Q.1-5)

Q.1) What is the total number of girls who appeared in the examination from all the six schools in 2020?

[1] 1364

[2] 1386

[3] 1404

[4] 1414

Correct Answer: 1

Q.2) What is the ratio of the number of boys who appeared from School C in 2019 to the number of girls who appeared from school E in 2021?

[1] 5:4

[2] 8:7

[3] 9:8

[4] 10:9

Correct Answer: 4

Q.3) What s the difference between the total numbers of students appearing from school B in 2020 and that in 2022?

[1] 0

[2] 17

[3] 29

[4] 35

Correct Answer: 1

Q.4) Considering all the four years together, What is the average number of boys who appeared from school E?

[1] 424

[2] 434

[3] 438

[4] 454

Correct Answer: 3

Q.5) In the year 2019, number of students appearing from School F is ____ % more than the number of students appearing from School C :

[1] 40

[2] 66.66

[3] 20

[4] 50

Correct Answer: 4

Q.6) Temperature inversion in the atmosphere mainly causes?

[1] Dust storm

[2] Dispersion of air pollutants

[3] Accumulation of air pollutants

[4] Ozone depletion

Correct Answer: 3

Q.7) Which ICT tool allows users to organize and curate content from various sources, such as websites, articles and videos?

[1] Edpuzzle

[2] Wakelet

[3] Pixton

[4] Screen-casto-matic

Correct Answer: 2

Q.8) Determine the next term in the following letter – cum – number series :

A2Y, B3X, C5W, D7V, ………

[1] E8U

[2] E11K

[3] E11U

[4] E6U

Correct Answer: 3

Q.9) Which fallacy in committed in the following argument “What is good for each individual type of business cannot be bad for economy as a whole”.?

[1] Red herring

[2] Fallacy of composition

[3] Slippery slope

[4] False cause

Correct Answer: 2

Q.10) A certain sum of money is lent at a compound interest rate of 10% per annum payable half-yearly. What is the effective annual rate of interest?

[1] 10.10%

[2] 10.16%

[3] 10.20%

[4] 10.25%

Correct Answer: 4

Q.11) Which one of the following has been described as the Magna Carta of Indian education?

[1] The Indian universities Act, 1904

[2] Hunter commission report

[3] Sargent plan

[4] The Education Dispatch of 1854

Correct Answer: 4

Q.12) In its early years, the Calcutta university had affiliated colleges even in :

[1] Afghanistan

[2] Kashmir

[3] Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

[4] Goa

Correct Answer: 3

Q.13) Statement I: The total solids (dissolved and suspended) in a waste water sample are the materials left after water has evaporated from the sample.

Statement II: The dissolved solids fraction usually includes colloidal particles.

[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.14) Statement I: The process of comparing a student’s performance against his/her previous performance is called as ipsative assessment.

Statement II: Authentic assessments are assessment procedures that test skills and abilities as they would be applied in real life situations.

[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.15) Match the column:

(A) Desktop publishing software

(B) Presentation software

(C) Inference Engine

(D) Database software

(I) Keeping records of employees of large organisation

(II) Matching illness to symptoms

(III) Producing a multimedia slideshow

(IV) Producing a magazine

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 3

Q.16) Statement I: The statement “Swati’s mind is a tree always laden with fruitful ideas” is an analogy.

Statement II: The statement “Swati’s mind is a tree always laden with fruitful ideas” is only descriptive in nature.

[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.17) Statement I: The concept of validity cannot be applied to single propositions.

Statement II: The concept of truth cannot be applied to arguments.

[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.18) Ram can finish a work in 18 days. Shyam is twice as efficient as Ram. If both of them start the work together, how many days it will take them to finish the work?

[1] 6 days

[2] 8 days

[3] 9 days

[4] 12 days

Correct Answer: 1

Q.19) A musician uses a broadband Internet connection to download music. In this context, which of the following statements are true?

(A) Some rural areas in India have poor broadband access.

(B) There is no need to dial up, broadband is always connected.

(C) You cannot use the landline phone at the same time while using the broadband Internet.

[1] AB

[2] AC

[3] BC

[4] ABC

Correct Answer: 2

Q.20) Statement (I) : The most suitable storage medium for storing data on network server is a blu-ray disc.

Statement (II) : An optical disc which cannot have data updations is a CD – ROM.

[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.21) Identify non-probability samples from the following :

(A) Simple random sample

(B) Quota sample

(C) Systematic sample

(D) Snowball sample

[1] BCD

[2] CD

[3] ABC

[4] BD

Correct Answer: 4

Q.22) Which of the following are the learner-related factors that influence learning?

(A) Learner’s level of aspiration and achievement motivation

(B) Learner’s readiness and will power

(C) Basic potential of the learner

(D) Learner’s physical and mental health

(E) Personality traits and behaviour of teacher

[1] ABE

[2] ABCD

[3] CE

[4] CDE

Correct Answer: 2

Q.23) Statement I: Among the five propositions in Nyaya syllogism the first (pratigya) coincides with the fifth (nigaman).

Statement II: Among the five propositions in Nyaya syllogism the second (hetu) coincides with the fourth (Upanaya).

[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.24) Which of the following sections of a research report are not considered for similarity checks while detecting plagiarism?

(A) Abstract

(B) Al generic terms, laws

(C) Observations

(D) Conclusions

(E) Bibliography

[1] ABCD

[2] BE

[3] E

[4] CDE

Correct Answer: 2

Q.25) Which among the following is concerned with the question of whether social scientific findings are applicable to people’s everyday natural social setting?

[1] Ecological validity

[2] External validity

[3] Measurement validity

[4] Face validity

Correct Answer: 1

Q.26) In a certain code :

‘He is a world champion’ is written as ‘ya, sa, za, ma, ka’, ‘World is a family’ is written as ‘ma, sa, ba, za’ “Being champion is difficult’ is written as ‘fa, sa, da, ka’.

What are the codes for ‘champion’ and ‘is’?

[1] za, sa

[2] ma, sa

[3] ka, sa

[4] ma, ka

Correct Answer: 3

Q.27) Which of the following gases were covered under Kyoto Protocol?

(A) Carbon dioxide (CO2)

(B) Methane (CH4)

(C) Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

(D) Nitrous oxide (N2O)

(B) Sulfur dioxide (SO2)

[1] ABD

[2] ABC

[3] BCD

[4] CDE

Correct Answer: 1

Q.28) Which of the following are the types/sub-types of long term memory?

(A) Declarative memory

(B) Procedural memory

(C) Episodic memory

(D) Semantic memory

[1] ACD

[2] BC

[3] AD

[4] ABCD

Correct Answer: 4

Q.29) Match the column:

(Pre-independence college)

A. Reid college

B. Forman college

C. Muir central college

D. Anglo oriental college

I. Allahabad

II. Aligarh

III. Lucknow

IV. Lahore

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 3

Q.30) Statement (I) : Spearman’’s rho (ρ) is generally employed to measure the strength and direction of relationship between two ordinal variables.

Statement (II) : Pearson’s coefficient of correlation ‘r’ is very useful when relationship between two variables is curvilinear.

[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.31) According to the semiotic tradition, communication is _________ mediation of signs :

[1] Extra-subjective

[2] Non-subjective

[3] Inter-subjective

[4] Macro-subjective

Correct Answer: 3

Q.32) What is the name of channel 04 in SWAYAM PRABHA related to Social Science, Education, Psychology, Home Science and related subjects?

[1] SANSKRITI

[2] SAARASWAT

[3] PRABODH

[4] PRABANDHAN

Correct Answer: 2

Q.33) Buddhists use communication to highlight the phenomena of :

(A) Human hierarchy

(B) Impermanence

(C) Human suffering

(D) Non-self

(E) Social distance

[1] ABC

[2] BCD

[3] CDE

[4] ADE

Correct Answer: 2

Q.34) In a class there are 8, 10, 25 and 17 students having their weights in the following ranges : 50 – 54 kg, 54 – 58 kg, 58 – 62 kg and 62 – 66 kg, respectively. What is the mean weight of a student of the class?

[1] 556 kg

[2] 565 kg

[3] 594 kg

[4] 602 kg

Correct Answer: 3

Q.35) Statement I: India spends one of the lowest amounts per student for higher education in the world.

Statement II: The percentage expenditure on university and higher education in India was 0.77 percent in 1990 – 91 and it declined to 0.66 percent in 2004 – 2005.

[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.36) Statement (I) : When a hazardous waste has either high or low pH value, it must be treated for neutralization before discharge.

Statement (II) : Sulfuric acid and Hydrochloric acids are added to hazardous waste with low pH value to neutralise it.

[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.37) Which of the following are social emotions displayed during inter-personal communication?

(A) Embarrassment

(B) Guilt

(C) Shame

(D) Pride

(B) Jealousy

[1] ABC

[2] ACD

[3] BCD

[4] ABCDE

Correct Answer: 4

Q.38) Arrange the following in increasing order of DDT concentration among them as a result of bioaccumulation/accumulation :

(A) Fish

(B) Water body

(C) Fish eating birds

(D) Zooplanktons

[1] ABCD

[2] BDAC

[3] CDAB

[4] BACD

Correct Answer: 2

Q.39) Statement I: In Nalanda, apart from Buddhist canonical texts, the Vedas were also taught.

Statement II: However, attempts were made to discourage the teaching of literature of the rival religions.

[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.40) Knowledge is arrived at through the gathering of facts that provide the basis for laws. This refers to the principle of :

[1] Phenomenalism

[2] Inductivism

[3] Deductivism

[4] Constructionism

Correct Answer: 2

Q.41) Statement (I) : (21E)16 = (541)10

Statement (II) : (257)10 = (101)16

[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) When people intend meanings in their communication, they are dealing with :

[1] Projective time

[2] Fragmented time

[3] Perceptual time

[4] Psychology of time

Correct Answer: 4

Q.43) Statement (I) : Non-verbal emotional expression precedes verbal communication in human life.

Statement (II) : Socialisation inculcates display norms for appropriate emotional communication.

[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.44) Which of the following is arranged is order of increasing connotation?

[1] Cow, bovine, mammal, vertebrate, animal

[2] Mammal, vertebrate, bovine, animal, cow

[3] Vertebrate, animal, mammal, bovine, cow

[4] Animal, vertebrate, mammal, bovine, cow

Correct Answer: 4

Q.45) Statement (I) : Webex by Dell Technologies, is the leading enterprise solution for video conferencing, online meetings, screen share, and webinars.

Statement (II) : GIF is an image file format and stands for Graphics Interactive Format.

[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: 2

Q.46-50) Read RC Passage to Answer:

Over the past 160 years, life expectancy in the industrialized world has increased at the steady rate of a quarter year every year. At first, the change was driven by the spread of things today often taken for granted : clean water, sewage and waste disposal, better nutrition, vaccines, and antibiotics. By the late 1970s, these innovations had reached the point of diminishing returns, yet at almost the same time, new technologies began to produce real gains in the fight against the most deadly remaining threats : cancer, heart disease, and strokes. Even counting the least development countries, the average person worldwide can expect to live to nearly 70 up from the mid 30s at the turn of the twentieth century.

Though, the future is certainly impossible to predict, many forward looking thinkers have begun to broach the possibility that at some point in the next twenty years a child will be born who will live to the now unimaginable age of one hundred forty; his of her children may, in turn look forward to a world in which there exists no “Natural” limit on the age to which one might expect to live. Barring random accident or deliberate homicide, men and women separated from us by only two generations might live indefinitely. In principle, all that is required is for technology to continue advancing faster than one ages.

Such optimism must, however, be tempered with an awareness of life’s social and physical limitations. Today’s developing technologies will no doubt be expensive and increasingly so at the upper ends of the age spectrum, further increasing the gap between rich and poor. As lifespan increases, previously rare maladies will loom even larger. Alzheimer’s, a growing threat to today’s elderly, was almost unknown before the 1950s, primarily because, statistically speaking most people died before symptoms developed.

Q.46) What is true about promising new technologies?

(A) They will be expensive for older people

(B) They will give rise to rare maladies

(C) They will increase the gap between the rich and the poor

(D) They will be harmful

[1] AC

[2] ABC

[3] BCD

[4] CD

Correct Answer: 1

Q.47) The increase in life expectancy was initially due to the availability of :

(A) New technologies

(B) Clean water

(C) Vaccines

(D) Antibiotics

(E) Better nutrition

[1] ACDE

[2] AD

[3] BCDE

[4] AC

Correct Answer: 3

Q.48) Alzheimer’s, was almost unknown before the 1950’s because :

[1] People were healthier.

[2] They took proper nutrition.

[3] People died before the onset of the disease.

[4] People did physical work.

Correct Answer: 3

Q.49) Many “forward looking thinkers” predict that in the next twenty years, life expectancy will :

[1] Increase marginally

[2] Decrease

[3] Remain static

[4] Increase dramatically

Correct Answer: 4

Q.50) Statement (I) : Promising new technologies will not increase the life span of the people living in the least developed countries.

Statement (II) : Promising new technologies to extend human lifespan will successfully overcome all social and physical limitations.

[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: 2