Exams · UGC NET · Paper 1 · UGC NET 2021 Political Science (Shift 2)

UGC NET 2021 Political Science (Shift 2) — Solved Previous Year Questions

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

  1. Match List I (Key behaviours contributing to effective teaching) with List II (Descriptive features): · Ans: A
  2. Identify from the following spectrum of teaching methods which are called dialogic. · Ans: C
  3. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
  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. In which level of teaching is 'seeing of relationship' promoted as an objective? · Ans: B
  6. Which of the following belong to the category of true experimental design? · Ans: C
  7. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
  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: A
  9. Match List I with List II: · Ans: C
  10. In which of the following research methods does the process of hypothesis testing optimally safeguard the role of extraneous variables? · Ans: B
  11. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  12. 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
  13. Many Voices, One World: Communication and Society: Today and Tomorrow (UNESCO), known as the MacBride Commission report, is about: · Ans: A
  14. If the action desired in the message is satisfactorily performed or the information is faithfully received, it is said that? · Ans: A
  15. When the attitude of the communicator towards self is positive but towards others it is negative, the communicator is said to be? · Ans: C
  16. With an average speed of 50 km/hr, a train reaches its destination on time. If it goes at an average speed of 40 km/hr, it is late by 24 minutes. The total distance travelled is: · Ans: D
  17. If the word EARTH is written as QPMZS in coded form, how can HEART be written following the same coding? · Ans: D
  18. Complete the number series: 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, ? · Ans: C
  19. A sum of money at compound interest doubles itself in 15 years. In how many years will it become eight times itself? · Ans: A
  20. The average age of three boys is 25 years and their ages are in the proportion 3 : 5 : 7. The age of the youngest boy is: · Ans: B
  21. "Sagarika is never seen reading any Mathematics book during the daytime, yet she scored 98% marks in Mathematics. Therefore she must be studying during the night." Which means of knowledge is used in this argument? · Ans: D
  22. Which of the following Indian thought systems holds that the universal relation in inference (anumana) cannot be determined because there is always room for doubt about unobserved cases? · Ans: D
  23. The statement "A sense organ that perceives a property also perceives the propertyness as well as the absence of that property" can be attributed to which school of classical Indian philosophy? · Ans: B
  24. Which fallacy is committed in the following statement? "Nobody has ever proved that immoral behaviour by elected officials erodes public morality. Therefore we must conclude that such behaviour does not erode public mor… · Ans: C
  25. Consider the following two statements. Statement A: All physicians whose licenses have been revoked are physicians ineligible to practise. Statement B: All physicians eligible to practise are physicians whose licenses a… · Ans: B
  26. What is the ratio of the cost of production of item I by company A to the cost of production of item I by company D? · Ans: B
  27. What is the sum total of the cost of production of item I by company A and the cost of production of item II by company B? · Ans: A
  28. The cost of production of item I by company F is what percentage of the cost of production of item II by company D? · Ans: A
  29. What is the total profit earned by company G for items I and II together? · Ans: A
  30. With respect to a computer virus, which one of the following statements is true? · Ans: C
  31. Identify the correct order in which the following computer memories are ranked from largest to smallest in terms of storage capacity. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
  32. Which of the following groups of statements with respect to the World Wide Web (WWW) is correct? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
  33. Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: D
  34. For an ozone layer to become an ozone hole, the concentration of ozone should be: · Ans: A
  35. The virus responsible for the disease COVID-19 is: · Ans: A
  36. The saltiness of ocean water can be attributed to the minerals and salts deposited by the various rivers that flow into it. However, rivers are not saline because: · Ans: C
  37. India's maximum energy comes from: · Ans: C
  38. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
  39. Which of the following features are indicative of the negative social rather than physical aspects of the environment? Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
  40. For continuous professional development and self-improvement, every teacher is supposed to devote at least how many hours every year? · Ans: D
  41. The central motivational goal evident in personal success through demonstrating competence according to social standards takes the form of a basic value called: · Ans: C
  42. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  43. Match List I with List II and choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  44. Inequalities due to education could be addressed by. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: C
  45. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: · Ans: A
  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 author of the passage argues for. Choose the correct answer from the options given below: · Ans: B
  48. Assign a suitable title to the paragraph: · Ans: A

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