UGC NET Past Year Question Paper I with Answer Key (24 December 2011) | UGC NET Past Year Papers PDF Download

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Q1.       Photo bleeding means
(A) Photo cropping      (B) Photo placement
(C) Photo cutting         (D) Photo colour adjustment
Answer: D
 
Q2.       While designing communication strategy feed-forward
studies are conducted by
(A) Audience    (B) Communicator
(C) Satellite       (D) Media
Answer: B
 
Q3.       In which language the newspapers have highest
circulation?
(A) English       (B) Hindi
(C) Bengali       (D) Tamil
Answer: B
 
Q4.       Aspect ratio of TV Screen is
(A) 4 : 3              (B) 3 : 4
(C) 2 : 3              (D) 2 : 4
Answer: A
 
Q5.       Communication with oneself is known as
(A) Organisational Communication (B) Grapewine Communication
(C) Interpersonal Communication    (D) Intrapersonal Communication
Answer: D
 
Q6.       The term ‘SITE’ stands for
(A) Satellite Indian Television Experiment
(B) Satellite International Television Experiment
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Q1.       Photo bleeding means
(A) Photo cropping      (B) Photo placement
(C) Photo cutting         (D) Photo colour adjustment
Answer: D
 
Q2.       While designing communication strategy feed-forward
studies are conducted by
(A) Audience    (B) Communicator
(C) Satellite       (D) Media
Answer: B
 
Q3.       In which language the newspapers have highest
circulation?
(A) English       (B) Hindi
(C) Bengali       (D) Tamil
Answer: B
 
Q4.       Aspect ratio of TV Screen is
(A) 4 : 3              (B) 3 : 4
(C) 2 : 3              (D) 2 : 4
Answer: A
 
Q5.       Communication with oneself is known as
(A) Organisational Communication (B) Grapewine Communication
(C) Interpersonal Communication    (D) Intrapersonal Communication
Answer: D
 
Q6.       The term ‘SITE’ stands for
(A) Satellite Indian Television Experiment
(B) Satellite International Television Experiment
(C) Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
(D) Satellite Instructional Teachers Education
Answer: C
 
Q7.       What is the number that comes next in the sequence?
2, 5, 9, 19, 37, __
(A) 76     (B) 74
(C) 75     (D) 50
Answer: C
 
Q8.       Find the next letter for the series MPSV ..…
(A) X      (B) Y
(C) Z       (D) A
Answer: B
 
Q9.       If ‘367’ means ‘I am happy’; ‘748’ means ‘you are sad’ and
‘469’ means ‘happy and sad’ in a given code, then which of the
following represents ‘and’ in that code?
(A) 3       (B) 6
(C) 9       (D) 4
Answer: C
 
Q10.    The basis of the following classification is ‘animal’, ‘man’,
‘house’, ‘book’, and ‘student’:
(A) Definite descriptions        (B) Proper names
(C) Descriptive phrases          (D) Common names
Answer: D
 
Q11.       Assertion (A): The coin when flipped next time will come up
tails.
Reason (R): Because the coin was flipped five times in a row, and each time
it came up heads.
Choose the correct answer from below:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is doubtful, (R) is true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
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Q1.       Photo bleeding means
(A) Photo cropping      (B) Photo placement
(C) Photo cutting         (D) Photo colour adjustment
Answer: D
 
Q2.       While designing communication strategy feed-forward
studies are conducted by
(A) Audience    (B) Communicator
(C) Satellite       (D) Media
Answer: B
 
Q3.       In which language the newspapers have highest
circulation?
(A) English       (B) Hindi
(C) Bengali       (D) Tamil
Answer: B
 
Q4.       Aspect ratio of TV Screen is
(A) 4 : 3              (B) 3 : 4
(C) 2 : 3              (D) 2 : 4
Answer: A
 
Q5.       Communication with oneself is known as
(A) Organisational Communication (B) Grapewine Communication
(C) Interpersonal Communication    (D) Intrapersonal Communication
Answer: D
 
Q6.       The term ‘SITE’ stands for
(A) Satellite Indian Television Experiment
(B) Satellite International Television Experiment
(C) Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
(D) Satellite Instructional Teachers Education
Answer: C
 
Q7.       What is the number that comes next in the sequence?
2, 5, 9, 19, 37, __
(A) 76     (B) 74
(C) 75     (D) 50
Answer: C
 
Q8.       Find the next letter for the series MPSV ..…
(A) X      (B) Y
(C) Z       (D) A
Answer: B
 
Q9.       If ‘367’ means ‘I am happy’; ‘748’ means ‘you are sad’ and
‘469’ means ‘happy and sad’ in a given code, then which of the
following represents ‘and’ in that code?
(A) 3       (B) 6
(C) 9       (D) 4
Answer: C
 
Q10.    The basis of the following classification is ‘animal’, ‘man’,
‘house’, ‘book’, and ‘student’:
(A) Definite descriptions        (B) Proper names
(C) Descriptive phrases          (D) Common names
Answer: D
 
Q11.       Assertion (A): The coin when flipped next time will come up
tails.
Reason (R): Because the coin was flipped five times in a row, and each time
it came up heads.
Choose the correct answer from below:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is doubtful, (R) is true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is doubtful, (R) is false, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Answer: C
 
Q12.       The relation ‘is a sister of ’ is
(A) non-symmetrical    (B) symmetrical
(C) asymmetrical          (D) transitive
Answer: D
 
Q13.       If the proposition “Vegetarians are not meat eaters” is false,
then which of the following inferences is correct ? Choose from the
codes given below :
1. “Some vegetarians are meat eaters” is true.
2. “All vegetarians are meat eaters” is doubtful.
3. “Some vegetarians are not meat eaters” is true.
4. “Some vegetarians are not meat eaters” is doubtful.
Codes:
(A) 1, 2 and 3                (B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 3 and 4               (D) 1, 2 and 4
Answer: A
 
Q14.       Determine the nature of the following definition:
‘Poor’ means having an annual income of  Rs.10,000.
(A) persuasive             (B) precising
(C) lexical                                                  (D) stipulative
Answer: B
 
Q15.       Which one of the following is not an argument?
(A) If today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be W ednesday.
(B) Since today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be W ednesday.
(C) Ram insulted me so I punched him in the nose.
(D) Ram is not at home, so he must have gone to town.
Answer: A
 
Q16.       Venn diagram is a kind of diagram to
(A) represent and assess the truth of elementary inferences with the help of
Boolean Algebra of classes.
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Q1.       Photo bleeding means
(A) Photo cropping      (B) Photo placement
(C) Photo cutting         (D) Photo colour adjustment
Answer: D
 
Q2.       While designing communication strategy feed-forward
studies are conducted by
(A) Audience    (B) Communicator
(C) Satellite       (D) Media
Answer: B
 
Q3.       In which language the newspapers have highest
circulation?
(A) English       (B) Hindi
(C) Bengali       (D) Tamil
Answer: B
 
Q4.       Aspect ratio of TV Screen is
(A) 4 : 3              (B) 3 : 4
(C) 2 : 3              (D) 2 : 4
Answer: A
 
Q5.       Communication with oneself is known as
(A) Organisational Communication (B) Grapewine Communication
(C) Interpersonal Communication    (D) Intrapersonal Communication
Answer: D
 
Q6.       The term ‘SITE’ stands for
(A) Satellite Indian Television Experiment
(B) Satellite International Television Experiment
(C) Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
(D) Satellite Instructional Teachers Education
Answer: C
 
Q7.       What is the number that comes next in the sequence?
2, 5, 9, 19, 37, __
(A) 76     (B) 74
(C) 75     (D) 50
Answer: C
 
Q8.       Find the next letter for the series MPSV ..…
(A) X      (B) Y
(C) Z       (D) A
Answer: B
 
Q9.       If ‘367’ means ‘I am happy’; ‘748’ means ‘you are sad’ and
‘469’ means ‘happy and sad’ in a given code, then which of the
following represents ‘and’ in that code?
(A) 3       (B) 6
(C) 9       (D) 4
Answer: C
 
Q10.    The basis of the following classification is ‘animal’, ‘man’,
‘house’, ‘book’, and ‘student’:
(A) Definite descriptions        (B) Proper names
(C) Descriptive phrases          (D) Common names
Answer: D
 
Q11.       Assertion (A): The coin when flipped next time will come up
tails.
Reason (R): Because the coin was flipped five times in a row, and each time
it came up heads.
Choose the correct answer from below:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is doubtful, (R) is true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is doubtful, (R) is false, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Answer: C
 
Q12.       The relation ‘is a sister of ’ is
(A) non-symmetrical    (B) symmetrical
(C) asymmetrical          (D) transitive
Answer: D
 
Q13.       If the proposition “Vegetarians are not meat eaters” is false,
then which of the following inferences is correct ? Choose from the
codes given below :
1. “Some vegetarians are meat eaters” is true.
2. “All vegetarians are meat eaters” is doubtful.
3. “Some vegetarians are not meat eaters” is true.
4. “Some vegetarians are not meat eaters” is doubtful.
Codes:
(A) 1, 2 and 3                (B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 3 and 4               (D) 1, 2 and 4
Answer: A
 
Q14.       Determine the nature of the following definition:
‘Poor’ means having an annual income of  Rs.10,000.
(A) persuasive             (B) precising
(C) lexical                                                  (D) stipulative
Answer: B
 
Q15.       Which one of the following is not an argument?
(A) If today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be W ednesday.
(B) Since today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be W ednesday.
(C) Ram insulted me so I punched him in the nose.
(D) Ram is not at home, so he must have gone to town.
Answer: A
 
Q16.       Venn diagram is a kind of diagram to
(A) represent and assess the truth of elementary inferences with the help of
Boolean Algebra of classes.
(B) represent and assess the validity of elementary inferences with the help of
Boolean Algebra of classes.
(C) represent but not assess the validity of elementary inferences with the help
of Boolean Algebra of classes.
(D) assess but not represent the validity of elementary inferences with the help
of Boolean Algebra of classes.
Answer: B
 
Q17.       Inductive logic studies the way in which a premise may
(A) support and entail a conclusion
(B) not support but entail a conclusion
(C) neither support nor entail a conclusion
(D) support a conclusion without entailing it
Answer: D
 
Q18.       Which of the following statements are true? Choose from
the codes given below.
1. Some arguments, while not completely valid, are almost valid.
2. A sound argument may be invalid.
3. A cogent argument may have a probably false conclusion.
4. A statement may be true or false.
Codes:
(A) 1 and 2        (B) 1, 3 and 4
(C) 4 alone        (D) 3 and 4
Answer: D
 
Q19.       If the side of the square increases by 40%, then the area of
the square increases by
(A) 60 %            (B) 40 %
(C) 196 %          (D) 96 %
Answer: D
 
Q20.    There are 10 lamps in a hall. Each one of them can be
switched on independently. The number of ways in which hall can be
illuminated is
(A) 10
2
              (B) 1023
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Q1.       Photo bleeding means
(A) Photo cropping      (B) Photo placement
(C) Photo cutting         (D) Photo colour adjustment
Answer: D
 
Q2.       While designing communication strategy feed-forward
studies are conducted by
(A) Audience    (B) Communicator
(C) Satellite       (D) Media
Answer: B
 
Q3.       In which language the newspapers have highest
circulation?
(A) English       (B) Hindi
(C) Bengali       (D) Tamil
Answer: B
 
Q4.       Aspect ratio of TV Screen is
(A) 4 : 3              (B) 3 : 4
(C) 2 : 3              (D) 2 : 4
Answer: A
 
Q5.       Communication with oneself is known as
(A) Organisational Communication (B) Grapewine Communication
(C) Interpersonal Communication    (D) Intrapersonal Communication
Answer: D
 
Q6.       The term ‘SITE’ stands for
(A) Satellite Indian Television Experiment
(B) Satellite International Television Experiment
(C) Satellite Instructional Television Experiment
(D) Satellite Instructional Teachers Education
Answer: C
 
Q7.       What is the number that comes next in the sequence?
2, 5, 9, 19, 37, __
(A) 76     (B) 74
(C) 75     (D) 50
Answer: C
 
Q8.       Find the next letter for the series MPSV ..…
(A) X      (B) Y
(C) Z       (D) A
Answer: B
 
Q9.       If ‘367’ means ‘I am happy’; ‘748’ means ‘you are sad’ and
‘469’ means ‘happy and sad’ in a given code, then which of the
following represents ‘and’ in that code?
(A) 3       (B) 6
(C) 9       (D) 4
Answer: C
 
Q10.    The basis of the following classification is ‘animal’, ‘man’,
‘house’, ‘book’, and ‘student’:
(A) Definite descriptions        (B) Proper names
(C) Descriptive phrases          (D) Common names
Answer: D
 
Q11.       Assertion (A): The coin when flipped next time will come up
tails.
Reason (R): Because the coin was flipped five times in a row, and each time
it came up heads.
Choose the correct answer from below:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is doubtful, (R) is true, and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(D) (A) is doubtful, (R) is false, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Answer: C
 
Q12.       The relation ‘is a sister of ’ is
(A) non-symmetrical    (B) symmetrical
(C) asymmetrical          (D) transitive
Answer: D
 
Q13.       If the proposition “Vegetarians are not meat eaters” is false,
then which of the following inferences is correct ? Choose from the
codes given below :
1. “Some vegetarians are meat eaters” is true.
2. “All vegetarians are meat eaters” is doubtful.
3. “Some vegetarians are not meat eaters” is true.
4. “Some vegetarians are not meat eaters” is doubtful.
Codes:
(A) 1, 2 and 3                (B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 3 and 4               (D) 1, 2 and 4
Answer: A
 
Q14.       Determine the nature of the following definition:
‘Poor’ means having an annual income of  Rs.10,000.
(A) persuasive             (B) precising
(C) lexical                                                  (D) stipulative
Answer: B
 
Q15.       Which one of the following is not an argument?
(A) If today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be W ednesday.
(B) Since today is Tuesday, tomorrow will be W ednesday.
(C) Ram insulted me so I punched him in the nose.
(D) Ram is not at home, so he must have gone to town.
Answer: A
 
Q16.       Venn diagram is a kind of diagram to
(A) represent and assess the truth of elementary inferences with the help of
Boolean Algebra of classes.
(B) represent and assess the validity of elementary inferences with the help of
Boolean Algebra of classes.
(C) represent but not assess the validity of elementary inferences with the help
of Boolean Algebra of classes.
(D) assess but not represent the validity of elementary inferences with the help
of Boolean Algebra of classes.
Answer: B
 
Q17.       Inductive logic studies the way in which a premise may
(A) support and entail a conclusion
(B) not support but entail a conclusion
(C) neither support nor entail a conclusion
(D) support a conclusion without entailing it
Answer: D
 
Q18.       Which of the following statements are true? Choose from
the codes given below.
1. Some arguments, while not completely valid, are almost valid.
2. A sound argument may be invalid.
3. A cogent argument may have a probably false conclusion.
4. A statement may be true or false.
Codes:
(A) 1 and 2        (B) 1, 3 and 4
(C) 4 alone        (D) 3 and 4
Answer: D
 
Q19.       If the side of the square increases by 40%, then the area of
the square increases by
(A) 60 %            (B) 40 %
(C) 196 %          (D) 96 %
Answer: D
 
Q20.    There are 10 lamps in a hall. Each one of them can be
switched on independently. The number of ways in which hall can be
illuminated is
(A) 10
2
              (B) 1023
(C) 2
10
                (D) 10 !
Answer: B
 
Q21.       How many numbers between 100 and 300 begin or end with
2?
(A) 100               (B) 110
(C) 120             (D) 180
Answer: B
 
Q22.       In a college having 300 students, every student reads 5
newspapers and every newspaper is read by 60 students. The number
of newspapers required is
(A) at least 30               (B) at most 20
(C) exactly 25               (D) exactly 5
Answer: C
 
The total CO
2
 emissions from various sectors are 5 mmt. In the Pie Chart
given below, the percentage contribution to CO
2
 emissions from various
sectors is indicated. Answer questions 23 & 24.
Q23.       What is the absolute CO
2
 emission from domestic sector?
(A) 1.5 mmt       (B) 2.5 mmt
(C) 1.75 mmt     (D) 0.75 mmt
Answer: D
Domestic sector emission = 5 * 15/100 = 0.75 mmt.
 
Q24.       What is the absolute CO
2
 emission for combined thermal
power and transport sectors?