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Mungekar Committee revises decision; NET now compulsory
Surbhi Bhatia | TNN
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that the National Eligibility Test (NET) would become the basic criterion for the appointment of lecturers in universities and colleges. This decision comes in the wake of the final report submitted by the Bhalchandra Mungekar Committee, which recommended that NET/State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) be made compulsory for the appointment of lecturers.
The committee, in its interim report, had earlier recommended exempting aspiring PhD and MPhil graduates from the NET. But, after observing a fall in the quality of teachers at the university and college level, it decided to change this decision in its final report. The committee was formed in January 2006 by the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) to review NET examinations.
Enumerating the reasons for this revision, Bhalchandra Mungekar, member, Planning Commission, and head of the committee, said, “We observed that our previous decision proved counterproductive. The exemption from NET was mooted due to the shortage of faculty in higher education institutes. But we found that immediately after the exemption, there was an influx of poor quality PhD and MPhil-holders applying for the post of lecturers. There was also an increase in the number institutes offering an MPhil online and through distance education mode.’’
The committee, then, decided that there should be no compromise on certain standards to ensure the quality of education. “Hence, we decided to make NET/SLET the basic criterion,’’ said Mungekar.
But, will the NET qualification alone help ensure the quality of teachers? “It cannot be the only parameter to ensure the quality of faculty,’’ said Mungekar. At the same time, he added, that it would help establish the minimum standards. “India is a big country and many institutes offer PhD and MPhil; the standard sometimes is extremely low. So, NET can at least put a check on the standards of MPhil and PhD holders,’’ he said.
However, the teaching community is not convinced. “It is not compulsory that only a NET-qualified person can be a good teacher; teaching is a different ball game altogether. Besides, the success rate in NET is extremely low. So, if it is made mandatory where will universities get teachers from, they ask.
Others say that the move will only create confusion since many subjects, like law, are not covered under NET. Also, with the government planning to set up new central
universities and upgrade existing ones, where would all the NET-qualified faculty come from?
Also, frequent changes create u n c e r t a i n t y among teachers about their jobs.
Experts say the way forward could be to declare a percentile in the NET. There has to be some system to monitor the quality of teachers. So, a national entrance test is important. But, UGC could consider creating a percentile in the NET.
This way, universities could decide on what NET percentile they want to appoint as lecturers.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
UGC NET DECEMBER 2002 (Memory Based Paper)
Paper-I
UGC DECEMBER 2002 (Memory Based Paper)
Note. This paper contains fifty(50) multiple-choice questions, each question carrying two (2) marks.
Attempt all of them.
1.There are six villages A, B, C, D, E and F.
F is 1 km west of D
B is 1 km east of E
A is 2 km north of E
C is 1 km east of A
D is 1 km south of A
Which of these villages are in a line?
a) A, C and B b) A, D and E
c) C, Band F d) E, Band D
2.Consider the Table given. On the basis of this Table, one could conclude that 'X' is
proportional to
a) (Y + Z) b) YIZ
c) (Y - Z) dY'YZ
3.Four persons. A, B, C and D had fruits from an open-air fruit stall. 'A' took grapes and
pineapple; 'B' ate grapes and oranges; 'C' took orange, pineapple and apple; 'D' ate grapes,
apple and pineapple. After taking fruits, B and C were taken ill. The most likely cause of
illness of B and C is the consumption of
a) apple bj pineapple
c) grapes d) orange
4.The given histogram shows the frequency distribution of height (the number of students
in the given height range) of 30 students in a class. Which of the following statements
based on this histogram is/are correct?
X 1 Y Z
20 10 5
30 25 3
45 15 15/2
120 125 130 -' 35 140 145 150 Height in cm 10 he height of most of the students is
between 135 cm and 140 cm.
2.There are only two students whose heights are between 120 cm and 125 CM
3.Fifty percent of the students have their heights between 130 cm and 140 cm.Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 and 2 b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3 d) 2 alone
5. Two one-rupee coins are placed flat on a table. One coin `A' is rotated around the periphery of the other coin 'B' without slipping, till the original point of contact between the coins returns to its initial position The number of rotations made by coin 'A' in a fixed friction is
a) 2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 1
6.Five persons, a professor (A), an IAS Officer (B), an Engineer (C), a Politician (D) and a
Doctor (E) live in five flats. The flats are built in such a manner that one is on top of
another, as one would see in a five-storey building 'A' has to go up to meet his friend
'B'. 'E' is friendly with everyone and has to go up as frequently as to go down. 'C' above
whose flat lives 'A's friend. From the ground floor upwards, the correct sequence of the
location of the flats of these persons is
a) C, A, B, E, D b} A, C, E, B, D c) B,
C, A, E, D d) A, D, E, C, B
7. Consider the following statements regarding cars parked at a parking lot:
1. All the Maruti cars parked here are white.
2. Some of these cars have radial tyres.
3. All Maruti cars manufactured after 1986 have radial tyres.
4. All cars are not Marutis.
Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the statements given above?
A) Only white Maruti cars with radial tyres are parked here
B) Some white Maruti cars with radial tyres are parked here
C) Cars other than Maruti do not have radial tyres
D) Most of the Maruti cars parked here were manufactured before 1986.
8. The graph shown in the figure relates to sales figures in thousands of TV sets of a particular company for the period 1990-97. On the basis of this graph, which of the following inferences would be valid?
1. TV sales increased constantly from '90 to'93.
2. Sales did not improve in `93-'95.
3. There was a sharp drop in sales in `95-96
4. Sales are not likely to improve from '97 onwards.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 B) 2 and 4 c)1,3 and 4 d) 1,2 and 3
9. The monthly income of a family is Rs. 3000. 20% of it is spent on children's education. Out
of the balance, 15% is spent on house rent and from what is left, 50% is spEjnt on provisions. Then which of the following statements would be true?
1. The amount spent on children's education is Rs. 600.
2. The amount spent on house rent is Rs. 450.
3. The amount spent on provisions is Rs. 1020
4. The family has Rs. 1020 per month for other expenses.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 b) 1,3 and 4
c) 2 and 4 d) 1 and 3
10.Who is legally competent under the Indian Constitution to declare war or conclude peace?
a} The President
b) The Prime Minister
c) The Council of Ministers
d) The Parliament
11. The Road Ahead' is a book written by
a) Jyoti Basu b) L. K. Advani c) Bill Clinton d} Bill Gates
12. Which year shows the maximum percentage of export with respect of production?
a) 1992 b) 1993 c) 1996 d) 1995
13. The population of India in 1993 was
a) 800 million b) 1080 million c) 985 million d) 900 million
14. If the area under tea production was less by 10% in 1994 than 1993, then the approximate
rate of increase in productivity of tea in 1994 was
a) 97.22 b) 3 c) 35 d) Cannot be determined
15. The average proportion of tea exported to the tea produced over the period is
a) 0.87 b) 0.47 c) 0.48 d) 0.66
16. What is the first half decade's average per capita availability of tea?
a) 457 gms b) 535 gms c) 446 gms d) 430 gms
17.In which year was the per capita availability of tea minimum?
a) 1996 b) 1994 c) 1991 d) None of these
18. In which year was there minimum percentage explosion can make a rapid progress.
of export with respect to production?
a) 1991 b) 1992 c) 1993 d) 1994
19. In which year we had maximum quantity of tea for domestic consumption?
a) 1994 b) 1991 population explosion can make a rapid c) 1993 d) 1996 proqress.
Directions for questions 20 to 23: All India Monsoon Rainfall (1990 to 1999) June -September
20. The normal rainfall during the period 1990-1999 was experienced in the year(s)
a) 1994 b) 1993 & 1995 c) 1996-97 d) 1990
21. The year ..... witnessed the least rainfall.
a) 1991 b} 1999 c) 1992 d) 1993
22. Out of the 10 years studied, how many had above normal rainfall?
a} 3 b) 7 c) 5 d) 6
Directions for questions 23 to 27: Each of the following incomplete arguments is
followed by four sentences. One of the four completes the argument in order to justify
the conclusion. Pick that out.
23. India cannot make a rapid progress because India has a problem of population
explosion.
a) No country with population explosion can make a rapid progress.
b) Only a country without population
c) Some countries with population problem cannot make a rapid progress.
d) All countries which have a problem ofpopulation explosion can make a rapid proqress.
24. Man learns through experience as he has initiative by nature.
a) Some persons who take initiative by nature learn through experience.
b) All who have initiative by nature learn through experience.
c) None who has initiative by nature learns through experience.
d) Only few with initiative learn through experience.
25.We have now to fight for peace with some courage and determination as we fought
against aggression.
a) Many are fighting for peace who have fought against aggression.
b) All those who have fought against aggression should fight for peace
c) Some who are fighting for peace have fought against aggression.
d) None is fighting for peace who have fought for aggression.
26. Whom the gods love dies young.
a) Many die young who are gods.
b) Few die young who are gods
c) some who are loved by the gods die young
d) all those who love the gods die young
27. Education has produce a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth readlng
28.If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is B and the ratio of girls to boys is G, then 3 (B + G) is
a) equal to 3 b) less than 3 c) more than 3 d) less than 1/3
29. Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg the price of the third variety per kg will be
a) Rs. 169.50 b) Rs. 170 c) Rs. 175.50 d) Rs. 180
30. The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of the first six numbers is 10.5 and
that of the last six numbers is 11.4, then the middle (61") number is
a) 11.5 b) 11.4 c) 11.3 d) 11.0
31. there are 30 students in a class . the average are of the first 10 student is 12.5 years. the average are of the next 20 student is 13.1 years. the average age of the whole class is.
a) 12.5 years b)12.7 c) 12.8 d) 12.9 years
32. the perimeter of one face of cube is 20 cm. its volume must be
a) 8000 cm3 b) 100 cm3 c) 125cm3 d) 400 cm3
33.the number of revolutions made by a wheel of diameter 56 cm in covering a distance of 1.1 km is (use p=22/7)
a) 31.25 b) 56.25 c) 625 d) 62.5
Direction: Read the passages below and answer the question based on them :
Passage 1
the world of computer
enthusiasts is in the grip of an ethical crisis. should copmuter viruses be classified as a life form? will consensus-building agencies take up the case for virus rights, protest the death penalty, demand that their clents be set apart in enclaves ? None of this is beyond the bound of probabilty, considering the pitch of the debates that rage on the internet, the global computer network set up 30 years ago by the U.S. defence research establishment. A new society is coming to birth in virtual reality; one is easily seduced into forgetting that these bizarre events are taking place inside a Xerox corporation computer at Palo Alto, California. If the science fiction of the '30s gave the world the concept of the
Cyborg, a creature half human and half-computer, the Internet today seems poised on the verge of the Cyborg. If a recent case is any indication, the simple etiquette which has so far governed social behaviour among Internet users will no longer suffice to administer this electronic Wild West. That solecisms in the world's latest frontier of society have attained a real-world level of scandal is obvious from the manner in which, earlier this year, an electronic intruder broke into a conversation among female users and aimed obscene visuals at them. This raised a storm of outrage. Internet users first bombarded his electronic mail box with rebukes and then had him expelled. The issue leads into uncharted philosophical territory: in virtual space, can one deterenine where the body ends and mind begins? At what point do word and image translate as act? Human society seems to possess a reverse Midas touch, contaminating every system it comes into contact with. The day is not distant when all the vicious impulses of the real world will have colonised virtuality, and another Utopia will have gone down the chute.
34. The central idea being followed in the passage is:
(a) the danger posed by viruses to Internetusers
(b) the status of sanctity of computer information routes.
(c) the degrading moral standards of our Society
(d) the role of morality it-, !he formation of computer information high-ways,
35. The term chute' in the passage specifically refers to:
(a) the concept of the Cyborg
(b) the science fiction of the `30s.
(c) a creature half human and half computer of the science fiction of the 30s.
(d) none of the above.
36. The term "solecisms" is used to highlight:
(a) the basic codes of ethical conduct
(b) breach of protocol
(c) the role of virus affected information
(d) none of the above
Passage - 2
The difference between different kinds of writing lies not so much in the writing itself, but in the way we look at it (and, of course, in the way the author wished us to look at it; but we often know very little about that). Literary forms do not exist outside our own minds. When we read anything, no matter what - a description of a scientific experiment, a history book, a ballad, or a novel -- in so far as we pay attention only to what things are happening one after another to something or somebody, it is a story; in so far as we read it only to learn the way in which something or someone behaves in certain circumstances, it is science; in so far as we read it only to find out what has actually happened in the past, it is history People often ask what is the difference beaween poetry and prose. The only difference is :-,l the way the writer looks at things. For instance, the novelist starts with a general idea in his mind; say, that people are always trying to escape from their responsibilities, and that escape only leaves them in a worse mess. Then he writes a story about what happened to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. He may never say, in so many words, that they tried to escape, never mention his idea, but this idea is the force that drives the story along. The poet, on the other hand, hears people talking in his club about the sad story of Mr. and Mrs Smith. He thinks, 'There is now, that's very interesting. They are just like everybody else; trying to get around life. It's like those sailors who tried to get to India by the Northwest Passage On they go, getting farther and farther into the ice, miles from home. Why, that's a good idea `or a poem.' He writes a poem about explorers, he may never mention Mr. and Mrs. Smith at ail. The novelist then goes from the general to the particular, the poet from the particular to the general, and you can see this also in the way they use words. The novelist uses words with their general meaning, and uses a whole lot of them to build up a particular effect: his character. The poet uses words with their particular meanings and puts them together to give a general effect: his ideas. Actually, of course, nearly all novels and all poems except very short ones have both ways of looking at things in them (e.g. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is more like a novel in verse; Mefville's Moby Dick is more like a poem in prose). All you can say is that one way is typical of the novelist and the other of the poet.
37.An appropriate title of this passage be,
(a) Of Poets and Novelists (b) Of Poetry (c) Of Novels (d) Of Literature
38.According to the author,
a) Each person reads a particular piece readers'of writing with the same motive.
b) Every person has a different motive in reading a particular piece of writing.
c) Some pieces of writing are not read by people at all.
d) None of the above.
39. One piece of writing can be distinguished from the other by.
i) the difference in the author's style of writing.
ii) the difference in the reader view toward the writings.
III. the way the meaning has been used.
(a) I only (b) II only
(c) III only (d) I & II
40.The essential difference in the approaches of a novelist and a poet is that,
(a) The novelist moves from particular general.
(b) The poet moves from general to particular.
(c) The poet general.difference. both
(d) There in no and the same.
41. The novelist builds up,
(a) characters (b) ideas (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b)
42. The poet builds up
(a) characters (b) ideas (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Directions Q. 43 to 47, Choose the pair of words which best expresses the relationship
similar to that expressed in the capitalised pairs.
43. ADJACENT: OBJECTS
(a) modern : times
(b) gradual : degrees
c) contemporary : events
d) repetitive : steps
44. FACILITATE: HAMPER
(a) animate : feed
(b) conventional : naive
(c) urbane : remote
(d) birth : demise
45. DENOUNCE : CONDONE
a) endure : imagine
b) antithetical : supportive
c) unnatural : noncommittal
d) natural : committal
46. SALUBRIOUS: BANEFUL
(a) contemplate : intimidate
(b) alleviate : exacerbate
(c) probity : fallacy
(d) susceptible : desultory
47. LANDSLIDE : PEBBLE
(a) deluge : droplet
(b) beach : wave
(c) desert : oasis
(d) rain : puddle
Directions for Q. 48 to 50: Choose the ORDERED pair of statements, where the first
statement implies the second, and the two are logically consistent with the main statement.
48. If our ancestors were monkeys, we would be anthropoids today.
A .We are not anthropoids
B. Our ancestors were monkeys
C. We are anthropoids
D. Our ancestors were not monkeys
(a) DA (b) CB (c) AB (d) AD
49. Task A, if ever accomplished; can transform our lives.
A Our lives have been transformed
B. Our lives have not been transformed
C. Task A has not been accomplished
D. Task A has been accomplished
(a) CB (b) BC (c) AC (d) AD
50. Press either of the buttons X and Y and the drink will come out.
A The drink has come out
B. Either X or Y has been pressed
C. The drink has not come out
D. Button Y has been pressed
(a) AB (b) AD (c) DA (d) DC
WISH YOU ALL GOOD LUCK
UGC DECEMBER 2002 (Memory Based Paper)
Note. This paper contains fifty(50) multiple-choice questions, each question carrying two (2) marks.
Attempt all of them.
1.There are six villages A, B, C, D, E and F.
F is 1 km west of D
B is 1 km east of E
A is 2 km north of E
C is 1 km east of A
D is 1 km south of A
Which of these villages are in a line?
a) A, C and B b) A, D and E
c) C, Band F d) E, Band D
2.Consider the Table given. On the basis of this Table, one could conclude that 'X' is
proportional to
a) (Y + Z) b) YIZ
c) (Y - Z) dY'YZ
3.Four persons. A, B, C and D had fruits from an open-air fruit stall. 'A' took grapes and
pineapple; 'B' ate grapes and oranges; 'C' took orange, pineapple and apple; 'D' ate grapes,
apple and pineapple. After taking fruits, B and C were taken ill. The most likely cause of
illness of B and C is the consumption of
a) apple bj pineapple
c) grapes d) orange
4.The given histogram shows the frequency distribution of height (the number of students
in the given height range) of 30 students in a class. Which of the following statements
based on this histogram is/are correct?
X 1 Y Z
20 10 5
30 25 3
45 15 15/2
120 125 130 -' 35 140 145 150 Height in cm 10 he height of most of the students is
between 135 cm and 140 cm.
2.There are only two students whose heights are between 120 cm and 125 CM
3.Fifty percent of the students have their heights between 130 cm and 140 cm.Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1 and 2 b) 2 and 3
c) 1 and 3 d) 2 alone
5. Two one-rupee coins are placed flat on a table. One coin `A' is rotated around the periphery of the other coin 'B' without slipping, till the original point of contact between the coins returns to its initial position The number of rotations made by coin 'A' in a fixed friction is
a) 2 b) 4 c) 3 d) 1
6.Five persons, a professor (A), an IAS Officer (B), an Engineer (C), a Politician (D) and a
Doctor (E) live in five flats. The flats are built in such a manner that one is on top of
another, as one would see in a five-storey building 'A' has to go up to meet his friend
'B'. 'E' is friendly with everyone and has to go up as frequently as to go down. 'C' above
whose flat lives 'A's friend. From the ground floor upwards, the correct sequence of the
location of the flats of these persons is
a) C, A, B, E, D b} A, C, E, B, D c) B,
C, A, E, D d) A, D, E, C, B
7. Consider the following statements regarding cars parked at a parking lot:
1. All the Maruti cars parked here are white.
2. Some of these cars have radial tyres.
3. All Maruti cars manufactured after 1986 have radial tyres.
4. All cars are not Marutis.
Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the statements given above?
A) Only white Maruti cars with radial tyres are parked here
B) Some white Maruti cars with radial tyres are parked here
C) Cars other than Maruti do not have radial tyres
D) Most of the Maruti cars parked here were manufactured before 1986.
8. The graph shown in the figure relates to sales figures in thousands of TV sets of a particular company for the period 1990-97. On the basis of this graph, which of the following inferences would be valid?
1. TV sales increased constantly from '90 to'93.
2. Sales did not improve in `93-'95.
3. There was a sharp drop in sales in `95-96
4. Sales are not likely to improve from '97 onwards.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 B) 2 and 4 c)1,3 and 4 d) 1,2 and 3
9. The monthly income of a family is Rs. 3000. 20% of it is spent on children's education. Out
of the balance, 15% is spent on house rent and from what is left, 50% is spEjnt on provisions. Then which of the following statements would be true?
1. The amount spent on children's education is Rs. 600.
2. The amount spent on house rent is Rs. 450.
3. The amount spent on provisions is Rs. 1020
4. The family has Rs. 1020 per month for other expenses.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
a) 1, 2, 3 and 4 b) 1,3 and 4
c) 2 and 4 d) 1 and 3
10.Who is legally competent under the Indian Constitution to declare war or conclude peace?
a} The President
b) The Prime Minister
c) The Council of Ministers
d) The Parliament
11. The Road Ahead' is a book written by
a) Jyoti Basu b) L. K. Advani c) Bill Clinton d} Bill Gates
12. Which year shows the maximum percentage of export with respect of production?
a) 1992 b) 1993 c) 1996 d) 1995
13. The population of India in 1993 was
a) 800 million b) 1080 million c) 985 million d) 900 million
14. If the area under tea production was less by 10% in 1994 than 1993, then the approximate
rate of increase in productivity of tea in 1994 was
a) 97.22 b) 3 c) 35 d) Cannot be determined
15. The average proportion of tea exported to the tea produced over the period is
a) 0.87 b) 0.47 c) 0.48 d) 0.66
16. What is the first half decade's average per capita availability of tea?
a) 457 gms b) 535 gms c) 446 gms d) 430 gms
17.In which year was the per capita availability of tea minimum?
a) 1996 b) 1994 c) 1991 d) None of these
18. In which year was there minimum percentage explosion can make a rapid progress.
of export with respect to production?
a) 1991 b) 1992 c) 1993 d) 1994
19. In which year we had maximum quantity of tea for domestic consumption?
a) 1994 b) 1991 population explosion can make a rapid c) 1993 d) 1996 proqress.
Directions for questions 20 to 23: All India Monsoon Rainfall (1990 to 1999) June -September
20. The normal rainfall during the period 1990-1999 was experienced in the year(s)
a) 1994 b) 1993 & 1995 c) 1996-97 d) 1990
21. The year ..... witnessed the least rainfall.
a) 1991 b} 1999 c) 1992 d) 1993
22. Out of the 10 years studied, how many had above normal rainfall?
a} 3 b) 7 c) 5 d) 6
Directions for questions 23 to 27: Each of the following incomplete arguments is
followed by four sentences. One of the four completes the argument in order to justify
the conclusion. Pick that out.
23. India cannot make a rapid progress because India has a problem of population
explosion.
a) No country with population explosion can make a rapid progress.
b) Only a country without population
c) Some countries with population problem cannot make a rapid progress.
d) All countries which have a problem ofpopulation explosion can make a rapid proqress.
24. Man learns through experience as he has initiative by nature.
a) Some persons who take initiative by nature learn through experience.
b) All who have initiative by nature learn through experience.
c) None who has initiative by nature learns through experience.
d) Only few with initiative learn through experience.
25.We have now to fight for peace with some courage and determination as we fought
against aggression.
a) Many are fighting for peace who have fought against aggression.
b) All those who have fought against aggression should fight for peace
c) Some who are fighting for peace have fought against aggression.
d) None is fighting for peace who have fought for aggression.
26. Whom the gods love dies young.
a) Many die young who are gods.
b) Few die young who are gods
c) some who are loved by the gods die young
d) all those who love the gods die young
27. Education has produce a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth readlng
28.If the ratio of boys to girls in a class is B and the ratio of girls to boys is G, then 3 (B + G) is
a) equal to 3 b) less than 3 c) more than 3 d) less than 1/3
29. Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg the price of the third variety per kg will be
a) Rs. 169.50 b) Rs. 170 c) Rs. 175.50 d) Rs. 180
30. The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of the first six numbers is 10.5 and
that of the last six numbers is 11.4, then the middle (61") number is
a) 11.5 b) 11.4 c) 11.3 d) 11.0
31. there are 30 students in a class . the average are of the first 10 student is 12.5 years. the average are of the next 20 student is 13.1 years. the average age of the whole class is.
a) 12.5 years b)12.7 c) 12.8 d) 12.9 years
32. the perimeter of one face of cube is 20 cm. its volume must be
a) 8000 cm3 b) 100 cm3 c) 125cm3 d) 400 cm3
33.the number of revolutions made by a wheel of diameter 56 cm in covering a distance of 1.1 km is (use p=22/7)
a) 31.25 b) 56.25 c) 625 d) 62.5
Direction: Read the passages below and answer the question based on them :
Passage 1
the world of computer
enthusiasts is in the grip of an ethical crisis. should copmuter viruses be classified as a life form? will consensus-building agencies take up the case for virus rights, protest the death penalty, demand that their clents be set apart in enclaves ? None of this is beyond the bound of probabilty, considering the pitch of the debates that rage on the internet, the global computer network set up 30 years ago by the U.S. defence research establishment. A new society is coming to birth in virtual reality; one is easily seduced into forgetting that these bizarre events are taking place inside a Xerox corporation computer at Palo Alto, California. If the science fiction of the '30s gave the world the concept of the
Cyborg, a creature half human and half-computer, the Internet today seems poised on the verge of the Cyborg. If a recent case is any indication, the simple etiquette which has so far governed social behaviour among Internet users will no longer suffice to administer this electronic Wild West. That solecisms in the world's latest frontier of society have attained a real-world level of scandal is obvious from the manner in which, earlier this year, an electronic intruder broke into a conversation among female users and aimed obscene visuals at them. This raised a storm of outrage. Internet users first bombarded his electronic mail box with rebukes and then had him expelled. The issue leads into uncharted philosophical territory: in virtual space, can one deterenine where the body ends and mind begins? At what point do word and image translate as act? Human society seems to possess a reverse Midas touch, contaminating every system it comes into contact with. The day is not distant when all the vicious impulses of the real world will have colonised virtuality, and another Utopia will have gone down the chute.
34. The central idea being followed in the passage is:
(a) the danger posed by viruses to Internetusers
(b) the status of sanctity of computer information routes.
(c) the degrading moral standards of our Society
(d) the role of morality it-, !he formation of computer information high-ways,
35. The term chute' in the passage specifically refers to:
(a) the concept of the Cyborg
(b) the science fiction of the `30s.
(c) a creature half human and half computer of the science fiction of the 30s.
(d) none of the above.
36. The term "solecisms" is used to highlight:
(a) the basic codes of ethical conduct
(b) breach of protocol
(c) the role of virus affected information
(d) none of the above
Passage - 2
The difference between different kinds of writing lies not so much in the writing itself, but in the way we look at it (and, of course, in the way the author wished us to look at it; but we often know very little about that). Literary forms do not exist outside our own minds. When we read anything, no matter what - a description of a scientific experiment, a history book, a ballad, or a novel -- in so far as we pay attention only to what things are happening one after another to something or somebody, it is a story; in so far as we read it only to learn the way in which something or someone behaves in certain circumstances, it is science; in so far as we read it only to find out what has actually happened in the past, it is history People often ask what is the difference beaween poetry and prose. The only difference is :-,l the way the writer looks at things. For instance, the novelist starts with a general idea in his mind; say, that people are always trying to escape from their responsibilities, and that escape only leaves them in a worse mess. Then he writes a story about what happened to Mr. and Mrs. Smith. He may never say, in so many words, that they tried to escape, never mention his idea, but this idea is the force that drives the story along. The poet, on the other hand, hears people talking in his club about the sad story of Mr. and Mrs Smith. He thinks, 'There is now, that's very interesting. They are just like everybody else; trying to get around life. It's like those sailors who tried to get to India by the Northwest Passage On they go, getting farther and farther into the ice, miles from home. Why, that's a good idea `or a poem.' He writes a poem about explorers, he may never mention Mr. and Mrs. Smith at ail. The novelist then goes from the general to the particular, the poet from the particular to the general, and you can see this also in the way they use words. The novelist uses words with their general meaning, and uses a whole lot of them to build up a particular effect: his character. The poet uses words with their particular meanings and puts them together to give a general effect: his ideas. Actually, of course, nearly all novels and all poems except very short ones have both ways of looking at things in them (e.g. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is more like a novel in verse; Mefville's Moby Dick is more like a poem in prose). All you can say is that one way is typical of the novelist and the other of the poet.
37.An appropriate title of this passage be,
(a) Of Poets and Novelists (b) Of Poetry (c) Of Novels (d) Of Literature
38.According to the author,
a) Each person reads a particular piece readers'of writing with the same motive.
b) Every person has a different motive in reading a particular piece of writing.
c) Some pieces of writing are not read by people at all.
d) None of the above.
39. One piece of writing can be distinguished from the other by.
i) the difference in the author's style of writing.
ii) the difference in the reader view toward the writings.
III. the way the meaning has been used.
(a) I only (b) II only
(c) III only (d) I & II
40.The essential difference in the approaches of a novelist and a poet is that,
(a) The novelist moves from particular general.
(b) The poet moves from general to particular.
(c) The poet general.difference. both
(d) There in no and the same.
41. The novelist builds up,
(a) characters (b) ideas (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b)
42. The poet builds up
(a) characters (b) ideas (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Directions Q. 43 to 47, Choose the pair of words which best expresses the relationship
similar to that expressed in the capitalised pairs.
43. ADJACENT: OBJECTS
(a) modern : times
(b) gradual : degrees
c) contemporary : events
d) repetitive : steps
44. FACILITATE: HAMPER
(a) animate : feed
(b) conventional : naive
(c) urbane : remote
(d) birth : demise
45. DENOUNCE : CONDONE
a) endure : imagine
b) antithetical : supportive
c) unnatural : noncommittal
d) natural : committal
46. SALUBRIOUS: BANEFUL
(a) contemplate : intimidate
(b) alleviate : exacerbate
(c) probity : fallacy
(d) susceptible : desultory
47. LANDSLIDE : PEBBLE
(a) deluge : droplet
(b) beach : wave
(c) desert : oasis
(d) rain : puddle
Directions for Q. 48 to 50: Choose the ORDERED pair of statements, where the first
statement implies the second, and the two are logically consistent with the main statement.
48. If our ancestors were monkeys, we would be anthropoids today.
A .We are not anthropoids
B. Our ancestors were monkeys
C. We are anthropoids
D. Our ancestors were not monkeys
(a) DA (b) CB (c) AB (d) AD
49. Task A, if ever accomplished; can transform our lives.
A Our lives have been transformed
B. Our lives have not been transformed
C. Task A has not been accomplished
D. Task A has been accomplished
(a) CB (b) BC (c) AC (d) AD
50. Press either of the buttons X and Y and the drink will come out.
A The drink has come out
B. Either X or Y has been pressed
C. The drink has not come out
D. Button Y has been pressed
(a) AB (b) AD (c) DA (d) DC
WISH YOU ALL GOOD LUCK
UGC NET paper 3 Electronics(Model Questions )
Hello everybody
Please go thrgh the questions which may help u in some or other way in Preparation for UGC NET exam
Unit VII:
COUNTERS
1.1 List the different types of counters-Synchronous and Asynchronous
1.2 Explain the modulus of a counter
1.3 Compare Synchronous and Asynchronous counters
1.4 Explain the working of 4 bit ripple counter with truth table and timing diagram
1.5 Define the propagation delay in ripple counter
1.6 Explain the Mod N synchronous counter
1.7 Explain the Synchronous decade counter
1.8 Describe Mod Counters using reset input with timing diagram
1.9 Explain the working of IC's 7490, 7492 , 7493 , 74161, 74190,74192 ,74193 with their pin configuration and truth table
1.10 List out applications of counters
SHIFT REGISTERS
2.1 Explain the working of buffer register
2.2 Explain the working of various types of shift registers -SISO,SIPO,PISO, PIPO with truth table using flip flop
2.3 Explain the working of bidirectional and universal shift register
2.4 Explain the applications of shift registers
2.5 Explain the working of IC's-7491,7495,74198, 74199, 74194 with their pin configuration
SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORIES
3.1 List the different types of semiconductor memories
3.2 Explain the internal organization of static and dynamic RAM cell
3.3 Explain the different types of ROM-PROM,EPROM,EEPROM,FLASH ROM
3.4 Explain the internal organisation of ROM BIPOLAR & MOS Cell
3.5 Explain the terms Access time ,speed,capacity of RAM & ROM
3.6 List out the different RAM & ROM IC's and their capacity,reliability
3.7 Distinguish between single-in-line and dual-in-line memory module
3.8 Explain the page mode access and extended data out DRAM
3.90 Explain the need for refreshing of DRAM
4 DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTERS
4.1 Introduction to DAC and its symbol
4.2 Explain the performance parameters of DAC-Resolution,accuracy and conversion time
4.3 Explain binary weighted resistor DAC
4.4 Explain R-2R Ladder type DAC
4.5 Explain IC-1408/832 DAC with pin configuration and application
ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS
5.1 Introduction to ADC and its Symbol
5.2Explain the performance parameters of ADC-Resolution,quantization error and conversion time
5.3 Explain the ramp type and dual slope ADC's
5.4 Explain the successive-approximation type ADC
5.5 Explain the flash type ADC
5.6 Explain the working of IC 0808/0809 with pin configuration and application
DISPLAY DEVICES AND PAL SYSTEMS
6.1 Explain the operation of LED and concept of seven segment display
6.2 Explain the alphanumeric / matrix display
6.3 Explain the LCD and its types
6.4 Explain the dynamic scattering type and field effect type
6.5 List out advantages and disadvantages of LCD's
6.6 Compare between LED's and LCD's
6.7 Explain LED driver using IC 7447 decoder
6.8 Explain multiplexed displays
6.9 Explain 7 segment decoder/driver for LCD display
6.10 Introduction to PAL - Explain the basic structure and working of PAL
6.11 Implement Full adder using PAL
Wish you a Good Luck
Please go thrgh the questions which may help u in some or other way in Preparation for UGC NET exam
Unit VII:
COUNTERS
1.1 List the different types of counters-Synchronous and Asynchronous
1.2 Explain the modulus of a counter
1.3 Compare Synchronous and Asynchronous counters
1.4 Explain the working of 4 bit ripple counter with truth table and timing diagram
1.5 Define the propagation delay in ripple counter
1.6 Explain the Mod N synchronous counter
1.7 Explain the Synchronous decade counter
1.8 Describe Mod Counters using reset input with timing diagram
1.9 Explain the working of IC's 7490, 7492 , 7493 , 74161, 74190,74192 ,74193 with their pin configuration and truth table
1.10 List out applications of counters
SHIFT REGISTERS
2.1 Explain the working of buffer register
2.2 Explain the working of various types of shift registers -SISO,SIPO,PISO, PIPO with truth table using flip flop
2.3 Explain the working of bidirectional and universal shift register
2.4 Explain the applications of shift registers
2.5 Explain the working of IC's-7491,7495,74198, 74199, 74194 with their pin configuration
SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORIES
3.1 List the different types of semiconductor memories
3.2 Explain the internal organization of static and dynamic RAM cell
3.3 Explain the different types of ROM-PROM,EPROM,EEPROM,FLASH ROM
3.4 Explain the internal organisation of ROM BIPOLAR & MOS Cell
3.5 Explain the terms Access time ,speed,capacity of RAM & ROM
3.6 List out the different RAM & ROM IC's and their capacity,reliability
3.7 Distinguish between single-in-line and dual-in-line memory module
3.8 Explain the page mode access and extended data out DRAM
3.90 Explain the need for refreshing of DRAM
4 DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTERS
4.1 Introduction to DAC and its symbol
4.2 Explain the performance parameters of DAC-Resolution,accuracy and conversion time
4.3 Explain binary weighted resistor DAC
4.4 Explain R-2R Ladder type DAC
4.5 Explain IC-1408/832 DAC with pin configuration and application
ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS
5.1 Introduction to ADC and its Symbol
5.2Explain the performance parameters of ADC-Resolution,quantization error and conversion time
5.3 Explain the ramp type and dual slope ADC's
5.4 Explain the successive-approximation type ADC
5.5 Explain the flash type ADC
5.6 Explain the working of IC 0808/0809 with pin configuration and application
DISPLAY DEVICES AND PAL SYSTEMS
6.1 Explain the operation of LED and concept of seven segment display
6.2 Explain the alphanumeric / matrix display
6.3 Explain the LCD and its types
6.4 Explain the dynamic scattering type and field effect type
6.5 List out advantages and disadvantages of LCD's
6.6 Compare between LED's and LCD's
6.7 Explain LED driver using IC 7447 decoder
6.8 Explain multiplexed displays
6.9 Explain 7 segment decoder/driver for LCD display
6.10 Introduction to PAL - Explain the basic structure and working of PAL
6.11 Implement Full adder using PAL
Wish you a Good Luck
Friday, June 19, 2009
How 555 Timer Works?
555 Timer
The 555 monolithic timing circuit is a highly stable device, that can act either as a time delay generator (Monostable/one-shot), a Pulse-Width-Modulator (PWM), a RC Oscillator, or a Voltage
Controlled Oscillator (VCO).
In the time delay mode of operation, the time is precisely controlled by one external resistor and one external capacitor.
For a stable operation as an oscillator, the free running frequency and the duty cycle are both accurately controlled with two external resistors and one external capacitor.
The circuit may be triggered and reset on falling waveforms (trigger, Reset), and the output can source or sink up to 200mA.
APPLICATIONS
Precision Timing
Pulse Generation
Sequential Timing
Time delay Generation
Pulse Width Modulation
FEATURES
Turn-off time less than 2ms
Max. operating frequency greater than 500kHz
Timing from microseconds to hours
Operates in both astable and monostable modes
High output current
Adjustable duty cycle
TTL compatible
Temperature stability of 0.005% per °C
you can Visit the link for more details
http://courses.ncsu.edu:8020/ece480/common/htdocs/480_555.htm#description
http://courses.ncsu.edu:8020/ece480/common/htdocs/pdf/555AN.pdf
The 555 monolithic timing circuit is a highly stable device, that can act either as a time delay generator (Monostable/one-shot), a Pulse-Width-Modulator (PWM), a RC Oscillator, or a Voltage
Controlled Oscillator (VCO).
In the time delay mode of operation, the time is precisely controlled by one external resistor and one external capacitor.
For a stable operation as an oscillator, the free running frequency and the duty cycle are both accurately controlled with two external resistors and one external capacitor.
The circuit may be triggered and reset on falling waveforms (trigger, Reset), and the output can source or sink up to 200mA.
APPLICATIONS
Precision Timing
Pulse Generation
Sequential Timing
Time delay Generation
Pulse Width Modulation
FEATURES
Turn-off time less than 2ms
Max. operating frequency greater than 500kHz
Timing from microseconds to hours
Operates in both astable and monostable modes
High output current
Adjustable duty cycle
TTL compatible
Temperature stability of 0.005% per °C
you can Visit the link for more details
http://courses.ncsu.edu:8020/ece480/common/htdocs/480_555.htm#description
http://courses.ncsu.edu:8020/ece480/common/htdocs/pdf/555AN.pdf
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
What makes u an Effectual Lecturer?
Please Read it Carefully!!!
1. Doesn't spoon-feed the students, even when they beg and beg and beg. Never hand out full text notes, or make them available.
2.Stimulates futher thinking and reading rather than provides thedefinitive answer for all time. But doesn't shy from conclusions either.
3.Gives you an account of the views of others, but is unafraid to givetheir own opinion - with passion if necessary. Prejudice is a wonderfulpedagogical tool!
4. Gives a brief but quality reading list.
5.Is disciplined about questions, and is even quite harsh with ramblingor hectoring questioners if necessary. Perhaps he or she makes clearhow questions are going to run before the lecture. If there is no time,then tough.
6. Is disciplined about discussions or other in class activities.
7. Does check to see if he or she is being listened to, and asks for clarification questions.
8. NEVER belittles other students for a laugh. In fact, is secure enough not to have to be funny all the time.
9. Makes time for female students to ask questions, speak, talk, interact etc.
10. Starts on time/finishes on time.
11. Never or rarely runs out of time: but each lecture is presented whole.
12. Makes an effort to communicate with colour and variety.
13. Isn't obsessed with powerpoint.
14. Provides a simple outline. One A4 sheet is sufficient.
15. Appears to be enjoying him/herself.
16. Gives clear and simple information about assessment. Doesn't spend too long fussing about it.
17. Is accessible outside the class room.
18. Knows what he or she is actually talking about.
19. Is not defensive when questioned, but firm.
Good Day!
1. Doesn't spoon-feed the students, even when they beg and beg and beg. Never hand out full text notes, or make them available.
2.Stimulates futher thinking and reading rather than provides thedefinitive answer for all time. But doesn't shy from conclusions either.
3.Gives you an account of the views of others, but is unafraid to givetheir own opinion - with passion if necessary. Prejudice is a wonderfulpedagogical tool!
4. Gives a brief but quality reading list.
5.Is disciplined about questions, and is even quite harsh with ramblingor hectoring questioners if necessary. Perhaps he or she makes clearhow questions are going to run before the lecture. If there is no time,then tough.
6. Is disciplined about discussions or other in class activities.
7. Does check to see if he or she is being listened to, and asks for clarification questions.
8. NEVER belittles other students for a laugh. In fact, is secure enough not to have to be funny all the time.
9. Makes time for female students to ask questions, speak, talk, interact etc.
10. Starts on time/finishes on time.
11. Never or rarely runs out of time: but each lecture is presented whole.
12. Makes an effort to communicate with colour and variety.
13. Isn't obsessed with powerpoint.
14. Provides a simple outline. One A4 sheet is sufficient.
15. Appears to be enjoying him/herself.
16. Gives clear and simple information about assessment. Doesn't spend too long fussing about it.
17. Is accessible outside the class room.
18. Knows what he or she is actually talking about.
19. Is not defensive when questioned, but firm.
Good Day!
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