2009 December UGC NET Paper 1
Question 1 |
The University which telecasts interaction educational programmes through its own channel is
Osmania University | |
University of Pune | |
Annamalai University | |
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) |
Question 2 |
Which of the following skills are needed for present day teacher to adjust effectively with the classroom teaching?
- Knowledge of technology
- Use of technology in teaching learning
- Knowledge of students’ needs
- Content mastery
1 & 3 | |
2 & 3 | |
2, 3 & 4 | |
2 & 4 |
Question 3 |
Who has signed an MOU for Accreditation of Teacher Education Institutions in India?
NAAC and UGC | |
NCTE and NAAC | |
UGC and NCTE | |
NCTE and IGNOU |
Question 4 |
The primary duty of the teacher is to
raise the intellectual standard of the students | |
improve the physical standard of the students | |
help all round development of the students | |
imbibe value system in the students |
Question 5 |
Micro teaching is more effective
during the preparation for teaching-practice | |
during the teaching-practice | |
after the teaching-practice | |
always |
Question 6 |
What quality the students like the most in a teacher?
Idealist philosophy | |
Compassion | |
Discipline | |
Entertaining |
Question 7 |
A null hypothesis is
when there is no difference between the variables | |
the same as research hypothesis | |
subjective in nature | |
when there is difference between the variables |
Question 8 |
The research which is exploring new facts through the study of the past is called
Philosophical research | |
Historical research | |
Mythological research | |
Content analysis |
Question 9 |
Action research is
An applied research | |
A research carried out to solve immediate problems | |
A longitudinal research | |
Simulative research |
Question 10 |
The process not needed in Experimental Researches is
Observation | |
Manipulation | |
Controlling | |
Content Analysis |
Question 11 |
Manipulation is always a part of
Historical research | |
Fundamental research | |
Descriptive research | |
Experimental research |
Question 12 |
Which correlation co-efficient best explains the relationship between creativity and intelligence?
1.00 | |
0.6 | |
0.5 | |
0.3 |
Question 13 |
Read the following passage and answer the Question Nos. 13 to 18:
The decisive shift in British Policy really came about under mass pressure in the autumn and winter of 1945 to 46 – the months which Perderel Moon while editing Wavell’s Journal has perceptively described as ‘The Edge of a Volcano’. Very foolishly, the British initially decided to hold public trials of several hundreds of the 20,000 I.N.A. prisoners (as well as dismissing from service and detaining without trial no less than 7,000). They compounded the folly by holding the first trial in the Red Fort, Delhi in November 1945, and putting on the dock together a Hindu, a Muslim and a Sikh (P.K. Sehgal, Shah Nawaz, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon). Bhulabhai Desai, Tejbahadur Sapru and Nehru appeared for the defence (the latter putting on his barrister’s gown after 25 years), and the Muslim League also joined the countrywide protest. On 20 November, an Intelligence Bureau note admitted that “there has seldom been a matter which has attracted so much Indian public interest and, it is safe to say, sympathy … this particular brand of sympathy cuts across communal barriers.’ A journalist (B. Shiva Rao) visiting the Red Fort prisoners on the same day reported that ‘There is not the slightest feeling among them of Hindu and Muslim … A majority of the men now awaiting trial in the Red Fort is Muslim. Some of these men are bitter that Mr. Jinnah is keeping alive a controversy about Pakistan.’ The British became extremely nervous about the I.N.A. spirit spreading to the Indian Army, and in January the Punjab Governor reported that a Lahore reception for released I.N.A. prisoners had been attended by Indian soldiers in uniform.
- Which heading is more appropriate to assign to the above passage?
Wavell’s Journal | |
Role of Muslim League | |
I.N.A. Trials | |
Red Fort Prisoners |
Question 14 |
Read the following passage and answer the Question Nos. 13 to 18:
The decisive shift in British Policy really came about under mass pressure in the autumn and winter of 1945 to 46 – the months which Perderel Moon while editing Wavell’s Journal has perceptively described as ‘The Edge of a Volcano’. Very foolishly, the British initially decided to hold public trials of several hundreds of the 20,000 I.N.A. prisoners (as well as dismissing from service and detaining without trial no less than 7,000). They compounded the folly by holding the first trial in the Red Fort, Delhi in November 1945, and putting on the dock together a Hindu, a Muslim and a Sikh (P.K. Sehgal, Shah Nawaz, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon). Bhulabhai Desai, Tejbahadur Sapru and Nehru appeared for the defence (the latter putting on his barrister’s gown after 25 years), and the Muslim League also joined the countrywide protest. On 20 November, an Intelligence Bureau note admitted that “there has seldom been a matter which has attracted so much Indian public interest and, it is safe to say, sympathy … this particular brand of sympathy cuts across communal barriers.’ A journalist (B. Shiva Rao) visiting the Red Fort prisoners on the same day reported that ‘There is not the slightest feeling among them of Hindu and Muslim … A majority of the men now awaiting trial in the Red Fort is Muslim. Some of these men are bitter that Mr. Jinnah is keeping alive a controversy about Pakistan.’ The British became extremely nervous about the I.N.A. spirit spreading to the Indian Army, and in January the Punjab Governor reported that a Lahore reception for released I.N.A. prisoners had been attended by Indian soldiers in uniform.
- The trial of P.K. Sehgal, Shah Nawaz and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon symbolises
communal harmony | |
threat to all religious persons | |
threat to persons fighting for the freedom | |
British reaction against the natives |
Question 15 |
Read the following passage and answer the Question Nos. 13 to 18:
The decisive shift in British Policy really came about under mass pressure in the autumn and winter of 1945 to 46 – the months which Perderel Moon while editing Wavell’s Journal has perceptively described as ‘The Edge of a Volcano’. Very foolishly, the British initially decided to hold public trials of several hundreds of the 20,000 I.N.A. prisoners (as well as dismissing from service and detaining without trial no less than 7,000). They compounded the folly by holding the first trial in the Red Fort, Delhi in November 1945, and putting on the dock together a Hindu, a Muslim and a Sikh (P.K. Sehgal, Shah Nawaz, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon). Bhulabhai Desai, Tejbahadur Sapru and Nehru appeared for the defence (the latter putting on his barrister’s gown after 25 years), and the Muslim League also joined the countrywide protest. On 20 November, an Intelligence Bureau note admitted that “there has seldom been a matter which has attracted so much Indian public interest and, it is safe to say, sympathy … this particular brand of sympathy cuts across communal barriers.’ A journalist (B. Shiva Rao) visiting the Red Fort prisoners on the same day reported that ‘There is not the slightest feeling among them of Hindu and Muslim … A majority of the men now awaiting trial in the Red Fort is Muslim. Some of these men are bitter that Mr. Jinnah is keeping alive a controversy about Pakistan.’ The British became extremely nervous about the I.N.A. spirit spreading to the Indian Army, and in January the Punjab Governor reported that a Lahore reception for released I.N.A. prisoners had been attended by Indian soldiers in uniform.
- I.N.A. stands for
Indian National Assembly | |
Indian National Association | |
Inter-national Association | |
Indian National Army |
Question 16 |
Read the following passage and answer the Question Nos. 13 to 18:
The decisive shift in British Policy really came about under mass pressure in the autumn and winter of 1945 to 46 – the months which Perderel Moon while editing Wavell’s Journal has perceptively described as ‘The Edge of a Volcano’. Very foolishly, the British initially decided to hold public trials of several hundreds of the 20,000 I.N.A. prisoners (as well as dismissing from service and detaining without trial no less than 7,000). They compounded the folly by holding the first trial in the Red Fort, Delhi in November 1945, and putting on the dock together a Hindu, a Muslim and a Sikh (P.K. Sehgal, Shah Nawaz, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon). Bhulabhai Desai, Tejbahadur Sapru and Nehru appeared for the defence (the latter putting on his barrister’s gown after 25 years), and the Muslim League also joined the countrywide protest. On 20 November, an Intelligence Bureau note admitted that “there has seldom been a matter which has attracted so much Indian public interest and, it is safe to say, sympathy … this particular brand of sympathy cuts across communal barriers.’ A journalist (B. Shiva Rao) visiting the Red Fort prisoners on the same day reported that ‘There is not the slightest feeling among them of Hindu and Muslim … A majority of the men now awaiting trial in the Red Fort is Muslim. Some of these men are bitter that Mr. Jinnah is keeping alive a controversy about Pakistan.’ The British became extremely nervous about the I.N.A. spirit spreading to the Indian Army, and in January the Punjab Governor reported that a Lahore reception for released I.N.A. prisoners had been attended by Indian soldiers in uniform.
- ‘There has seldom been a matter which has attracted so much Indian Public Interest and, it is safe to say, sympathy … this particular brand of sympathy cuts across communal barriers.’
Muslims sympathised with Shah Nawaz against the British | |
Hindus sympathised with P.K. Sehgal against the British | |
Sikhs sympathised with Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon against the British | |
Indians sympathised with the persons who were to be trialled |
Question 17 |
Read the following passage and answer the Question Nos. 13 to 18:
The decisive shift in British Policy really came about under mass pressure in the autumn and winter of 1945 to 46 – the months which Perderel Moon while editing Wavell’s Journal has perceptively described as ‘The Edge of a Volcano’. Very foolishly, the British initially decided to hold public trials of several hundreds of the 20,000 I.N.A. prisoners (as well as dismissing from service and detaining without trial no less than 7,000). They compounded the folly by holding the first trial in the Red Fort, Delhi in November 1945, and putting on the dock together a Hindu, a Muslim and a Sikh (P.K. Sehgal, Shah Nawaz, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon). Bhulabhai Desai, Tejbahadur Sapru and Nehru appeared for the defence (the latter putting on his barrister’s gown after 25 years), and the Muslim League also joined the countrywide protest. On 20 November, an Intelligence Bureau note admitted that “there has seldom been a matter which has attracted so much Indian public interest and, it is safe to say, sympathy … this particular brand of sympathy cuts across communal barriers.’ A journalist (B. Shiva Rao) visiting the Red Fort prisoners on the same day reported that ‘There is not the slightest feeling among them of Hindu and Muslim … A majority of the men now awaiting trial in the Red Fort is Muslim. Some of these men are bitter that Mr. Jinnah is keeping alive a controversy about Pakistan.’ The British became extremely nervous about the I.N.A. spirit spreading to the Indian Army, and in January the Punjab Governor reported that a Lahore reception for released I.N.A. prisoners had been attended by Indian soldiers in uniform.
17. The majority of people waiting for trial outside the Red Fort and criticising Jinnah were the
Hindus | |
Muslims | |
Sikhs | |
Hindus and Muslims both |
Question 18 |
Read the following passage and answer the Question Nos. 13 to 18:
The decisive shift in British Policy really came about under mass pressure in the autumn and winter of 1945 to 46 – the months which Perderel Moon while editing Wavell’s Journal has perceptively described as ‘The Edge of a Volcano’. Very foolishly, the British initially decided to hold public trials of several hundreds of the 20,000 I.N.A. prisoners (as well as dismissing from service and detaining without trial no less than 7,000). They compounded the folly by holding the first trial in the Red Fort, Delhi in November 1945, and putting on the dock together a Hindu, a Muslim and a Sikh (P.K. Sehgal, Shah Nawaz, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon). Bhulabhai Desai, Tejbahadur Sapru and Nehru appeared for the defence (the latter putting on his barrister’s gown after 25 years), and the Muslim League also joined the countrywide protest. On 20 November, an Intelligence Bureau note admitted that “there has seldom been a matter which has attracted so much Indian public interest and, it is safe to say, sympathy … this particular brand of sympathy cuts across communal barriers.’ A journalist (B. Shiva Rao) visiting the Red Fort prisoners on the same day reported that ‘There is not the slightest feeling among them of Hindu and Muslim … A majority of the men now awaiting trial in the Red Fort is Muslim. Some of these men are bitter that Mr. Jinnah is keeping alive a controversy about Pakistan.’ The British became extremely nervous about the I.N.A. spirit spreading to the Indian Army, and in January the Punjab Governor reported that a Lahore reception for released I.N.A. prisoners had been attended by Indian soldiers in uniform.
- The sympathy of Indian soldiers in uniform with the released I.N.A. prisoners at Lahore indicates
Feeling of Nationalism and Fraternity | |
Rebellious nature of Indian soldiers | |
Simply to participate in the reception party | |
None of the above |
Question 19 |
The country which has the distinction of having the two largest circulated newspapers in the world is
Great Britain | |
The United States | |
Japan | |
China |
Question 20 |
The chronological order of non-verbal communication is
Signs, symbols, codes, colours | |
Symbols, codes, signs, colours | |
Colours, signs, codes, symbols | |
Codes, colours, symbols, signs |
Question 21 |
Which of the following statements is not connected with communication?
Medium is the message. | |
The world is an electronic cocoon. | |
Information is power. | |
Telepathy is technological. |
Question 22 |
Communication becomes circular when
the decoder becomes an encoder | |
the feedback is absent | |
the source is credible | |
the channel is clear |
Question 23 |
The site that played a major role during the terrorist attack on Mumbai (26/11) in 2008 was
Orkut | |
Facebook | |
Amazon.com | |
Twitter |
Question 24 |
Assertion (A): For an effective classroom communication at times it is desirable to use the projection technology.
Reason (R): Using the projection technology facilitates extensive coverage of course contents.
Reason (R): Using the projection technology facilitates extensive coverage of course contents.
Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation. | |
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation. | |
(A) is true, but (R) is false. | |
(A) is false, but (R) is true. |
Question 24 Explanation:
A and R are true. In some sense ‘R’ won’t give correct explanation to A.
Question 25 |
January 1, 1995 was a Sunday. What day of the week lies on January 1, 1996?
Sunday | |
Monday | |
Wednesday | |
Saturday |
Question 25 Explanation:
1995 is an ordinary year. So it has only one odd day. So 1st january 1996 will be one day beyond Sunday i.e., Monday.
Question 26 |
When an error of 1% is made in the length and breadth of a rectangle, the percentage error (%) in the area of a rectangle will be
0 | |
1 | |
2 | |
4 |
Question 27 |
The next number in the series 2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ? will be
74 | |
75 | |
76 | |
None of the above |
Question 27 Explanation:

Question 28 |
There are 10 true-false questions in an examination. Then these questions can be answered in
20 ways | |
100 ways | |
240 ways | |
1024 ways |
Question 28 Explanation:
No. of questions = 10
No. of options = 2
No. of possible ways = 210 = 1024
No. of options = 2
No. of possible ways = 210 = 1024
Question 29 |
What will be the next term in the following?
DCXW, FEVU, HGTS, ?
AKPO | |
ABYZ | |
JIRQ | |
LMRS |
Question 29 Explanation:

Question 30 |
Three individuals X, Y, Z hired a car on a sharing basis and paid Rs. 1,040. They used it for 7, 8, 11 hours, respectively. What are the charges paid by Y?
Rs. 290 | |
Rs. 320 | |
Rs. 360 | |
Rs. 440 |
Question 30 Explanation:

Question 31 |
Deductive argument involves
sufficient evidence | |
critical thinking | |
seeing logical relations | |
repeated observation |
Question 31 Explanation:
Deductive arguments follows the premises conclusively and these premises are true then the conclusion also be true which involves logical relations.
Question 32 |
Inductive reasoning is based on or presupposes
uniformity of nature | |
God created the world | |
unity of nature | |
laws of nature |
Question 33 |
To be critical, thinking must be
practical | |
socially relevant | |
individually satisfying | |
analytical |
Question 33 Explanation:
To be critical, thinking must be socially relevant.
Question 34 |
Which of the following is an analogous statement?
Man is like God | |
God is great | |
Gandhiji is the Father of the Nation | |
Man is a rational being. |
Question 34 Explanation:
Analogous:- Comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things.
Question 35 |
Questions from 35 - 36 are based on the following diagram in which there are three intersecting circles. H representing The Hindu, I representing Indian Express and T representing The Times of India. A total of 50 persons were surveyed and the number in the Venn diagram indicates the number of persons reading the newspapers.
How many persons would be reading at least two newspapers?

23 | |
25 | |
27 | |
29 |
Question 35 Explanation:
Persons reading atleast two papers is
8 + 12 + 5 + 2 = 27
Question 36 |
Questions from 35 - 36 are based on the following diagram in which there are three intersecting circles. H representing The Hindu, I representing Indian Express and T representing The Times of India. A total of 50 persons were surveyed and the number in the Venn diagram indicates the number of persons reading the newspapers.
How many persons would be reading almost two newspapers?

23 | |
25 | |
27 | |
48 |
Question 36 Explanation:
Almost two papers
8 + 12 + 5 - 2 = 23
Question 37 |
Which of the following graphs does not represent regular (periodic) behaviour of the variable f(t)?

1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
4 |
Question 38 |
Study the following graph and answer the questions 38 to 40:
In which year total number of patients registered in hospital X and hospital Y was the maximum?

2003 | |
2004 | |
2005 | |
2006 |
Question 39 |

8000 | |
6000 | |
4000 | |
2000 |
Question 40 |

2003 | |
2004 | |
2005 | |
2006 |
Question 41 |
Which of the following sources of data is not based on primary data collection?
Census of India | |
National Sample Survey | |
Statistical Abstracts of India | |
National Family Health Survey |
Question 42 |
Which of the four data sets have more dispersion?
88 91 90 92 89 91 | |
0 1 1 0 –1 –2 | |
3 5 2 4 1 5 | |
0 5 8 10 –2 –8 |
Question 43 |
Which of the following is not related to information security on the Internet?
Data Encryption | |
Water marking | |
Data Hiding | |
Information Retrieval |
Question 44 |
Which is the largest unit of storage among the following?
Terabyte | |
Megabyte | |
Kilobyte | |
Gigabyte |
Question 45 |
Bit stands for
binary information term | |
binary digit | |
binary tree | |
Bivariate Theory |
Question 46 |
Which one of the following is not a linear data structure?
Array | |
Binary Tree | |
Queue | |
Stack |
Question 47 |
Which one of the following is not a network device?
Router | |
Switch | |
Hub | |
CPU |
Question 48 |
A compiler is used to convert the following to object code which can be executed
High-level language | |
Low-level language | |
Assembly language | |
Natural language |
Question 49 |
The great Indian Bustard bird is found in
Thar Desert of Rajasthan | |
Coastal regions of India | |
Malabar Coast | |
Delta regions |
Question 50 |
The Sagarmanthan National Park has been established to preserve the eco-system of which mountain peak?
Kanchenjunga | |
Mount Everest | |
Annapurna | |
Dhaulavira |
Question 51 |
Maximum soot is released from
Petrol vehicles | |
CNG vehicles | |
Diesel vehicles | |
Thermal Power Plants |
Question 52 |
Surface Ozone is produced from
Transport sector | |
Cement plants | |
Textile industry | |
Chemical industry |
Question 53 |
Which one of the following non-conventional energy sources can be exploited most economically?
Solar | |
Wind | |
Geo-thermal | |
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) |
Question 54 |
The most recurring natural hazard in India is
Earthquakes | |
Floods | |
Landslides | |
Volcanoes |
Question 55 |
The recommendation of National Knowledge Commission for the establishment of 1500 Universities is to
create more teaching jobs | |
ensure increase in student enrolment in higher education | |
replace or substitute the privately managed higher education institutions by public institutions | |
enable increased movement of students from rural areas to urban areas |
Question 56 |
According to Article 120 of the Constitution of India, the business in Parliament shall be transacted in
English only | |
Hindi only | |
English and Hindi both | |
All the languages included in Eighth Schedule of the Constitution |
Question 57 |
Which of the following is more interactive and student centric?
Seminar | |
Workshop | |
Lecture | |
Group Discussion |
Question 58 |
The Parliament in India is composed of
Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha | |
Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha & Vice President | |
Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha & President | |
Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha with their Secretariats |
Question 59 |
The enrolment in higher education in India is contributed both by Formal System of Education and by System of Distance Education. Distance education contributes
50% of formal system | |
25% of formal system | |
10% of the formal system | |
Distance education system’s contribution is not taken into account while considering the figures of enrolment in higher education |
Question 60 |
Assertion (A): The U.G.C. Academic Staff Colleges came into existence to improve the quality of teachers.
Reason (R): University and college teachers have to undergo both orientation and refresher courses.
Reason (R): University and college teachers have to undergo both orientation and refresher courses.
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation. | |
Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). | |
(A) is correct and (R) is false. | |
(A) is false and (R) is correct. |
There are 60 questions to complete.