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UGC NET 2021 Political Science (Shift 1) — Solved Previous Year Questions

UGC NET · Paper 1 — 48 previous year questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

  1. Match List I (Modalities of Teaching Implementation) with List II: · Ans: C
  2. Identify the indirect teaching strategies from the following list: · Ans: A
  3. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  4. Given below are two statements - one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  5. Which of the following is designated as a key behaviour of effectiveness of teaching, as evident from research? · Ans: C
  6. Identify the features of the empirico-inductive paradigm of research: · Ans: D
  7. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  8. Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
  9. Match List I with List II: · Ans: B
  10. In which method of research is an independent variable manipulated with an intent to observe concomitant changes in the dependent variable? · Ans: D
  11. Given below are two statements, one labelled Assertion (A) and the other Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  12. Why do we communicate? · Ans: C
  13. Match List I (Types of communication) with List II (Function served): · Ans: A
  14. When in classroom communication a teacher shows ability of creativity, correlation and analysis, it belongs to which category of skills? · Ans: A
  15. Which of the following is an example of physical barrier to communication? · Ans: D
  16. Smita rode her scooty northwards, then turned left, and then again turned left and rode 4 km. She found herself exactly 2 km west of her starting point. How far did she ride northward initially? · Ans: B
  17. A 108-metre-long train moving at 50 km/hr crosses a 112-metre-long train coming from the opposite direction in 6 seconds. The speed of the second train is: · Ans: D
  18. The profit earned by selling a chair for Rs. 752 is 1.2 times the loss incurred when the same chair was sold for Rs. 400. What is the cost price of the chair? · Ans: C
  19. Three men, four women and six children can complete a work in seven days. A woman does double the work a man does, and a child does half the work a man does. How many women alone can… · Ans: A
  20. With reference to Nyaya philosophy, which of the following statements is true? · Ans: A
  21. "Whoever thrusts a knife into another person should be arrested. Surgeons thrust a knife into another person when operating. Therefore surgeons should be arrested." Which fallacy is committed in the argument? · Ans: B
  22. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
  23. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
  24. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  25. The number of girls enrolled in Dancing forms what percentage of the total number of students in the school? (rounded to two digits) · Ans: B
  26. What is the ratio of the number of girls enrolled in Swimming to the number of boys enrolled in Swimming? · Ans: D
  27. What is the approximate percentage of boys in the school? · Ans: A
  28. How many boys are enrolled in Singing and Handicraft taken together? · Ans: B
  29. What is the total number of girls enrolled in Swimming and Drawing taken together? · Ans: C
  30. The next number P in the sequence of binary numbers 0, 10, 100, 110, P, ... is: · Ans: B
  31. Identify the correct order of the following computer memory types ranked from slowest to fastest in terms of access time. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
  32. Which of the following statements about wikis are TRUE? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
  33. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
  34. Under Sustainable Development Goal 12 (Sustainable Consumption and Production), one of the targets is to reduce per capita food waste at the retail and consumer levels by: · Ans: B
  35. Small hydro power potential in India is estimated approximately as: · Ans: D
  36. The waste components of waste categorized as 'Trash' consist of: Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  37. The global environmental issue of ozone depletion is due to the emission of: Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
  38. Which of the following values is related to self-transcendence? · Ans: B
  39. Which of the following is an apex advisory and non-statutory body? · Ans: A
  40. Who among the following was the first Chairman of UGC? · Ans: B
  41. The NEP-2020 proposes to prepare which of the curriculum frameworks? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
  42. NEP-2020 proposes to establish which of the following new bodies? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
  43. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  44. Which of the following statements most appropriately represents one of the chief concerns regarding higher education? · Ans: C
  45. Holistic education at HEIs is aimed at. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
  46. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  47. The new national education policy is grounded in the assumption that. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
  48. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: D

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