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October 2022 : Paper 1 (Conducted on 8th Oct 2022 : Evening Shift)

Q.1-5)

Q.1) The illiterate population of City A is-

[1] 10.8 lakh

[2] 14.2 lakh

[3] 16.8 lakh

[4] 18 lakh

Correct Answer: 1

Q.2) Number of literate males of City E as a percentage of number of literate females of city F is-

[1] 240%

[2] 118%

[3] 304%

[4] 32.89%

Correct Answer: 3

Q.3) Literate population of City E is ………….% of the populationo of E.

[1] 40

[2] 64

[3] 26

[4] 42

Correct Answer: 4

Q.4) What is the difference between the illiterate and literate population of City C-

[1] 8.5 lakh

[2] 9.5 lakh

[3] 10.5 lakh

[4] 20.5 lakh

Correct Answer: 2

Q.5) Number of literate males of City D is ………… % more than the number of literate females of City D.

[1] 160

[2] 60

[3] 6.538

[4] 120

Correct Answer: 2

Q.6) Which of the following is a teacher-centred method ?

[1] Problem solving

[2] Discussion method

[3] Inquiry approach

[4] Demonstration method

Correct Answer: 4

Q.7) Assertion (A): One of the objectives of higher education is to promote critical and creative thinking abilities in students.

Reasons (R): Critical and creative thinking abilities are developed by rote learning.

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

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

[3] A is true but R is false

[4] A is false but R is true

Correct Answer: 3

Q.8) Which of the following are common criteria of tests?

(A) Administrative condition

(B) All questions of higher order thinking skills.

(D) Nature of questions

(E) Marks allocation

[1] A, C, D

[2] B, C, D

[3] B, C, D, E

[4] A, C, D, E

Correct Answer: 4

Q.9) In the context of curriculum, which of the following are correct?

(A) Curriculum should be modified regularly

(B) Curriculum should have theoretical concepts only

(D) Curriculum should be made as per needs of industry & society

(E) Curriculum should be teacher centric.

[1] A, D, E

[2] C, D

[3] A, C, D

[4] A, B, C, D

Correct Answer: 3

Q.10) What does the symbol (CC) signify?

[1] copyrighted material

[2] copyable material

[3] creative commons

[4] copying commons

Correct Answer: 3

Q.11) When a research study is conducted to know about an unknown area and collect information. it is known as-

[1] Pilot Study

[2] Feasibility study

[3] Explanatory research

[4] Exploratory research

Correct Answer: 4

Q.12) A true zero point is the feature of-

[1] Nominal scale

[2] Ratio scale

[3] Interval seale

[4] Ordinal scale

Correct Answer: 2

Q.13) Which of the following are similar elements in both qualitative and quantitative research?

(A) Answering research questions.

(B) Preference to macro data.

(D) Importance to transparency.

(E) Exploration of variation.

[1] A, B, C

[2] B, C, D

[3] A, D, E

[4] A, B, E

Correct Answer: 3

Q.14) Which of the following are unethical in the context of research?

(A) Seeking informed consent of respondents.

(B) Offering incentives to respondents.

(D) Hiding the research purpose from respondents.

(E) Maintaining confidentiality

[1] A, B, C

[2] B, C, D

[3] C, D, E

[4] A, B, D

Correct Answer: 2

Q.15) Statement I: Triangulation is described as that of researchers taking different perspectives in answering research questions.

Statement II: Triangulation is expected to produce knowledge from different insights to promote quality research.

[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 Il is false

[4] Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct Answer: 1

Q.16) Which of the following is a semantic barrier?

[1] Blurred image on television

[2] Unclear printing in newspapers

[3] Static broadeasting

[4] Redundancy in writing

Correct Answer: 4

Q.17) In communication, channel richness is highest in the case of-

[1] Television

[2] Newspapers

[3] Face-to-face conversation

[4] Formal reports

Correct Answer: 3

Q.18) Kinesics, when used, will communicate a person’s-

(A) Social status

(B) Level of involvement

(D) Political mobility

(E) Language ambiguity

[1] A, B, C

[2] B, C, D

[3] D, C, E

[4] A, D, E

Correct Answer: 1

Q.19) Statement I: Language and other symbolic means of communication are surely social products.

Statement II: Communication media always provide the feel good-factor to their users

[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 Il is false

[4] Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct Answer: 3

Q.20) Identify the correct sequence of the following elements in the mass communication process.

(A) Selective exposure

(B) Selective attention

(D) Congruent information

(E) Confirmation of bias

[1] B, A, D, C, E

[2] A, E, C, B, D

[3] C, D, E, B, A

[4] E, C, A, B, D

Correct Answer: 2

Q.21) Find the number that must be added to the terms of the ratio 13:25 to make it equal to 7:10.

[1] 8

[2] 11

[3] 15

[4] 13

Correct Answer: 3

Q.22) Find the next term in the series given below

5, 9, 14, 20, 27, 35, ?

[1] 62

[2] 70

[3] 44

[4] 42

Correct Answer: 3

Q.23) A sum of Rs. 16800 is divided into two parts. One part is lent at a simple rate of interest of 6% per annum and the other part at 8% per annum. After 2 years the total sum received is Rs. 19.000. Find the sum lent at the rate of 6% and 8% respectively.

[1] 12200, 4600

[2] 11000, 5800

[3] 12000, 4800

[4] 4800, 12000

Correct Answer: 1

Q.24) In a certain coding scheme ‘UNIVERSITY’ is coded as ‘EIINRSTUVY’, How ‘INSTITUTION’ shall be coded in the same coding scheme?

[1] IINNOSTTTU

[2] ININOSUTTT

[3] INIINOSTUTT

[4] IINNIOSTITU

Correct Answer: 1

Q.25) The average weight of 30 persons is increased by 2 kg, when one of them whose weight is 40 kg, is replaced by a new person. What is the weight of the new person?

[1] 98 kg

[2] 100 kg

[3] 102 kg

[4] 95 kg

Correct Answer: 2

Q.26) Which of the following propostition is contrary to the proposition ‘All women are honest’?

[1] Some women are not honest.

[2] No women are honest.

[3] Some women are not dishonest.

[4] No women are dishonest.

Correct Answer: 2

Q.27) Which informal logical fallacy is committed in the following argument — ‘No one has shown that aliens did not create the crop circles. So the crop circles must have been made by the aliens’?

[1] Begging the question

[2] Appeal to Ignorance

[3] Fallacy of accident

[4] Appeal to authority

Correct Answer: 2

Q.28) Statement I: Aristotelian syllogism has three terms.

Statement Il: Nyaya syllogism has five terms.

[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 Il is false

[4] Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct Answer: 3

Q.29) The proposition, ‘all things are non-eternal because they are knowable’ s fallacious because-

[1] The middle term is non-exclusive.

[2] The middle term is too narrow.

[3] The middle term is too wide

[4] It involves a contradictory middle term.

Correct Answer: 1

Q.30) A destructive computer program that masquerades as a useful application is called-

[1] Virus

[2] Worm

[3] Trojan

[4] Firmware

Correct Answer: 3

Q.31) Statement I: The concept of cyber technology is described as a wide range of networked communication devices.

Statement II: Many sociologists are concerned with people becoming too dependent on technology.

[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 Il is false

[4] Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct Answer: 1

Q.32) In The Microsoft Office PowerPoint, there are two types of slide orientation that are supported. What are these orientation types?

[1] Portrait and Landscape

[2] Upright and Landscape

[3] Portrait and Facedown

[4] Landscape and Facedown

Q.33)

[1] =IF(A2<100,”Within Budget”,”Over Budget”)

[2] =IF(A2>=100,” Over Budget”,” Within Budget”)

[3] =IF(A2<=100,” Over Budget”,” Within Budget”)

[4] =IF(A2<100,”Within Budget”,”Over Budget”)

Correct Answer: 4

Q.34) To receive email, you need an email provider, a connection to your provider and an email application. If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) has a POP server, you have a wide choice of email applications. What does the acronym POP stand for?

[1] Page Overlay Protocol

[2] Post Office Protocol

[3] Power Outage Protocol

[4] Postal off Protocol

Correct Answer: 2

Q.35) Statement I: Bioconcentration in humans can occur due to consumption of fish.

Statement Il: Bioconcentration is the tendency of hazardous substances to accumulate in human tissues.

[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 Il is false

[4] Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct Answer: 1

Q.36) Wind energy-

(A) is an intermittent energy

(B) is extremely useful at remote and isolated places

(D) is a clean energy

(E) does not have any environmental impact at all

[1] A, B, C

[2] A, B, D

[3] B, C, D

[4] C, D, E

Correct Answer: 2

Q.37) Indian National Ambient Air Quality standards stipulate the maximum permissible limit of annual mean concentration of PM2.5 to be-

[1] 60 μg/m3

[2] 45 μg/m3

[3] 40 μg/m3

[4] 25 μg/m3

Correct Answer: 3

Q.38) Which of the following are Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

(A) No poverty

(B) Zero hunger

(D) Quality education

(E) Gender Equality

[1] A, B, C

[2] A, B, C, D

[3] A, B, D, E

[4] C, D, E

Correct Answer: 3

Q.39) Previous National Education Policy on Education-1986 was modified in the year:

[1] 1990

[2] 1992

[3] 1087

[4] 1996

Correct Answer: 2

Q.40) The most important fallout of university reforms under whose leadership, was the first official announcement of the future education policy of the Government of India to reduce the tension created among the educated Indians by the process of his university reforms?

[1] Charles Wood

[2] Hunter

[3] Curzon

[4] Dalhousie

Correct Answer: 3

Q.41) Which of the following universities have been recognized as Institutes of Eminence?

(A) Banaras Hindu University

(B) Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

(D) Central University of Hyderabad

(E) Jawaharlal Nehru University

[1] A, B, E

[2] A, B, D

[3] C, D, E

[4] A, B, C

Correct Answer: 2

Q.42) Which of the following recognised for the first time that the government should give ‘frank and cordial support” to female education and take effective measures for its expansion?

[1] Women’s Indian Association

[2] All India Women’s Conference

[3] The Woods Despatch

[4] National Council of Woren

Correct Answer: 3

Q.43) The Acts of incorporation passed in 1857 provided for the establishment of Universities of Calcutta, Bombay and Madras on the model of:

[1] Cambridge University

[2] University of Harvard

[3] Oxford University

[4] University of London

Correct Answer: 4

Q.44-48)

Read RC Passage to Answer:

There is a new movement called libertarian paternalism which is not attractive. Both words are characterised by stereotypes from popular culture and politics that make them unappealing to many. Even worse, the concepts seem to be contradictory. If the terms are properly understood, both concepts reflect common sense. They are far more attractive together than alone. According to the libertarian strategy, people should be free to do what they like. It is also to opt out of undesirable arrangements, if they want to do so. The libertarian paternalists urge that people should be free to choose. Policies are designed to maintain or increase freedom of choice. The paternalistic aspect lies in the claim that it is legitimate for choice architects to try to influence people’s behaviour. It is to make people’s lives longer. healthier and better. Institutions in private sector and also the government should make conscious efforts to steer people’s choices to improve their lives. A policy is paternalistic, if it tries to influence choices that make choosers better off, as judged by people themselves. It is a fact that individuals make often pretty bad decisions. These would not have been made, had they paid full attention and possessed complete information, unlimited cognitive abilities and complete self-control. Libertarian paternalism,however, is a relatively weak, soft and non-intrusive type of paternalism, because it does not force people from taking bad decisions.

Q.44) The movement of libertarian paternalism is unattractive as it is a combination of-

[1] Common sense concepts

[2] Dogmatic concepts

[3] Contradictory concepts

[4] Popular culture and politics

Correct Answer: 3

Q.45) The libertarian strategy insists that people should opt for-

[1] Freedom of choice

[2] Paternalistic support

[3] Even undesirable arrangements

[4] Modification of their freedom

Correct Answer: 1