways

29. What will be the next term in the following?
DCXW, FEVU, HGTS, ?
(A) AKPO 
(B) ABYZ
(C) JIRQ 
(D) LMRS

30. Three individuals X, Y, Z hired a car on a sharing basis and paid Rs. 1,040. They used it for 7, 8, 11 hours, respectively. What are the charges paid by Y?
(A) Rs. 290 
(B) Rs. 320
(C) Rs. 360 
(D) Rs. 440