1. Which of the following statements are correct about a Central University?
  2. Central University is established under an Act of Parliament.
  3. The President of India acts as the visitor of the University.
  4. The President has the power to nominate some members to the Executive Committee or the Board of Management of the University.
  5. The President occasionally presides over the meetings of the Executive Committee or Court.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

Codes:

(A) 1, 2 and 4                (B) 1, 3 and 4

(C) 1, 2 and 3               (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer: C

  1. Consider the statement which is followed by two arguments (i) and (ii).

Statement: India should have a very strong and powerful Lokpal.

Arguments: (i) Yes, it will go a long in eliminating corruption in bureaucracy.

(ii) No, it will discourage honest officers from making quick decisions.

Codes:

(A) Only argument (i) is strong.

(B) Only argument (ii) is strong.

(C) Both the arguments are strong.

(D) Neither of the arguments is strong.

Answer: A

  1. Which one of the following is the best method of teaching?

(A) Lecture                    (B) Discussion

(C) Demonstration       (D) Narration

Answer: C

  1. Dyslexia is associated with

(A) mental disorder

(B) behavioural disorder

(C) reading disorder

(D) writing disorder

Answer: C

  1. The e-content generation for undergraduate courses has been assigned by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to

(A) INFLIBNET

(B) Consortium for Educational Communication

(C) National Knowledge Commission

(D) Indira Gandhi National Open University

Answer: B

  1. Classroom communication is normally considered as

(A) effective      (B) cognitive

(C) affective      (D) selective

Answer: B

  1. Which one of the following is considered a sign of motivated teaching?

(A) Students asking questions

(B) Maximum attendance of the students

(C) Pin drop silence in the classroom

(D) Students taking notes

Answer: A

  1. In a thesis, figures and tables are included in

(A) the appendix

(B) a separate chapter

(C) the concluding chapter

(D) the text itself

Answer: D

  1. A thesis statement is

(A) an observation       (B) a fact

(C) an assertion           (D) a discussion

Answer: C

  1. The research approach of Max Weber to understand how people create meanings in natural settings is identified as

(A) positive paradigm

(B) critical paradigm

(C) natural paradigm

(D) interpretative paradigm

Answer: D

  1. Which one of the following is a non probability sampling?

(A) Simple Random    (B) Purposive

(C) Systematic              (D) Stratified

Answer: B

  1. Identify the category of evaluation that assesses the learning progress to provide continuous feedback to the students during instruction.

(A) Placement  (B) Diagnostic

(C) Formative   (D) Summative

Answer: C

  1. The research stream of immediate application is

(A) Conceptual research

(B) Action research

(C) Fundamental research

(D) Empirical research

Answer: B

  1. Who among the following propounded the concept of paradigm?

(A) Peter Haggett         (B) Von Thunen

(C) Thomas Kuhn       (D) John K. Wright

Answer: C

Read the following passage carefully and answer questions 45 to 49:

Traditional Indian Values must be viewed both from the angle of the individual and from that of the geographically delimited agglomeration of peoples or groups enjoying a common system of leadership which we call the 'State'. The Indian 'State's' special feature is the peaceful, or perhaps mostly peaceful, co-existence of social groups of various historical provenances which mutually adhere in a geographical, economic and political sense, without ever assimilating to each other in social terms, in ways of thinking, or even in language. Modern Indian law will determine certain rules, especially in relation to the regime of the family, upon the basis of how the loin-cloth is tied, or how the turban is worn, for this may identify the litigants as members of a regional group, and therefore as participants in its traditional law, though their ancestors left the region three or four centuries earlier. The use of the word 'State' above must not mislead us. There was no such thing as a conflict between the individual and the State, at least before foreign governments became established, just as there was no concept of state 'sovereignty' or of any church-and-state dichotomy.

Modem Indian 'secularism' has an admittedly peculiar feature: It requires the state to make a fair distribution of attention and support amongst all religions. These blessed aspects of India's famed tolerance (Indian kings so rarely persecuted religious groups that the exceptions prove the rule) at once struck Portuguese and other European visitors to the West Coast of India in the sixteenth century, and the impression made upon them in this and other ways gave rise, at one remove, to the basic constitution of Thomas More's Utopia. There is little about modern India that strikes one at once as Utopian: but the insistence upon the inculcation of norms, and the absence of bigotry and  institutionalized exploitation of human or natural resources, are two very different features which link the realities of India and her tradition with the essence of all Utopians.

  1. The author uses the word 'State' to highlight

(A) Antagonistic relationship between the state and the individual throughout the period of history.

(B) Absence of conflict between the state and the individuals upto a point in time.

(C) The concept of state sovereignty

(D) Dependence of religion

Answer: B

  1. Which one is the peculiar feature of modern Indian 'Secularism'?

(A) No discrimination on religious considerations

(B) Total indifference to religion

(C) No space for social identity

(D) Disregard for social law

Answer: A

  1. The basic construction of Thomas More's Utopia was inspired by

(A) Indian tradition of religious tolerance.

(B) Persecution of religious groups by Indian rulers.

(C) Social inequality in India.

(D) European perception of Indian State

Answer: A

  1. What is the striking feature of modern India?

(A) A replica of Utopian State

(B) Uniform Laws

(C) Adherence to traditional values

(D) Absence of Bigotry

Answer: D

  1. Which of the following is a special feature of the Indian state?

(A) peaceful co-existence of people under a common system of leadership

(B) peaceful co-existence of social groups of different historical provenances attached to each other in a geographical, economical and political sense

(C) Social integration of all groups

(D) Cultural assimilation of all social groups

Answer: B

  1. The Telephone Model of Communication was first developed in the area of

(A) Technological theory

(B) Dispersion theory

(C) Minimal effects theory

(D) Information theory

Answer: D

  1. The Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2013 has been conferred on

(A) Karan Johar           (B) Amir Khan

(C) Asha Bhonsle       (D) Gulzar

Answer: D

  1. Photographs are not easy to

(A) publish        (B) secure

(C) decode        (D) change

Answer: C

  1. The grains that appear on a television set when operated are also referred to as

(A) sparks          (B) green Dots

(C) snow           (D) rain Drops

Answer: C

  1. In circular communication, the encoder becomes a decoder when there is

(A) noise           (B) audience

(C) criticality      (D) feedback

Answer: D

  1. Break-down in verbal communication is described as

(A) Short Circuit           (B) Contradiction

(C) Unevenness          (D) Entropy

Answer: D

  1. In certain coding method, the word QUESTION is encoded as DOMESTIC. In this coding, what is the code word for the word RESPONSE?

(A) OMESUCEM

(B) OMESICSM

(C) OMESICEM

(D) OMESISCM

Answer: C

  1. lf the series 4,5,8,13,14,17,22,........ is continued in the same pattern, which one of the following is not a term of this series?

(A) 31     (B) 32

(C) 33     (D) 35

Answer: C

  1. Complete the series BB, FE, II, ML, PP,.......... by choosing one of the following option given :

(A) TS    (B) ST

(C) RS   (D) SR

Answer: A

  1. A man started walking from his house towards south. After walking 6 km, he turned to his left and walked 5 km after. Then he walked further 3 km after turning left. He then turned to his left and continued his walk for 9 km. How far is he away from his house?

(A) 3 km             (B) 4 km

(C) 5 km             (D) 6 km

Answer: C

  1. In a post-office, stamps of three different denominations of Rs 7, Rs 8, Rs 10 are available. The exact amount for which one cannot buy stamps is

(A) 19     (B) 20

(C) 23     (D) 29

Answer: A