UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2005- DEC)MODEL PAPER-121

UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2005- DEC)MODEL PAPER-121

Read the following passage and answer the questions 11 to 15

Knowledge creation in many cases requires creativity and idea generation. This is especially important in generating alternative decision support solutions. Some people believe that an individual’s creative ability stems primarily from personality traits such as inventiveness, independence, individuality, enthusiasm, and flexibility. I lowever, several studies have found that creativity is not so much a function of individual traits as was once believed, and that individual creativity can be learned and improved. This understanding has led innovative companies to recognise that the key to fostering creativity may be the development of an idea-nurturing work environment. Idea-generation methods and techniques, to be used by individuals or in groups, are consequently being developed. Manual methods for supporting idea generation, such as brainstorming in a group, can be very successful in certain situations. However, in other situations, such an approach is either not economically feasible or not possible. For example, manual methods in group creativity sessions will not work or will not be effective when (1) there is no time to conduct a proper idea-generation session; (2) there is a poor facilitator (or no facilitator at all); (3) it is too expensive to conduct an idea-generation session; (4) the subject matter is too sensitive for a face-to-face session; or (5) there are not enough participants, the mix of participants is not optimal, or there is no climate for idea generation. In such cases, computerised idea-generation methods have been tried, with frequent success.

Idea-generation software is designed to help stimulate a single user or a group to produce new ideas, options and choices. The user does all the work, but the software encourages and pushes, something like a personal trainer. Although idea-generation software is still relatively new, there are several packages on the market. Various approaches are used by idea-generating software to increase the flow of ideas to the user. Idea Fisher, for example, has an associate lexicon of the English language that cross-references words and phrases. These associative links, based on analogies and metaphors, make it easy for the user to be fed words related to a given theme. Some software packages use questions to prompt the user towards new, unexplored patterns of thought. This helps users to break out of cyclical thinking patterns, conquer mental blocks, or deal with bouts of procrastination.

11. The author, in this passage has focused on
(A) knowledge creation 

(B) idea-generation
(C) creativity 

(D) individual traits

12. Fostering creativity needs an environment of
(A) decision support systems

(B) idea-nurturing
(C) decision support solutions 

(D) alternative individual factors

13. Manual methods for the support of idea-generation, in certain occasions,
(A) are alternatively effective 

(B) can be less expensive
(C) do not need a facilitator 

(D) require a mix of optimal participants

14. Idea-generation software works as if it is a
(A) stimulant 

(B) knowledge package
(C) user-friendly trainer 

(D) climate creator

15. Mental blocks, bouts of procrastination and cyclical thinking patterns can be won when:
(A) innovative companies employ electronic thinking methods
(B) idea-generation software prompts questions
(C) manual methods are removed
(D) individuals acquire a neutral attitude towards the software

16. Level C of the effectiveness of communication is defined as:
(A) channel noise 

(B) semantic noise
(C) psychological noise 

(D) source noise

17. Recording a television programme on a VCR is an example of:
(A) time-shifting 

(B) content reference
(C) mechanical clarity 

(D) media synchronisation

18. A good communicator is the one who offers to his audience:
(A) plentiful of information 

(B) a good amount of statistics
(C) concise proof 

(D) repetition of facts

19. The largest number of newspapers in India is published from the state of:
(A) Kerala 

(B) Maharashtra
(C) West Bengal 

(D) Uttar Pradesh

20. Insert the missing number:
8 24 12 ? 18 54
(A) 26 

(B) 24
(C) 36 

(D) 32

UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2005- DEC)MODEL PAPER-120

UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2005- DEC)MODEL PAPER-120

1. Team teaching has the potential to develop:
(A) Competitive spirit
(B) Cooperation
(C) The habit of supplementing the teaching of each other
(D) Highlighting the gaps in each other’s teaching

2. Which of the following is the most important characteristic of Open Book Examination system?
(A) Students become serious.
(B) It improves attendance in the classroom.
(C) It reduces examination anxiety amongst students.
(D) It compels students to think.

3. Which of the following methods of teaching encourages the use of maximum senses?
(A) Problem-solving method 

(B) Laboratory method
(C) Self-study method

(D) Team teaching method

4. Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) Communicator should have fine senses
(B) Communicator should have tolerance power
(C) Communicator should be soft spoken
(D) Communicator should have good personality

5. An effective teacher is one who can:
(A) control the class 

(B) give more information in less time
(C) motivate students to learn 

(D) correct the assignments carefully

6. One of the following is not a quality of researcher:
(A) Unison with that of which he is in search
(B) He must be of alert mind
(C) Keenness in enquiry
(D) His assertion to outstrip the evidence

7. A satisfactory statistical quantitative method should not possess one of the following qualities
(A) Appropriateness 

(B) Measurability
(C) Comparability 

(D) Flexibility

8. Books and records are the primary sources of data in:
(A) historical research 

(B) participatory research
(C) clinical research 

(D) laboratory research

9. Which of the following statement is correct?
(A) objectives should be pin-pointed
(B) objectives can be written in statement or question form
(C) another word for problem is variable
(D) all the above

10. The important pre-requisites of a researcher in sciences, social sciences and humanities are
(A) laboratory skills, records, supervisor, topic
(B) Supervisor, topic, critical analysis, patience
(C) archives, supervisor, topic, flexibility in thinking
(D) topic, supervisor, good temperament, pre-conceived notions

UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2006- JUNE)MODEL PAPER-119

UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2006- JUNE)MODEL PAPER-119

41. Assertion (A): Aerosols have potential for modifying climate
Reason (R): Aerosols interact with both short waves and radiation
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

42. 'SITE' stands for:
(A) System for International technology and Engineering
(B) Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
(C) South Indian Trade Estate
(D) State Institute of Technology and Engineering

43. What is the name of the Research station established by the Indian Government for 'Conducting Research at Antarctic?
(A) Dakshin Gangotri 

(B) Yamunotri
(C) Uttari Gangotri 

(D) None of the above

44. Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) includes:
(A) Department of Elementary Education and Literacy
(B) Department of Secondary Education and Higher Education
(C) Department of Women and Child Development
(D) All the above

45. Parliament can legislate on matters listed in the State list:
(A) With the prior permission of the President.
(B) Only after the constitution is amended suitably.
(C) In case of inconsistency among State legislatures.
(D) At the request of two or more States.

The following pie chart indicates the expenditure of a country on various sports during a particular year. Study the pie chart and answer it Question Number 46 to 50.

46. The ratio of the total expenditure on football to that of expenditure on hockey is:
(A) 1:15 

(B) 1:1
(C) 15:1 

(D) 3:20

47. If the total expenditure on sports during the year was Rs. 1,20,000,00 how much was spent on basket ball?
(A) Rs. 9,50,000 

(B) Rs. 10,00,000
(C) Rs. 12,00,000 

(D) Rs. 15,00,000

48. The chart shows that the most popular game of the country is :
(A) Hockey 

(B) Football
(C) Cricket 

(D) Tennis

49. Out of the following country's expenditure is the same on :
(A) Hockey and Tennis 

(B) Golf and Basket ball
(C) Cricket and Football 

(D) Hockey and Golf

50. If the total expenditure on sport during the year was Rs. 1,50,00,000 the expenditure on cricket and hockey together was:
(A) Rs. 60,00,000 

(B) Rs. 50,00,000
(C) Rs. 37,50,000 

(D) Rs. 25,00,000