UGC NET QUESTION PAPER

14th June 2023 (Shift 2)

Paper 1

The following table shows the Income (in lakh) and percentage (%) profit of a company over the six years from 2017 to 2022. Based on the data in the table, answer the questions that follow.

Year-wise Income and Profit of a Company

Q.1) If the percentage profit in 2021 was 25% instead of 20% than what would have been the expenditure in that year?

1) 130 lakh

2) 148 lakh

3) 120 lakh

4) 152 lakh

Answer: (4) 152 lakh

Q.2) The positive increase in percent profit in comparison to the previous year was minimum in the year

1) 2018

2) 2020

3) 2021

4) 2022

Answer: (3) 2021

Q.3) Approximately what was the average expenditure during the year from 2017 to 2022?

1) 110 lakh

2) 130 lakh

3) 120 lakh

4) 140 lakh

Answer: (2) 130 lakh

Q.4) Approximately what was the expenditure in 2018?

1) 120 lakh

2) 160 lakh

3) 140 lakh

4) 180 lakh

Answer: (3) 140 lakh

Q.5) The median income of the company in the six years from 2017 to 2022 was

1) 155 lakh

2) 150 lakh

3) 160 lakh

4) 153.33 lakh

Answer: (1) 155 lakh

Q.6) Which of the following are codes of reception in communication?

A) Bystander

B) Dominant

C) Negotiated

D) Oppositional

E) Channel

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B, C only

2) B, C, D only

3) C, D, E only

4) A, D, E only

Answer: (2) B, C, D only

Q.7) The graphical representation of a frequency distribution is called

1) Bar Chart

2) Line Chart

3) Histogram

4) Pie Chart

Answer: (3) Histogram

Q.8) According to Nyaya (Classical Indian School of logic) the fallacy of irregular middle is called:

1)Anaikantika

2)Asiddha

3)Satpratipaksa

4) Badhita

Answer: (1)Anaikantika

Q.9) If South-east becomes east and North west becomes West and all other directions are changed in the same manner, then what will be the direction for north?

1) South-West

2) North-West

3) South-East

4) North-East

Answer: (2) North-West

Q.10) Which of the following statements are so related that they can neither both be true nor can they be false together?

A) No saints are materialists.

B) All saints are materialists.

C) Some saints are not materialists.

D) Some saints are materialists.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A & C only

2) B & D only

3) A & D only

4) C & D only

Answer: (3) A & D only

Q.11) “The most effective way to increase government revenue would be to raise the corporate income tax, since opinion polls show wide spread support for this approach”. Which of the following fallacies is committed in the above statement?

1) Appeal to emotion

2) Slippery slope

3) Appeal to inappropriate authority

4) Appeal to Majority

Answer: (4) Appeal to Majority

Q.12) Which of the following are the requirements of good teaching?

A) Responsive human environment to foster exploration

B) Appropriate responsiveness to the child and the group

C) Knowledge of subject matter

D) Maintaining interpersonal relationship

E) Strict adherence to a rigid teaching plan.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, C & E only

2) A, B, C & D only

3) B, D & E only

4) C & E only

Answer: (2) A, B, C & D only

Q.13) Which of the following universities were established in the year 1916?

A) Delhi University

B) Banaras University

C) Mysore University

D) S. N. D. T women University

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B & C only

2) A & D only

3) A & C only

4) B, C & D only

Answer: (4) B, C & D only

Q.14) Find the number that can replace question mark (?) in the series given below:
5, 9, 3, 11, 1, 13, -1?

1) -13

2) -12

3) 10

4) 15

Answer: (4) 15

Q.15) The term ‘Correlation’ in mass communication refers to the function of

1) Information Gathering

2) Socialisation

3) Interpretation

4) Investigation

Answer: (3) Interpretation

Q.16) Which assessment will be given to learners during the course of instructions rather than after it is completed?

1) Diagnostic assessment

2) Formative assessment

3) Summative assessment

4) Placement assessment

Answer: (2) Formative assessment

Q.17) Arrange the stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development in ascending order?

A) Concrete operational stage

B) Pre-operational stage

C) Sensorimotor stage

D) Formal operation stage

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) B, C, D, A

2) C, B, A, D

3) A, B, C, D

4) D, C, A, B

Answer: (2) C, B, A, D

Q.18) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: (167) 10 = (10100111)2

Statement II: (11010110) 2 = (214)10

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.

2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.

3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.

4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

Answer: (1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Q.19) Which of the following are physical parameters to decide the water quality?

A) pH

B) Temperature

C) Total Surpended Solids (TSS)

D) Hardness

E) Conductivity

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B, C, D only

2) A, B, D, Eonly

3) C, D, E only

4) B, C, E only

Answer: (4) B, C, E only

Q.20) Match List I with List II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A-IV, B-III, C-II. D-I

2) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

3) A-III. B-I, C- IV, D-II

4) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

Answer: (2) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

Q.21) Which among the following is NOT a characteristic of the closed ended questions in survey research?

1) They allow unusual responses that the survey researcher may not have contemplated.

2) They are easy for interviewers and/or respondents to complete.

3) They reduce the possibility of variability in the recording of answers.

4) There is loss of spontaneity in respondents answers.

Answer: (1) They allow unusual responses that the survey researcher may not have contemplated.

Q.22) Match List I with List II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

2) A-I, B-II, C-VI, D-III

3) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

4) A-IV, B-III, C-II, D-I

Answer: (3) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

Q.23) In which of the following sampling methods, the sample is also known as an accidental sample and a haphazard sample?

1) Purposive Sampling

2) Quota Sampling

3) Stratified Random Sampling

4) Convenience Sampling

Answer: (4) Convenience Sampling

Q.24) Which of the following affects the downloading speed of a web page the least?

1) Number of hyperlink in the web page

2) Number and size of images in the web page

3) Processing power of the server computer that stores the web page

4) The bandwidth of Internet connection which is used to access the web page

Answer: (1) Number of hyperlink in the web page

Q.25) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Compared to word processors, simple text-editors such as Notepad and Emacs have limited editing features.

Statement II: Files created with simple text editors cannot be opened with word processors.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.

2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.

3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.

4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

Answer: (3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Q.26) To calculate gross pay, hours are multiplied by the hourly rate. What MS. EXCELL formula would you put in cell C4 and then you are able to copy that cell down to the rest of the column C?

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

1) =B1*$B$4

2) =$B1*B4

3) =B1*B4

4) =$B$1*B4

Answer: (4) =$B$1*B4

Q.27) Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and other is labelled as Reason R

Assertion A: Children are much more vulnerable than adults to environmental toxins.

Reason R: For each kilogram of body weight, children drink more water, eat more food and breathe more air than adults.

In the light of the above statements.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

2) Both A and R are true and R is NOT the correct explanation of A

3) A is true but R is false

4) A is false but R is true

Answer: (1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

Q.28) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Mentimeter is a tool used for creating interactive videos in education.

Statement II: Kahoot is a tool used for assessment in education.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false

3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Answer: (4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Q.29) Methane (CH4)

A) Is a green-house gas

B) Is a polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

C) Is a component in determining Air quality Index (AQI)

D) Helps in formation of Ozone

E) Is a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B & C only

2) A, D & E only

3) A & E only

4) C, D & E only

Answer: (2) A, D & E only

Q.30) Which of the following commissions suggested the establishment of National Universities in India?

1) Kothari commission

2) Radhakrishnan commission

3) Knowledge commission

4) Planning commission

Answer: (3) Knowledge commission

Q.31) Some of the major recommendations of the Kothari commission on Higher education are:

A) Avoid introducing new courses

B) Select teachers at the national level

C) Restrict the expansion of higher education

D) Provide autonomy to the universities

E) Abolish the continuous evaluation system

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B, C only

2) B, D, E only

3) B, C, D only

4) A, D, E only

Answer: (3) B, C, D only

Q.32) Which of the following components are part of the central processing unit (CP

U) of the Von Neumann model for a computer system?

A) Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU)

B) Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

C) Memory Address Register (MAR)

D) Solid State Drive (SSD)

E) Control Unit (CU)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A & E only

2) B. C & D only

3) A & C only

4) A.C & E only

Answer: (4) A.C & E only

Q.33) Which of the following are features of mass communication?

A) Structured institutional system

B) Complex process of reproduction

C) Commodification of messages

D) Personalized way of communication

E) Space- time constraint

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A, B, C only

2) B, C, D only

3) C, D, E only

4) B, D, E only

Answer: (1) A, B, C only

Q.34) Arrange the following steps pertaining to quantitative research in correct order:

A) Analyse data

B) Hypothesis

C) Process data

D) Findings

E) Research Design

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) B, C, D, E, A

2) B, E, C, A, D

3) C, D, A, B.E

4) E, B, C, A, D

Answer: (2) B, E, C, A, D

Q.35) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Because of technological strides in recent times, words and times as related to communication have become money.

Statement II: The technological convergence has contributed to the control of mass communication by a few corporates.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false

3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Answer: (1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Q.36) The question of whether the results of a study can be generalized beyond the specific research context, relatesto

1) Measurement validity

2) Internal validity

3) External validity

4) Ecological validity

Answer: (3) External validity

Q.37) In a certain coding language ‘KANPUR’ is coded as ‘JBMQTS’. How ‘BOMBAY’ will be coded in that language?

1) ALPCZZ

2) APLCZZ

3) APCLZZ

4) APLZCZ

Answer: (2) APLCZZ

Q.38) The average of 5 consecutive odd numbers in descending order is 95. Find the fourth number in the descending order.

1) 95

2) 97

3) 99

4) 93

Answer: (4) 93

Q.39) If the statements “No saints are materialists” is given as false which of the following statements could be immediately inferred to be true?

A) All saints are materialists.

B) Some saints are materialists.

C) Some saints are not materialists.

D) All materialists are saints.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) A & D only

2) B only

3) C & D only

4) A & B only

Answer: (2) B only

Q.40) Which one of the following is not a National Action Plan on climate change?

1) National Solar Minion

2) National Mission on Indian Ocean

3) National Mission for Green India

4) National Water Mission

Answer: (2) National Mission on Indian Ocean

Q.41) From the fourth five-year plan onwards, the focus on technical education was to

1) Improve its quality and standard

2) Encourage its unrestricted expansion in public sector

3) Weed out non-performing institutions

4) Restrict the entry of private players into the field

Answer: (1) Improve its quality and standard

Q.42) Which of the following statements is logically equivalent to the statement- “No saints are materialists”?

1) No materialists are saints.

2) Some materialists are saints.

3) All non- materialists are non- saints.

4) Some non- materialists are non-saints.

Answer: (1) No materialists are saints.

Q.43) An article is sold at a certain price by selling the article at 2/3 (two third) of that price, there is a loss of 10%. Find the gain percent at its original price.

1) 35%

2) 25%

3) 33%

4) 30%

Answer: (1) 35%

Q.44) The coming together of computing, telecommunication and media in a digital environment is technically known as

1) Integration

2) Amalgamation

3) Merger

4) Convergence

Answer: (4) Convergence

Q.45) Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The concentration Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere has increased in the years.

Statement II: CFCs already present in the atmosphere will persist for many years.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.

2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.

3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.

4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

Answer: (4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.

Read the passage given below

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. We weep at what exceeds our expectations in serious matters; we laugh at what disappoints our expectations in trifles. We shed tears from sympathy with real and necessary distress; as we burst into laughter from want of sympathy with that which is unreasonable and unnecessary. Tears are the natural and involuntary response of the mind overcome by some sudden and violent emotions. Laughter is the same sort of convulsive and involuntary movement, occasioned by mere surprise or contrast. The serious is the stress which the mind lays upon the expectations of a given order of events and the weight attached to them. When this stress is increased beyond its usual intensity and strains the feelings by the violent opposition of good and bad, it becomes the tragic. The ludicrous is the unexpected relaxing of this stress below its usual intensity, by an abrupt transposition of ideas that takes the mind by surprise and startles it into lively sense of pleasure.

Q.46) We shed tears when

A) Something is tragic

B) Something is ludicrous

C) Something is surprising

D) Seriousness exceeds our expectations.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1) C & D only

2) A & B only

3) A & D only

4) A, B & D only

Answer: (3) A & D only

Q.47) The author implies that animals lack the ability to

1) Perceive emotional changes in humans

2) Laugh or weep

3) Evoke sorrow or laughter in humans

4) Respond strongly to external stimuli

Answer: (2)Laugh or weep

Q.48) The author develops the passage primarly by

1) Disproving a theory

2) Citing authorities

3) Presenting counter example

4) Defining terms

Answer: (4) Defining terms

Q.49) It can be inferred from the passage that the ludicrous is most nearly opposite to the

1) Serious

2) Surprise

3) Pleasure

4) Unexpected

Answer: (1) Serious

Q.50) According to the passage which of the following is not true is case of tears and laughter?

1) They are both involuntary reaction

2) They are both the result of violent emotions

3) They are both natural emotions.

4) They are both reaction to experiences of the world

Answer: (2) They are both the result of violent emotions