2013 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 1 |
Choose the proper alternative given in the codes to replace the question mark
Bee-Honey, Cow-Milk, Teacher-?
Bee-Honey, Cow-Milk, Teacher-?
Intelligence | |
Marks | |
Lessons | |
Wisdom |
Question 2 |
P is the father of R and S is the son of Q and T is the brother of P. If R is the sister of S, how is Q related to T
Wife | |
Sister-in-law | |
Brother-in-law | |
Daughter-in-law |
Question 3 |
A definition put forward to resolve a dispute by influencing attitudes or stirring emotions is called
Lexical | |
Persuasive | |
Stipulative | |
Precisions |
Question 3 Explanation:
Persuasive: Good at persuading someone to do (or) believe something through reasoning (or) the use of temptation.
Question 4 |
Which of the codes given below contains only the correct statements?
Statements:
(i) Venn diagram is a clear method of notation.
(ii) Venn diagram is the most direct method of testing the validity of categorical syllogisms.
(iii) In Venn diagram method the premises and the conclusion of a categorical syllogism is diagrammed.
(iv) In Venn diagram method the three overlapping circles are drawn for testing a categorical syllogism.
Statements:
(i) Venn diagram is a clear method of notation.
(ii) Venn diagram is the most direct method of testing the validity of categorical syllogisms.
(iii) In Venn diagram method the premises and the conclusion of a categorical syllogism is diagrammed.
(iv) In Venn diagram method the three overlapping circles are drawn for testing a categorical syllogism.
(i), (ii) & (iii) | |
(i), (ii) & (iv) | |
(ii), (iii) & (iv) | |
(i), (iii) & (iv) |
Question 4 Explanation:
Statements (i), (ii) & (iv) are true.
Question 5 |
Inductive reasoning presupposes
Unity in human nature. | |
Integrity in human nature. | |
Uniformity in human nature. | |
Harmony in human nature. |
Question 5 Explanation:
Inductive reasoning presupposes the uniformity in human nature.
Question 6 |
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Which of the following two years have recorded the highest rate of increase in area under the total horticulture?
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Which of the following two years have recorded the highest rate of increase in area under the total horticulture?
2005-06 & 2006-07 | |
2006-07 & 2008-09 | |
2007-08 & 2008-09 | |
2006-07 & 2007-08 |
Question 7 |
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Shares of the area under flowers, vegetables and fruits in the area under total horticulture are respectively:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Shares of the area under flowers, vegetables and fruits in the area under total horticulture are respectively:
1, 38 and 30 percent | |
30, 38 and 1 perctent | |
38, 30 and 1 percent | |
35, 36 and 2 percent |
Question 8 |
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Which of the following has recorded the highest rate of increase in area during 2005-06 to 2009-10?
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Which of the following has recorded the highest rate of increase in area during 2005-06 to 2009-10?
Fruits | |
Vegetables | |
Flowers | |
Total horticulture |
Question 9 |
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Find out the horticultural crops that have recorded an increase of area by around 10 percent from 2005-06 to 2009-10.
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Find out the horticultural crops that have recorded an increase of area by around 10 percent from 2005-06 to 2009-10.
Fruits | |
Vegetables | |
Flower | |
Total horticulture |
Question 10 |
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


What has been the share of area under fruits, vegetables and flowers in the area under total horticulture in 2007-08?
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


What has been the share of area under fruits, vegetables and flowers in the area under total horticulture in 2007-08?
53 percent | |
68 percent | |
79 percent | |
100 percent |
Question 11 |
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


In which year, area under fruits has recorded the highest rate of increase?
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


In which year, area under fruits has recorded the highest rate of increase?
2006-07 | |
2007-08 | |
2008-09 | |
2009-10 |
Question 12 |
‘www’ stands for
work with web | |
word wide web | |
world wide web | |
worth while web |
Question 13 |
A hard disk is divided into tracks which is further subdivided into
Clusters | |
Sectors | |
Vectors | |
Heads |
Question 14 |
A computer program that translates a program statement by statement into machine languages is called a/an
Compiler | |
Simulator | |
Translator | |
Interpreter |
Question 15 |
A Gigabyte is equal to
1024 Megabytes | |
1024 Kilobytes | |
1024 Terabytes | |
1024 Bytes |
Question 16 |
A Compiler is a software which converts
characters to bits | |
high level language to machine language | |
machine language to high level language | |
words to bits |
Question 17 |
Virtual memory is
an extremely large main memory. | |
an extremely large secondary memory. | |
an illusion of extremely large main memory. | |
a type of memory used in super computers. |
Question 18 |
The phrase “tragedy of commons” is in the context of
tragic even related to damage caused by release of poisonous gases. | |
tragic conditions of poor people. | |
degradation of renewable free access resources. | |
climate change. |
Question 19 |
Kyoto Protocol is related to
Ozone depletion | |
Hazardous waste | |
Climate change | |
Nuclear energy |
Question 20 |
Which of the following is a source of emissions leading to the eventual formation of surface ozone as a pollutant?
Transport sector | |
Refrigeration and Air-conditioning | |
Wetlands | |
Fertilizers |
Question 21 |
The smog in cities in Indian mainly consists of
Oxides of sulphur | |
Oxides of nitrogen and unburnt hydrocarbons | |
Carbon monoxide and SPM | |
Oxides of sulphur and ozone |
Question 22 |
Which of the following types of natural hazards have the highest potential to cause damage to humans?
Earthquakes | |
Forest fires | |
Volcanic eruptions | |
Droughts and Floods |
Question 23 |
The percentage share of renewable energy sources in the power production in India is around
2-3% | |
22-25% | |
10-12% | |
< 1% |
Question 24 |
In which of the following categories the enrolment of students in higher education in 2010-11 was beyond the percentage of seats reserved?
OBC students | |
SC students | |
ST students | |
Women students |
Question 25 |
Which one of the following statements is not correct about the University Grants Commission (UGC)?
It was established in 1956 by an Act of Parliament. | |
It is tasked with promoting and coordinating higher education. | |
It receives Plan and Non-Plan funds from the Central Government. | |
It receives funds from State Governments in respect of State Universities. |
Question 26 |
Consider the statement which is followed by two arguments (I) and (II):
Statement: Should India switch over to a two party system?
Arguments
(I) Yes, it will lead to stability of Government.
(II) No, it will limit the choice of voters.
Statement: Should India switch over to a two party system?
Arguments
(I) Yes, it will lead to stability of Government.
(II) No, it will limit the choice of voters.
Only argument (I) is strong. | |
Only argument (II) is strong. | |
Both the arguments are strong. | |
Neither of the arguments is strong. |
Question 26 Explanation:
Given two arguments are strong one with respect to stability other with respect to the choice.
Question 27 |
Consider the statement which is followed by two arguments (I) and (II):
Statement: Should persons with criminal background be banned from contesting elections?
Arguments:
(I) Yes, it will decriminalize politics.
(II) No, it will encourage the ruling party to file frivolous cases against their political opponents.
Statement: Should persons with criminal background be banned from contesting elections?
Arguments:
(I) Yes, it will decriminalize politics.
(II) No, it will encourage the ruling party to file frivolous cases against their political opponents.
Only argument (I) is strong. | |
Only argument (II) is strong. | |
Both the arguments are strong. | |
Neither of the arguments is strong. |
Question 27 Explanation:
Argument (I) only more strong with respect to the given statement.
Question 28 |
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about a Judge of the Supreme Court of India?
1) A Judge of the Supreme Court is appointed by the President of India.
2) He holds office during the pleasure of the President.
3) He can be suspended, pending an inquiry.
4) He can be removed for proven misbehaviors or incapacity.
1) A Judge of the Supreme Court is appointed by the President of India.
2) He holds office during the pleasure of the President.
3) He can be suspended, pending an inquiry.
4) He can be removed for proven misbehaviors or incapacity.
1,2 and 3 | |
1,3 and 4 | |
1 and 3 | |
1 and 4 |
Question 29 |
In the warrant of precedence, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha comes next only to
The President | |
The Vice-President | |
The Prime Minister | |
The Cabinet Ministers |
Question 30 |
The black-board can be utilized best by a teacher for
Putting the matter of teaching in black and white | |
Making the students attentive | |
Writing the important and notable points | |
Highlighting the teacher himself. |
Question 31 |
Nowadays the most effective mode of learning is
Self study | |
Face-to-face learning | |
e-learning | |
None of These |
Question 32 |
At the primary school stage, most of the teachers should be women because they
can teach children better than men. | |
know basic content better than men | |
are available on lower salaries. | |
can deal with children with love and affection. |
Question 33 |
Which one is the highest order of learning?
Chain learning | |
Problem-solving learning | |
Stimulus-response learning | |
Conditioned-reflex learning |
Question 34 |
A person can enjoy teaching as a profession when he
has control over students. | |
commands respect from students. | |
is more qualified than his colleagues. | |
is very close to higher authorities. |
Question 35 |
“A diagram speaks more than 1000 words.” The statement means that the teacher should
use diagrams in teaching. | |
speak more and more in the class. | |
use teaching aids in the class. | |
not speak too much in the class. |
Question 36 |
A research paper
is a compilation of information on a topic. | |
contains original research as deemed by the author. | |
contains peer-reviewed original research or evaluation of research conducted by others. | |
can be published in more than one journal. |
Question 37 |
Which one of the following belongs to the category of good ‘research ethics’?
Publishing the same paper in two research journals without telling the editors. | |
Conducting a review of the literature that acknowledges the contributions of other people in the relevant field or relevant prior work. | |
Trimming outliers from a data set without discussing your reasons in a research paper. | |
Including a colleague as an author on a research paper in return for a favor even though the colleague did not make a serious contribution to the paper. |
Question 38 |
Which of the following sampling methods is not based on probability?
Simple Random Sampling | |
Stratified Sampling | |
Quota Sampling | |
Cluster Sampling |
Question 39 |
Which one of the following references is written as per Modern Language Association (MLA) format?
Hall, Donald. Fundamentals of Electronics, New Delhi : Prentice Hall of India, 2005 | |
Hall, Donald. Fundamentals of Electronics, New Delhi : Prentice Hall of India, 2005 | |
Hall, Donald. Fundamentals of Electronics, New Delhi : Prentice Hall of India, 2005 | |
Hall, Donald. Fundamentals of Electronics, New Delhi : Prentice Hall of India, 2005 |
Question 40 |
A workshop is
a conference for discussion on a topic. | |
a meeting for discussion on a topic | |
a class at a college or a university in which a teacher and the students discuss a topic. | |
a brief intensive course for a small group emphasizing the development of a skill or technique for solving a specific problem. |
Question 41 |
A working hypothesis is
a proven hypothesis for an argument. | |
not required to be tested. | |
a provisionally accepted hypothesis for further research. | |
a scientific theory. |
Question 42 |
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (42 to 47):
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
Marble stone used for the construction of te Taj Mahal was brought from te ancestral domain of Raja Jai Singh. The name of the place where mines of marble is
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
Marble stone used for the construction of te Taj Mahal was brought from te ancestral domain of Raja Jai Singh. The name of the place where mines of marble is
Burhanpur | |
Makrana | |
Amber | |
Jaipur |
Question 43 |
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (42 to 47):
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
The popular name Taj Mahal was given by
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
The popular name Taj Mahal was given by
Shah Jahan | |
Tourists | |
Public | |
European travellers |
Question 44 |
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (42 to 47):
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
Point out the true statement from the following:
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
Point out the true statement from the following:
Marble was not used for the construction of the Taj Mahal. | |
Red sand stone is non-visible in the Taj Mahal complex. | |
The Taj Mahal is surrounded by a four-quatered garden known as Chahr Bagh. | |
The Taj Mahal was constructed to celebrate the “Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal”. |
Question 45 |
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (42 to 47):
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
In the contemporary texts the Taj Mahal is known
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
In the contemporary texts the Taj Mahal is known
Mumtazabad | |
Mumtaz Mahal | |
Zainabad | |
Rauza-i-Munavvara |
Question 46 |
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (42 to 47):
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
The Construction of the Taj Mahal was completed between the period
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
The Construction of the Taj Mahal was completed between the period
1632-1636 A.D. | |
1630-1643 A.D. | |
1632-1643 A.D. | |
1636-1643 A.D. |
Question 47 |
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (42 to 47):
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
The documents indicating the ownership of land, where the Taj Mahal was built, known as
The Taj Mahal has become one of the world’s best known monuments. This domed white marble structure is situated on a high plinth at the southern end of four-quartered garden, evoking the gardens of paradise, enclosed within walls measuring 305 by 549 meters. Outside the walls, in an area known as Mumtazabad, were living quarters for attendants, market, serials and other structures built by local merchants and nobles.
The tomb complex and the other imperial structures of Mumtazabad were maintained by the income of thirty villages given specifically for the tomb’s support. The name Taj Mahal is unknown in Mughal chronicles, but it is used by contemporary Europeans in India, suggesting that this was the tomb’s popular name. in contemporary texis, it is generally called simply the illuminated Tomb (Rauza-i-Munavvara).
Mumtaz Mahal died shortly after delivering her fourteenth child in 1631. The Mughal court was then residing in Buhanpur. Her remains were temporarily buried by the grief stricken emperor in a spacious garden known as Zainabad on the bank of the river Tapti. Six months later her body was transported to Agra, where it was interred in land chosen for the mausoleum. This land, situated south of the Mughal city on the bank of the Jamuna, had belonged to the Kachwaha rajas since the time of Raja Man Singh and was purchased from the then current raja, Jai Singh. Although contemporary chronicles indicate Jai Singh’s willing cooperation in this exchange, extant farmans (imperial commands) indicate that the final price was not settled until almost two years after the mausoleum’s commencement. Jai Singh’s further cooperation was insured by imperial orders issued between 1632 and 1637 demanding that the provide stone masons and carts to transport marble from the mines at Makrana, within his “ancestral domain”, to Agra where both the Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan’s additions to the Agra fort were constructed concurrently.
Work on the mausoleum was commenced early in 1632. Inscriptional evidence indicates much of the tomb was completed by 1636. By 1643, when Shah Jahan most lavishly celebrated the ‘Urs ceremony for Mumtaz Mahal’, the entire complex was virtually complete.
The documents indicating the ownership of land, where the Taj Mahal was built, known as
Farman | |
Sale Deed | |
Sale-Purchase Deed | |
None of the above |
Question 48 |
In the process of communication, which one of the following is in the chronological order?
Communicator, Medium, Receiver, Effect, Message | |
Medium, Communicator, Message, Receiver, Effect | |
Communicator, Message, Medium, Receiver, Effect. | |
Message, Communicator, Medium, Receiver, Effect. |
Question 49 |
Bengal Gazette, the first Newspaper in India was started in 1780 by
Dr. Annie Besant | |
James Augustus Hicky | |
Lord Cripson | |
A.O. Hume |
Question 50 |
Press censorship in India was imposed during the tenure of the Prime Minister
Rajeev Gandhi | |
Narasimha Rao | |
Indira Gandhi | |
Deve Gowda |
Question 51 |
Communication via New media such as computers, teleshopping, internet and mobile telephony is termed as
Entertainment | |
Interactive communication | |
Developmental communication | |
Communication |
Question 52 |
Classroom communication of a teacher rests on the principle of
Infotainment | |
Edutainment | |
Entertainment | |
Enlightenment |
Question 53 |
__________________ is important when a teacher communicates with his/her student.
Sympathy | |
Empathy | |
Apathy | |
Antipathy |
Question 54 |
In a certain code GALIB is represented by HBMJC. TIGER will be represented by
UJHFS | |
UHJSE | |
JHUSF | |
HUJSE |
Question 54 Explanation:

Question 55 |
In a certain cricket tournament 45 matches were played. Each team played once against each of the other teams. The number of teams participated in the tournament is
8 | |
10 | |
12 | |
210 |
Question 55 Explanation:

Question 56 |
The missing number in the series
40, 120, 60, 180, 90, ?, 135 is
40, 120, 60, 180, 90, ?, 135 is
110 | |
270 | |
105 | |
210 |
Question 56 Explanation:
40, 120, 60, 180, 90, 270, 135
40 * 3 = 120
60 * 3 = 180
90 * 3 = 270
40 * 3 = 120
60 * 3 = 180
90 * 3 = 270
Question 57 |
The odd numbers from 1 to 45 which are exactly divisible by 3 are arranged in an ascending order. The number at 6 th position is
18 | |
24 | |
33 | |
36 |
Question 58 |
The mean of four numbers a,b,c,d is 100. IF c = 70, then the mean of the remaining numbers is
30 | |
85/2 | |
170/3 | |
110 |
Question 58 Explanation:

Question 59 |
If the radius of a circle is increased by 50%, the perimeter of the circle will increased by
20% | |
30% | |
40% | |
50% |
Question 60 |
If the statement ‘some men are honest’ is false, which among the following
statements will be true. Choose the correct code given below:
(i) All men are honest
(ii) No men are honest
(iii) Some men are not honest.
(iv) All men are dishonest.
statements will be true. Choose the correct code given below:
(i) All men are honest
(ii) No men are honest
(iii) Some men are not honest.
(iv) All men are dishonest.
(i), (ii) and (iii) | |
(ii), (iii) and (iv) | |
(i), (iii) and (iv) | |
(ii), (i) and (iv) |
There are 60 questions to complete.