Paper 1 UGC NET

1. “Because you deserve to know” is the punch-line of which newspaper?
a. The Hindu.
b. The Times of India.
c. The Indian Express.
d. The Hindustan Times.

(The answer, apparently is The Hindustan Times. Source)
2. Which Article of the Constitution of India protects the rights of minorities to establish and administer educational institutions of their own choice?
a. Article 29.
b. Article 26.
c. Article 30.

3. Which committee’s recommendation lead to the establishment of the University Grants Commission?
a. S Radhakrishnan Committee.
b. Mudaliar Committee.

4. Which of the following pair is incorrectly matched?
a. N. Ram : The Hindu.
b. Barkha Dutt : Zee News.
c. Pranav Roy : NDTV 24×7.
d. Prabhu Chawla : Aaj Tak.

5. Which is the following is a 24 hours English business news channel?
a. CNBC.
b. Zee News.
c. India News.
d. NDTV 24×7.

6. Which number will come in the series 8, 24, 12, ? , 18, 54:
a. 26.
b. 32.
c. 36.

7. What is a modem?
a. Operating System.
b. Digital to analog signal converter.

8. Gave a series of pH values 4, 5, 7 and 8 and asked each pH to be correctly matched with the correct comments - moderate acid, alkaline, neutral, dangerous.

9. Absorption of carbon dioxide in seawater leads to:
a. Salinity.
b. Raising sea level.
c. Increased plankton growth.

10. What is largest contributor to carbon dioxide emission in India?
a. Burning coal.
b. Firewood.

11. In which year was the United Nations established?
a.1944.
b.1945.
c. 1946.

12. The sides of triangle are in the ratio of 1/2 : 2/3 : 3/4 . The area of this triangle is 54 cm. What is the length of its shortest side?

[The following three question was based on a graph. The X axis carried the name of companies A, B, C, D, E and F. The Y axis represented their profits; 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and so on. On this was plotted the lines of profit, one each representing the year 2001 and the year 2001. This was followed by three questions. * Here’s a rough sketch.]

13. Which company earned maximum profit in the year 2001?

14. Which company earned minimum profit in the year 2000?

15.Which company earned maximum average profit over the years 2000 and 2001?

16. The question provided for five sections of a class, the number of students in each section and the mean of marks for each section.

Section - No. of Students in the Section - Mean marks of the Section #
A - 10 - 30
B - 40 - 20
C - 10 - 15
D - 15 - 20
E - 20 - 10

What is the overall mean marks of all the students?

[Next three questions were from a passage on movies followed by three straightforward question. Of course the questions won’t make any sense here, without the passage itself. Suffice it to say that they were child's play. Remember that the answers were from the passage itself, and not what the candidate thought correct or latest information as a matter of fact.]
17. What word could Yash Chopra not pronounce?
a. Zeistgeist.

18. What was the costume of the heroine in Veer Zarra?

19 .Which is the latest Yash Chopra movie?

20. Who made the movie Lamhe?

21. With which movie is associated?
a. Desh Ki Dharti

22.What dooes LAN stand for?
a. Local Area Network

23. What is the URL of an email?
a. www@mail.com
b. WWW@mail.com
c. www_mail.com
d. www.mail.com

24. Which of the following is not a research method?
a. Philosophy
b. Observation

25. Research can be grouped as the following kinds, except (options gave types of research)
a. Action method.
b. Philosophical & historical method.

26. What is necessary to become a researcher?
a. A post-graduation degree.
b. Analytical and reasoning mind.

27. Which of the following is am not instructional tool?
a. Overhead projector.
b. Transparency.
c. Cassette.
d. Printed material.

28. Which of the following about lecture method is not correct?
a. It is passive.
b. It can give knowledge.
c. It can develop reasoning.
d. It is a one way process.

29. What is the aim of higher education; to enable students to?
a. Take decisions.
b. Pass exams.
c. Ask questions in lecture.

30. Which of the following is incorrect?
a. Sharmila Tagore is the Chairperson of National Films Development Corporation.
b. Preity Zinta, Yash Chopra are recipients of Dada Sahib Phalke award.
c. Yash Chopra is a member of Certification Board.
d. Hema Malini is the Chairperson of Children’s Film Society of India.

31. Which of the following statements about computers is correct:
a. Fast and accurate processing of qualitative and qualitative data.
b. Processing quantitative data only.
c. Processing qualitative data only.