Mock Test (PYQ) Paper I- June 2010- UGC-NET Exam

Which one  of  the  following  is  the most important  quality  of  a  good teacher ?

The primary responsibility for the teacher’s adjustment lies with

As per the NCTE norms, what should be the staff strength for a unit of 100 students at B.Ed. level?

Research has shown that the most frequent symptom of nervous instability among teachers is

Which one of the following statements is correct?

A successful teacher is one who is

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions 7 to 12.

The phrase “What is it like?” stands for a fundamental thought process. How does one go about observing and reporting on things and events that occupy segments of earth space? Of all the infinite variety of phenomena on the face of the earth, how does one decide what phenomena to observe? There is no such thing as a complete description of the earth or any part of it, for every microscopic point on the earth’s surface differs from every other such point.  Experience shows that the things observed are already familiar, because they are like phenomena that occur at home or because they resemble the abstract images and models developed in the human mind.

How are abstract images formed?  Humans alone among the animals possess language; their words symbolize not only specific things but also mental images of classes of things. People can remember what they have seen or experienced because they attach a word symbol to them.

During the long record of our efforts to gain more and more knowledge about the face of the earth as the human habitat, there has been a continuing interplay between things and events. The direct observation through the senses is described as a percept; the mental image is described as a concept.  Percepts are what some people describe as reality, in contrast to mental images, which are theoretical, implying that they are not real.

The relation of Percept to Concept is not as simple as the definition implies. It is now quite clear that people of different cultures or even individuals in the same culture develop different mental images of reality and what they perceive is a reflection of these preconceptions. The direct observation of things and events on the face of the earth is so clearly a function of the mental images of the mind of the observer that the whole idea of reality must be reconsidered.

Concepts determine what the observer perceives, yet concepts are derived from the generalizations of previous percepts. What happens is that the educated observer is taught to  accept  a  set  of  concepts  and  then  sharpens  or  changes  these concepts  during  a professional  career.  In any one field of scholarship, professional opinion at one time determines what concepts and procedures are acceptable, and these form a kind of model of scholarly behaviour.

Q. The problem raised in the passage reflects on

According to the passage, human beings have mostly in mind

Concept means

The relation of Percept to Concept is

In the passage, the earth is taken as

Percept means

Action research means

Research is

A common test in research demands much priority on

Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?

If  a  researcher  conducts  a  research on finding  out  which  administrative style contributes  more  to institutional effectiveness ? This will be an example of

Normal Probability Curve should be

In communication, a major barrier to reception of messages is

Post-modernism is associated with

Didactic communication is

In communication, the language is

Identify the correct sequence of the following:

Assertion (A): Mass media promote a culture of violence in the society.

Reason (R): Because violence sells in the market as people themselves are violent in character.

When an error of 1% is made in the length of a square, the percentage error in the area of a square will be

On January 12, 1980, it was a Saturday.  The day of the week on January 12, 1979 was

If water is called food, food is called tree, tree is called earth, earth is called world, which of the following grows a fruit?

E is the son of A, D is the son of B, E is married to C, C is the daughter of B. How is D related to E?

If INSURANCE is coded as ECNARUSNI, how HINDRANCE will be coded?

Find the next number in the following series:

2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, ?

Which of the following is an example of circular argument?

Lakshmana is a morally good person because

Two statements I and II given below are followed by two conclusions (a) and (b). Supposing the statements are true, which of the following conclusions can logically follow?

1. Some religious people are morally good.
2. Some religious people are rational.

Conclusions:

(a) Rationally religious people are good morally.

(b) Non-rational religious persons are not morally good.

Certainty is

Questions  from  35 to 36 are  based on  the  following  diagram in  which there are  three  intersecting  circles I, S  and  P  where circle  I  stands  for Indians, circle S stands for scientists and circle P for politicians. Different regions of the figure are lettered from a to g.

The region which represents non-Indian scientists who are politicians.

The region which represents politicians who are Indians as well as scientists.

The population of a city is plotted as a function of time (years) in graphic form below:

Which of the following inference can be drawn from above plot?

In the following chart, the price of logs is shown in per cubic metre and that of Plywood and Saw Timber in per tones.  Study the chart and answer the following questions 38, 39 and 40.

Which product shows the maximum percentage increase in price over the period?

What is the maximum percentage increase in price per cubic metre of log?

In  which  year  the  prices  of  two products  increased  and  that  of  the third increased ?

Which one  of  the  following  is  the oldest  Archival  source  of  data  in India ?

In a large random data set following normal  distribution, the ratio (%) of number  of  data  points  which  are  in the  range  of (mean  ± standard deviation) to the total number of data points, is

Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer?

Which one of the following is an example of Operating System?

Which one of the following represents the binary equivalent of the decimal number 23?

Which one of the following is different from other members?

Where does a computer add and compare its data?

Computers on an internet are identified by

The Right to Information Act, 2005 makes the provision of

Which type of natural hazards cause maximum damage to property and lives?

Dioxins are produced from

The slogan “A tree for each child” was coined for

The main constituents of biogas are

Assertion (A): In the world as a whole, the environment has degraded during past several decades.

Reason (R): The population of the world has been growing significantly.

Climate change has implications for

1. soil moisture 
2. forest fires
3. biodiversity 
4. ground water

Identify the correct combination according to the code:

Codes :

he accreditation process by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)  differs  from that  of  National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in terms of

Which option is not correct?

Which statement is not correct about the “National Education Day” of India?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

List – I                                                         List – II

(Articles of the Constitution)             (Institutions)

(a) Article 280                      (i) Administrative Tribunals

(b) Article 324                     (ii) Election Commission of India

(c) Article 323                     (iii) Finance Commission at Union level

(d) Article 315                     (iv) Union  Public Service Commission

Codes :

       (a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(B) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

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