UGC NET Past Year Question Paper I with Answer Key (27 June 2010) | UGC NET Past Year Papers PDF Download

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Q1.      Which one of the following is the most important quality of a
good teacher?
(A) Punctuality and sincerity             (B) Content mastery
(C) Content mastery and reactive     (D) Content mastery and
sociable
Answer: A
Explanation: Question here focuses on the personal quality of the teacher.
 
Q2.       The primary responsibility for the teacher’s adjustment lies
with
(A) The children                                                                 (B) The principal
(C) The teacher himself         (D) The community
Answer: C
Explanation: Teacher’s adjustment is his/her own responsibility nobody else
is responsible for it.
 
Q3.       As per the NCTE norms, what should be the staff strength
for a unit of 100 students at B.Ed. level ?
(A) 1 + 7             (B) 1 + 9
(C) 1 + 10          (D) 1 + 5
Answer: A
Explanation: One Principal + 7 faculty members.
 
Q4.      Research has shown that the most frequent symptom of
nervous instability among teachers is
(A) Digestive upsets    (B) Explosive behaviour
(C) Fatigue                                               (D) W orry
Answer: B
 
Q5.       Which one of the following statements is correct?
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Q1.      Which one of the following is the most important quality of a
good teacher?
(A) Punctuality and sincerity             (B) Content mastery
(C) Content mastery and reactive     (D) Content mastery and
sociable
Answer: A
Explanation: Question here focuses on the personal quality of the teacher.
 
Q2.       The primary responsibility for the teacher’s adjustment lies
with
(A) The children                                                                 (B) The principal
(C) The teacher himself         (D) The community
Answer: C
Explanation: Teacher’s adjustment is his/her own responsibility nobody else
is responsible for it.
 
Q3.       As per the NCTE norms, what should be the staff strength
for a unit of 100 students at B.Ed. level ?
(A) 1 + 7             (B) 1 + 9
(C) 1 + 10          (D) 1 + 5
Answer: A
Explanation: One Principal + 7 faculty members.
 
Q4.      Research has shown that the most frequent symptom of
nervous instability among teachers is
(A) Digestive upsets    (B) Explosive behaviour
(C) Fatigue                                               (D) W orry
Answer: B
 
Q5.       Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) Syllabus is an annexure to the curriculum.
(B) Curriculum is the same in all educational institutions.
(C) Curriculum includes both formal, and informal education.
(D) Curriculum does not include methods of evaluation.
Answer: A
Explanation: Curriculum refers to the sum of all the activities in an out of the
school, syllabus is only a small part of it.
 
Q6.       A successful teacher is one who is
(A) Compassionate and disciplinarian        (B) Quite and reactive
(C) Tolerant and dominating                                                     (D) Passive and
active
Answer: A
 
R e
ad the following passage carefully and answer the questions 7 to 12 :
T
he phrase “What is it like ?” stands for a fundamental thought process. How
does one go about observing and reporting on things and events that occup
y s
egments of earth space ? Of all the infinite variety of phenomena on the face
of the earth, how does one decide what phenomena to observe ? There is no
such thing as a complete description of the earth or any part of it, for ever
y m
icroscopic point on the earth’s surface differs from every other such point.
Experience shows that the things observed are already familiar, because the
y a
re like phenomena that occur at home or because they resemble the abstrac
t i
mages and models developed in the human mind.
 
How are abstract images formed ? Humans alone among the animals possess
language; their words symbolize not only specific things but also mental
images of classes of things. People can remember what they have seen or
experienced because they attach a word symbol to them.
 
During the long record of our efforts to gain more and more knowledge abou
t t
he face of the earth as the human habitat, there has been a continuing interpla
y
b
e
tween things and events. The direct observation through the senses is
described as a percept; the mental image is described as a concept. Percepts
are what some people describe as reality, in contrast to mental images, whic
h a
re theoretical, implying that they are not real.
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Q1.      Which one of the following is the most important quality of a
good teacher?
(A) Punctuality and sincerity             (B) Content mastery
(C) Content mastery and reactive     (D) Content mastery and
sociable
Answer: A
Explanation: Question here focuses on the personal quality of the teacher.
 
Q2.       The primary responsibility for the teacher’s adjustment lies
with
(A) The children                                                                 (B) The principal
(C) The teacher himself         (D) The community
Answer: C
Explanation: Teacher’s adjustment is his/her own responsibility nobody else
is responsible for it.
 
Q3.       As per the NCTE norms, what should be the staff strength
for a unit of 100 students at B.Ed. level ?
(A) 1 + 7             (B) 1 + 9
(C) 1 + 10          (D) 1 + 5
Answer: A
Explanation: One Principal + 7 faculty members.
 
Q4.      Research has shown that the most frequent symptom of
nervous instability among teachers is
(A) Digestive upsets    (B) Explosive behaviour
(C) Fatigue                                               (D) W orry
Answer: B
 
Q5.       Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) Syllabus is an annexure to the curriculum.
(B) Curriculum is the same in all educational institutions.
(C) Curriculum includes both formal, and informal education.
(D) Curriculum does not include methods of evaluation.
Answer: A
Explanation: Curriculum refers to the sum of all the activities in an out of the
school, syllabus is only a small part of it.
 
Q6.       A successful teacher is one who is
(A) Compassionate and disciplinarian        (B) Quite and reactive
(C) Tolerant and dominating                                                     (D) Passive and
active
Answer: A
 
R e
ad the following passage carefully and answer the questions 7 to 12 :
T
he phrase “What is it like ?” stands for a fundamental thought process. How
does one go about observing and reporting on things and events that occup
y s
egments of earth space ? Of all the infinite variety of phenomena on the face
of the earth, how does one decide what phenomena to observe ? There is no
such thing as a complete description of the earth or any part of it, for ever
y m
icroscopic point on the earth’s surface differs from every other such point.
Experience shows that the things observed are already familiar, because the
y a
re like phenomena that occur at home or because they resemble the abstrac
t i
mages and models developed in the human mind.
 
How are abstract images formed ? Humans alone among the animals possess
language; their words symbolize not only specific things but also mental
images of classes of things. People can remember what they have seen or
experienced because they attach a word symbol to them.
 
During the long record of our efforts to gain more and more knowledge abou
t t
he face of the earth as the human habitat, there has been a continuing interpla
y
b
e
tween things and events. The direct observation through the senses is
described as a percept; the mental image is described as a concept. Percepts
are what some people describe as reality, in contrast to mental images, whic
h a
re theoretical, implying that they are not real.
 
The relation of Percept to Concept is not as simple as the definition implies. I
t i
s now quite clear that people of different cultures or even individuals in the
same culture develop different mental images of reality and what they perceive
is a reflection of these preconceptions. The direct observation of things an
d e
vents on the face of the earth is so clearly a function of the mental images o
f t
he mind of the observer that the whole idea of reality must be reconsidered.
 
Concepts determine what the observer perceives, yet concepts are derive
d f
rom the generalizations of previous percepts. What happens is that the
educated observer is taught to accept a set of concepts and then sharpens or
changes these concepts during a professional career. In any one field o
f s
cholarship, professional opinion at one time determines what concepts an
d
p
r
ocedures are acceptable, and these form a kind of model of scholarl
y
b
e
haviour.
 
Q7.       The problem raised in the passage reflects on
(A) thought process                (B) human behaviour
(C) cultural perceptions          (D) professional opinion
Answer: A
 
Q8.       According to the passage, human beings have mostly in mind
(A) Observation of things 
(B) Preparation of mental images
(C) Expression through language 
(D) To gain knowledge
Answer: C
 
Q9.       Concept means
(A) A mental image 
(B) A reality
(C) An idea expressed in language form 
(D) All the above
Answer: A
 
Q10.    The relation of Percept to Concept is
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Q1.      Which one of the following is the most important quality of a
good teacher?
(A) Punctuality and sincerity             (B) Content mastery
(C) Content mastery and reactive     (D) Content mastery and
sociable
Answer: A
Explanation: Question here focuses on the personal quality of the teacher.
 
Q2.       The primary responsibility for the teacher’s adjustment lies
with
(A) The children                                                                 (B) The principal
(C) The teacher himself         (D) The community
Answer: C
Explanation: Teacher’s adjustment is his/her own responsibility nobody else
is responsible for it.
 
Q3.       As per the NCTE norms, what should be the staff strength
for a unit of 100 students at B.Ed. level ?
(A) 1 + 7             (B) 1 + 9
(C) 1 + 10          (D) 1 + 5
Answer: A
Explanation: One Principal + 7 faculty members.
 
Q4.      Research has shown that the most frequent symptom of
nervous instability among teachers is
(A) Digestive upsets    (B) Explosive behaviour
(C) Fatigue                                               (D) W orry
Answer: B
 
Q5.       Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) Syllabus is an annexure to the curriculum.
(B) Curriculum is the same in all educational institutions.
(C) Curriculum includes both formal, and informal education.
(D) Curriculum does not include methods of evaluation.
Answer: A
Explanation: Curriculum refers to the sum of all the activities in an out of the
school, syllabus is only a small part of it.
 
Q6.       A successful teacher is one who is
(A) Compassionate and disciplinarian        (B) Quite and reactive
(C) Tolerant and dominating                                                     (D) Passive and
active
Answer: A
 
R e
ad the following passage carefully and answer the questions 7 to 12 :
T
he phrase “What is it like ?” stands for a fundamental thought process. How
does one go about observing and reporting on things and events that occup
y s
egments of earth space ? Of all the infinite variety of phenomena on the face
of the earth, how does one decide what phenomena to observe ? There is no
such thing as a complete description of the earth or any part of it, for ever
y m
icroscopic point on the earth’s surface differs from every other such point.
Experience shows that the things observed are already familiar, because the
y a
re like phenomena that occur at home or because they resemble the abstrac
t i
mages and models developed in the human mind.
 
How are abstract images formed ? Humans alone among the animals possess
language; their words symbolize not only specific things but also mental
images of classes of things. People can remember what they have seen or
experienced because they attach a word symbol to them.
 
During the long record of our efforts to gain more and more knowledge abou
t t
he face of the earth as the human habitat, there has been a continuing interpla
y
b
e
tween things and events. The direct observation through the senses is
described as a percept; the mental image is described as a concept. Percepts
are what some people describe as reality, in contrast to mental images, whic
h a
re theoretical, implying that they are not real.
 
The relation of Percept to Concept is not as simple as the definition implies. I
t i
s now quite clear that people of different cultures or even individuals in the
same culture develop different mental images of reality and what they perceive
is a reflection of these preconceptions. The direct observation of things an
d e
vents on the face of the earth is so clearly a function of the mental images o
f t
he mind of the observer that the whole idea of reality must be reconsidered.
 
Concepts determine what the observer perceives, yet concepts are derive
d f
rom the generalizations of previous percepts. What happens is that the
educated observer is taught to accept a set of concepts and then sharpens or
changes these concepts during a professional career. In any one field o
f s
cholarship, professional opinion at one time determines what concepts an
d
p
r
ocedures are acceptable, and these form a kind of model of scholarl
y
b
e
haviour.
 
Q7.       The problem raised in the passage reflects on
(A) thought process                (B) human behaviour
(C) cultural perceptions          (D) professional opinion
Answer: A
 
Q8.       According to the passage, human beings have mostly in mind
(A) Observation of things 
(B) Preparation of mental images
(C) Expression through language 
(D) To gain knowledge
Answer: C
 
Q9.       Concept means
(A) A mental image 
(B) A reality
(C) An idea expressed in language form 
(D) All the above
Answer: A
 
Q10.    The relation of Percept to Concept is
(A) Positive                   (B) Negative
(C) Reflective               (D) Absolute
Answer: C
 
Q11.    In the passage, the earth is taken as
(A) The Globe               (B) The Human Habitat
(C) A Celestial Body   (D) A Planet
Answer: B
 
Q12.    Percept means
(A) Direct observation through the senses 
(B) A conceived idea
(C) Ends of a spectrum 
(D) An abstract image
Answer: A
 
Q13.       Action research means:
(A) A longitudinal research
(B) An applied research
(C) A research initiated to solve an immediate problem
(D) A research with socioeconomic objective
Answer: C
Explanation: Example – Late reporting of some students in the class.
 
Q14.       Research is
(A) Searching again and again
(B) Finding solution to any problem
(C) W orking in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
(D) None of the above
Answer: C
 
Q15.       A common test in research demands much priority on
(A) Reliability                (B) Useability
(C) Objectivity               (D) All of the above
Answer: D
 
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Q1.      Which one of the following is the most important quality of a
good teacher?
(A) Punctuality and sincerity             (B) Content mastery
(C) Content mastery and reactive     (D) Content mastery and
sociable
Answer: A
Explanation: Question here focuses on the personal quality of the teacher.
 
Q2.       The primary responsibility for the teacher’s adjustment lies
with
(A) The children                                                                 (B) The principal
(C) The teacher himself         (D) The community
Answer: C
Explanation: Teacher’s adjustment is his/her own responsibility nobody else
is responsible for it.
 
Q3.       As per the NCTE norms, what should be the staff strength
for a unit of 100 students at B.Ed. level ?
(A) 1 + 7             (B) 1 + 9
(C) 1 + 10          (D) 1 + 5
Answer: A
Explanation: One Principal + 7 faculty members.
 
Q4.      Research has shown that the most frequent symptom of
nervous instability among teachers is
(A) Digestive upsets    (B) Explosive behaviour
(C) Fatigue                                               (D) W orry
Answer: B
 
Q5.       Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) Syllabus is an annexure to the curriculum.
(B) Curriculum is the same in all educational institutions.
(C) Curriculum includes both formal, and informal education.
(D) Curriculum does not include methods of evaluation.
Answer: A
Explanation: Curriculum refers to the sum of all the activities in an out of the
school, syllabus is only a small part of it.
 
Q6.       A successful teacher is one who is
(A) Compassionate and disciplinarian        (B) Quite and reactive
(C) Tolerant and dominating                                                     (D) Passive and
active
Answer: A
 
R e
ad the following passage carefully and answer the questions 7 to 12 :
T
he phrase “What is it like ?” stands for a fundamental thought process. How
does one go about observing and reporting on things and events that occup
y s
egments of earth space ? Of all the infinite variety of phenomena on the face
of the earth, how does one decide what phenomena to observe ? There is no
such thing as a complete description of the earth or any part of it, for ever
y m
icroscopic point on the earth’s surface differs from every other such point.
Experience shows that the things observed are already familiar, because the
y a
re like phenomena that occur at home or because they resemble the abstrac
t i
mages and models developed in the human mind.
 
How are abstract images formed ? Humans alone among the animals possess
language; their words symbolize not only specific things but also mental
images of classes of things. People can remember what they have seen or
experienced because they attach a word symbol to them.
 
During the long record of our efforts to gain more and more knowledge abou
t t
he face of the earth as the human habitat, there has been a continuing interpla
y
b
e
tween things and events. The direct observation through the senses is
described as a percept; the mental image is described as a concept. Percepts
are what some people describe as reality, in contrast to mental images, whic
h a
re theoretical, implying that they are not real.
 
The relation of Percept to Concept is not as simple as the definition implies. I
t i
s now quite clear that people of different cultures or even individuals in the
same culture develop different mental images of reality and what they perceive
is a reflection of these preconceptions. The direct observation of things an
d e
vents on the face of the earth is so clearly a function of the mental images o
f t
he mind of the observer that the whole idea of reality must be reconsidered.
 
Concepts determine what the observer perceives, yet concepts are derive
d f
rom the generalizations of previous percepts. What happens is that the
educated observer is taught to accept a set of concepts and then sharpens or
changes these concepts during a professional career. In any one field o
f s
cholarship, professional opinion at one time determines what concepts an
d
p
r
ocedures are acceptable, and these form a kind of model of scholarl
y
b
e
haviour.
 
Q7.       The problem raised in the passage reflects on
(A) thought process                (B) human behaviour
(C) cultural perceptions          (D) professional opinion
Answer: A
 
Q8.       According to the passage, human beings have mostly in mind
(A) Observation of things 
(B) Preparation of mental images
(C) Expression through language 
(D) To gain knowledge
Answer: C
 
Q9.       Concept means
(A) A mental image 
(B) A reality
(C) An idea expressed in language form 
(D) All the above
Answer: A
 
Q10.    The relation of Percept to Concept is
(A) Positive                   (B) Negative
(C) Reflective               (D) Absolute
Answer: C
 
Q11.    In the passage, the earth is taken as
(A) The Globe               (B) The Human Habitat
(C) A Celestial Body   (D) A Planet
Answer: B
 
Q12.    Percept means
(A) Direct observation through the senses 
(B) A conceived idea
(C) Ends of a spectrum 
(D) An abstract image
Answer: A
 
Q13.       Action research means:
(A) A longitudinal research
(B) An applied research
(C) A research initiated to solve an immediate problem
(D) A research with socioeconomic objective
Answer: C
Explanation: Example – Late reporting of some students in the class.
 
Q14.       Research is
(A) Searching again and again
(B) Finding solution to any problem
(C) W orking in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
(D) None of the above
Answer: C
 
Q15.       A common test in research demands much priority on
(A) Reliability                (B) Useability
(C) Objectivity               (D) All of the above
Answer: D
 
Q16.       Which of the following is the first step in starting the
research process?
(A) Searching sources of information to locate problem.
(B) Survey of related literature
(C) Identification of problem
(D) Searching for solutions to the problem
Answer: C
 
Q17.       If a researcher conducts a research on finding out which
administrative style contributes more to institutional effectiveness?
This will be an example of
(A) Basic Research                 (B) Action Research
(C) Applied Research             (D) None of the above
Answer: B
 
Q18.       Normal Probability Curve should be
(A) Positively skewed             (B) Negatively skewed
(C) Leptokurtic skewed          (D) Zero skewed
Answer: D
 
Q19.       In communication, a major barrier to reception of messages
is
(A) audience attitude              (B) audience knowledge
(C) audience education         (D) audience income
Answer: A
The receiver may have anxieties The receiver may have expectations The
receiver may be pre-occupied The receiver may have a physical disability The
sender may have a physical disability Environmental disturbances
 
Q20.       Post-modernism is associated with
(A) newspapers           (B) magazines
(C) radio                                                                              (D) television
Answer: B
Television and movies represent the pinnacle of mass-produced American
culture and exhibit many of the Postmodern motifs shared by other art forms.