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Q.1) How many speakers of the seven most widely spoken languages are there (spoken as either first or second language)?

[1] 5.223 billion

[2] 5.16 billion

[3] 5.156 billion

[4] 5.215 billion

Correct Answer: 3

Q.2) Which suggested answer most closely represents the fraction of first-language speakers of the seven most widely spoken languages that speak Spanish or French?

[1] 1/10th

[2] 1/7th

[3] 1/6th

[4] 1/5th

Correct Answer: 2

Q.3) How many speakers are there currently of the languages predicted to die out?

[1] 7.6 billion

[2] 5.2 billion

[3] 3.8 billion

[4] Cannot tell

Correct Answer: 4

Q.4) How many languages are expected to die out over the next 100 years?

[1] 3800

[2] 3455

[3] 2655

[4] 2755

Correct Answer: 4

Q.5) Which suggested answer is the closest estimate of the proportion of the world’s population who speak Chinese as a first language?

[1] 1 in 12

[2] 1 in 10

[3] 1 in 8

[4] 1 in 6

Correct Answer: 3

Q.6) A child firstly learns to differentiate between various things i.e., men, women, animals, birds and later on s/he unifies these differentiated concepts to form a single concept called as ————

[1] Restructuration

[2] Differentiation

[3] Generalisation

[4] Memorisation

Correct Answer: 3

Q.7) Which of the following Curriculum development models comes under Non-technical Non-Scientific model?

[1] Taba’s Model

[2] Hunkin’s Development model

[3] Goodlad’s Model

[4] Open classroom Model

Correct Answer: 4

Q.8) ————– is a digitized collection of artifacts, resources, and accomplishments of an individual or group that forms part of personal online spaces called as digital learning Platforms.

[1] Automated Text Marker (ATM)

[2] E- Portfolios

[3] Discourse structure analysis

[4] Calibrand Marker

Correct Answer: 2

Q.9) Jasmine in Chemistry practical class used a 5 ml pipette during her practical exam but the reading was not correct. When she got frustrated, her friend Ranjita guided her to hold the pipette correctly and drop chemical properly. Now, she succeeded and got desired results. This is an example of:

[1] Accommodation

[2] Equilibriums

[3] Assimilation

[4] Zone of Proximal Development

Correct Answer: 4

Q.10) Which of the following are the elements of observation learning (one of the outcomes of Bandura’s Social Cognitive theory of learning?)

A. Attention

B. Retention

C. Articulation

D. Production

E. Motivation

[1] ABD

[2] CE

[3] ABDE

[4] BCD

Correct Answer: 3

Q.11) Statement I: Applied research is concerned with generalization and the formulation of theory.

Statement II: Fundamental research aims at finding a solution for an immediate problem facing a society.

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 2

Q.12) When a set of possible answers to select for a question is given to a respondent, it is called-

[1] Open-ended question

[2] Classical question

[3] Filtered question

[4] Fixed choice question

Correct Answer: 4

Q.13) Coding schedule is used in

[1] Discourse analysis

[2] Rhetorical analysis

[3] Content analysis

[4] Narrative analysis

Correct Answer: 3

Q.14) When a sample is chosen because it is available to the researcher, it is known as-

[1] Probability sampling

[2] Convenience sampling

[3] Systematic sampling

[4] Objective sampling

Correct Answer: 2

Q.15) Statement I: A spurious relationship can be there when a relationship appears to exist between two variables.

Statement II: The relationship between two variables is always direct, without any scope for an intervening variable.

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 3

Q.16) The term ‘analog media’ is primarily derived from-

[1] Newspaper reading

[2] Audio recording

[3] Computer printing

[4] Multi-media production

Correct Answer: 2

Q.17) Meanings in communication go beyond-

[1] Lexical semantics

[2] Understanding

[3] Knowledge

[4] Internalisation

Correct Answer: 1

Q.18) Which of the following are the areas that have implications because of technological convergence?

A. Aggressive communication strategies

B. Communication content

C. Work of communication professionals

D. Structure of different publics

E. Structure of communication organisations

[1] ABC

[2] BCD

[3] CDE

[4] BCE

Correct Answer: 4

Q.19) Match the column:

A. surveillance

B. correlation

C. propaganda

D. cultural transmission

I. to influence public opinion

II. provide pleasure

III. supply of information

IV. interpretation

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

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

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

[4] A-IV,B-I,C-III,D-Il

Correct Answer: 3

Q.20) Statement I: The semiotic approach considers communication as production and exchange of meanings.

Statement II: The process approach looks at communication as a transmission of messages.

[1] Both Statement I and Statement Il are true.

[2] Both Statement I and Statement Il are false.

[3] Statement I is true but Statement Il is false.

[4] Statement I is false but Statement Il is true.

Correct Answer: 1

Q.21) A man invests Rs 5000 in a bond which gives compound interest at 4% per annum during the first year, 5% per annum during the second year and 10% during the third year. How much amount the man will get at the end of third year.

[1] Rs 6500

[2] Rs 5500

[3] Rs 5999

[4] Rs 6006

Correct Answer: 4

Q.22) A man divides Rs 8,60,000 (8.6 lakhs) among his 5 sons, 4 daughters and 2 nephews. If each daughter receives four times as much as each nephew and each son receives 5 times as much as each nephew, then how much does each daughter receive?

[1] Rs 80,000

[2] Rs 50,000

[3] Rs 1,00,000

[4] Rs 60,000

Correct Answer: 1

Q.23) Which of the following expressions has the value equal to 1 (one)?

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Correct Answer: 1

Q.24) If in a certain coding language ‘Fraction’ is Coded as ‘Carfnoit’ and ‘System’ is coded as ‘Sysmet’, then in that Coding language how ‘material’ will be coded?

[1] ‘eltaaimr’

[2] ‘lairetam’

[3] ‘etamlair’

[4] ‘etalmair’

Correct Answer: 3

Q.25) What number should replace question mark (?) in the series given below:

51,153, 76.5, 229.5, 114.75, 344.25, ?

[1] 172.125

[2] 1032.75

[3] 516.375

[4] 258.1875

Correct Answer: 1

Q.26) The following statement is an example of which logical fallacy- “Elephants live in tropical climates where there is plenty of vegetation. So we probably would not see any at the Chicago zoo.”

[1] Red herring

[2] Hasty generalization

[3] Fallacy of accident

[4] Appeal to authority

Correct Answer: 3

Q.27) Which of the following statements is logically equivalent to the statement — “No frogs are mammals”?

[1] No mammals are frogs.

[2] All non-mammals are non-frogs.

[3] Some non-mammals are not non-frogs.

[4] Some mammals are non-frogs.

Correct Answer: 1

Q.28) If the proposition- ‘Some frogs are not mammals’ is given as false, then which of the following propositions can be immediately inferred to be false?

[1] Some frogs are mammals.

[2] All non-frogs are mammals.

[3] No frogs are mammals.

[4] All frogs are mammals.

Correct Answer: 3

Q.29) Which of the following propositions are so related that they cannot both be false although they may both be true?

A. All tigers are man-eaters.

B. Some tigers are man-eaters.

C. Some tigers are not man-eaters.

D. No tigers are man-eaters.

[1] BC

[2] CD

[3] AD

[4] AC

Correct Answer: 1

Q.30) Which of the following argument is an example of the fallacy of Vyapyatvasiddha according to Nyaya (classical Indian school of Logic)?

[1] Sound is quality because it is visible.

[2] Sound is eternal, because it is audible.

[3] Fire is cold because it is a substance.

[4] Wherever there is fire, there is smoke.

Correct Answer: 4

Q.31) In MS-EXCEL, Cell B9 contains the value 3, and B10 contains the value 6. You select both the cells and drag the fill handle down to B13. The contents of the cell B11, B12, and B13 will be

[1] 3,6,3

[2] 7,8,9

[3] 9,12,15

[4] 6,6,6

Correct Answer: 3

Q.32) What is the component of Web 3.0 that describes things in a way that computers can understand?

[1] Social tagging

[2] Sustaining web

[3] Social web

[4] Semantic web

Correct Answer: 4

Q.33) Statement I: A portable hard drive is an example of internal memory.

Statement Il: Magnetic tape is used to store backups of data.

[1] Both Statement I and Statement Il are true.

[2] Both Statement I and Statement Il are false.

[3] Statement I is true but Statement Il is false.

[4] Statement I is false but Statement Il is true.

Correct Answer: 4

Q.34) Which of the following statements are TRUE?

A. A standard format for compressed video files is MPEG.

B. WAV files are not compressed.

C. A compressed file will be transmitted faster over a network.

[1] AB

[2] AC

[3] BC

[4] ABC

Correct Answer: 4

Q.35) Match the column:

A. carbon copy

B. email signature

C. address book

D. file attachment

I. allows you to add personal data to the e-mail

II. allows you to send the same email to more than one person at once

III. allows you to send a photograph with you email

IV. allows you to store contact details

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 2

Q.36) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are also known as

[1] Agenda 30

[2] Agenda 35

[3] Agenda 17

[4] Agenda 10

Correct Answer: 1

Q.37) Statement I: Most soils are stratified into horizontal layers called as soil profile.

Statement II: A cross sectional view of the horizons in a soil is called as soil horizon.

[1] Both Statement I and Statement Il are true.

[2] Both Statement I and Statement Il are false.

[3] Statement I is true but Statement Il is false.

[4] Statement I is false but Statement Il is true.

Correct Answer: 2

Q.38) A general term for downhill slides of earth is known as?

[1] Mass wasting

[2] Earth wasting

[3] Mud wasting

[4] Hill wasting

Correct Answer: 1

Q.39) Statement I: Allergens are substances that activate the immune system.

Statement II: Concentration of allergens in indoor environment can be thousand times higher than in the air outside.

[1] Both Statement I and Statement Il are true.

[2] Both Statement I and Statement Il are false.

[3] Statement I is true but Statement Il is false.

[4] Statement I is false but Statement Il is true.

Correct Answer: 1

Q.40) Which of the following Volatile Organic Compound (VOC), a kind of air pollutant, is emitted from natural sources such as plants, bogs etc.?

[1] Formaldehyde

[2] Benzene

[3] Terpene

[4] Toluene

Correct Answer: 3

Q.41) The main objective of the Fourth Five-year plan was to-

[1] Improve the standards of teacher education

[2] Establish sports colleges in universities

[3] Set up international culture centres in select universities

[4] Control the university system in India with limited academic freedom

Correct Answer: 1

Q.42) Which of the following were the functions of National Council for Women’s Education in India?

A. To encourage Women’s movements in the world

B. To advise the Union government on issues related to Women’’s education

C. To involve voluntary organizations in Women’’s education

D. To periodically evaluate the progress of Women’s education

E. Discourage seminars and surveys that affect Women’s education in India

[1] ABC

[2] BCD

[3] CDE

[4] ADE

Correct Answer: 2

Q.43) Which of the following are the goals of Student Induction Programme (SIP) initiated by UGC in institutions of higher Learning?

A. Inculcate the emotional or intellectual energy and values of Higher Education Institution (HEI)

B. Improvement of infrastructure in premier institutions of the country

C. Develop the inherent competences and kindle a positive attitude in the new entrants of higher education

D. Cultivate a sense of intimacy and an awareness of privileges and responsibilities

[1] ACD

[2] AC

[3] BCD

[4] BD

Correct Answer: 1

Q.44) Which of the following educational Institution was raised into a university in May, 1958 and was established in 1911 owing its inception to the princely donations of the Tata family?

[1] The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

[2] Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

[3] The Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

[4] The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Correct Answer: 3

Q.45) Which of the following universities developed in connection with the viharas during ancient period in India?

A. Nalanda

B. Navadeep

C. Odantapuri

D. Kanchi

[1] BCD

[2] BD

[3] AC

[4] ABC

Correct Answer: 3

Q.46-50)

Read RC Passage to Answer:

The Afghan pressures on Chitral, which had already been drawn close to the Indian empire through its allegiance to Kashmir in late 1876, assumed seriousness in 1882 when Kabul claimed this territory ‘as one of its protected states’. Though the Government of India was quick in rebutting such claims, the reported Russian intrigues in and around Chitral caused additional concern. The newly-established Resident in Kashmir could hardly extend effective control of the Durbar or even the British Indian government over the turbulent chiefships of Hunza and Nagar. The Panjdeh crisis of 1885 also helped in focusing the British military opinion on the need to make elaborate arrangements for the defence of the north-west frontier. So it was not a mere coincidence that the year 1885 was marked by the dispatch of two exploratory missions, one under Col. Lockhart, the Deputy Quarter Master General of India, to survey the lands south of Hindu Kush via Gilgit and Chitral, and the other under Ney Elias to Chinese Turkestan and the Pamirs. Meanwhile the Defence Committee’s recommendation for extending the Srinagar-Rawalpindi cart-road to Gilgit and Chitral; had been approved by Dufferin. The new Commander-in- Chief, F. Roberts, even suggested that ‘we should have political control over the country around Chitral and Gilgit in order to secure the approaches to the former by the Dora pass and to the latter through Wakhan’.

Q.46) Who was entrusted with the responsibility to survey the Chinese Turkestan?

[1] Col. Lockhart

[2] Ney Elias

[3] Dufferin

[4] F. Roberts

Correct Answer: 2

Q.47) The areas in and around Chitral witnessed conflicting claims from

A. Afghans

B. Russians

C. British

[1] AB

[2] BC

[3] AC

[4] ABC

Correct Answer: 4

Q.48) Statement I: Approach to Chitral was through Wakhan.

Statement II: Lands situated south of the Hindu Kush could be approached via Chitral and Gilgit

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 4

Q.49) The British were finding it challenging to control

A. Chitral

B. Hunza

C. Nagar

[1] AB

[2] BC

[3] AC

[4] ABC

Correct Answer: 4

Q.50) Arrange the following events in correct chronological order:

A. Afghans claiming Chitral as its protected state

B. Panjdeh Crisis

C. Allegiance of Chitral to Kashmir

[1] ABC

[2] BCA

[3] CAB

[4] CBA

Correct Answer: 3