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Paper 1 Booklet Code W

Note :This paper contains Sixty (60) multiple choice questions, 

each question carrying two (2) marks.

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

In case more than Fifty (50) questions are attempted, only the first Fifty (50) questions will

be evaluated.

1. Which is the main objective of research ?

 (A) To review the literature

 (B) To summarize what is already

known

 (C) To get an academic degree

 (D) To discover new facts or to

make fresh interpretation of

known facts

Answer:(D)

2. Sampling error decreases with the

 (A) decrease in sample size

 (B) increase in sample size

 (C) process of randomization

 (D) process of analysis

Answer:(B)

3. The principles of fundamental

research are used in

 (A) action research

 (B) applied research

 (C) philosophical research

 (D) historical research

Answer:(B)

4. Users who use media for their own

ends are identified as

 (A) Passive audience

 (B) Active audience

 (C) Positive audience

 (D) Negative audience

Answer:(B)

5. Classroom communication can be

described as

 (A) Exploration

 (B) Institutionalisation

 (C) Unsignified narration

 (D) Discourse

Answer:(D)

6. Ideological codes shape our collective

 (A) Productions (B) Perceptions

 (C) Consumptions (D) Creations

Answer:(B)

7. In communication, myths have power,

but are

 (A) uncultural.

 (B) insignificant.

 (C) imprecise.

 (D) unpreferred.

Answer:(C)

8. The first multi-lingual news agency of

India was

 (A) Samachar

 (B) API

 (C) Hindustan Samachar

 (D) Samachar Bharati

Answer:(C)

9. Organisational communication can

also be equated with

 (A) intra-personal communication.

 (B) inter-personal communication.

 (C) group communication.

 (D) mass communication.

Answer:(C)

10. If two propositions having the same

subject and predicate terms are such

that one is the denial of the other, the

relationship between them is called

 (A) Contradictory

 (B) Contrary

 (C) Sub-contrary

 (D) Sub-alternation

Answer:(A)

11. Ananya and Krishna can speak and

follow English. Bulbul can write and

speak Hindi as Archana does.

Archana talks with Ananya also in

Bengali. Krishna can not follow

Bengali. Bulbul talks with Ananya in

Hindi. Who can speak and follow

English, Hindi and Bengali ?

 (A) Archana

 (B) Bulbul

 (C) Ananya

 (D) Krishna

Answer:(C)

12. A stipulative definition may be said to

be

 (A) Always true

 (B) Always false

 (C) Sometimes true, sometimes

false

 (D) Neither true nor false

Answer:(D)

13. When the conclusion of an argument

follows from its premise/premises

conclusively, the argument is called

 (A) Circular argument

 (B) Inductive argument

 (C) Deductive argument

 (D) Analogical argument

Answer:(C)

14. Saturn and Mars are planets like the

earth. They borrow light from the Sun

and moves around the Sun as the

Earth does. So those planets are

inhabited by various orders of

creatures as the earth is.

 What type of argument is contained in

the above passage ?

 (A) Deductive (B) Astrological

 (C) Analogical (D) Mathematical

Answer:(C)

15. Given below are two premises. Four

conclusions are drawn from those two

premises in four codes. Select the code

that states the conclusion validly drawn.

 Premises :

 (i) All saints are religious. (major)

 (ii) Some honest persons are saints.

(minor)

Codes :

 (A) All saints are honest.

 (B) Some saints are honest.

 (C) Some honest persons are

religious.

 (D) All religious persons are honest.

Answer:(C)

16. Find out the region that contributed

around 20 percent of the total foreign

tourist arrivals in India in 2009.

 (A) Western Europe

 (B) North America

 (C) South Asia

 (D) South East Asia

Answer:(B)

17. Which of the following regions has

recorded the highest negative growth

rate of foreign tourist arrivals in India

in 2009 ?

 (A) Western Europe

 (B) North America

 (C) South Asia

 (D) West Asia

Answer:(D)

18. Find out the region that has been

showing declining trend in terms of

share of foreign tourist arrivals in

India in 2008 and 2009.

 (A) Western Europe

 (B) South East Asia

 (C) East Asia

 (D) West Asia

Answer:(A)

19. Identify the region that has shown

hyper growth rate of foreign tourist

arrivals than the growth rate of the

total FTAs in India in 2008.

 (A) Western Europe

 (B) North America

 (C) South Asia

 (D) East Asia

Answer:(C)

20. The post-industrial society is

designated as

 (A) Information society

 (B) Technology society

 (C) Mediated society

 (D) Non-agricultural society

Answer:(A)

21. The initial efforts for internet based

communication was for

 (A) Commercial communication

 (B) Military purposes

 (C) Personal interaction

 (D) Political campaigns

Answer:(B)

22. Internal communication within

institutions is done through

 (A) LAN

 (B) WAN

 (C) EBB

 (D) MMS

Answer:(A)

23. Virtual reality provides

 (A) Sharp pictures

 (B) Individual audio

 (C) Participatory experience

 (D) Preview of new films

Answer:(C)

24. The first virtual university of India

came up in

 (A) Andhra Pradesh

 (B) Maharashtra

 (C) Uttar Pradesh

 (D) Tamil Nadu

Answer:(D)

25. Arrange the following books in

chronological order in which they

appeared. Use the code given below :

 (i) Limits to Growth

 (ii) Silent Spring

 (iii) Our Common Future

 (iv) Resourceful Earth

Codes :

 (A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)

 (B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

 (C) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)

 (D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

Answer:(C)

26. Which one of the following continents

is at a greater risk of desertification ?

 (A) Africa

 (B) Asia

 (C) South America

 (D) North America

Answer:(A)

27. “Women are closer to nature than

men.” What kind of perspective is this ?

 (A) Realist (B) Essentialist

 (C) Feminist (D) Deep ecolog

Answer:(B)

28. Which one of the following is not a

matter a global concern in the removal

of tropical forests ?

 (A) Their ability to absorb the

chemicals that contribute to

depletion of ozone layer.

 (B) Their role in maintaining the

oxygen and carbon balance of

the earth.

 (C) Their ability to regulate surface

and air temperatures, moisture

content and reflectivity.

 (D) Their contribution to the

biological diversity of the planet.

Answer:(A)

29. The most comprehensive approach to

address the problems of man-

environment interaction is one of the

following :

 (A) Natural Resource Conservation

Approach

 (B) Urban-industrial Growth

Oriented Approach

 (C) Rural-agricultural Growth

Oriented Approach

 (D) Watershed Development Approach

Answer:(D)

30. The major source of the pollutant gas,

carbon mono-oxide (CO), in urban

areas is

 (A) Thermal power sector

 (B) Transport sector

 (C) Industrial sector

 (D) Domestic sector

Answer:(B)

31. In a fuel cell driven vehicle, the

energy is obtained from the

combustion of

 (A) Methane (B) Hydrogen

 (C) LPG (D) CNG

Answer:(B)

32. Which one of the following Councils

has been disbanded in 2013 ?

 (A) Distance Education Council

(DEC)

 (B) National Council for Teacher

Education (NCTE)

 (C) National Council of Educational

Research and Training

(NCERT)

 (D) National Assessment and

Accreditation Council (NAAC)

Answer:(A)