Q.1-5)

Comprehension:

The following table shows the percent (%) profit earned by two companies A and B over the six years from 2028 to 202[3] Based on the data in the table, answer the questions that follow:

Q.1) In the year 2023, if the income of company B was ₹70 Crores, then what was the expenditure of the company B in the year?

[1] ₹ 20 Crore

[2] ₹ 30 Crore

[3] ₹ 40 Crore

[4] ₹ 50 Crore

Correct Answer: 4

Q.2) In the year 2022, if the income of company B was 52 crore and the expenditures of both the companies A and B were same, then what was the average of income of both the companies A and B?

[1] ₹ 20 Crore

[2] ₹ 33 Crore

[3] ₹ 55 Crore

[4] ₹ 44 Crore

Correct Answer: 3

Q.3) If the ratio of expenditures of company A in 2019 and 2023 is 4:3 , then the income of company A in 2019 is ______ % more than the income of company A in 2023.

[1] 70/9%

[2] 80/9%

[3] 40/9%

[4] 100/9%

Correct Answer: 4

Q.4) If in the year 2021, the expenditure of company A was equal to the expenditure of company B, then what was the ratio of their respective income?

[1] 3:2

[2] 32:29

[3] 2:5

[4] 7:5

Correct Answer: 2

Q.5) For company B, if the income in the year 2018 was equal to the expenditure in the year 2020, then what was the ratio of income of B in 2018 to that in 2020

[1] 2:3

[2] 3:2

[3] 2:5

[4] 5:2

Correct Answer: 1

Q.6) 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. (1111.11)2

B. (102.3)6

C. (42.5)8

D. (32.6)16

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] B, A, C, D

[2] A, C, B, D

[3] C, A, D, B

[4] D, C, B, A

Correct Answer: 2

Q.7) The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/hr, if it can travel 26 Km downstream and 14 Km upstream in the same time , the speed of the stream is:

[1] 4.5 Km/hr

[2] 5 Km/hr

[3] 3 Km/hr

[4] 4 Km/hr

Correct Answer: 3

Q.8) Which of the following subjects were taught in ancient Indian Universities?

[A] Journalism

[B] Environmental science

[C] Logic

[D] Medicine

[E] Philosophy

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option 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.9)

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option 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

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

Correct Answer: 4

Q.10) With reference to digital communication, which of the following statements A-D are true?

A. A radio broadcast is an example of automatic type of transmission mode.

B. A Keyboard communicating with a computer is an example of simplex type of transmission mode.

C. Walkie-Talkie operate on half-duplex transmission mode.

D. Telephone calls are an example of full-duplex transmission mode.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] A and B only

[2] B and C only

[3] A and C only

[4] B, C and D only

Correct Answer: 4

Q.11)

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 4

Q.12)

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 3

Q.13) Which of the following text readings were identified by Stuart Hall?

A. Complex reading

B. Continuous reading

C. Dominant reading

D. Oppositional reading

E. Negotiated reading

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] A, B, C only

[2] C, D, E only

[3] B, C, D only

[4] A, B, E only

Correct Answer: 2

Q.14) When two propositions with same subject and predicate terms agree in quality but differ in quantity are known as

[1] Contraries

[2] Sub-Contraries

[3] Contradictory

[4] Corresponding

Correct Answer: 4

Q.15) Identify the sampling techniques that are for studying hidden populations.

A. Simple random sampling

B. Snowball sampling

C. Stratified random sampling

D. Key informant sampling

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] A and B only

[2] A and C only

[3] B and D only

[4] C and D only

Correct Answer: 3

Q.16) Which of the following are National Missions of National Action Plan on climate change?

A. National Ozone Mission

B. National Solar Mission

C. National Water Mission

D. National Air Mission

E. National Mission For Green India

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] A, B, D only

[2] A, D, E only

[3] B, C, E only

[4] C, D, E only

Correct Answer: 3

Q.17) When a car passes you on the road and appears to shrink as gets farther away, which phenomenon permits you to realize that car is not in fact getting smaller?

[1] Self-actualization

[2] Transitivity

[3] Perceptual constancy

[4] Similarity

Correct Answer: 3

Q.18) Find out the inter-connected psychodynamics of oral thoughts sequentially, according to Walter J. Ong:

A. Additive

B. Aggregative

C. Copious

D. Traditionalist

E. Close to the human life

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 1

Q.19)

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 3

Q.20) A fallacy in which an opponent’s position is depicted as being more extreme or unreasonable than is justified by what was actually asserted, is the fallacy of

[1] Appeal to Pity

[2] The Strawman

[3] The Red Herring

[4] The Appeal to the Populace

Correct Answer: 2

Q.21) A set of rules governing the use of visual and linguistic signs within a particular culture is referred to as:

[1] Media rule

[2] Text frame

[3] Technical norms

[4] Code

Correct Answer: 4

Q.22)

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 4

Q.23)

[1] 60, 60, and 60, respectively.

[2] 60, 279 and 288, respectively.

[3] 0, 0, and 0, respectively

[4] 60, 40 and 36 respectively

Correct Answer: 1

Q.24) The cultural meaning of text is known as:

[1] Notification

[2] Denotation

[3] Connotation

[4] Closed text

Correct Answer: 3

Q.25) The degree to which two or more observers agree in their coding and scoring of behaviours, they are observing and recoding, relates to

[1] Observer bias

[2] Observer drift

[3] Subject reactivity

[4] Inter-observer reliability

Correct Answer: 4

Q.26) A Teacher is looking for a Learning Management System (MLS) that can integrate with multiple assessment tools and track student progress. Which platform is best suitable for this?

[1] Moodle

[2] Zoom

[3] Grammerly

[4] Turnitin

Correct Answer: 1

Q.27) A study meant to discover whether variable covary, relates to

[1] Case study

[2] Longitudinal research

[3] Correlational research

[4] Archival research

Correct Answer: 3

Q.28) According the Naiyāyikās, words mean

[1] Universals only (Jāti)

[2] Particular only (Vyakti)

[3] Configuration only (Ākriti)

[4] Universal, particular and configuration (Jāti, yakti and Ākriti)

Correct Answer: 4

Q.29) Which of the following are chemical parameters of water quality?

A. Ph

B. Hardness

C. Turbidity

D. DO

E. BOD

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] A, B, C and D only

[2] A, B, D and E only

[3] B, C, D and E only

[4] A, C, and E only

Correct Answer: 2

Q.30) Find the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the series given below: 4, 27, 16, 125, 36, ? , 64, 729

[1] 343

[2] 81

[3] 49

[4] 161

Correct Answer: 1

Q.31) The previous nomenclature of Ministry of Education was

[1] Ministry of Youth Affairs

[2] Ministry of Human Resource Development

[3] Ministry of Education and Research

[4] Ministry of Central Affairs

Correct Answer: 2

Q.32) Which of the following are the elements of observational learning?

A. Retention

B. Attention

C. Adaptation

D. Production

E. Motivation

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] A, B, D and E only

[2] C and E only

[3] A, B, C and E only

[4] B and D only

Correct Answer: 1

Q.33) The smog of Great London Smog Disaster was composed of high concentrations of

A. Nitrogen dioxide

B. Sulphur dioxide

C. Peroxy Acetyl Nitrate (PAN)

D. Particulate matter

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] A and B only

[2] A and C only

[3] C and D only

[4] B and D only

Correct Answer: 4

Q.34) The chronological sequence of the following chairpersons of UGC is:

A. Armaity S. Dasai

B. G. Ram Reddy

C. Manmohan Singh

D. Yashpal

E. Madhuri R. Shah

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 4

Q.35) If ‘Z’ represents the standard normal variate, then arrange the following probabilities in increasing order:

A. P (0 ≤ Z ≤1)

B. P (-∞ ≤ Z ≤0)

C. P (1 ≤ Z ≤3)

D. P (2 ≤ Z ≤+∞)

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] A, B, C, D

[2] B, C, D, A

[3] C, D, A, B

[4] D, C, A, B

Correct Answer: 4

Q.36) In a certain code language:

‘617’ means “Sweet and Hot”

‘735’ means “Coffee is Sweet”

‘263’ means “Tea and Coffee”

What is the code for “Coffee is hot” in that language?

[1] ‘675’

[2] ‘537’

[3] ‘536’

[4] ‘573’

Correct Answer: 3

Q.37) A woman walks 100 meters towards north. Then she turns to her left and walks 50 meters, again turns left and walks 120m finally she turns to her right at an angle of 45 degrees and starts walking now ?

[1] North

[2] South-West

[3] West

[4] North-West

Correct Answer: 2

Q.38) The age of the father is twice that of the elder son. Ten years hence the age of the father will be three times the age of the younger son. If the difference of ages of the two sons is 15 years, what is the age of the father?

[1] 50 yrs

[2] 45 yrs

[3] 43 yrs

[4] 40 yrs

Correct Answer: 1

Q.39) Which of the following was pertinent observation of the Indian Education Commission 1964-66?

[1] Pyramid type of organisation being replaced by flat organisation

[2] Indian universities are global in character

[3] Foreign universities are heavily funding Indian students

[4] All university graduates are guaranteed jobs in India.

Correct Answer: 1

Q.40) Rita’s smartphone uses an open source operating system. Which of the following best describes the source code in an open source operating system?

[1] It is owned by the company who developed it

[2] It is made available to users.

[3] It is more secure.

[4] It uses less processing power.

Correct Answer: 2

Q.41) Which of the following are the benefits of Metacognition?

A. Metacognitive practice help learners to plan, monitor and evaluate their own progress.

B. Metacognitive practices make a unique contribution to learning over and above the influence of cognitive ability.

C. Metacognitive practice help to improve academic achievements of learners.

D. Metacognitive skills help students to transfer what they have learnt one context to the next.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] A and D only

[2] B and C only

[3] A, B, C and D

[4] C only

Correct Answer: 3

Q.42) Arguments by Analogy are

[1] Classified as valid

[2] Classified as invalid

[3] Claimed to follow from their premises with logical necessity

[4] Probable

Correct Answer: 4

Q.43) Identify the figure and mood of the following: “All sodium salts are water- soluble substances. All soaps are sodium salts. Therefore, all soaps are water soluble substances.”

Codes:

[1] AEI : (II)nd Figure

[2] AAA : (III)rd Figure

[3] IIA : (IV)th Figure

[4] AAA : (I)st Figure

Correct Answer: 4

Q.44) What is the correct sequence of Global Warning Potential (GWP) of following Green House Gases from lowest to highest?

A. (CH)4 (Methane)

B. (CO)2 (Carbon dioxide)

C. (CFC) – (Chloro Fluoro carbon – 11)

D. N2O (Nitrus oxide)

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

[1] C, A, B, D

[2] A, D, B, C

[3] B, A, C, D

[4] B, A, D, C

Correct Answer: 4

Q.45)

Choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer: 2

Q.46-50)

Q.46) According to Ayurveda the lifestyle of each individual needs to be carved out considering_________.

[1] The things they like

[2] Sticking to a diet of fruits

[3] Their particular region and the changing seasons

[4] What is cheaply available

Correct Answer: 3

Q.47) Ayurvedic system of health_______.

[1] Does not care about the environment

[2] Believes in destroying the environment

[3] Is ecology conscious

[4] Pollutes the environment

Correct Answer: 3

Q.48) Ayurveda advocates

[1] A personalized treatment

[2] A similar treatment for all individuals

[3] Only a preventive approach to diseases

[4] Allopathic treatment

Correct Answer: 1

Q. 49) A suitable title for the passage would be:

[1] Dynamic Balance

[2] Disease Treatment in India

[3] Ayurveda

[4] Internal and External Environment

Correct Answer: 3

Q.50) According to Ayurveda maintaining the balance of the internal environment of the body ________.

[1] Has no connection with the external environment

[2] Is negligibly related to the external environment

[3] Is closely related to the external environment

[4] Is sometimes dependent on the external environment

Correct Answer: 3