Q.1-4)

Q.1) The difference between the number of male and female athletes from country C was the second highest in the year ____

[1] 2016

[2] 2017

[3] 2019

[4] 2021

Correct Answer: 2

Q.2) The average number of female athletes who participated from Country B over all the years together was_____ :

[1] 300

[2] 275

[3] 310

[4] 280

Correct Answer: 1

Q.3) The number of female athletes who participated from country E in the year 2020 was —–% of the total number of athletes who participated from Country B in the year 2019.

[1] 60

[2] 56

[3] 50

[4] 46

Correct Answer: 4

Q.4) In the year 2017, the total number of athletes who participated in the event was the second highest from country_____

[1] A

[2] B

[3] D

[4] E

Correct Answer: 2

Q.5) The quality of one’s memory can generally be judged on the basis of his/her

[1] Power of retention

[2] Analytical ability

[3] Communication skills

[4] Mathematical numeracy

Correct Answer: 1

Q.6) Which of the following recommendations were put forward by University Education Commission appointed after independence by the Indian Government concerning medical education in India?

A. Medical colleges should admit a maximum number of hundred students.

B. History of medicine with special reference to Indian systems should be taught in the first degree course in medicine.

C. More importance should be attached to Public health, Engineering and Nursing.

D. There should be provision of ten beds per student admitted in the medical college.

[1] AB

[2] BC

[3] BCD

[4] ABCD

Correct Answer: 4

Q.7) Statement I : Padlet is a game based platform used in educational institutions to create quizzes, conversations and surveys.

Statement II : Seasaw is an app-based platform that allows students to work together on texts, PDFs drawings and videos etc.

[1] Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.

[2] Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.

[3] Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.

[4] Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

Correct Answer: 4

Q.8) Statement I : Vygotsky emphasized the significant role played by adults and more abled peers in children’s learning.

Statement II: The zone of proximal development is the area, where the child solves a problem alone without the help of others.

[1] Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.

[2] Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.

[3] Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.

[4] Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

Correct Answer: 3

Q.9) According to David and Johnson, which of the following are the basic elements of cooperative learning groups?

A. Self conceptualisation

B. Individual accountability

C. Skill development

D. Positive interdependence

E. Promotive interaction.

[1] ACD

[2] ABE

[3] BDE

[4] ABDE

Correct Answer: 3

Q.10) According to Kohlberg’s theory the conventional level of moral development includes the following stages :

A. Obedience orientation

B. Being Nice/Relationships orientation

C. Social contract orientation

D. Law and Order orientation

E. Universal Ethical Principles orientation.

[1] AE

[2] CD

[3] BD

[4] BCE

Correct Answer: 3

Q.11) The tendency of researchers to subtly and inadvertently affect the behaviours of participants in a study, obscuring the true effect of the independent variable, is called

[1] Placebo effect

[2] Experimenter Bias effect

[3] The Hawthorne effect

[4] Evaluation Apprehension effect

Correct Answer: 2

Q.12) Arrange the following components of a research paper written in APA style, in correct order

A. Figures

B. Methods

C. Introduction

D. Tables

E. Results.

[1] CEBDA

[2] CBEDA

[3] CBADE

[4] CBEAD

Correct Answer: 2

Q.13) The extent to which a measure yields the same scores across different times, groups of people, or versions of the instrument, is called:

[1] Reliability

[2] Content validity

[3] Construct validity

[4] Predictive validity

Correct Answer: 1

Q.14) Statement I: Snowball sampling is a type of random sampling.

Statement II: Snowball sampling is helpful when participants belong to hard-to-reach groups.

[1] Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.

[2] Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.

[3] Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.

[4] Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

Correct Answer: 4

Q.15) In the case of a negatively skewed distribution

[1] Mean < Mode < Median

[2] Mean > Mode > Median

[3] Mean > Median > Mode

[4] Mean < Median < Mode

Correct Answer: 4

Q.16) One of the cool media of communication is:

[1] Print

[2] Television

[3] Photograph

[4] Radio

Correct Answer: 2

Q.17) In mass communication print is considered as a/an

[1] Folk medium

[2] Electronic medium

[3] Mechanical medium

[4] Ordinary medium

Correct Answer: 3

Q.18) Which of the following are the characteristics of interactive communication?

A. It is decentralised.

B. It is state controlled.

C. It is highly centralized.

D. It is a two-way communication.

E. It provides universal citizenship.

[1] ABC

[2] BCD

[3] CDE

[4] ADE

Correct Answer: 4

Q.19) Which of the following make classroom communication interesting?

A. Many asides while speaking

B. Fruitful discussions

C. Use of relevant transitions

D. Finding out the correct context

E. Pressurising the students with authoritarian commands.

[1] ABC

[2] BCD

[3] CDE

[4] ADE

Q.20) Statement I: The new technologies have brought in ‘Market Specific Communication’.

Statement II: The second media age has made the interactive technologies of communication to change the mediascape.

[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.

Correct Answer: 1

Q.21) In a certain coding language :

A. ‘odo pado fao’ means ‘order packed food’

B. ‘pado fao sa digo’ means ‘packed food is good’

C. ‘digo yao mao’ means ‘good young man’

D. ‘Yao mao sa sito’ means ‘young man is strong’

Which of the following means ‘order’ and ‘strong’, respectively in that language?

[1] ‘yao’ and ‘mao

[2] ‘digo’ and ‘mao’

[3] ‘pado’ and ‘sito’

[4] ‘odo’ and ‘sito’

Correct Answer: 4

Q.22) In a competitive examination held in the year 2000, a total of 6,00,000 (6.0 lakh) students appeared and 40% passed the examination. Forty percent (40%) of the total students were females and the rest were males. The pass percentage among the males was 50%. Find the pass percentage among the females.

[1] 25%

[2] 30%

[3] 35%

[4] 40%

Correct Answer: 1

(Question from: Unit 5, Ch 16, Percentages)

Q.23) What number should replace question mark (?) in the following series:

450, 473, 519, 588, 680, 795, ?

[1] 933

[2] 950

[3] 138

[4] 82

Correct Answer: 1

Q.24) A businessman buys a house for Rs 9.0 lakhs. He puts the house on rent and keeps 15% of each month’s rent separately for repairs. After paying Rs 2106 as annual taxes on the rent, he realizes 10% annually on his investment. Find the monthly rent of the house.

[1] Rs 10,000

[2] Rs 9,080

[3] Rs 9,030

[4] Rs 9,500

Correct Answer: 3

(Question from: Unit 5, Ch 16, Percentages)

Q.25) Sum of 3 consecutive odd numbers and 3 consecutive even numbers together is 231. Also the smallest odd number is 11 less than the smallest even number. What is the sum of the largest odd number and the largest even number?

[1] 81

[2] 73

[3] 70

[4] 79

Correct Answer: 1

Q.26) “First it is staying out late, then it is not calling home, then wild parties, and before you know it, your life will be completely out of control. Someday you will be glad that you had a lockdown.” Which informal fallacy is committed in the above argument?

[1] Red herring

[2] Slippery slope

[3] Strawman

[4] Appeal to authority

Correct Answer: 2

Q.27) Which of the following statements are logically equivalent?

A. No philosophers are industrialists.

B. No industrialists are philosophers.

C. All non-industrialists are non-philosophers.

D. All philosophers are non-industrialists.

[1] ABC

[2] ABD

[3] ACD

[4] BCD

Correct Answer: 2

Q.28) Which of the following statements are logically contradictory to each other?

A. All philosophers are indusrialists.

B. Some philosophers are not industrialists.

C. No philosophers are industrialists.

D. No industrialists are philosophers.

[1] AB

[2] ACD

[3] AC

[4] CD

Correct Answer: 1

Q.29) If the statement ‘No philosophers are industrialists’ is given as true which of the following statements can be immediately inferred from it to be true?

[1] No philosophers are rich persons.

[2] All industrialists are philosophers.

[3] Some philosophers are industrialists.

[4] Some philosophers are not industrialists.

Correct Answer: 4

Q.30) According to Nyaya (Classical Indian school of Logic) which means of knowledge (pramana) is used in the following argument – “The world is an effect and hence it must have an efficient cause like all objects e.g. pots, cloth etc. do. That efficient cause is God”.

[1] Postulation (arthapatti)

[2] Inference (anumana)

[3] Comparison (Upamana)

[4] Verbal Testimony (Sabda)

Correct Answer: 2

Q.31) Which one of the following acronyms matches incorrectly with their full form ?

[1] ATM – Automatic Teller Machine

[2] SIM – Subscriber Identity Module

[3] GPS – Global Positioning Sensor

[4] GIS – Geographic Information System

Correct Answer: 3

Q.32) ‘The browser requests the________ to identify itself by providing its _______. This is sent and a check is performed to see if it is_______. If it is, the_______ sends a_______back to the web server and data transmission begins.’

A. authentic

B. browser

C. certificate

D. signal

E. web server

[1] CBDAE

[2] ECABD

[3] DCABE

[4] BCAED

Correct Answer: 2

Q.33) Statement I : Al is an artificially created environment used to give a feeling of ‘being there’, whereas virtual reality learns from changing circumstances.

Statement II : Unlike dot matrix and inkjet printers, laser printers don’t use ink when producing documents.

[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.

Correct Answer: 2

Q.34) Which of the following are the main benefits of networking computers and devices rather than using a number of stand-alone computers ?

A. Devices, such as printers, can be shared, thus reducing costs.

B. Licences to run software on networks are often far cheaper than buying licenses for an equivalent number of stand-alone computers.

C. Users cannot share files and data.

D. Access to reliable data that comes from a central source, such as a file server.

[1] AC

[2] BCD

[3] ABCD

[4] ABD

Correct Answer: 4

Q.35) Match the column:

A. Disk defragmenter

B. Disk formatter

C. Device driver

D. Solid stare driver

I. utility that prepares a disk to allow data/files to be stored and retrieved

II. storage media with no moving parts.

III. utility that reorganizes the sectors on a hard disk so that files can be stored in contiguous data blocks

IV. software that communicates with OS and translates data into a format understood by the device.

[1] A-II B-I C-III D-IV

[2] A-III B-I C-IV D-II

[3] A-I B-III C-II D-IV

[4] A-IV B-II C-I D-III

Correct Answer: 2

Q.36) Which of the following is measured in Dobson Units?

[1] Chloro Fluoro Carbon (CFC)

[2] Stratospheric Ozone

[3] Ultraviolet Rays

[4] Solar Radiation

Correct Answer: 2

Q.37) Photo Electro Chemical (PEC) solar cells are based on

[1] Only inorganic semiconductors

[2] Only organic semiconductors

[3] Only crystal silicon semiconductor

[4] Hybrid structure of inorganic semiconductors and an electrolyte

Correct Answer: 4

Q.38) Match the column:

A. Montreal protocol

B. Rio Summit

C. Kyoto protocol

D. Paris agreement

I. 1992

II. 2015

III.1987

IV. 1997

[1] A-III B-I C-IV D-II

[2] A-III B-I C-II D-IV

[3] A-I B-III C-II D-IV

[4] A-IV B-II C-I D-III

Correct Answer: 1

Q.39) Thermal expansion of oceans may lead to

[1] Global warming

[2] Ozone depletion

[3] Melting of glaciers

[4] Sea level rise

Correct Answer: 4

Q.40) Waste stabilization ponds are:

A. Mainly oxidation ponds

B. Used to remove pathogen and organic contents

C. Natural treatment systems

D. Extremely quick

E. Most efficient in extremely cold weather.

[1] ABC

[2] BCD

[3] ABE

[4] CDE

Correct Answer: 1

Q.41) Statement-I: The Governor of the State is the Chancellor of deemed universities.

Statement-II: Deemed universities can design their own syllabus and course work.

[1] Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.

[2] Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.

[3] Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.

[4] Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

Correct Answer: 4

Q.42) What is the full form of ‘DIKSHA’?

[1] Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing

[2] District Institute for Knowledge Sharing

[3] Data Information and Knowledge Sharing

[4] Digital Institution for Knowledge Sharing

Correct Answer: 1

Q.43) Which of the following are the key ingredients of quality in-service teacher training?

A. Preparation of training material

B. Assessment of training needs

C. Development of appropriate curriculum/Modules

D. Assessment of the impact and outcome of the training.

[1] AD

[2] BC

[3] ACD

[4] ABCD

Correct Answer: 4

Q.44) According to NEP 2020 more HEIs shall be established and developed in underserved regions to ensure full

[1] Access, Equity and Inclusion

[2] Accountability, Equality and Integration

[3] Assessment, Equivalence and Identity

[4] Autonomy, Effectiveness and Implication

Correct Answer: 1

Q.45-49)

Read RC Passage to Answer:

It was in this atmosphere of intense antagonism and hostility that Gokhale introduced his Elementary Education Bill in 1910. He called it ‘a small humble attempt to suggest the first steps of a journey, which is bound to prove long and tedious, but which must be performed, if the mass of our people are to emerge from their present condition’. Gokhale argued :

Free and compulsory education is the first remedy of all the remedies to be applied…without compulsion the educational developments in the last 60 years have been hopelessly slow. The only way that the world has discovered to secure universal education in a country has been by making it compulsory and free. Compulsion would operate harshly on the poorer classes of the community if it is not made free.

He suggested that only those students whose family income was 25 rupees and above per month should pay fees: for the rest, education was to be free. Out of the total expenditure required for it, two-thirds should be borne by the state and one- third by the local bodies. He suggested imposing an additional 8-anna tax on salt on the grounds that ‘my countrymen should eat less salt than that their children should continue to grow up in ignorance and darkness’.

Q.45) According to Gokhale, what percentage of the total expenditure on education should be borne by the state?

[1] ~25%

[2] ~33%

[3] ~66%

[4] ~75%

Correct Answer: 3

Q.46) Statement-I: Gokhale believed that education was necessary for the Indian masses to be liberated from their miserable

condition.

Statement-II: Gokhale faced little resistance in the introduction of his bill on elementary education.

[1] Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.

[2] Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.

[3] Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.

[4] Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

Correct Answer: 3

Q.47) Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. The growth of education in India was very slow prior to 1910.

B. There was a need to make education compulsory for all according to Gokhale.

C. Gokhale believed that achieving education for all Indians was a distant dream.

D. Gokhale suggested that majority of expenditure for education should be met by local bodies.

[1] ABC

[2] BCD

[3] ABD

[4] ACD

Correct Answer: 1

Q.48) Statement-I: Gokhale believed that education should be made free for the poor people.

Statement-II: Gokhale suggested that an additional tax of 8-anna should be imposed on salt.

[1] Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.

[2] Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.

[3] Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.

[4] Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

Correct Answer: 1

Q.49) Assertion-A : Gokhale was not in favour of free education for the poor.

Reason R: He suggested that those students whose family income was Rs. 25 per month or more, should pay the education fees.

[1] Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

[2] Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

[3] As correct but R is not correct.

[4] A is not correct but R is correct.

Correct Answer: 4