1. Ethical norms in research do not involve guidelines for:

2. (Refer Question Paper)

By what percentage (%) the power production increased from 1951 to 2011?

3. A party was held in which a grandmother, father, mother, four sons, their wives and one son and two daughters to each of the sons were present. The number of females present in the party is:

4. Assertion (A): People population control measures do not necessarily help in checking environmental degradation.

Reason (R): The relationship between population growth and environmental degradation is rather complex.

Choose the correct answer from the following:

5. Inside rural homes, the source/sources of Nitrogen Oxide Pollution may be:

(a) Unvented gas stoves

(b) Wood stoves

(c) Kerosene heaters

Choose the correct code:

6. Which of the following are the characteristics of a seminar?

(a) It is a form of academic instruction.

(b) It involves questioning, discussion and debates.

(c) It involves large groups of individuals.

(d) It needs involvement of skilled persons.

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7. Most often, the teacher – student communication is:

8. Which of the following is an open source software?

9. What are the characteristics of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation?

(a) It increases the workload on students by taking multiple tests.

(b) It replaces marks with grades.

(c) It evaluates every aspect of the student.

(d) It helps in reducing examination phobia.

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10. Which one of the following statements is correct in the context of multiple – choice type questions?

11. What are required for good teaching?

(a) Diagnosis

(b) Remedy

(c) Direction

(d) Feedback

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12. Which of the following enables us to send the same letter to different persons in MS Word?

13. Consider the following assertion (A) and reason (R) and select the correct code given below:

(A): No man is perfect.

(R): Some men are not perfect.

14. If the proposition ‘No men are honest’ is taken to be false which of the following proposition/propositions can be claimed certainly to be true?

Propositions:

15. What is the main concern of the author?

16. Using the central point of the classroom communication as the beginning of a dynamic pattern of ideas is referred to as:

17. Public Order as an item in the Constitution figures in:

18. A group of 210 students appeared in some test. The mean of 1/3rd of students is found to be 60. The mean of the remaining students is found to be 78. The mean of the whole group will be:

19. In a classroom, a communicator’s trust level is determined by:

20. Aspects of the voice, other than the speech are known as:

21. The entire existence of the author revolves round:

(a) Computer

(b) Mobile phone

(c) Typewriter

Identify the correct answer from the codes given below:

22. Among the following propositions two are related in such a way that they can both be true although they cannot both be false. Which are those propositions? Select the correct code.

Propositions:

(a) Some priests are cunning.

(b) No priest is cunning.

(c) All priests are cunning.

(d) Some priests are not cunning.

Codes:

23. Every type of communication is affected by its:

24. At present, in terms of per capita energy consumption (kWh/year), identify the correct sequence.

25. According to the author, which one is not the most creative outlet of pursuit?

26. Which of the following phenomena is not a natural hazard?

27. Which among the following States has the highest number of seats in the Lok Sabha?

28. A researcher is interested in studying the prospects of a particular political party in an urban area. What tool should he prefer for the study?

29. When confronted with signing a big card, the author felt like “a rabbit in the headlight”. What does this phrase mean?

30. Consider the argument given below:

‘Pre – employment testing of teachers is quite fair because doctors, architects and engineers who are now employed had to face such a testing.’

What type of argument it is?

31. How many teens, as per the Bic survey, do not own a pen?

32. (Refer Question Paper)

In which decade, the average power availability per person was maximum?

33. Which of the following attributes denote great strengths of a teacher?

(a) Full-time active involvement in the institutional management

(b) Setting examples

(c) Willingness to put assumptions to the test

(d) Acknowledging mistakes

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34. The next term in the series:

B2E, D5H, F12K, H27N, __?__ is:

35. Which of the following statements are correct about Lok Sabha?

(a) The Constitution puts a limit on the size of the Lok Sabha.

(b) The size and shape of the Parliamentary Constituencies is determined by the Election Commission.

(c) First – past – the Post electoral system is followed.

(d) The Speaker of Lok Sabha does not have a casting vote in case of an equality of votes.

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36. P and Q are brothers. R and S are sisters. The son of P is brother of S. Q is related to R as:

37. Which of the following statements is not true in the context of participatory research?

38. Which of the following are the basic rules of APA style of referencing format?

(a) Italicize titles of shorter works such as journal articles or essays

(b) Invert authors’ names (last name first)

(c) Italicize titles of longer works such as books and journals

(d) Alphabetically index reference list

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39. Which of the following statements is true in the context of the testing of a hypothesis?

40. As Chairman of an independent commission on education, Jacques Delors report to UNESCO was titled:

41. Which of the following is an instant messaging application?

(a) WhatsApp

(b) Google Talk

(c) Viber

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

42. Which of the following is not an input device?

43. The grounds on which discrimination in admission to educational institutions is constitutionally prohibited are:

(a) Religion

(b) Sex

(c) Place of birth

(d) Nationality

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44. The main objectives of student evaluation of teachers are:

(a) To gather information about student weaknesses.

(b) To make teachers take teaching seriously.

(c) To help teachers adopt innovative methods of teaching.

(d) To identify the areas of further improvement in teacher traits.

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45. (Refer Question Paper)

In the year 1951, what was the power availability per person?

46. A definition that has a meaning that is deliberately assigned to some symbol is called:

47. In a Computer a byte generally consists of:

48. The next term in the series

2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, _____?_____ is:

49. Anil after travelling 6 km towards East from his house realized that he has travelled in a wrong direction. He turned and travelled 12 km towards West, turned right and travelled 8 km to reach his office. The straight distance of the office from his house is:

50. Which of the following are the objectives of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)?

(a) To improve the overall quality of state institutions.

(b) To ensure adequate availability of quality faculty.

(c) To create new institutions through upgradation of existing autonomous colleges.

(d) To downgrade universities with poor infrastructure into autonomous colleges.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

51. NMEICT stands for:

52. (Refer Question Paper)

Based on the average decadal growth rate, what will be the population in the year 2021?

53. (Refer Question Paper)

Which decade registered the maximum growth rate (%) of population?

54. As part of National Climate Change Policy, Indian government is planning to raise the installed capacity of renewable energy by the year 2030 to:

55. Greater the handicap of the students coming to the educational institutions, greater the demand on the:

56. Attitudes, actions and appearances in the context of classroom communication are considered as:

57. The term of office of the Advocate General of a State is:

58. A Cluster of propositions with a structure that exhibits some inference is called:

59. Which of the following pollutants can cause cancer in humans?

60. (Refer Question Paper)

Average decadal growth rate (%) of population is: