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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2010-DEC) MODEL PAPER-68

11. Media that exist in an interconnected series of communication – points are referred to as
(A) Networked media 
(B) Connective media
(C) Nodal media 
(D) Multimedia

12. The information function of mass communication is described as
(A) diffusion 
(B) publicity
(C) surveillance 
(D) diversion

13. An example of asynchronous medium is
(A) Radio 
(B) Television
(C) Film 
(D) Newspaper

14. In communication, connotative words are
(A) explicit 
(B) abstract
(C) simple 
(D) cultural

15. A message beneath a message is labelled as
(A) embedded text 
(B) internal text
(C) inter-text 
(D) sub-text

16. In analog mass communication, stories are
(A) static 
(B) dynamic
(C) interactive 
(D) exploratory

17. Determine the relationship between the pair of words ALWAYS : NEVER and then select from the following pair of words which have a similar relationship:
(A) often : rarely 
(B) frequently : occasionally
(C) constantly : frequently 
(D) intermittently : casually

18. Find the wrong number in the sequence :
52, 51, 48, 43, 34, 27, 16
(A) 27 
(B) 34
(C) 43 
(D) 48

19. In a certain code, PAN is written as 31 and PAR as 35, then PAT is written in the same code as
(A) 30 
(B) 37
(C) 39 
(D) 41

20. The letters in the first set have certain relationship. On the basis of this relationship, make the right choice for the second set :
AF : IK : : LQ : ?
(A) MO 
(B) NP
(C) OR 
(D) TV

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2010-DEC) MODEL PAPER-67

1. Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms?
(A) Socio-economic Status 
(B) Marital Status
(C) Numerical Aptitude 
(D) Professional Attitude

2. A doctor studies the relative effectiveness of two drugs of dengue fever. His research would be classified as
(A) Descriptive Survey 
(B) Experimental Research
(C) Case Study 
(D) Ethnography

3. The term ‘phenomenology’ is associated with the process of
(A) Qualitative Research 
(B) Analysis of Variance
(C) Correlational Study 
(D) Probability Sampling

4. The ‘Sociogram’ technique is used to study
(A) Vocational Interest 
(B) Professional Competence
(C) Human Relations 
(D) Achievement Motivation

Read the following passage carefully and answer questions from 5 to 10:

It should be remembered that the nationalist movement in India, like all nationalist movements, was essentially a bourgeois movement. It represented the natural historical stage of development, and to consider it or to criticise it as a working-class movement is wrong. Gandhi represented that movement and the Indian masses in relation to that movement to a supreme degree, and he became the voice of Indian people to that extent. The main contribution of Gandhi to India and the Indian masses has been through the powerful movements which he launched through the National Congress. Through nation-wide action he sought to mould the millions, and largely succeeded in doing so, and changing them from a demoralised, timid and hopeless mass, bullied and crushed by every dominant interest, and incapable of resistance, into a people with self-respect and self-reliance, resisting tyranny, and capable of united action and sacrifice for a larger cause.

Gandhi made people think of political and economic issues and every village and every bazaar hummed with argument and debate on the new ideas and hopes that filled the people. That was an amazing psychological change. The time was ripe for it, of course, and

circumstances and world conditions worked for this change. But a great leader is necessary to take advantage of circumstances and conditions. Gandhi was that leader, and he released

many of the bonds that imprisoned and disabled our minds, and none of us who experienced it can ever forget that great feeling of release and exhilaration that came over the Indian people.

Gandhi has played a revolutionary role in India of the greatest importance because he knew how to make the most of the objective conditions and could reach the heart of the masses, while groups with a more advanced ideology functioned largely in the air because they did not fit in with those conditions and could therefore not evoke any substantial response from the masses.

It is perfectly true that Gandhi, functioning in the nationalist plane, does not think in terms of the conflict of classes, and tries to compose their differences. But the action he has indulged and taught the people has inevitably raised mass consciousness tremendously and made social issues vital. Gandhi and the Congress must be judged by the policies they pursue and the action they indulge in. But behind this, personality counts and colours those policies and activities. In the case of very exceptional person like Gandhi the question of personality becomes especially important in order to understand and appraise him. To us he has represented the spirit and honour of India, the yearning of her sorrowing millions to be rid of their innumerable burdens, and an insult to him by the British Government or others has been an insult to India and her people.

5. Which one of the following is true of the given passage?
(A) The passage is a critique of Gandhi’s role in Indian movement for independence.
(B) The passage hails the role of Gandhi in India’s freedom movement.
(C) The author is neutral on Gandhi’s role in India’s freedom movement.
(D) It is an account of Indian National Congress’s support to the working-class movement.

6. The change that the Gandhian movement brought among the Indian masses was
(A) Physical 
(B) Cultural
(C) Technological 
(D) Psychological

7. To consider the nationalist movement or to criticise it as a working-class movement was wrong because it was a
(A) historical movement 
(B) voice of the Indian people
(C) bourgeois movement 
(D) movement represented by Gandhi

8. Gandhi played a revolutionary role in India because he could
(A) preach morality 
(B) reach the heart of Indians
(C) see the conflict of classes 
(D) lead the Indian National Congress

9. Groups with advanced ideology functioned in the air as they did not fit in with
(A) objective conditions of masses
(B) the Gandhian ideology
(C) the class consciousness of the people
(D) the differences among masses

10. The author concludes the passage by
(A) criticising the Indian masses
(B) the Gandhian movement
(C) pointing out the importance of the personality of Gandhi
(D) identifying the sorrows of millions of Indians

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2011-JUNE) MODEL PAPER-66

51. The value of X, which is exceeded 90% of the time in the duration of measurement, is
(A) 63 
(B) 62
(C) 61 
(D) 60

52. The value of X, which is exceeded 50% of the time in the duration of measurement, is
(A) 66 
(B) 65
(C) 64 
(D) 63

53. For maintaining an effective discipline in the class, the teacher should
(A) Allow students to do what they like.
(B) Deal with the students strictly.
(C) Give the students some problem to solve.
(D) Deal with them politely and firmly.

54. An effective teaching aid is one which
(A) is colourful and good looking 
(B) activates all faculties
(C) is visible to all students 
(D) easy to prepare and use

55. Those teachers are popular among students who
(A) develop intimacy with them
(B) help them solve their problems
(C) award good grades
(D) take classes on extra tuition fee

56. The essence of an effective classroom environment is
(A) a variety of teaching aids 
(B) lively student-teacher interaction
(C) pin-drop silence 
(D) strict discipline

57. On the first day of his class, if a teacher is asked by the students to introduce himself, he should
(A) ask them to meet after the class
(B) tell them about himself in brief
(C) ignore the demand and start teaching
(D) scold the student for this unwanted demand

58. Moral values can be effectively inculcated among the students when the teacher
(A) frequently talks about values
(B) himself practices them
(C) tells stories of great persons
(D) talks of Gods and Goddesses

59. The essential qualities of a researcher are
(A) spirit of free enquiry
(B) reliance on observation and evidence
(C) systematization or theorizing of knowledge
(D) all the above

60. Research is conducted to
I. Generate new knowledge
II. Not to develop a theory
III. Obtain research degree
IV. Reinterpret existing knowledge
Which of the above are correct?
(A) I, III & II 
(B) III, II & IV
(C) II, I & III 
(D) I, III & IV

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2011-JUNE) MODEL PAPER-65

41. The first Open University in India was set up in the State of
(A) Andhra Pradesh 
(B) Delhi
(C) Himachal Pradesh 
(D) Tamil Nadu

42. Most of the Universities in India are funded by
(A) the Central Government
(B) the State Governments
(C) the University Grants Commission
(D) Private bodies and Individuals

43. Which of the following organizations looks after the quality of Technical and Management education in India?
(A) NCTE 
(B) MCI
(C) AICTE 
(D) CSIR

44. Consider the following statements:
Identify the statement which implies natural justice.
(A) The principle of natural justice is followed by the Courts.
(B) Justice delayed is justice denied.
(C) Natural justice is an inalienable right of a citizen
(D) A reasonable opportunity of being heard must be given.

45. The President of India is
(A) the Head of State
(B) the Head of Government
(C) both Head of the State and the Head of the Government
(D) None of the above

46. Who among the following holds office during the pleasure of the President of India?
(A) Chief Election Commissioner
(B) Comptroller and Auditor General of India
(C) Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
(D) Governor of a State

Questions 47 to 49 are based upon the following diagram in which there are three interlocking circles A, P and S where A stands for Artists, circle P for Professors and circle S for Sports persons.
Different regions in the figure are lettered from a to f:

47. The region which represents artists who are neither sportsmen nor professors.
(A) d 
(B) e
(C) b 
(D) g

48. The region which represents professors, who are both artists and sportspersons.
(A) a 
(B) c
(C) d 
(D) g

49. The region which represents professors, who are also sportspersons, but not artists.
(A) e 
(B) f
(C) c 
(D) g

Questions 50 to 52 are based on the following data:

Measurements of some variable X were made at an interval of 1 minute from 10 A.M. to 10:20 A.M. The data, thus, obtained is as follows:

X :60, 62, 65, 64, 63, 61, 66, 65, 70, 68, 63, 62, 64, 69, 65, 64, 66, 67, 66, 64

50. The value of X, which is exceeded 10% of the time in the duration of measurement, is
(A) 69
(B) 68
(C) 67 
(D) 66

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2011-JUNE) MODEL PAPER-64

31. DNS in internet technology stands for
(A) Dynamic Name System 
(B) Domain Name System
(C) Distributed Name System 
(D) None of these

32. HTML stands for
(A) Hyper Text Markup Language
(B) Hyper Text Manipulation Language
(C) Hyper Text Managing Links
(D) Hyper Text Manipulating Links

33. Which of the following is type of LAN?
(A) Ethernet 
(B) Token Ring
(C) FDDI 
(D) All of the above

34. Which of the following statements is true?
(A) Smart cards do not require an operating system.
(B) Smart cards and PCs use some operating system.
(C) COS is smart card operating system.
(D) The communication between reader and card is in full duplex mode.

35. The Ganga Action Plan was initiated during the year
(A) 1986 
(B) 1988
(C) 1990 
(D) 1992

36. Identify the correct sequence of energy sources in order of their share in the power sector in India:
(A) Thermal > nuclear > hydro > wind
(B) Thermal > hydro > nuclear > wind
(C) Hydro > nuclear > thermal > wind
(D) Nuclear > hydro > wind > thermal

37. Chromium as a contaminant in drinking water in excess of permissible levels, causes
(A) Skeletal damage
(B) Gastrointestinal problem
(C) Dermal and nervous problems
(D) Liver/Kidney problems

38. The main precursors of winter smog are
(A) N2O and hydrocarbons 
(B) NOx and hydrocarbons
(C) SO2 and hydrocarbons 
(D) SO2 and ozone

39. Flash floods are caused when
(A) the atmosphere is convectively unstable and there is considerable vertical wind shear
(B) the atmosphere is stable
(C) the atmosphere is convectively unstable with no vertical windshear
(D) winds are catabatic

40. In mega cities of India, the dominant source of air pollution is
(A) transport sector 
(B) thermal power
(C) municipal waste 
(D) commercial sector

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2011-JUNE) MODEL PAPER-63

21. If A = 5, B = 6, C = 7, D = 8 and so on, what do the following numbers stand for?
17, 19, 20, 9, 8
(A) Plane 
(B) Moped
(C) Motor 
(D) Tonga

22. The price of oil is increased by 25%. If the expenditure is not allowed to increase, the ratio between the reduction in consumption and the original consumption is
(A) 1 : 3 
(B) 1 : 4
(C) 1 : 5 
(D) 1 : 6

23. How many 8’s are there in the following sequence which are preceded by 5 but not immediately followed by 3?
5 8 3 7 5 8 6 3 8 5 4 5 8 4 7 6 5 5 8 3 5 8 7 5 8 2 8 5
(A) 4 
(B) 5
(C) 7 
(D) 3

24. If a rectangle were called a circle, a circle a point, a point a triangle and a triangle a square, the shape of a wheel is
(A) Rectangle 
(B) Circle
(C) Point 
(D) Triangle

25. Which one of the following methods is best suited for mapping the distribution of different crops as provided in the standard classification of crops in India?
(A) Pie diagram 
(B) Chorochromatic technique
(C) Isopleth technique 
(D) Dot method

26. Which one of the following does not come under the methods of data classification?
(A) Qualitative 
(B) Normative
(C) Spatial 
(D) Quantitative

27. Which one of the following is not a source of data?
(A) Administrative records 
(B) Population census
(C) GIS 
(D) Sample survey

28. If the statement ‘some men are cruel’ is false, which of the following statements/statement are/is true?
(i) All men are cruel.
(ii) No men are cruel.
(iii) Some men are not cruel.
(A) (i) and (iii) 
(B) (i) and (ii)
(C) (ii) and (iii) 
(D) (iii) only

29. The octal number system consists of the following symbols:
(A) 0 – 7 
(B) 0 – 9
(C) 0 – 9, A – F 
(D) None of the above

30. The binary equivalent of (–19)10 in signed magnitude system is
(A) 11101100 
(B) 11101101
(C) 10010011 
(D) None of these

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2011-JUNE) MODEL PAPER-62

11. Public communication tends to occur within a more
(A) complex structure 
(B) political structure
(C) convenient structure 
(D) formal structure

12. Transforming thoughts, ideas and messages into verbal and non-verbal signs is referred to as
(A) channelization 
(B) mediation
(C) encoding 
(D) decoding

13. Effective communication needs a supportive
(A) economic environment 
(B) political environment
(C) social environment 
(D) multi-cultural environment

14. A major barrier in the transmission of cognitive data in the process of communication is an individual’s
(A) personality 
(B) expectation
(C) social status 
(D) coding ability

15. When communicated, institutionalised stereotypes become
(A) myths 
(B) reasons
(C) experiences 
(D) convictions

16. In mass communication, selective perception is dependent on the receiver’s
(A) competence 
(B) pre-disposition
(C) receptivity 
(D) ethnicity

17. Determine the relationship between the pair of words NUMERATOR : DENOMINATOR and then select the pair of words from the following which have a similar relationship:
(A) fraction : decimal 
(B) divisor : quotient
(C) top : bottom 
(D) dividend : divisor

18. Find the wrong number in the sequence
125, 127, 130, 135, 142, 153, 165
(A) 130 
(B) 142
(C) 153 
(D) 165

19. If HOBBY is coded as IOBY and LOBBY is coded as MOBY; then BOBBY is coded as
(A) BOBY 
(B) COBY
(C) DOBY 
(D) OOBY

20. The letters in the first set have certain relationship. On the basis of this relationship, make the right choice for the second set:
K/T : 11/20 :: J/R : ?
(A) 10/8 
(B) 10/18
(C) 11/19 
(D) 10/19

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2011-JUNE) MODEL PAPER-61

1. A research paper is a brief report of research work based on
(A) Primary Data only
(B) Secondary Data only
(C) Both Primary and Secondary Data
(D) None of the above

2. Newton gave three basic laws of motion. This research is categorized as
(A) Descriptive Research 
(B) Sample Survey
(C) Fundamental Research 
(D) Applied Research

3. A group of experts in a specific area of knowledge assembled at a place and prepared a syllabus for a new course. The process may be termed as
(A) Seminar 
(B) Workshop
(C) Conference 
(D) Symposium

4. In the process of conducting research ‘Formulation of Hypothesis” is followed by
(A) Statement of Objectives 
(B) Analysis of Data
(C) Selection of Research Tools 
(D) Collection of Data

Read the following passage carefully and answer questions 5 to 10:
All historians are interpreters of text if they be private letters, Government records or parish birthlists or whatever. For most kinds of historians, these are only the necessary means to understanding something other than the texts themselves, such as a political action or a historical trend, whereas for the intellectual historian, a full understanding of his chosen texts is itself the aim of his enquiries. Of course, the intellectual history is particularly prone to draw on the focus of other disciplines that are habitually interpreting texts for purposes of their own, probing the reasoning that ostensibly connects premises and conclusions. Furthermore, the boundaries with adjacent subdisciplines are shifting and indistinct : the history of art and the history of science both claim a certain autonomy, partly just because they require specialised technical skills, but both can also be seen as part of a wider intellectual history, as is evident when one considers, for example, the common stock of knowledge about cosmological beliefs or moral ideals of a period.

Like all historians, the intellectual historian is a consumer rather than a producer of ‘methods’. His distinctiveness lies in which aspect of the past he is trying to illuminate, not in having exclusive possession of either a corpus of evidence or a body of techniques. That being said, it does seem that the label ‘intellectual history’ attracts a disproportionate share of misunderstanding.

It is alleged that intellectual history is the history of something that never really mattered. The long dominance of the historical profession by political historians bred a kind of philistinism, an unspoken belief that power and its exercise was ‘what mattered’. The prejudice was reinforced by the assertion that political action was never really the outcome of principles or ideas that were ‘more flapdoodle’. The legacy of this precept is still discernible in the tendency to require ideas to have ‘licensed’ the political class before they can be deemed worthy of intellectual attention, as if there were some reasons why the history of art or science, of philosophy or literature, were somehow of interest and significance than the history of Parties or Parliaments. Perhaps in recent years the mirror-image of this philistinism has been more common in the claim that ideas of any one is of systematic expression or sophistication do not matter, as if they were only held by a minority.

Answer the following questions:

5. An intellectual historian aims to fully understand
(A) the chosen texts of his own 
(B) political actions
(C) historical trends 
(D) his enquiries

6. Intellectual historians do not claim exclusive possession of
(A) conclusions 
(B) any corpus of evidence
(C) distinctiveness 
(D) habitual interpretation

7. The misconceptions about intellectual history stem from
(A) a body of techniques
(B) the common stock of knowledge
(C) the dominance of political historians
(D) cosmological beliefs

8. What is philistinism?
(A) Reinforcement of prejudice
(B) Fabrication of reasons
(C) The hold of land-owning classes
(D) Belief that power and its exercise matter

9. Knowledge of cosmological beliefs or moral ideas of a period can be drawn as part of
(A) literary criticism 
(B) history of science
(C) history of philosophy 
(D) intellectual history

10. The claim that ideas of any one is of systematic expression do not matter, as if they were held by a minority, is
(A) to have a licensed political class 
(B) a political action
(C) a philosophy of literature 
(D) the mirror-image of philistinism

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2012- JUNE) MODEL PAPER-51

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

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:


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

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

25. TCP/IP is necessary if one is to connect to the
(A) Phone lines 
(B) LAN
(C) Internet 
(D) a Server

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

27. Which of the following is not a programming language?
(A) Pascal 
(B) Microsoft Office
(C) Java 
(D) C++

28. Minimum number of bits required to store any 3 digit decimal number is equal to
(A) 3 
(B) 5
(C) 8 
(D) 10

29. Internet explorer is a type of
(A) Operating System 
(B) Compiler
(C) Browser 
(D) IP address

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

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UGC-NET&SET-PAPER-1(2011-DEC) MODEL PAPER-60

51. Controlled group condition is applied in
(A) Survey Research 

(B) Historical Research
(C) Experimental Research 

(D) Descriptive Research

52. Workshops are meant for
(A) giving lectures 

(B) multiple target groups
(C) showcase new theories 

(D) hands on training/experience

53. Which one of the following is a research tool?
(A) Graph 

(B) Illustration
(C) Questionnaire 

(D) Diagram

54. Research is not considered ethical if it
(A) tries to prove a particular point.
(B) does not ensure privacy and anonymity of the respondent.
(C) does not investigate the data scientifically.
(D) is not of a very high standard.

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions (Qn. Nos. 55 to 60):
The catalytic fact of the twentieth century is uncontrollable development, consumerist society, political materialism, and spiritual devaluation. This inordinate development has led to the transcendental ‘second reality’ of sacred perception that biologically transcendence is a part of human life. As the century closes, it dawns with imperative vigour that the ‘first reality’ of enlightened rationalism and the ‘second reality’ of the Beyond have to be harmonised in a worthy state of man. The de facto values describe what we are, they portray the ‘is’ of our ethic, they are est values (Latin est means is). The ideal values tell us what we ought to be, they are esto values (Latin esto ‘ought to be’). Both have to be in the ebb and flow of consciousness. The ever new science and technology and the ever-perennial faith are two modes of one certainty, that is the wholeness of man, his courage to be, his share in Being.

The materialistic foundations of science have crumbled down. Science itself has proved that matter is energy, processes are as valid as facts, and affirmed the non - materiality of the universe. The encounter of the ‘two cultures’, the scientific and the humane, will restore the normal vision, and will be the bedrock of a ‘science of understanding’ in the new century. It will give new meaning to the ancient perception that quantity (measure) and quality (value) coexist at the root of nature. Human endeavours cannot afford to be humanistically irresponsible.

55. The problem raised in the passage reflects overall on
(A) Consumerism 

(B) Materialism
(C) Spiritual devaluation 

(D) Inordinate development

56. The ‘de facto’ values in the passage means
(A) What is 

(B) What ought to be
(C) What can be 

(D) Where it is

57. According to the passage, the ‘first reality’ constitutes
(A) Economic prosperity 

(B) Political development
(C) Sacred perception of life 

(D) Enlightened rationalism

58. Encounter of the ‘two cultures’, the scientific and the human implies
(A) Restoration of normal vision
(B) Universe is both material and non-material
(C) Man is superior to nature
(D) Co-existence of quantity and quality in nature

59. The contents of the passage are
(A) Descriptive 

(B) Prescriptive
(C) Axiomatic 

(D) Optional

60. The passage indicates that science has proved that
(A) universe is material 

(B) matter is energy
(C) nature has abundance 

(D) humans are irresponsible