Mock Test Paper

1. Which of the following is the sequence

of different levels of teaching? (a) Memory level–understanding

level– reflective level

(b) Understanding level–memory

level– reflective level

(c) Reflective level–understanding

level– memory Level

(d) Memory level–reflective level–

under-standing level 2. At which of the following teaching

levels, classroom environment is

required to be suf-ficiently ‘open and

independent’? (a) Memory level (b) Understanding level (c) Reflective level (d) All of the above

3. Which of the following is/are the

teaching maxims? (i) From psychological to logical

(ii) From analysis to synthesis (iii) From concrete to abstract (iv) Follow nature (a) (i), (ii), and (iii) (b) (i), (ii), and

(iv) (c) (i), (iii), and (iv) (d) All of the

above 4. Match List I with List II

List

List I II

(Teaching (Main

maxims) proponents)

A From whole to I Gestalt

part psychologists

B Self-study II Dalton Training of Montessori

C III

senses and Froebel

Codes: (a) A-I, B-II, C-III (b) A-I, B-III, C-II (c) A-II, B-III, C-I (d) A-II, B-I, C-III

5. Which of the following university was

the pioneer in micro-teaching concept

started in 1961? (a) Stanford University (b) Oxford University (c) Delhi University (d) J L N University, New Delhi

6. The memory that refers to our memory

of meaningful facts, rules, definitions,

con-cepts, and principles is termed as (a) Semantic memory (b) Episodic memory (c) Procedural memory (d) None of the above

7. Which of the following is a function of

theory?

(a) Integrating and summarizing

current knowledge

(b) Making predictions (c) Explaining phenomena (d) All of the above

8. The approach which is based on the

assump-tion that social phenomena can

be explained by observing cause and

effect is

Mock Test Paper

(a) Positivism (b) Interpretivism (c) Qualitative (d) None of the above

9. Match the following two lists

List I List II

A Experimental I Criticism

B Historical II Control C Case study III Interpretative

D Ethnography IV Intensive

V Intuitive

Codes: (a) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-V (b) A-I, B-II, C-V, D-III (c) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-V (d) A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

10. The method of drawing conclusions

based on the observation of each and

every instance of a population is called (a) Scientific Method (b) Deductive Method (c) Inductive Method (d) Dialectic Method

11. It is best to use the method of working

mul-tiple hypothesis (a) During the final stages of research (b) While planning your research study (c) At the time of publishing the results (d) None of the above

12. The variable manipulated by the

researcher in an experiment is called

the

(a) Response variable (b) Independent variable (c) Dependent variable (d) Extraneous variable.

Read the following passage carefully and

answer questions 13 to 18. It should be remembered that the

Nationalist Movement in India, like all

nationalist move-ments, was essentially a

bourgeois movement. It represented the

natural historical stage of devel-opment

and to consider it, or to criticise it, as a

Working Class Movement is wrong.

Gandhi rep-resented that movement and

the Indian masses in relation to that

movement to a supreme degree, and he

became the voice of Indian people to that

extent. The main contribution of Gandhi

to India and the Indian masses has been

through the powerful movements that he

launched through the National Congress.

Through nation-wide action, he sought to

mould the millions and largely succeeded

in doing so. He changed them from a

demoralized, timid, and hopeless mass,

bullied and crushed by every dominant

interest and incapable of resistance, into a

people with self-respect and self-reliance,

resisting tyranny, and capable of united

action and sacrifice for a larger cause.

Gandhi made people think of polit-ical

and economic issues, and every village

and every bazaar hummed with argument

and debate on the new ideas and hopes

that filled the people. That was an amazing psychological

change. The time was ripe for it, of

course, and circum-stances and world

conditions worked for this change.

However, a great leader was necessary to

take the advantage

of those circumstances and conditions. Gandhi

was that leader, and he released many bonds that

imprisoned and disabled our minds, and none of

us who expe-rienced it can ever forget that great

feeling of release and exhilaration that came over

the Indian people. Gandhi has played a revolutionary role of

greatest importance in India because he knew

how to make the most of the objective condi-

tions and could reach the heart of the masses,

whereas groups with a more advanced ideology

functioned largely in 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

nationalist plane, did not think in terms of the

conflict of classes, trying to compose their

differences. However, the actions he indulged in

and taught the people have inevitably raised mass

consciousness tremendously and made social

issues vital. Gandhi and the Congress must be

judged by the policies they pursued and the

action they indulged in. But behind this,

personality counts and colours those

policies and activities. In case of very

exceptional persons like Gandhi, the

question of personality becomes especially

important in order to understand and

appraise him. To us, he represented the

spirit and honour of India, the yearning of

her sorrowing millions to be rid of their

innumerable burdens, and an insult to him

by the British Government or others was

an insult to India and her people. 13. 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. 14. The change that the Gandhian

movement brought among the Indian

masses was (a) Physical (b) Cultural

Psychologic (c) Technological (d) al

15. To consider the Nationalist Movement

or to criticize 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 16. Gandhi played a revolutionary role in

India because he could (a) Preach morality (b) Reach the hearts of Indians (c) See the conflict of classes (d) Lead the Indian National Congress

17. Groups with advanced ideology

functioned in 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

18. The author concludes the passage by (a) Criticizing the Indian masses (b) The Gandhian movement (c) Pointing out the importance of the

per-sonality of Gandhi

(d) Identifying the sorrows of millions

of Indians 19. A message can only be deemed

effective when (a) Good communication skills are

used (b) Repeated back as proof

of understanding (c) Understood by receiver and

produces the desired response (d) Deliveredininterpersonal

communica-tion 20. The subjective meaning of a word is its

(a) Denotative meaning (b) Indirect meaning (c) Antonym (d) Connotative meaning

21. Which of the following is also termed

as mediated communication? (a) Intrapersonal communication (b) Interpersonal communication (c) Group communication (d) Mass communication

22. Communication becomes circular when

(a) The decoder becomes an encoder (b) The feedback is absent (c) The source is credible (d) The channel is clear

23. Communication in the class fails

because (a) The students are inattentive (b) The teacher is monotonous in

delivering the message

(c) The students have no interest in the

les-son being taught

(d) There is very much noise in and

around the classroom 24. Paraphrasing is a skill that is absolutely

nec-essary to effective (a) Listening (b) Hearing

None of the (c) Speaking (d) above

25. In a certain code language, ‘Siberia is a

cold place’ is written as ‘a cold is place

Siberia’. In the same code, ‘Water

freezes to ice here’ is written as

‘freezes here ice to water’. How

‘covers ten per cent of earth’ will be

written? (a) Covers earth ten per cent of (b) Covers earth of per cent ten (c) Earth covers ten per cent of (d) None of the above

26. ‘A’ is the father of ‘C’, and ‘D’ is the

son of ‘B’. ‘E’ is the brother of ‘A’. If

‘C’ is the sister of ‘D’, how is ‘B’

related to ‘E’? (a) Daughter (b) Husband (c) Sister in law (d) Brother in law

27. If ‘A3T15R’ stands for ‘ACTOR’ and

‘D1T5’ stands for ‘DATE’, how will

you code ‘ROTATE’?

R16T1T

(a) R15T1T5 (b) 5

L15C1T

(c) R15T1T6 (d) 7 28. In an exam, a student scored 50% of

the maximum marks and yet failed by

15 marks. If he had scored 10% more

than what he scored, he would have

just managed to get the pass percentage. What are the maximum

marks of the paper?

(a) 100 (b) 300

(c) 250 (d) 400 29. If the first day of the ordinary year

(other than the leap year) was Friday,

then which was the last day of that

year? Thursda

(a) Wednesday (b) y

(c) Friday (d) Sunday 30. If the length of a rectangle increases by

10%, by what per cent should the

breadth decrease to maintain the same

area?

(a) 10 (b) 20

(c) 9.11 (d) 5 31. A proposition in which the predicate

refers to all individual objects denoted

by the sub-ject is called

Negativ (a) Particular (b) e

Universa

(c) Disjunctive (d) l 32. The minor term is the

(a) Subject of the conclusion (b) Predicate of the conclusion (c) Subject of the major premise (d) Predicate of the major premise

33. ‘A single shelf of a good European

Library is worth the whole native

literature of India and Arabia’. This

statement is (a) Factual (b) Logical

Reactionar

(c) Opinion (d) y 34. Four inferences are drawn from the

state-ment given below, which one can

be the cor-rect inference?

Statement People in Australia generally speak

English.

Inferences (a) Rosy speaks English. So she is from

Australia (b) Rahim knows English. That is why

he is going to Australia next month

(c) Rahul has been living in Australia,

most probably he can speak English

(d) Ramesh does not know English. He can-not talk to anyone if he goes to

Australia 35. Evaluate the following statements in

terms of whether each is a fact,

opinion, prejudice, or advice. I. Women are not suitable for police

service II. In a democracy no party should be

in power for too long III. Have proper rest, even during the

examination time IV. Obesity is a risk factor

for coronary heart disease Which one of the following is correct?

Opinion Prejudice Fact Advice

(a) II III IV I (b) II I IV III

(c) III I IV II

(d) II IV III I

36. All the books written by Professor

Bhardwaj are textbooks. Some of his

books are pub-lished by India

Publishing House (a) India Publishing House publishes

text-books only (b) Some textbooks written by

Professor Bhardwaj are published

by publishers other than M/s India

Publishing House (c) All the books published by M/s

India Publishing House have been

written by Professor Bhardwaj (d) None of the above

Directions: Study the following pie chart

care-fully and answer questions 37–41. It

consists of data about subscription from

different sources for Bharat Bonds issued

by Government of India.

Subscription Generated for Bharat Bonds

NRIs 11 FII

33

Compani es

Pensio 34 n

funds

16

Banks Public

2

4

37. If the investments by NRIs is `8,000 cr,

then the combined investment of

companies and FIIs into Bharat Bonds

is

(a) `48,726 cr (b) `48,000 cr (c) `50,827 cr (d) Insufficient information

38. If the total investment is 55,000 cr,

then the combined investment by pension funds and public is (a) `10,000 cr (b) `10,200

40. If total subscription is `55,000, then the

dif-ference between funds invested by

banks and public is `1,100

(a) `550 cr (b) cr `1,650

(c) `1,050 cr (d) cr 41. If the difference between funds contrib-

uted by public and banks on one hand

and pension funds on the other is

`5,000 cr, then the total funds

subscribed for Bharat Bonds are (a) `25,000 cr (b) `50,000 cr

`1,10,000

(c) `55,000 cr (d) cr 42. Which of the following statements is

not correct? (a) Computer is capable of

processing only digital signal.

(b) Computer is capable of analysing

both quantitative and qualitative data.

(c) Appropriate software is required for processing the data.

(d) Computer is capable of processing digi-

tal as well as analogue signals.

43. The general term used for the software

that can be copied and used

without payment to cr

`11,000 (c) `10,500 cr (d) cr

39. If the funds contributed by FIIs is

33,000 cr, then the funds contributed

towards subscrip-tion of Bharat Bonds

by NRIs is `11,000

(a) `10,000 cr (b) cr

`12,500 (c) `12,000 cr (d) cr

the author(s), although there may be

some restrictions on distribution is (a) Spyware (b) Freeware (c) Malware (d) None of the above

44. ASCII stands for

(a) American Stable Code for

International Interchange

(b) American Standard Case for

Institutional Interchange

(c) American Standard Code for Infor-

mation Interchange

(d) American Standard Code for Inter- change Information

45. The process of laying out a document

with texts, graphics, headlines, and

photographs is involved in

(a) Deck top publishing (b) Desktop printing (c) Desktop publishing (d) Deck top printing

46. Which of the following refers to an

educa-tional website that allows its

members to add or change its

information? (a) Educational or .edu (b) Social networking site (c) Wiki (d) Web 2.0

47. Which of the following are web

browsers? I.

Internet

Explorer

II. Mozilla

Firefox

III. Opera

IV. Safari

(a) I, II, and III

(c) 1, III, and IV

48. A temperature inversion is a condition

when the air

(a) Near the ground is lighter (b) Near the ground is cooler than air at

the higher altitudes

(c) Near the ground is hotter than that

at higher altitude

(d) None of the above 49. Lead is used as anti-knocking agent

(tetra-ethyl lead) in petrol. It affects

our (a) Central nervous system (b) Respiratory system (c) Cardiac system (d) Skeletal system

50. Which of the

following is

the main dis-

charge from

coal-based

power plants

(ther-

mal plants)?

(a) SPM

(c) Smog

51. Which of the following is a water-

borne dis-ease?

(a) Blue baby syndrome (b) Meningitis (c) Diarrhoea (d) Cholera

52. Which of the following is true with

regard to tsunami?

(a) It is a tidal wave (b) It is caused by earthquake beneath

the sea

(b) Fly ash

(d) None of the above

(b) II, III, and IV

All of the

(d) above

(c) It moves very fast in the ocean

water (d) It is caused by the gravitation pull

of the sun 53. The Indian government has established

around eighteen biosphere reserves in

India. Ten of eighteen biosphere

reserves are a part of the World

Network of Biosphere Reserves, based

on the UNESCO’s Man and the Bio-

sphere (MAB) Programme list. Which

of the following has been added in

2016?

(a) Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve (b) Seshachalam Hills (c) Achanakmar-Amarkantak

Biosphere Reserve

(d) Great Nicobar 54. ‘Destiny of India is being shaped in her

classroom’. This is stated in

(a) National Policy on Education

(1986) (b) National Knowledge Commission

(2005) (c) Education Commission (1964–66) (d) University Education Commission

(1948–49)

55. Which section of the UGC Act

provides for the promotion and

coordination of uni-versity education

and for the maintenance of standards of

teaching, examination, and research? Section

(a) Section 12 (b) 15

Section (c) Section 25 (d) 28

56. Match List I with List II and select the

cor-rect answer from the codes given

below:

List List

I II

A Chinmaya I Delhi

International

Foundation

B The Oriental II Baroda

Institute

C Academy III Melkote

(Karnataka

of Sanskrit )

Research

D Rashtriya IV Ernakulum

Veda Vidya

Pratishthan

Codes: (a) A-IV, B-II, C-III, and D-I (b) A-II, B-IV, C-III, and D-I (c) A-II, B-III, C-IV, and D-I (d) A-II, B-I, C-IV, and D-III

57. How can Fundamental Rights be

protected by a citizen? (a) By approaching the Supreme Court,

who will issue writs against the

authority. (b) Parliament will take note of such

viola-tions and tell the courts. (c) The Executive will inform the

courts.

(d) It is automatically protected. 58. Parliament can legislate on matters

listed in the state list (a) With prior permission of the

President

(b) Only after the constitution is

amended suitably

(c) In case of inconsistency among

state legislatures

(d) At the request of two or more states

59. There was a major announcement in

Budget 2016-17 in the form of Higher

Education Funding Agency. Which of the following statements are

cor-rect in this context? I. An initial capital base of Rs 1,000

cr II. Joint participation of Government

and philanthropic donors III. Quality infrastructure in IITs,

NITs, IIITs, etc.

Codes: (a) I and II (b) II and III (c) I and III (d) All of the above

60. National youth day, observed across

India on 12 January commemorates the

birth anniversary of which famous

Indian person-ality? (a) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (b) Swami Vivekanand (c) Aurobindo Ghosh (d) Rabindranath Tagore

Answer Keys

(b

1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. )

(d

11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. )

(c

21. (d) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. )

(b

31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. )

(b

41. (b) 42. (d) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (c) 46. (c) 47. (d) 48. (b) 49. (a) 50. )

(b

51. (d) 52. (b) 53. (a) 54. (c) 55. (a) 56. (a) 57. (a) 58. (d) 59. (b) 60. )

Solution

25. The first alphabet of the words is to be picked and then written as they appear

in alphabetic series. 26. E A B

−C D

Thus, B is the sister in law of E.

27. While coding for ACTOR, first, third and fifth letters have been put without any

change. C and O are placed at 3rd and 15th position in alphabetical series

(Table 5.1). Hence, code for ACTOR is A3T15R. Similar exercise for DATE.

Thus, code for ROTATE is R15T1T5. Thus, (a) is the answer. 28. Let maximum passing marks

100 Actual marks

obtained = 50 Had he scored 50 + 10% of 50, that is 55 marks, he would have scored

passing marks. In this situ-ation, difference between actual and passing marks

is 5. Actual difference = 15 5% of maximum marks = 15 Maximum marks = 15 × 100/5

= 300

4. An ordinary year has 365 days. Week starting with Friday will end in Thursday.

Hence, the 364th day (end of complete 52 weeks) will be Thursday. The 365th

day will be Friday. Thus, first and last day of an ordinary year are same.

Answer Key

30. Suppose both length and breadth

are 100. Hence, area 100 100

New length 100 10

m 110 As area is to be

kept same,

110 new breadth 100 100

New breadth 100 100/110 1,000/11

Decrease in breadth 100 1,000/11 100/11 9.11%

As breadth was assumed to be 100, no additional calculation is required for

percentage figure. 37. Combined investment by companies and FIIs 67/11

8,000 `48,726 cr

38. (16 4)/100 55,000 `11,000 cr.

39. FIIs contribute 33% and NRIs contribute 11% of total

funds. Hence, funds contributed by NRIs = 11/33

33,000 = `11,000 cr.

40. Percentage difference 4 2 2%

Given that 2% of `55,000 cr (2/100) 55,000 `1,100 cr

41. Difference in percentage terms 16 (2

4) 10% 10% of total funds `5,000

cr

Hence, total funds 5,000/10% 5,000 100/10 `50,000 cr