Question No 35 to 60

35. Match List – I and List – II and select

the correct answer from the codes

given below :

List – I  List – II

a. Flood  1. Lack of rainfall of

sufficient duration

b. Drought  2. Tremors produced by the passage of

vibratory waves through the rocks

of the earth

c. Earthquake  3. A vent through which molted

substances come out

d. Volcano  4. Excess rain and uneven

distribution of water

 Codes :

 a b c d

 (A) 4 1 2 3

 (B) 2 3 4 1

 (C) 3 4 2 1

 (D) 4 3 1 2

Answer:(A)

36. Which one of the following green

house gases has the shortest residence

time in the atmosphere ?

 (A) Chlorofluorocarbon

 (B) Carbon dioxide

 (C) Methane

 (D) Nitrous oxide

Answer:(C)

37. Consider the following statements and

select the correct answer from the

code given below :

 i. Rajasthan receives the highest

solar radiation in the country.

 ii. India has the fifth largest installed

wind power in the world.

 iii. The maximum amount of wind

power is contributed by Tamil

Nadu.

 iv. The primary source of uranium

in India is Jaduguda.

Codes :

(A) i and ii (B) i, ii and iii

 (C) ii and iii (D) i and iv

Answer:(X)

38. Who among the following is the de

facto executive head of the Planning

Commission ?

 (A) Chairman

 (B) Deputy Chairman

 (C) Minister of State for Planning

 (D) Member Secretary

Answer:(B)

39. Education as a subject of legislation

figures in the

 (A) Union List

 (B) State List

 (C) Concurrent List

 (D) Residuary Powers

Answer:(C)

40. Which of the following are Central

Universities ?

 1. Pondicherry University

 2. Vishwa Bharati

 3. H.N.B. Garhwal University

 4. Kurukshetra University

 Select the correct answer from the

code given below :

Codes :

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

 (C) 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2 and 4

Answer:(A)

41. Consider the statement which is

followed by two arguments (i) and

(ii).

Statement : India should have a very

strong and powerful Lokpal.

Arguments : (i) Yes, it will go a long in

eliminating corruption

in bureaucracy.

 (ii) No, it will discourage

honest officers from

making quick decisions.

Codes :

(A) Only argument (i) is strong.

 (B) Only argument (ii) is strong.

 (C) Both the arguments are strong.

 (D) Neither of the arguments is

strong.

Answer:(A)

42. Which of the following universities

has adopted the meta university

concept ?

 (A) Assam University

 (B) Delhi University

 (C) Hyderabad University

 (D) Pondicherry University

Answer:(B)

43. Which of the following statements are

correct about a Central University ?

 1. Central University is established

under an Act of Parliament.

 2. The President of India acts as the

visitor of the University.

 3. The President has the power to

nominate some members to the

Executive Committee or the

Board of Management of the

University.

 4. The President occasionally

presides over the meetings of the

Executive Committee or Court.

 Select the correct answer from the

code given below :

Codes :

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

 (C) 1, 2 and 3 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer:(C)

44. Which one of the following is

considered a sign of motivated teaching ?

 (A) Students asking questions

 (B) Maximum attendance of the

students

 (C) Pin drop silence in the classroom

 (D) Students taking notes

Answer:(A)

45. Which one of the following is the best

method of teaching ?

 (A) Lecture

 (B) Discussion

 (C) Demonstration

 (D) Narration

Answer:(C)

46. Dyslexia is associated with

 (A) mental disorder

 (B) behavioural disorder

 (C) reading disorder

 (D) writing disorder

Answer:(C)

47. The e-content generation for under-

graduate courses has been assigned by

the Ministry of Human Resource

Development to

 (A) INFLIBNET

 (B) Consortium for Educational

Communication

 (C) National Knowledge Commission

 (D) Indira Gandhi National Open

University

Answer:(B)

48. Classroom communication is normally

considered as

 (A) effective

 (B) cognitive

 (C) affective

 (D) selective

Answer:(B)

49. Who among the following,

propounded the concept of paradigm ?

 (A) Peter Haggett

 (B) Von Thunen

 (C) Thomas Kuhn

 (D) John K. Wright

Answer:(C)

50. In a thesis, figures and tables are

included in

 (A) the appendix

 (B) a separate chapter

 (C) the concluding chapter

 (D) the text itself

Answer:(D)

51. A thesis statement is

 (A) an observation

 (B) a fact

 (C) an assertion

 (D) a discussion

Answer:(C)

52. The research approach of Max Weber to

understand how people create meanings

in natural settings is identified as

 (A) positive paradigm

 (B) critical paradigm

 (C) natural paradigm

 (D) interpretative paradigm

Answer:(D)

53. Which one of the following is a non-

probability sampling ?

 (A) Simple random

 (B) Purposive

 (C) Systematic

 (D) Stratified

Answer:(B)

54. Identify the category of evaluation

that assesses the learning progress to

provide continuous feedback to the

students during instruction.

 (A) Placement (B) Diagnostic

 (C) Formative (D) Summative

Answer:(C)

55. The research stream of immediate

application is

 (A) Conceptual research

 (B) Action research

 (C) Fundamental research

 (D) Empirical research

Answer:(B)

Read the following passage carefully and answer questions 56 to 60 :

Traditional Indian Values must be viewed both from the angle of the individual and from

that of the geographically delimited agglomeration of peoples or groups enjoying a common

system of leadership which we call the ‘State’. The Indian ‘State’s’ special feature is the

peaceful, or perhaps mostly peaceful, co-existence of social groups of various historical

provenances which mutually adhere in a geographical, economic, and political sense, without

ever assimilating to each other in social terms, in ways of thinking, or even in language. Modern

Indian law will determine certain rules, especially in relation to the regime of the family, upon

the basis of how the loin-cloth is tied, or how the turban is worn, for this may identify the

litigants as members of a regional group, and therefore as participants in its traditional law,

though their ancestors left the region three or four centuries earlier. The use of the word ‘State’

above must not mislead us. There was no such thing as a conflict between the individual and the

State, atleast before foreign governments became established, just as there was no concept of

state ‘sovereignty’ or of any church-and-state dichotomy.

 Modern Indian ‘secularism’ has an admittedly peculiar feature : It requires the state to make

a fair distribution of attention and support amongst all religions. These blessed aspects of India’s

famed tolerance (Indian kings so rarely persecuted religious groups that the exceptions prove the

rule) at once struck Portuguese and other European visitors to the West Coast of India in the

sixteenth century, and the impression made upon them in this and other ways gave rise, at one

remove, to the basic constitution of Thomas More’s Utopia. There is little about modern India

that strikes one at once as Utopian : but the insistence upon the inculcation of norms, and the

absence of bigotry and institutionalized exploitation of human or natural resources, are two very

different features which link the realities of India and her tradition with the essence of all

Utopians.

56. Which of the following is a special feature of the Indian State ?

 (A) Peaceful co-existence of people under a common system of leadership

 (B) Peaceful co-existence of social groups of different historical provenances attached to

each other in a geographical, economic and political sense

 (C) Social integration of all groups

 (D) Cultural assimilation of all social groups

Answer:(B)

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57. The author uses the word ‘State’ to highlight

 (A) Antagonistic relationship between the state and the individual throughout the period of

history.

 (B) Absence of conflict between the state and the individuals upto a point in time.

 (C) The concept of state sovereignty.

 (D) Dependence on religion.

Answer:(B)

58. Which one is the peculiar feature of modern Indian ‘Secularism’ ?

 (A) No discrimination on religious considerations

 (B) Total indifference to religion

 (C) No space for social identity

 (D) Disregard for social law

Answer:(A)

59. The basic construction of Thomas More’s Utopia was inspired by

 (A) Indian tradition of religious tolerance.

 (B) Persecution of religious groups by Indian rulers.

 (C) Social inequality in India.

 (D) European perception of Indian State.

Answer:(A)

60. What is the striking feature of modern India ?

 (A) A replica of Utopian State (B) Uniform laws

 (C) Adherence to traditional values (D) Absence of Bigotry

Answer:(D)