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31. In a fuel cell driven vehicle, the energy is obtained from the combustion of
(A) Methane 
(B) Hydrogen
(C) LPG 
(D) CNG

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)

33. Which of the following statements are correct about the National Assessment and Accreditation Council ?
1. It is an autonomous institution.
2. It is tasked with the responsibility of assessing and accrediting institutions of higher education.
3. It is located in Delhi.
4. It has regional offices.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1 and 3 
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 1, 2 and 4 
(D) 2, 3 and 4

34. The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between two or more States falls under its
(A) Advisory Jurisdiction
(B) Appellate Jurisdiction
(C) Original Jurisdiction
(D) Writ Jurisdiction

35. Which of the following statements are correct ?
1. There are seven Union Territories in India.
2. Two Union Territories have Legislative Assemblies
3. One Union Territory has a High Court.
4. One Union Territory is the capital of two States.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(A) 1 and 3 only
(B) 2 and 4 only
(C) 2, 3 and 4 only
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

36. Which of the following statements are correct about the Central Information Commission?
1. The Central Information Commission is a statutory body.
2. The Chief Information Commissioner and other Information Commissioners are appointed by the President of India.
3. The Commission can impose a penalty upto a maximum of Rs 25,000/-
4. It can punish an errant officer.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Codes :
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 2, 3 and 4

37. Who among the following conducted the CNN-IBN – The Hindu 2013 Election Tracker Survey across 267 constituencies in 18 States ?
(A) The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)
(B) The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
(C) CNN and IBN
(D) CNN, IBN and The Hindu

38. In certain code TEACHER is written as VGCEJGT. The code of CHILDREN will be
(A) EKNJFTGP 
(B) EJKNFTGP
(C) KNJFGTP 
(D) None of these

39. A person has to buy both apples and mangoes. The cost of one apple is Rs 7/- whereas that of a mango is Rs 5/-. If the person has Rs 38, the number of apples he can buy is
(A) 1 
(B) 2
(C) 3 
(D) 4

40. A man pointing to a lady said, “The son of her only brother is the brother of my wife”. The lady is related to the man as
(A) Mother’s sister
(B) Grand mother
(C) Mother-in-law
(D) Sister of Father-in-law

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21. The initial efforts for internet based communication was for
(A) Commercial communication
(B) Military purposes
(C) Personal interaction
(D) Political campaigns

22. Internal communication within institutions is done through
(A) LAN 
(B) WAN
(C) EBB 
(D) MMS

23. Virtual reality provides
(A) Sharp pictures
(B) Individual audio
(C) Participatory experience
(D) Preview of new films

24. The first virtual university of India came up in
(A) Andhra Pradesh 
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Uttar Pradesh 
(D) Tamil Nadu

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)

26. Which one of the following continents is at a greater risk of desertification ?
(A) Africa
(B) Asia
(C) South America
(D) North America

27. “Women are closer to nature than men.” What kind of perspective is this ?
(A) Realist 
(B) Essentialist
(C) Feminist 
(D) Deep ecology

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.

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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.

Following table provides details about the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India from different regions of the world in different years. Study the table carefully and answer questions from 16 to 19 based on this table.



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

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

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

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

20. The post-industrial society is designated as
(A) Information society
(B) Technology society
(C) Mediated society
(D) Non-agricultural society

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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

2. Sampling error decreases with the
(A) decrease in sample size
(B) increase in sample size
(C) process of randomization
(D) process of analysis

3. The principles of fundamental research are used in
(A) action research
(B) applied research
(C) philosophical research
(D) historical research

4. Users who use media for their own ends are identified as
(A) Passive audience 
(B) Active audience
(C) Positive audience 
(D) Negative audience

5. Classroom communication can be described as
(A) Exploration 
(B) Institutionalisation
(C) Unsignified narration 
(D) Discourse

6. Ideological codes shape our collective
(A) Productions 
(B) Perceptions
(C) Consumptions 
(D) Creations

7. In communication, myths have power, but are
(A) uncultural 
(B) insignificant
(C) imprecise 
(D) unpreferred

8. The first multi-lingual news agency of India was
(A) Samachar 
(B) API
(C) Hindustan Samachar 
(D) Samachar Bharati

9. Organisational communication can also be equated with
(A) intra-personal communication.
(B) inter-personal communication.
(C) group communication.
(D) mass communication.

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

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51. The Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2013 has been conferred on
(A) Karan Johar 
(B) Amir Khan
(C) Asha Bhonsle 
(D) Gulzar

52. Photographs are not easy to
(A) publish 
(B) secure
(C) decode 
(D) change

53. The grains that appear on a television set when operated are also referred to as
(A) sparks 
(B) green Dots
(C) snow 
(D) rain Drops

54. In circular communication, the encoder becomes a decoder when there is
(A) noise 
(B) audience
(C) criticality 
(D) feedback

55. Break-down in verbal communication is described as
(A) Short Circuit 
(B) Contradiction
(C) Unevenness 
(D) Entropy

56. In certain coding method, the word QUESTION is encoded as DOMESTIC. In this coding, what is the code word for the word RESPONSE?
(A) OMESUCEM
(B) OMESICSM
(C) OMESICEM
(D) OMESISCM

57. lf the series 4,5,8,13,14,17,22,........ is continued in the same pattern, which one of the following is not a term of this series?
(A) 31 
(B) 32
(C) 33 
(D) 35

58. Complete the series BB, FE, II, ML, PP,.......... by choosing one of the following option given :
(A) TS 
(B) ST
(C) RS 
(D) SR

59. A man started walking from his house towards south. After walking 6 km, he turned to his left and walked 5 km after. Then he walked further 3 km after turning left. He then turned to his left and continued his walk for 9 km. How far is he away from his house?
(A) 3 km 
(B) 4 km
(C) 5 km 
(D) 6 km

60. In a post-office, stamps of three different denominations of Rs 7, Rs 8, Rs 10 are available. The exact amount for which one cannot buy stamps is
(A) 19 
(B) 20
(C) 23 
(D) 29

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41. Which one of the following is a non probability sampling?
(A) Simple Random 
(B) Purposive
(C) Systematic 
(D) Stratified

42. 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

43. The research stream of immediate application is
(A) Conceptual research
(B) Action research
(C) Fundamental research
(D) Empirical research

44. Who among the following propounded the concept of paradigm?
(A) Peter Haggett 
(B) Von Thunen
(C) Thomas Kuhn 
(D) John K. Wright

Read the following passage carefully and answer questions 45 to 49:
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, at least before foreign governments became established, just as there was no concept of state 'sovereignty' or of any church-and-state dichotomy.

Modem 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.

45. 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 of religion

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. 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, economical and political sense
(C) Social integration of all groups
(D) Cultural assimilation of all social groups

50. The Telephone Model of Communication was first developed in the area of
(A) Technological theory
(B) Dispersion theory
(C) Minimal effects theory
(D) Information theory

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31. 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

32. 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.

33. Which one of the following is the best method of teaching?
(A) Lecture 
(B) Discussion
(C) Demonstration 
(D) Narration

34. Dyslexia is associated with
(A) mental disorder
(B) behavioural disorder
(C) reading disorder
(D) writing disorder

35. The e-content generation for undergraduate 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

36. Classroom communication is normally considered as
(A) effective 
(B) cognitive
(C) affective 
(D) selective

37. 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

38. In a thesis, figures and tables are included in
(A) the appendix
(B) a separate chapter
(C) the concluding chapter
(D) the text itself

39. A thesis statement is
(A) an observation 
(B) a fact
(C) an assertion 
(D) a discussion

40. 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

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21. The population of India is about 1.2 billion. Take the average consumption of energy per person per year in India as 30 Mega Joules. If this consumption is met by carbon based fuels and the rate of carbon emissions per kilojoule is l5 x I06 kgs, the total carbon emissions per year from India will be
(A) 54 million metric tons
(B) 540 million metric tons
(C) 5400 million metric tons
(D) 2400 million metric tons

22. The National Disaster Management Authority functions under the Union Ministry of
(A) Environment 
(B) Water Resources
(C) Home Affairs 
(D) Defence

23. 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

24. 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

25. In order to avoid catastrophic consequences of climate change, there is general agreement among the countries of the world to limit the rise in average surface temperature of earth compared to that of pre-industrial times by
(A) 1.5 oC to 2 oC
(B) 2.0 oC to 3.5 oC
(C) 0.5 oC to 1.0 oC
(D) 0.25 oC to 0.5 oC

26. Who among the following is the defacto executive head of the Planning Commission?
(A) Chairman
(B) Deputy Chairman
(C) Minister of State for Planning
(D) Member Secretary

27. Education as a subject of legislation figures in the
(A) Union List
(B) State List
(C) Concurrent List
(D) Residuary Powers

28. 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

29. 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

30. Which of the following universities has adopted the meta university concept?
(A) Assam University
(B) Delhi University
(C) Hyderabad University
(D) Pondicherry University

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1. "lf a large diamond is cut up into little bits, it will lose its value just as an army is divided up into small units of soldiers, it loses its strength."
The argument put above may be called as
(A) Analogical 
(B) Deductive
(C) Statistical 
(D) Casual

2. Given below are some characteristics of logical argument. Select the code which expresses a characteristic which is not of inductive in character.
(A) The conclusion is claimed to follow from its premises.
(B) The conclusion is based on causal relation.
(C) The conclusion conclusively follows from its premises.
(D) The conclusion is based on observation and experiment

3. If two propositions having the same subject and predicate terms can both be true but cannot both be false, the relation between those two propositions is called
(A) contradictory 
(B) contrary
(C) subcontrary 
(D) subaltern

4. One writes all numbers from 50 to 99 without the digits 2 and 7. How many numbers have been written?
(A) 32 
(B) 36
(C) 40 
(D) 38

5. Given below is a diagram of three circles A, B & C inter-related with each other. The circle A represents the class of Indians, the circle B represents the class of scientists and circle C represents the class of politicians. p, q, r, s... represent different regions. Select the code containing the region that indicates the class of Indian scientists who are not politicians.
Codes:
(A) q and s only
(B) s only
(C) s and r only
(D) p, q and s only

6. Given below are two premises and four conclusions drawn from those premises. Select the code that expresses conclusion drawn validly from the premises (separately or jointly).
Premises:
(a) All dogs are mammals.
(b) No cats are dogs.
Conclusions:
(i) No cats are mammals
(ii) Some cats are mammals.
(iii) No Dogs are cats
(iv) No dogs are non-mammals.
Codes:
(A) (i) only 
(B) (i) and (ii)
(C) (iii) and (iv) 
(D) (ii) and (iii)

Read the following table carefully. Based upon this table answer questions from 7 to 11:

Net Area under Irrigation by sources in a country (Thousand Hectares)

7. Find out the source of irrigation that has registered the maximum improvement in terms of percentage of Net irrigated area during 2002-03 and 2003-04.
(A) Government Canals
(B) Tanks
(C) Tube Wells and other wells
(D) Other Sources

8. In which of the following years, Net irrigation by tanks increased at the highest rate?
(A) 1998-99 
(B) 2000-01
(C) 2003-04 
(D) 2005-06

9. Identify the source of irrigation that has recorded the maximum incidence of negative growth in terms of Net irrigated area during the years given in the table.
(A) Government Canals
(B) Private Canals
(C) Tube Wells and other wells
(D) Other sources

10. In which of the following years, share of the tube wells and other wells in the total net irrigated area was the highest?
(A) 1998-99 
(B) 2000-01
(C) 2002-03 
(D) 2004-05

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11. Which of the following sources of Irrigation has registered the largest percentage of decline in Net area under irrigation during 1997-98 and 2005-06 ?
(A) Government Canals
(B) Private Canals
(C) Tanks
(D) Other Sources

12. Which one of the following is not a/an image/graphic file format?
(A) PNG 
(B) GIF
(C) BMP 
(D) GUI

13. The first Web Browser is
(A) Internet Explorer 
(B) Netscape
(C) World Wide Web 
(D) Firefox

(NOTE: The first web browser was invented in 1990 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Berners-Lee is the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the Web's continued development, and is also the founder of the World Wide Web Foundation. His browser was called WorldWideWeb and later renamed Nexus.)14. When a computer is booting, BIOS is loaded to the memory by
(A) RAM 
(B) ROM
(C) CD-ROM 
(D) TCP

15. Which one of the following is not the same as the other three?
(A) MAC address 
(B) Hardware address
(C) Physical address 
(D) IP address

16. Identify the IP address from the following:
(A) 300 .215.317 3
(B) 302.215@417.5
(C) 202.50.20.148
(D) 202-50-20-148

17. The acronym FTP stands for
(A) File Transfer Protocol
(B) Fast Transfer Protocol
(C) File Tracking Protocol
(D) File Transfer Procedure

18. Which of the following cities has been worst affected by urban smog in recent times?
(A) Paris 
(B) London
(C) Los Angeles 
(D) Beijing

19. The primary source of organic pollution in fresh water bodies is
(A) run-off urban areas
(B) run-off from agricultural forms
(C) sewage effluents
(D) industrial effluents

20. 'Lahar' is a natural disaster involving
(A) eruption of large amount of material
(B) strong winds
(C) strong water waves
(D) strong winds and water waves