Q.1-5)

Q.1) Taking all the Colleges together, the total number of students enrolled in the year 2020 is ___ more than the total number of students enrolled in the year 2023.

[1] 500

[2] 900

[3] 300

[4] 700

Correct Answer: 4

Q.2) If the ratio between number of girls and boys in College B in 2021 is 3:5 and the ratio between the number of girls and boys in College C in 2022 is 7:5, then what is the ratio between the number of girls in College B in 2021 to the number of boys of College C in 2022?

[1] 2:5

[2] 3:5

[3] 1:3

[4] 2:3

Correct Answer: 2

Q.3) For College B in the year 2021, if 20% of students were enrolled in B.Sc, 30% of students were enrolled in B.Com. and the remaining students were enrolled in BCA, then what is the difference between the number of students enrolled in BCA and B.Sc?

[1] 260

[2] 220

[3] 230

[4] 240

Correct Answer: 4

Q.4) What is the average number of students enrolled in College B over all the four years?

[1] 850

[2] 750

[3] 840

[4] 720

Correct Answer: 1

Q.5) Number of students enrolled in College A in year 2020 and 2021 together is ____ % more than the number of students enrolled in College C in the year 2022 and 2023 together.

[1] 12.5

[2] 85

[3] 10

[4] 15

Correct Answer: 4

Q.6) The infamous minutes of 1834 can be associated with-

[1] Charles Wood

[2] William Bentick

[3] Thomas Babington Macaulay

[4] Charles Grant

Correct Answer: 3

Q.7) What are the three stages of Interpersonal Communication?

A. The Phatic Stage

B. The Plato Stage

C. The Personal Stage

D. The proxemics Stage

E. The Intimate Stage

[1] ABC

[2] ACE

[3] CDE

[4] BCD

Correct Answer: 2

Q.8) Which of the following are most suitable tools for creating interactive teaching and learning material?

A. Genially

B. LearningApps. org

C. Interacty

D. H5P

E. Educaplay

[1] ACE

[2] BD

[3] ABDE

[4] ABCDE

Correct Answer: 4

Q.9) Which of the following soil type supports earthworm activity?

A. Loam soil

B. Gleyed soil

C. Rendzina

D. Podzol

[1] ABC

[2] BCD

[3] ACD

[4] ABD

Correct Answer: 1

Q.10) Which of the following depicts Semantic Memory?

[1] It is dependent on the person’s identity with the past.

[2] It is a student’s general knowledge about the world.

[3] It is the retention of information about the where and when of life’s happenings

[4] It is the knowledge in the form of skills and cognitive operations.

Correct Answer: 2

Q.11) Which of the following statements is true for Episodic Buffer?

[1] Integrates information from phonological loop only.

[2] Integrates information from visuospatial sketch pad only.

[3] Integrates information from the phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad.

[4] Integrates information from the phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad and long-term memory.

Correct Answer: 4

Q.12) Match the column:

A. CPU

B. Monitor

C. RAM

D. Hard disk

I. stores data temporarily

II. stores data permanently

III. Processes Instructions

IV. Displays visual output

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 2

Q.13) Arrange the following chronologically:-

A. Secondary Education Commission

B. Kothari Education Commission

C. Establishment of UGC

D. Chattopadhyay Commission

E. University Education Commission

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 3

Q.14) The form of computing utilized by an email service is-

[1] Distributed

[2] Grid

[3] P2P

[4] Cloud

Correct Answer: 4

Q.15) Identify the fallacy in the following:

“Only man has an immortal soul”. No woman is a man. Therefore, no woman has an immortal soul”.

[1] Strawman

[2] Equivocation

[3] Red Herring

[4] Bandwagon argument

Correct Answer: 2

Q.16) Which of the following is represented by Noise Index L90?

[1] Background noise level

[2] Average noise level

[3] Peak noise level

[4] Threshold noise level

Correct Answer: 1

Q.17) What among the following can be said about the fallacy of Savyabhicara (irregular middle)?

[1] It leads to single conclusion

[2] The hetu in it, is uniformly constant with the major term

[3] The hetu in it, is only related to the non-existence of the major term

[4] It leads to different opposite conclusions

Correct Answer: 4

Q.18) Which of the following statements are correct in the context of operating system?

A. Utility program is the first program loaded into the computer during booting

B. Multiprogramming was introduced for interleaved execution of multiple jobs by the same CPU

C. DOS is an example of single user operating system.

D. Mainframe computer uses multiuser operating system.

[1] ABC

[2] ABD

[3] BCD

[4] ACD

Correct Answer: 3

Q.19) Identify the correct claims in the context of MOOD-AII in 2nd figure.

A. The middle term appears as predicate in both the premises

B. It commits fallacy of undistributed middle term

C. Middle term is distributed in the major premise

D. Draws negative conclusion from affirmative premise

E. Conclusion distributes neither of its terms

[1] CD

[2] ABE

[3] BC

[4] BCD

Correct Answer: 2

Q.20) If ‘PEAK’ is coded as ‘KVZP’ and ‘FOUR’ is coded as ‘ULFI, the code of ‘THIS’ will be:

[1] GRSH

[2] GSRH

[3] SHGR

[4] HGRS

Correct Answer: 2

Q.21) Match the column:

(Proponents)

A. George Gerbner

B. L.A. Festinger

C. McCombs and Donald L. Shaw

D. Katz and Blumer

(Theory)

I. cognitive dissonance

II. cultivation theory

III. uses and gratification theory

IV. agenda setting theory

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 3

Q.22) Which amongst the following is not a Buddhist monastic University?

[1] Nalanda

[2] Takshashila

[3] Vikramshila

[4] Odantpuri

Correct Answer: 2

Q.23) What is Grapevine communication?

[1] Corporate Communication

[2] Agri based Communication

[3] Formal Communication

[4] Informal Communication

Correct Answer: 4

Q.24) Which of the following is not a security risk?

[1] Hacking

[2] Firewall

[3] Phishing

[4] Pharming

Correct Answer: 2

Q.25) Which among following definition states that the term to be defined is correctly applied to a given case, if and only if, the performance of specified operations in that case yields a specified result.

[1] Synonymous definition

[2] Operational definition

[3] Ostensive definition

[4] Quasi-ostensive definition

Correct Answer: 2

Q.26) Arrange the following OSI layers in correct sequence:

A. Data link layer

B. Physical layer

C. Network layer

D. Presentation layer

E. Application layer

[1] EDBAC

[2] EDACB

[3] BACED

[4] BACDE

Correct Answer: 4

Q.27) Which among the following is used for judging the significance of several statistical measures, particularly the mean?

[1] χ2 Test

[2] Z-test

[3] Kruskal-Wallis test

[4] F-test

Correct Answer: 2

Q.28) Which of the following would apply to Qualitative research methodology?

A. Empiricism

B. Emphasis on description of variables

C. Rationalism

D. Structured rigid methodology

E. Explores experiences, meanings, perceptions, and feelings

[1] B, C and D Only

[2] C, D and E Only

[3] A and E Only

[4] A, B and E Only

Correct Answer: 4

Q.29) Pick the correct statements pertaining to NEP 2020.

A. It promotes multiple entry-multiple exit

B. It promotes English education

C. It promotes multi and inter-disciplinarity

D. It promotes privatization-philanthropic participation in Education

[1] ACD

[2] BD

[3] BCD

[4] AB

Correct Answer: 1

Q.30) Match the column:

A. Bonn convention

B. CITES

C. Earth Summit

D. Nagoya Protocol

I. migratory species conservation

II. convention on biological diversity

III. trades in endangered species

IV. sustainable development

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 2

Q.31) Match the column:

(Institutions)

A. Milind college

B. Rajghat Besant school

C. Banasthali Vidyapeet

D. Auroville

(Propounders)

I. BR Ambedkar

II. Sri Aurobindo

III. Hiralal Shastri

IV. Jiddu Krishnamurti

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 4

Q.32) Total gain in Biomass by an animal is known as

[1] Gross Primary Productivity

[2] Gross Secondary Productivity

[3] Net Primary Productivity

[4] Net Secondary Productivity

Correct Answer: 2

Q.33) A shopkeeper purchased 10 kg of Basmati rice at the rate of Rs. 50 per kg and 15 kg of ordinary rice at the rate of Rs. 20 per kg. He mixed the two varieties of the rice and sold it for a gain of 25%. What was his sale price (Rs/kg)?

[1] Rs 10 per kg

[2] Rs 20 per kg

[3] Rs 30 per kg

[4] Rs 40 per kg

Correct Answer: 4

Q.34) If a researcher decides to have a control group in a ‘placebo’ design, he/she should have how many groups?

[1] One group

[2] Two groups

[3] Three groups

[4] Four groups

Correct Answer: 3

Q.35) Individual and group accountability is one of the elements of-

[1] Inductive learning

[2] Cooperative learning

[3] Deductive learning

[4] Active learning

Correct Answer: 2

Q.36) Arrange the following events related to mass media in the correct chronological sequence.

A. Publication of early news papers.

B. Development of Television Broadcasting.

C. Introduction of email.

D. Launch of online news websites.

E. Invention of Radio.

[1] AEBDC

[2] AEBCD

[3] EACDB

[4] ACBED

Correct Answer: 2

Q.37) A sum of Rs 3800 is divided among three persons A, B. and C in the ratio 1/2 : 1/3 : 3/4 . What is the share of the person C?

[1] Rs. 3360

[2] Rs. 2240

[3] Rs. 2150

[4] Rs. 1800

Correct Answer: 4

Q.38) Artificial wetland is located in-

[1] Keoladeo National Park

[2] Rajaji National Park

[3] Kanha National Park

[4] Manas National Park

Correct Answer: 1

Q.39) Identify the advantages of video conferencing.

A. Increased productivity

B. going green

C. lack of personal contact

D. clarity of audio and video always

[1] ABD

[2] AC

[3] ABC

[4] AB

Correct Answer: 4

Q.40) Which of the following statements could be considered as a valid scientific hypothesis?

[1] Adults should drink more water.

[2] Eating 20 almonds a day decreases the risk of contracting heart disease

[3] Cows should be given green fodder

[4] Children should eat cereals

Correct Answer: 2

Q.41) A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 63 km and and then travels a distance of 72 km at an average speed of 6 km/h more than its original speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete the total journey, what is the original speed?

[1] 48 km/h

[2] 40 km/h

[3] 42 km/h

[4] 32 km/h

Correct Answer: 3

Q.42) Which of the following is a variant of the Harvard style of referencing?

[1] APA

[2] Chicago

[3] IEEE

[4] MLA

Correct Answer: 1

Q.43) Which school among the following upholds perception as an unerring knowledge of the unique particular?

[1] Nyaya

[2] Buddhism

[3] Vaisesika

[4] Jaina

Correct Answer: 2

Q.44) Difficulty in accessing a memory because of the presence of other information is known as ______

[1] Decay

[2] Interference

[3] Retroactive

[4] Proactive

Correct Answer: 2

Q.45-49)

The most important literary event in the nineteenth century was the emergence of literary prose in all the modern Indian languages. It is not that prose was an invention of this period. Both Sanskrit and Persian had a vast body of prose. Persian prose in the main treated “serious and learned topics”; the purpose of the authors was “to inform and to uplift rather than to amuse”, despite the fact that the fantastic adventure of the Arabian Nights cycle gave scope to the creative imagination. Sanskrit which developed a simple and dignified prose- style from the time of the composition of the Upanishads, several centuries before Christ, employed prose in various spheres of intellectual and imaginative activities. Following the same tradition, Pali and a few Prakrit languages also developed a rich and vast body of tales and romances.

Q.45) How is Sanskrit prose described in the passage?

[1] Simple and dignified

[2] Complex and humorous

[3] Solely poetic and lyrical

[4] Limited to religious themes

Correct Answer: 1

Q.46) What was the purpose of authors writing in Persian prose, as described in the passage?

[1] To entertain the audience

[2] To inform and uplift the readers

[3] To promote religious doctrines

[4] To provide translations of Sanskrit texts

Correct Answer: 2

Q.47) What among the following allowed scope for creative imagination?

[1] The Ramayana

[2] The Arabian Nights

[3] The Mahabharata

[4] The Panchatantra

Correct Answer: 2

Q.48) According to the passage, Persian prose deals with-

[1] Serious and learned topics

[2] Entertainment to the readers

[3] Comedy only

[4] Religious practices only

Correct Answer: 1

Q.49) The most significant literary event in the nineteenth century according to the passage was:

[1] The invention of poetic forms

[2] The development of drama

[3] The emergence of literary prose in modern Indian languages

[4] The translation of foreign literature

Correct Answer: 3