2015 June NTA UGC Paper 1

Question 1
Which of the following represents one billion characters?
A
Terabyte
B
Kilobyte
C
Megabyte
D
Gigabyte
ICTComputer-Storage-Related
Question 2
The factors which are most important in determining the impact of anthropogenic activities on environment are:
A
Population, forest cover and land available per person
B
Population, affluence per person, land available per person
C
Population, affluence per person and the technology used for exploiting resources
D
Atmospheric conditions, population and forest cover
EnvironmentEnvironment
Question 3
Which one of the following represents the binary equivalent of the decimal number 25?
A
11011
B
10101
C
01101
D
11001
ICTNumber-Systems
Question 4
The University Grants Commission was established with which of the following aims?
(a) Promotion of research and development in higher education
(b) Identifying and sustaining institutions of potential learning
(c) Capacity building of teachers
(d) Providing, autonomy to each and every higher educational institution in India
A
(a), (b) and (d)
B
(a), (b), (c) and (d)
C
(a), (b) and (c)
D
(b), (c) and (d)
Higher-Education-and-PoliticsUGC
Question 5
The session of the parliament is summoned by:
A
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
B
The President
C
The Prime Minister
D
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
Higher-Education-and-PoliticsPolitics
Question 6
India's contribution to total global carbon dioxide emissions is about:
A
~15%
B
~3%
C
~6%
D
~10%
EnvironmentEnvironment
Question 7
In which of the countries per capita use of water is maximum?
A
India
B
USA
C
European Union
D
China
EnvironmentEnvironment
Question 8
Encoding or scrambling data for transmission across a network is known as:
A
Decryption
B
Protection
C
Detection
D
Encryption
ICTEncryption-Decryption
Question 9
Civil Service Day is celebrated in India on:
A
7th July
B
21st April
C
24th April
D
21st June
Higher-Education-and-PoliticsCivil-Service-Day
Question 10
The South Asia University is situated in the city of:
A
Kathmandu
B
Colombo
C
Dhaka
D
New Delhi
Higher-Education-and-PoliticsCategorization-of-Universities
Question 11
Which is an instant messenger that is used for chatting?
A
Google Talk
B
AltaVista
C
MAC
D
Microsoft Office
ICTMessenger-App
Question 12
The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in institutions of higher education in India at present (2015) is about:
A
23 percent
B
8 percent
C
12 percent
D
19 percent
Higher-Education-and-PoliticsHigher-Education-System
Question 13
Two earthquakes A and B happen to be of magnitude 5 and 6 respectively on Richter Scale.
The ratio of the energies released E B /E A will be approximately:
A
~64
B
~8
C
~16
D
~32
EnvironmentEarthquake
Question 14
Which of the following is not an output device?
A
Keyboard
B
Printer
C
Speaker
D
Monitor
ICTOutput-Devices
Question 15
Which of the following is not open source software?
A
Apache HTTP server
B
Internet explorer
C
Fedora Linux
D
Open office
ICTComputer-Softwares
There are 15 questions to complete.

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