UGC NET Past Year Question Paper I with Answer Key (26 December 2010) | UGC NET Past Year Papers PDF Download

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Q1.       Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in
quantitative terms?
(A) Socio-economic Status    (B) Marital Status
(C) Numerical Aptitude           (D) Professional Attitude
Answer: D
 
Q2.       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
Answer: B
 
Q3.      The term ‘phenomenology’ is associated with the process of
(A) Qualitative Research        (B) Analysis of V ariance
(C) Correlational Study          (D) Probability Sampling
Answer: A
 
Q4.       The ‘Sociogram’ technique is used to study
(A) V ocational Interest                                                    (B) Professional
Competence
(C) Human Relations             (D) Achievement Motivation
Answer: C
 
R e
ad the following passage carefully and answer questions from 5 to 10 :
I
t should be remembered that the nationalist movement in India, like all
nationalist movements, was essentially a bourgeois movement. It represente
d t
he natural historical stage of development, and to consider it or to criticise i
t a
s a working-class movement is wrong. Gandhi represented that movement an
d t
he Indian masses in relation to that movement to a supreme degree, and he
b e
came the voice of Indian people to that extent. The main contribution o
f
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Q1.       Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in
quantitative terms?
(A) Socio-economic Status    (B) Marital Status
(C) Numerical Aptitude           (D) Professional Attitude
Answer: D
 
Q2.       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
Answer: B
 
Q3.      The term ‘phenomenology’ is associated with the process of
(A) Qualitative Research        (B) Analysis of V ariance
(C) Correlational Study          (D) Probability Sampling
Answer: A
 
Q4.       The ‘Sociogram’ technique is used to study
(A) V ocational Interest                                                    (B) Professional
Competence
(C) Human Relations             (D) Achievement Motivation
Answer: C
 
R e
ad the following passage carefully and answer questions from 5 to 10 :
I
t should be remembered that the nationalist movement in India, like all
nationalist movements, was essentially a bourgeois movement. It represente
d t
he natural historical stage of development, and to consider it or to criticise i
t a
s a working-class movement is wrong. Gandhi represented that movement an
d t
he Indian masses in relation to that movement to a supreme degree, and he
b e
came the voice of Indian people to that extent. The main contribution o
f
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 doin
g s
o, and changing them from a demoralised, timid and hopeless mass, bullie
d a
nd crushed by every dominant interest, and incapable of resistance, into a
p e
ople with self-respect and self-reliance, resisting tyranny, and capable o
f u
nited 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 an
d h
opes 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 tha
t c
ame over the Indian people.
 
Gandhi has played a revolutionary role in India of the greatest importance
b e
cause he knew how to make the most of the objective conditions and coul
d r
each the heart of the masses, while groups with a more advanced ideolog
y f
unctioned 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 no
t t
hink 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 the
y i
ndulge in. But behind this, personality counts and colours those policies an
d a
ctivities. In the case of very exceptional person like Gandhi the question o
f
p
e
rsonality 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 hi
m
b
y
 the British Government or others has been an insult to India and her people.
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Q1.       Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in
quantitative terms?
(A) Socio-economic Status    (B) Marital Status
(C) Numerical Aptitude           (D) Professional Attitude
Answer: D
 
Q2.       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
Answer: B
 
Q3.      The term ‘phenomenology’ is associated with the process of
(A) Qualitative Research        (B) Analysis of V ariance
(C) Correlational Study          (D) Probability Sampling
Answer: A
 
Q4.       The ‘Sociogram’ technique is used to study
(A) V ocational Interest                                                    (B) Professional
Competence
(C) Human Relations             (D) Achievement Motivation
Answer: C
 
R e
ad the following passage carefully and answer questions from 5 to 10 :
I
t should be remembered that the nationalist movement in India, like all
nationalist movements, was essentially a bourgeois movement. It represente
d t
he natural historical stage of development, and to consider it or to criticise i
t a
s a working-class movement is wrong. Gandhi represented that movement an
d t
he Indian masses in relation to that movement to a supreme degree, and he
b e
came the voice of Indian people to that extent. The main contribution o
f
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 doin
g s
o, and changing them from a demoralised, timid and hopeless mass, bullie
d a
nd crushed by every dominant interest, and incapable of resistance, into a
p e
ople with self-respect and self-reliance, resisting tyranny, and capable o
f u
nited 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 an
d h
opes 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 tha
t c
ame over the Indian people.
 
Gandhi has played a revolutionary role in India of the greatest importance
b e
cause he knew how to make the most of the objective conditions and coul
d r
each the heart of the masses, while groups with a more advanced ideolog
y f
unctioned 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 no
t t
hink 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 the
y i
ndulge in. But behind this, personality counts and colours those policies an
d a
ctivities. In the case of very exceptional person like Gandhi the question o
f
p
e
rsonality 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 hi
m
b
y
 the British Government or others has been an insult to India and her people.
 
Q5.       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.
Answer: B
 
Q6.       The change that the Gandhian movement brought among
the Indian masses was
(A) Physical                  (B) Cultural
(C) Technological        (D) Psychological
Answer: D
 
Q7.       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
Answer: C
 
Q8.       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
Answer: B
 
Q9.       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
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Q1.       Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in
quantitative terms?
(A) Socio-economic Status    (B) Marital Status
(C) Numerical Aptitude           (D) Professional Attitude
Answer: D
 
Q2.       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
Answer: B
 
Q3.      The term ‘phenomenology’ is associated with the process of
(A) Qualitative Research        (B) Analysis of V ariance
(C) Correlational Study          (D) Probability Sampling
Answer: A
 
Q4.       The ‘Sociogram’ technique is used to study
(A) V ocational Interest                                                    (B) Professional
Competence
(C) Human Relations             (D) Achievement Motivation
Answer: C
 
R e
ad the following passage carefully and answer questions from 5 to 10 :
I
t should be remembered that the nationalist movement in India, like all
nationalist movements, was essentially a bourgeois movement. It represente
d t
he natural historical stage of development, and to consider it or to criticise i
t a
s a working-class movement is wrong. Gandhi represented that movement an
d t
he Indian masses in relation to that movement to a supreme degree, and he
b e
came the voice of Indian people to that extent. The main contribution o
f
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 doin
g s
o, and changing them from a demoralised, timid and hopeless mass, bullie
d a
nd crushed by every dominant interest, and incapable of resistance, into a
p e
ople with self-respect and self-reliance, resisting tyranny, and capable o
f u
nited 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 an
d h
opes 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 tha
t c
ame over the Indian people.
 
Gandhi has played a revolutionary role in India of the greatest importance
b e
cause he knew how to make the most of the objective conditions and coul
d r
each the heart of the masses, while groups with a more advanced ideolog
y f
unctioned 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 no
t t
hink 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 the
y i
ndulge in. But behind this, personality counts and colours those policies an
d a
ctivities. In the case of very exceptional person like Gandhi the question o
f
p
e
rsonality 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 hi
m
b
y
 the British Government or others has been an insult to India and her people.
 
Q5.       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.
Answer: B
 
Q6.       The change that the Gandhian movement brought among
the Indian masses was
(A) Physical                  (B) Cultural
(C) Technological        (D) Psychological
Answer: D
 
Q7.       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
Answer: C
 
Q8.       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
Answer: B
 
Q9.       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
Answer: A
 
Q10.    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
Answer: C
 
Q11.       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
Answer: A
N e
twork media refers to digital media mainly used in computer networks such
as the Internet. Network media is essentially driven by technological
development, emerging from the internet as a non-centralized medium in the
late nineties, the term has more recently begun to be applied to both the arts
and industry. The following features distinguish Network Media from classical
media, such as broadcast media and the printed press: Network Media is
typically democratic and decentralized. The audience can also be the
contributors. Network Media often requires the involvement of computers as
an input/output device. Network media requires a community to participate and
consume.
 
Q12.       The information function of mass communication is described
as
(A) diffusion                 (B) publicity
(C) surveillance           (D) diversion
Answer: C
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing
information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing,
directing, or protecting them. This can include observation from a distance by
means of electronic equipment (such as CCTV cameras), or interception of
electronically transmitted information (such as Internet traffic or phone calls);
and it can include simple, relatively no- or low-technology methods such as
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Q1.       Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in
quantitative terms?
(A) Socio-economic Status    (B) Marital Status
(C) Numerical Aptitude           (D) Professional Attitude
Answer: D
 
Q2.       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
Answer: B
 
Q3.      The term ‘phenomenology’ is associated with the process of
(A) Qualitative Research        (B) Analysis of V ariance
(C) Correlational Study          (D) Probability Sampling
Answer: A
 
Q4.       The ‘Sociogram’ technique is used to study
(A) V ocational Interest                                                    (B) Professional
Competence
(C) Human Relations             (D) Achievement Motivation
Answer: C
 
R e
ad the following passage carefully and answer questions from 5 to 10 :
I
t should be remembered that the nationalist movement in India, like all
nationalist movements, was essentially a bourgeois movement. It represente
d t
he natural historical stage of development, and to consider it or to criticise i
t a
s a working-class movement is wrong. Gandhi represented that movement an
d t
he Indian masses in relation to that movement to a supreme degree, and he
b e
came the voice of Indian people to that extent. The main contribution o
f
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 doin
g s
o, and changing them from a demoralised, timid and hopeless mass, bullie
d a
nd crushed by every dominant interest, and incapable of resistance, into a
p e
ople with self-respect and self-reliance, resisting tyranny, and capable o
f u
nited 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 an
d h
opes 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 tha
t c
ame over the Indian people.
 
Gandhi has played a revolutionary role in India of the greatest importance
b e
cause he knew how to make the most of the objective conditions and coul
d r
each the heart of the masses, while groups with a more advanced ideolog
y f
unctioned 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 no
t t
hink 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 the
y i
ndulge in. But behind this, personality counts and colours those policies an
d a
ctivities. In the case of very exceptional person like Gandhi the question o
f
p
e
rsonality 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 hi
m
b
y
 the British Government or others has been an insult to India and her people.
 
Q5.       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.
Answer: B
 
Q6.       The change that the Gandhian movement brought among
the Indian masses was
(A) Physical                  (B) Cultural
(C) Technological        (D) Psychological
Answer: D
 
Q7.       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
Answer: C
 
Q8.       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
Answer: B
 
Q9.       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
Answer: A
 
Q10.    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
Answer: C
 
Q11.       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
Answer: A
N e
twork media refers to digital media mainly used in computer networks such
as the Internet. Network media is essentially driven by technological
development, emerging from the internet as a non-centralized medium in the
late nineties, the term has more recently begun to be applied to both the arts
and industry. The following features distinguish Network Media from classical
media, such as broadcast media and the printed press: Network Media is
typically democratic and decentralized. The audience can also be the
contributors. Network Media often requires the involvement of computers as
an input/output device. Network media requires a community to participate and
consume.
 
Q12.       The information function of mass communication is described
as
(A) diffusion                 (B) publicity
(C) surveillance           (D) diversion
Answer: C
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing
information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing,
directing, or protecting them. This can include observation from a distance by
means of electronic equipment (such as CCTV cameras), or interception of
electronically transmitted information (such as Internet traffic or phone calls);
and it can include simple, relatively no- or low-technology methods such as
human intelligence agents and postal interception. The word surveillance
comes from a French phrase for "watching over" ("sur" means "from above"
and "veiller" means "to watch")
 
Q13.       An example of asynchronous medium is
(A) Radio           (B) Television
(C) Film                                                                   (D) Newspaper
Answer: D
 
Q14.       In communication, connotative words are
(A) explicit         (B) abstract
(C) simple         (D) cultural
Answer: D
A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that
some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word's or phrase's explicit or
literal meaning, which is its denotation. A connotation is frequently described
as either positive or negative, with regards to its pleasing or displeasing
emotional connection.
 
Q15.       A message beneath a message is labelled as
(A) embedded text       (B) internal text
(C) inter-text                                (D) sub-text
Answer: D
Subtext undertone is any content of a creative work which is not announced
explicitly by the characters or author, but is implicit or becomes something
understood by the observer of the work as the production unfolds. Subtext can
also refer to the thoughts and motives of the characters which are only covered
in an aside. Subtext is content underneath the dialogue. Under dialogue, there
can be conflict, anger, competition, pride, showing off, or other implicit ideas
and emotions. Subtext is the unspoken thoughts and motives of characters?what
they really think and believe.
 
Q16.       In analog mass communication, stories are
(A) static            (B) dynamic
(C) interactive   (D) exploratory
Answer: A