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each question carrying two (2) marks.

Candidate is expected to answer any Fifty (50) questions.

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Paper I Booket Code W:

1. Video-Conferencing can be classified as

one of the following types of

communication :

 (A) Visual one way

 (B) Audio-Visual one way

 (C) Audio-Visual two way

 (D) Visual two way

Answer:(C)

2. MC National University of Journalism

and Communication is located at

 (A) Lucknow (B) Bhopal

 (C) Chennai (D) Mumbai

Answer:(B)

3. All India Radio (A.I.R.) for

broadcasting was named in the year

 (A) 1926 (B) 1936

 (C) 1946 (D) 1956

Answer:(B)

4. In India for broadcasting TV

programmes which system is followed ?

 (A) NTCS (B) PAL

 (C) NTSE (D) SECAM

Answer:(B)

5. The term ‘DAVP’ stands for

 (A) Directorate of Advertising &

Vocal Publicity

 (B) Division of Audio-Visual

Publicity

 (C) Department of Audio-Visual

Publicity

 (D) Directorate of Advertising &

Visual Publicity

Answer:(D)

6. The term “TRP” is associated with TV

shows stands for

 (A) Total Rating Points

 (B) Time Rating Points

 (C) Thematic Rating Points

 (D) Television Rating Points

Answer:(D)

7. Which is the number that comes next in

the following sequence ?

 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, _____

 (A) 60 (B) 64

 (C) 72 (D) 70

Answer:(C)

8. Find the next letter for the series

YVSP ………

 (A) N (B) M

 (C) O (D) L

Answer:(B)

9. Given that in a code language, ‘645’

means ‘day is warm’; ‘42’ means

‘warm spring’ and ‘634’ means ‘spring

is sunny’; which digit represents

‘sunny’ ?

 (A) 3 (B) 2

 (C) 4 (D)

Answer:(A)

10. The basis of the following classification

is :

 ‘first President of India’ ‘author of

Godan’ ‘books in my library’, ‘blue

things’ and ‘students who work hard’

 (A) Common names

 (B) Proper names

 (C) Descriptive phrases

 (D) Indefinite description

Answer:(C)

11. In the expression ‘Nothing is larger than

itself’ the relation ‘is larger than’ is

 (A) antisymmetric

 (B) asymmetrical

 (C) intransitive

 (D) irreflexive

Answer:(D)

12. Assertion (A) : There are more laws on

the books today than ever before,

and more crimes being committed

than ever before.

Reason (R) : Because to reduce

crime we must eliminate the laws.

Choose the correct answer from below :

 (A) (A) is true, (R) is doubtful and (R)

is not the correct explanation of

(A).

 (B) (A) is false, (R) is true and (R) is

the correct explanation of (A).

 (C) (A) is doubtful, (R) is doubtful

and (R) is not the correct

explanation of (A).

 (D) (A) is doubtful, (R) is true and (R)

is not the correct explanation of

(A).

Answer:(A)

13. If the proposition “All men are not

mortal” is true then which of the

following inferences is correct ? Choose

from the code given below :

 1. “All men are mortal” is true.

 2. “Some men are mortal” is false.

 3. “No men are mortal” is doubtful.

 4. “All men are mortal” is false.

Code :

(A) 1, 2 and 3 (B) 2, 3 and 4

 (C) 1, 3 and 4 (D) 1 and 3

Answer:(B)

14. Determine the nature of the following

definition :

 “Abortion” means the ruthless

murdering of innocent beings.

 (A) Lexical (B) Persuasive

 (C) Stipulative (D) Theoretical

Answer:(B)

15. Which one of the following is not an

argument ?

 (A) Devadutt does not eat in the day

so he must be eating at night.

 (B) If Devadutt is growing fat and if

he does not eat during the day, he

will be eating at night.

 (C) Devadutt eats in the night so he

does not eat during the day.

 (D) Since Devadutt does not eat in the

day, he must be eating in the

night.

Answer:(B)

16. Venn diagram is a kind of diagram to

 (A) represent and assess the validity

of elementary inferences of

syllogistic form.

 (B) represent but not assess the

validity of elementary inferences

of syllogistic form.

 (C) represent and assess the truth of

elementary inferences of

syllogistic form.

 (D) assess but not represent the truth

of elementary inferences of

syllogistic form.

Answer:(A)

17. Reasoning by analogy leads to

 (A) certainty

 (B) definite conclusion

 (C) predictive conjecture

 (D) surety

Answer:(C)

18. Which of the following statements are

false ? Choose from the code given

below :

 1. Inductive arguments always

proceed from the particular to the

general.

 2. A cogent argument must be

inductively strong.

 3. A valid argument may have a

false premise and a false

conclusion.

 4. An argument may legitimately be

spoken of as ‘true’ or ‘false’.

Code :

(A) 2, 3 and 4 (B) 1 and 3

 (C) 2 and 4 (D) 1 and 2

Answer:(C)

19. Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are

standing in a circle. B is between F and

C, A is between E and D, F is to the left

of D. Who is between A and F ?

 (A) B (B) C

 (C) D (D) E

Answer:(C)

20. The price of petrol increases by 25%. By

what percentage must a customer reduce

the consumption so that the earlier bill

on the petrol does not alter ?

 (A) 20% (B) 25%

 (C) 30% (D) 33.33%

Answer:(A)

21. If Ram knows that y is an integer

greater than 2 and less than 7 and Hari

knows that y is an integer greater than 5

and less than 10, then they may

correctly conclude that

 (A) y can be exactly determined

 (B) y may be either of two values

 (C) y may be any of three values

 (D) there is no value of y satisfying

these conditions

Answer:(A)

22. Four pipes can fill a reservoir in 15, 20,

30 and 60 hours respectively. The first

one was opened at 6 AM, second at 7

AM, third at 8 AM and the fourth at 9

AM. When will the reservoir be filled ?

 (A) 11 AM (B) 12 Noon

 (C) 1 PM (D) 1:30 PM

 The total electricity generation in a

country is 97 GW. The contribution of

various energy sources is indicated in

percentage terms in the Pie Chart given

below ;

 Answer:(C)

23. What is the contribution of wind and

solar power in absolute terms in the

electricity generation ?

 (A) 6.79 GW (B) 19.4 GW

 (C) 9.7 GW (D) 29.1 GW

Answer:(A)

24. What is the contribution of renewable

energy sources in absolute terms in the

electricity generation ?

 (A) 29.1 GW (B) 26.19 GW

 (C) 67.9 GW (D) 97 GW

Answer:(B)

25. TCP/IP is necessary if one is to connect

to the

 (A) Phone lines

 (B) LAN

 (C) Internet

 (D) a Server

Answer:(C)

26. Each character on the keyboard of

computer has an ASCII value which

stands for

 (A) American Stock Code for

Information Interchange

 (B) American Standard Code for

Information Interchange

 (C) African Standard Code for

Information Interchange

 (D) Adaptable Standard Code for

Information Change

Answer:(B)

27. Which of the following is not a

programming language ?

 (A) Pascal

 (B) Microsoft Office

 (C) Java

 (D) C++

Answer:(B)

28. Minimum number of bits required to

store any 3 digit decimal number is

equal to

 (A) 3

 (B) 5

 (C) 8

 (D) 10

Answer:(D)

29. Internet explorer is a type of

 (A) Operating System

 (B) Compiler

 (C) Browser

 (D) IP address

Answer:(C)

30. POP3 and IMAP are e-mail accounts in

which

 (A) One automatically gets one’s mail

everyday

 (B) One has to be connected to the

server to read or write one’s mail

 (C) One only has to be connected to

the server to send and receive

email

 (D) One does not need any telephone

lines

Answer:(C)