UGC NET DECEMBER 2014 CONDUCTED BY CBSE PAPER I (1-30)

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1.The term ‘Yellow Journalism’ refers to
sensational news about terrorism and violence
sensationalism and exaggeration to attract readers / viewers
sensational news about arts and culture
sensational news prints in yellow paper

2.In the classroom, the teacher sends the message either as words or images. The students are really
Encoders
Decoders
Agitators
Propagators

3.Media is known as
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Fourth Estate

4.The mode of communication that involves a single source transmitting information to a large number of receivers simultaneously, is called
Group Communication
Mass Communication
Intrapersonal Communication
Interpersonal Communication

5.A smart classroom is a teaching space which has
(i) Smart portion with a touch panel control system.
(ii) PC/Laptop connection and DVD/VCR player.
(iii) Document camera and specialized software
(iv) Projector and screen
(i) and (ii) only
(ii) and (iv) only
(i), (ii) and (iii) only
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

6.Digital Empowerment means
(i) Universal digit literacy
(ii) Universal access to all digital resources.
(iii) Collaborative digital platform for participative governance.
(iv) Probability of all entitlements for individuals through cloud.
(i) and (ii) only
(ii) and (iii) only
(i), (ii) and (iii) only
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

7.The next term in the series : 2, 7, 28, 63, 126, _______ is
215
245
276
296

8.The next term in the series : AB, ED, IH, NM, ________ is
TS
ST
TU
SU

9.If STREAMERS is coded as UVTGALDQR, then KNOWLEDGE will be coded as
MQPYLCDFD
MPQYLDCFD
PMYQLDFCD
YMQPLDDFC

10.A is brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the husband of D. E is the father of A. D is related to E as
Daughter
Daughter-in-law
Sister-in-law
Sister

11.Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from the numbers, the ratio becomes 12 : 23. The numbers are
30, 50
36, 60
33, 55
42, 70

12.The mean of the ages of father and his son is 27 years. After 18 years, father will be twice as old as his son. Their present ages are
42, 12
40, 14
30, 24
36, 18

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Read the following passage carefully and answer questions 13 to 17 : The literary distaste for politics, however, seems to be focused not so much on the largely murky practice of politics in itself as a subject of literary representation but rather more on how it is often depicted in literature, i.e., on the very politics of such representation. A political novel often turns out to be not merely a novel about politics but a novel with a politics of its own, for it seeks not merely to show us how things are but has fairly definite ideas about how things should be, and precisely what one should think and do in order to make things move in that desired direction. In short, it seeks to convert and enlist the reader to a particular cause or ideology; it often is (in an only too familiar phrase) not literature but propaganda. This is said to violate the very spirit of literature which is to broaden our understanding of the world and the range of our sympathies rather than to narrow them down through partisan commitment. As John Keats said, ‘We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us’. Another reason why politics does not seem amenable to the highest kind of literary representation seems to arise from the fact that politics by its very nature is constituted of ideas and ideologies. If political situations do not lend themselves to happy literary treatment, political ideas present perhaps an even greater problem in this regard. Literature, it is argued, is about human experiences rather than about intellectual abstractions; it deals in what is called the ‘felt reality’ of human flesh and blood, and in sap and savour (rasa) rather than in arid and lifeless ideas. In an extensive discussion of the matter in her book Ideas and the Novel, the American novelist Mary McCarthy observed that ‘ideas are still today felt to be unsightly in the novel’ though that was not so in ‘former days’, i.e., in the 18th and 19th centuries. Her formulation of the precise nature of the incompatibility between ideas on the one hand and the novel on the other betrays perhaps a divided conscience in the matter and a sense of dilemma shared by many writers and readers : ‘An idea cannot have loose ends, but a novel, I almost think, needs them. Nevertheless, there is enough in common for the novelists to feel… the attraction of ideas while taking up arms against them – most often with weapons of mockery.’

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13.According to the passage, a political novel often turns out to be a
Literary distaste for politics
Literary representation of politics
Novel with its own politics
Depiction of murky practice of politics

14.A political novel reveals
Reality of the things
Writer’s perception
Particular ideology of the readers
The spirit of literature

15.The constructs of politics by its nature is
Prevalent political situation
Ideas and Ideologies
Political propaganda
Understanding of human nature

16.Literature deals with
Human experiences in politics
Intellectual abstractions
Dry and empty ideas
Felt reality of human life

17.The observation of the novelist, Mary McCarthy reveals
unseen felt ideas of today in the novel
dichotomy of conscience on political ideas and novels
compatibility between idea and novel
endless ideas and novels

18.When in a group of propositions, one proposition is claimed to follow from the others, that group of propositions is called
An argument
A valid argument
An explanation
An invalid argument

19.Namita and Samita are brilliant and studious. Anita and Karabi are obedient and irregular. Babita and Namita are irregular but brilliant. Samita and Kabita are regular and obedient. Who among them is/are brilliant, obedient, regular and studious ?
Samita alone
Namita and Samita
Kabita alone
Anita alone

20.Warrior is related to sword, carpenter is related to saw, farmer is related to plough. In the same way, the author is related to
Book
Fame
Reader
Pen

21. Given below is a diagram of three circles A, B and C over-lapping each other. The circle A represents the class of honest people, the circle B represents the class of sincere people and circle C represents the class of politicians. p, q, r, s, U, X, Y represent different regions. Select the code that represents the region indicating the class of honest politicians who are not sincere.

X
q
p
s

22.“A man ought no more to value himself for being wiser than a woman if he owes his advantage to a better education, than he ought to boast of his courage for beating a man when his hands were tied.” The above passage is an instance of
Deductive argument
Hypothetical argument
Analogical argument
Factual argument

23.By which of the following proposition, the proposition ‘wise men are hardly afraid of death’ is contradicted ?
Some wise men are afraid of death.
All wise men are afraid of death.
No wise men is afraid of death
Some wise men are not afraid of death.

24.What is the percentage (%) growth of CO2 emissions from power sector during 2005 to 2009 ?
60
50
40
80

25.Which sector has recorded maximum growth in CO2 emissions during 2005 to 2009 ?
Power
Industry
Commercial
Agriculture

26.By what percentage (%), the total emissions of CO2 have increased from 2005 to 2009 ?
~89.32%
~57.62%
~40.32%
~113.12%

27.What is the average annual growth rate of CO2 emissions in power sector ?
~12.57%
~16.87%
~30.81%
~50.25%

28.What is the percentage contribution of power sector to total CO2 emissions in the year2008 ?
~30.82%
~41.18%
~51.38%
~60.25%

29.In which year, the contribution (%) of industry to total sectoral CO2 emissions was minimum ?
2005
2006
2007
2009

30.Symbols A-F are used in which one of the following ?
Binary number system
Decimal number system
Hexadecimal number system
Octal number system