Q.1-5)

Comprehension:

Bakery shops in a city prepare three different varieties of hotcakes, namely, Cornmeal, American and Swedish. The following table shows the total number of hotcakes (three varieties together) sold by four different bakery shops, namely A, B, C and D on Monday along with the number of Cornmeal hotcakes sold and the difference between the number of American hotcakes and Cornmeal hotcakes sold. Based on the data in the table, answer the questions that follow.

Q.1) What is the difference between the total number of Cornmeal hotcakes sold by bakery A and bakery D together, and the number of Swedish hotcakes sold by bakery A?

[1] 175

[2] 200

[3] 150

[4] 220

Correct Answer: 4

Q.2) If the number of cornmeal hotcakes sold by bakery B on Tuesday (that is, the next day) is 20% more than that on Monday, the ratio of the number of American hotcakes to Swedish hotcakes by bakery B on Tuesday is 4:5, and the number of American hotcakes sold by bakery B on Tuesday is 320, then what is the total number of hotcakes sold by bakery B on Tuesday?

[1] 1056

[2] 1150

[3] 1200

[4] 1000

Correct Answer: 1

Q.3) The number of American hotcakes sold by bakery A is ________ % % more than the number of Swedish hotcakes sold by bakery C.

[1] 20

[2] 80

[3] 180

[4] 40

Correct Answer: 2

Q.4) For another bakery E, if the total number of hotcakes sold is 120 less than that of bakery D, number of Cornmeal hotcakes sold is 40% of the total number of hotcakes sold by E, number of American hotcakes sold is 35% of the total number of hotcakes sold by E and the remaining are Swedish hotcakes sold by E, then what is the number of Swedish hotcakes sold by bakery E?

[1] 210

[2] 300

[3] 250

[4] 400

Correct Answer: 2

Q.5) What is the ratio of the number of American hotcakes sold by bakery C to the number of Swedish hotcakes sold by bakery D?

[1] 3:5

[2] 5:2

[3] 1:1

[4] 4:3

Correct Answer: 3

Q.6) Which of the following tools can be used to create a virtual science lab experience?

A. Kahoot!

B. Labster

C. Turnitin

D. Phet simulation

E. Padlet

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A, B and D Only

[2] C and E Only

[3] A and E Only

[4] B and D Only

Correct Answer: 4

Q.7) Which among the following are contrary propositions?

A. All poets are dreamers

B. Some poets are dreamers

C. Some poets are not dreamers

D. No squares are circles

E. No poets are dreamers

[1] DE

[2] CD

[3] BD

[4] AE

Correct Answer: 4

Q.8) Android is a mobile operating system developed by _______.

[1] IBM

[2] Apple

[3] Microsoft

[4] Google

Correct Answer: 4

Q.9) If a certain coding scheme, “DELHI” is coded as 5613910, then how is “MUMBAI” coded in this scheme?

[1] 1422143210

[2] 132113219

[3] 122012108

[4] 1523154311

Correct Answer: 1

Q.10) Which of the following air pollutants causes serious health issue due to its greater affinity for hemoglobin in blood in comparison to oxygen?

[1] SO2 (Sulphur dioxide)

[2] CO (Carbon Monoxide)

[3] CO2 (Carbon dioxide)

[4] O3 (Ozone)

Correct Answer: 2

Q.11) Which of the following are impacts of hydroelectric power plant?

A. Land-degradation

B. Micro-seismicity

C. Green House Gas Emission

D. Water Pollution

E. Smog Formation

[1] ABCD

[2] ACDE

[3] ABDE

[4] BCE

Correct Answer: 1

Q.12) Which of the following were the initiatives taken during the third five year plan?

A. Removal of the diploma course system.

B. Provision for correspondence courses.

C. Establishment of additional colleges including regional engineering colleges.

D. Appointment of working group on technical education.

E. Less emphasis on trained manpower.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A, B and C Only

[2] B, C and D Only

[3] C, D and E Only

[4] A, D and E Only

Correct Answer: 2

Q.13)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 4

Q.14) The committee for the establishment of a national open university was headed by

[1] G. Parthasarathy

[2] G. Rami Reddy

[3] Hari Gautam

[4] K. L. Srimali

Correct Answer: 1

Q.15) If (L)M represents a number L in base-M number system, then identify the correct ascending order of the following numbers A-D when converted to decimal number system.

A. (11011.11)2

B. (131.2)4

C. (25.5)8

D. (16.6)16

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] C, D, B, A

[2] C, D, A, B

[3] A, C, D, B

[4] B, A, C, D

Correct Answer: 2

Q.16) Situated cognition is __________.

[1] The idea that thinking is located in social and physical contexts, not within an individual’s mind.

[2] A student’s general knowledge about the world.

[3] The belief that one can master a situation and produce positive outcomes.

[4] A schema of an event.

Correct Answer: 1

Q.17) If 7:x 17.5: 22.5, find the value of x.

[1] 9

[2] 12

[3] 15

[4] 8

Correct Answer: 1

Q.18) Which of the following are characteristics of computer-mediated mass communication?

A. One-way communication

B. Massification

C. Interactivity

D. Demassification

E. Asynchroneity

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A, B, C Only

[2] B, C, D Only

[3] C, D, E Only

[4] A, B, E Only

Correct Answer: 3

Q.19) The transfer of learning from one situation to another that is conscious and effortful is known as

[1] Far-road transfer

[2] High-road transfer

[3] Near-road transfer

[4] Long-road transfer

Correct Answer: 2

Q.20) Which one of the following has highest turbidity?

[1] Drinking water

[2] Muddy water

[3] Clear Lake water

[4] Ocean water

Correct Answer: 2

Q.21) Which of the following are the strategies of co-operative learning?

A. Rally coach

B. Talking chips

C. Schedule

D. Round table

E. Think-pair-share

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A, B, D and E Only

[2] B and E Only

[3] A, C and E Only

[4] B and D Only

Correct Answer: 1

Q.22) Which of the following is an independent malicious program that propagates itself across a network by exploiting security flaws in widely-used services?

[1] Computer Worm

[2] Computer Virus

[3] Trojan Horse

[4] Logic Bomb

Correct Answer: 1

Q.23) 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] Response bias

[2] Experimenter bias

[3] Social desirability bias

[4] Hawthorne effect

Correct Answer: 2

Q.24) Sound with frequencies below and above the audible frequency range are known

as _________.

A. Feeble sound

B. Infrasound

C. Parasound

D. Ultrasound

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A and C

[2] B and C

[3] B and D

[4] A and D

Correct Answer: 3

Q.25) A man walks 12 km towards south and then 7 km towards north. From here he walks 5 km towards his left. How far and in which direction is the man with reference to his starting point?

[1] 5km, North-west

[2] 5km, south-west

[3] 5√2, south-west

[4] 5√2, south-east

Correct Answer: 3

Q.26)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 3

Q.27) Match the column:

A. Brahmgupta

B. Kautilya

C. Patanjali

D. Charaka

I. Political Strategist

II. Yoga

III. Physician

IV. Mathematician

[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-IV B-I C-II D-III

Correct Answer: 4

Q.28) Find the number that can replace question mark (?) in the series given below” 21, 22, 26, 35, 51, ?

[1] 62

[2] 66

[3] 86

[4] 76

Correct Answer: 4

Q.29) Identify the variables associated with interval scale of measurement:

A. 24-hour format daytime

B. Date of birth

C. Weight

D. Height

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A and B Only

[2] C and D Only

[3] A, C and D Only

[4] A Only

Correct Answer: 1

Q.30)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 2

Q.31) According to Naiyayikas, when we perceive one pot we perceive the universal ‘potness’ as its defining property due to

[1] Yogaja

[2] Anumana

[3] Jnana Laksana

[4] Samanya Laksana

Correct Answer: 4

Q.32) Arrange the following in the correct order of their appearance in the APA style of journal article referencing.

A. Name of journal in italics

B. doi

C. Initials of author

D. Title of article

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] A, B, C, D

[2] B, C, D, A

[3] C, D, A, B

[4] D. A, B, C

Correct Answer: 3

Q.33) “Step on scale, please” represents which function of the language?

[1] Informative

[2] Expressive

[3] Directive

[4] Performative

Correct Answer: 3

Q.34) Identify the chronological sequence of the following organisations:

A. Associated press

B. A. C. Nielsen

C. Academy of motion picture Arts and Sciences

D. Al Jazeera

E. Federal communications commission

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 1

Q.35) ‘Fear of missing out’ is part of

[1] Mass communication concentration

[2] Internet addiction

[3] Media control

[4] Media fragmentation

Correct Answer: 2

Q.36)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[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

Correct Answer: 2

Q.37) Find the value of the given expression correct upto 2 decimal places.

[1] 0.19

[2] 0.09

[3] 0.90

[4] 0.85

Correct Answer: 2

Q.38) The well-known ‘Wood’s Despatch’ is often described as the of English ______ education in India.

[1] Bill of Rights

[2] People’s Charter

[3] Preamble

[4] Magna Carta

Correct Answer: 4

Q.39)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 4

Q.40) Which of the following statements A-D are true with reference to high-level computer programming languages?

A. These need to be translated into machine code in order to run on a computer.

B. These are written using mnemonic codes.

C. These are specific to the computer’s hardware.

D. These are portable languages.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

[1] B and C Only

[2] A and B Only

[3] A and D Only

[4] C and D Only

Correct Answer: 3

Q.41) Knowledge is arrived at through the gathering of facts that provide the basis for laws. This refers to the principle of

[1] Deducitivism

[2] Constructionism

[3] Objectivism

[4] Inductivism

Correct Answer: 4

Q.42) Identify the correct chronological sequence of the establishment of the following institutions in India.

A. Siddhartha College, Mumbai

B. Milind College

C. P.W.S. Arts and Commerce College

D. Khalsa College

E. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar College of Arts, Science and Commerce

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 3

Q.43) Match the column:

A. BOD

B. DO

C. COD

D. pH

I. Strength of organic matter in water

II. Acidic/Basic/Neutral nature of water

III. Oxygen consumed by micro-organism

IV. Amount of oxygen in water

[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.44) Which among the following is correct in the context of syllogistic rules.

[1] With two negative premises: a negative conclusion is drawn.

[2] Any Term distributed in the premises must be distributed in the conclusion.

[3] Middle term must be distributed in both the premises

[4] Syllogistic argument must contain only three terms

Correct Answer: 4

Q.45) When older media find new functions because their earlier functions are taken over by new technologies, the phenomenon is known as

[1] Functional displacement

[2] Alternative journalism

[3] Existentialism

[4] Experimentalism

Correct Answer: 1

Q.46-50)

Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

A radical new surgery procedure, laughed at not long ago, is holding out fresh hope for patients of cardiac myopathy, or enlargement of the heart. The technique, now in India, allows patients to go home two weeks after the operation, to lead a near-normal sedentary life. Cardiac myopathy is a condition that has a variety of causative factors. An attack from one of the 20 identified viruses, parasite infection, long-term alcohol abuse and blood pressure could bring it on, and in rare cases, it could follow child birth and is even known to run in families. The condition is marked by an increase in the size of the heart’s chambers and a decrease in the efficiency of pumping.

Q.46) Cardiac myopathy is a medical condition related to

[1] The heart

[2] The eyes

[3] The muscles of the legs

[4] Body movement

Correct Answer: 1

Q.47) Which of the following is incorrect about the causative factors of cardiac myopathy?

[1] Attack by certain identified viruses

[2] Long-term alcohol abuse

[3] Overeating

[4] Heredity

Correct Answer: 3

Q.48) Patients with cardiac myopathy experience:

[1] Increased heart rate

[2] Slow heart rate

[3] Increased blood flow to the heart

[4] Normal blood flow to the heart

Correct Answer: 2

Q.49) Cardiac myopathy is a condition characterized by:

[1] Contraction of the heart

[2] Decrease in the size of the lungs

[3] Airflow limited to the lungs

[4] Heart enlargement

Correct Answer: 4

Q.50) Which of the following is true about cardiac myopathy surgery?

[1] The radical new surgery procedure is now available in India.

[2] It was unsuccessfully tried in India in the past.

[3] Earlier patients had to stay in hospital for 4 weeks after surgery.

[4] Earlier the surgery was available in only a few cities in India.

Correct Answer: 1