UGC NET Solved Paper I June2007
1. Teacher uses visual-aids to make learning :
(A) simple
(B) more knowledgeable
(C) quicker
(D) interesting
2. The teacher’s role at the higher educational 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 personal problems
3. Which one of the following teachers would you like the most:
(A) punctual
(B) having research aptitude
(C) loving and having high idealistic philosophy
(D) who often amuses his students
4. Micro teaching is most effective for the student-teacher :
(A) during the practice-teaching
(B) after the practice-teaching
(C) before the practice-teaching
(D) none of the above
5. Which is the least important factor in teaching ?
(A) punishing the students
(B) maintaining discipline in the class
(C) lecturing in impressive way
(D) drawing sketches and diagrams on the black-board
6. To test null hypothesis, a researcher uses :
(A) t test
(B) ANOVA
(C) X2
(D) factorial analysis
7. A research problem is feasible only when :
(A) it has utility and relevance
(B) it is researchable
(C) it is new and adds something to knowledge
(D) all the above
8. Bibliography given in a research report :
(A) shows vast knowledge of the researcher
(B) helps those interested in further research
(C) has no relevance to research
(D) all the above
9. Fundamental research reflects the ability to :
(A) Synthesize new ideals
(B) Expound new principles
(C) Evaluate the existing material concerning research
(D) Study the existing literature regarding various topics
10. The study in which the investigators attempt to trace an effect is known as :
(A) Survey Research
(B) ‘Ex-post Facto’ Research
(C) Historical Research
(D) Summative Research
Read the following passage and answer the questions 11 to 15 :
All political systems need to mediate the relationship between private wealth and public power. Those that fail risk a dysfunctional government captured by wealthy interests. Corruption is one symptom of such failure with private willingness-to-pay trumping public goals. Private individuals and business firms pay to get routine services and to get to the head of the bureaucratic queue. They pay to limit their taxes, avoid costly regulations, obtain contracts at inflated prices and get concessions and privatised firms at low prices. If corruption is endemic, public officials – both bureaucrats and elected officials – may redesign programmes and propose public projects with few public benefits and many opportunities for private profit. Ofcourse, corruption, in the sense of bribes, pay-offs and kickbacks, is only one type of government failure. Efforts to promote ‘good governance’ must be broader than anti-corruption campaigns. Governments may be honest but inefficient because no one has an incentive to work productively, and narrow elites may capture the state and exert excess influence on policy. Bribery may induce the lazy to work hard and permit those not in the inner circle of cronies to obtain benefits. However, even in such cases, corruption cannot be confined to ‘functional’ areas. It will be a temptation whenever private benefits are positive. It may be a reasonable response to a harsh reality but, over time, it can facilitate a spiral into an even worse situation.
11. The governments which fail to focus on the relationship between private wealth and public power are likely to become :
(A) Functional (B) Dysfunctional
(C) Normal functioning (D) Good governance
12. One important symptom of bad governance is :
(A) Corruption (B) High taxes
(C) Complicated rules and regulations (D) High prices
13. When corruption is rampant, public officials always aim at many opportunities for :
(A) Public benefits (B) Public profit
(C) Private profit (D) Corporate gains
14. Productivity linked incentives to public/private officials is one of the indicatives for :
(A) Efficient government (B) Bad governance
(C) Inefficient government (D) Corruption
15. The spiralling corruption can only be contained by promoting :
(A) Private profit (B) Anti-corruption campaign
(C) Good governance (D) Pay-offs and kick backs
16. Press Council of India is located at :
(A) Chennai (B) Mumbai
(C) Kolkata (D) Delhi
17. Adjusting the photo for publication by cutting is technically known as :
(A) Photo cutting (B) Photo bleeding
(C) Photo cropping (D) Photo adjustment
18. Feed-back of a message comes from:
(A) Satellite (B) Media
(C) Audience (D) Communicator
19. Collection of information in advance before designing communication strategy is known as:
(A) Feed-back (B) Feed-forward
(C) Research study (D) Opinion poll
20. The aspect ratio of TV screen is:
(A) 4:3 (B) 4:2
(C) 3:5 (D) 2:3
21. Which is the number that comes next in the sequence ?
9, 8, 8, 8, 7, 8, 6,
(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 8 (D) 4
22. If in a certain language TRIVANDRUM is coded as 2 5 9 5 3 5 4 7 5 8, how would MADRAS be
coded ?
(A) 834536 (B) 834538
(C) 834530 (D) 834539
Hint: Ans (A) or (C) is correct. May be question or ans key is wrong
Explanation: only last digit differs in all answers, since 8 = M & 9 = I as per the question, either 0 or 6 = S
23. The question to be answered by factorial analysis of the quantitative data does not explain one of the
following:
(A) Is ‘X’ related to ‘Y’?
(B) How is ‘X’ related to ‘Y’?
(C) How does ‘X’ affect the dependent variable ‘Y’ at different levels of another independent variable ‘K’
or ‘M’?
(D) How is ‘X’ by ‘K’ related to ‘M’?
24. January 12, 1980 was Saturday, what day was January 12, 1979 :
(A) Saturday (B) Friday
(C) Sunday (D) Thursday
25. How many Mondays are there in a particular month of a particular year, if the month ends on
Wednesday?
(A) 5 (B) 4
(C) 3 (D) None of the above