GENERAL PAPER - 12

1. Which of the following are Central Universities? (Cancelled question)

A. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University
B. Jamia Millia Islamia
C. Panjab University
D. Punjabi University
E. University of Mumbai

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) A and B only
(B) B and C only
(C) C and D only
(D) C and E only

2. What is the World Wide Web (www)?

(A) Collection of webpages stored on websites
(B) Hypertext processor
(C) Interconnected networks
(D) Web browser

3. How tall is a tree that is 6 meters shorter than a wall that is seven times higher than the tree?
(A) 1 meters
(B) 1.25 meters
(C) 2 meters
(D) 7 meters

4. University of the ancient period which has been declared by UNESCO as a heritage site is:
A. Mithila
B. Vallabhi
C. Pushpagiri
D. Takshashila
E. Nalanda

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) A and B only

(B) B and C only
(C) C and D only
(D) D and E only

5. Identify the correct sequence of wind energy potential at 100 m above ground level in decreasing
order
 A. Karnataka
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Gujarat
D. Tamil Nadu
E. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

(A) A>B>C>E>D
(B) C>A>B>D>E
(C) C>E>B>D>A
(D) D>C>A>B>E

6. Which of the following are advantages of observation as a tool of data collection?

A. Observation takes place only in natural settings
B. Observation methods demand the active participation of subjects in the programme
C. Observations are known for directness
D. Artificiality can be minimised in observational studies
E. Recording devices can be used in observational studies for accuracy

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) A, B and C only
(B) A, B and E only
(C) B, C and D only
(D) C, D and E only

7. Match List I with List II

List I List II

A. If 'A' is True I. 'E' is True; 'O' is True

B. If 'E' is True II. 'O' is False; 'E' is False

C. If 'I' is False III. 'A' is False; 'I' is False

D. If 'O' is False IV. 'E' is False; 'I' is True

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) A -I , B -II , C -III , D -IV

(B) A -II , B -III , C -I , D -IV
(C) A -III , B -I , C -II , D -IV
(D) A -IV , B -II , C -III , D –I
8. Which of the following statements are correct?
A. If A's speed is more than B's speed, then to travel the same distance, A will take more time than B
B. Two speeds, 1500 m/min and 90 km/hr are equal
C. By walking at a speed of 18 km/hr, the distance covered in 2 minutes and 30 seconds is 750
meters

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

(A) A and B only
(B) A and C only
(C) B and C only
(D) C only

9. The characteristics of a normal distribution curve are:

A. It reflects an asymmetrical distribution
B. It is bell-shaped
C. It does not show standard deviations
D. The mean, mode and median coincide at the centre of the distribution
E. The curve is based on an infinite number of observations

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) A, B and C only
(B) B, C and D only
(C) B, D and E only
(D) C, D and E only

10. Match List I with List II

List I List II
Thinking Hat System Concepts and Ideas
A. White Hat I. Judgement and caution-the logical negative
B. Red Hat II. Data gathering-facts, figures, information
needs and gaps
C. Black Hat III. Provocations, alternatives and creativity-
proposals
D. Green Hat IV. Intuition and emotions

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) A -I , B -III , C -II , D -IV

(B) A -II , B -IV , C -I , D -III
(C) A -III , B -II , C -IV , D -I
(D) A -IV , B -I , C -III , D –II
11. Which of the following are in the "Six Thinking Hats System", a form of parallel thinking?
A. Brown Hat
B. White Hat
C. Violet Hat
D. Red Hat

E. Black Hat

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) A, B and C only
(B) B, C and D only
(C) B, D and E only
(D) C, D and E only
12. Given below are two statements
Statement I: Personal competencies determine how we manage ourselves
Statement II: Social competencies determine how we handle relationships

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from
the options given below
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
(C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
(D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

13. Match List I with List II

List I List II
Types of Design Characterestics
A. Solomon Four Group Design I. It is a cross-sectional design
B. Post-test only Control Group Design II. Contains an additional set of control and experimental
groups
C. One-shot Case Study III. Omits the pre-tested groups altogather
D. Correlational Design IV. Observation of a single group at one point of time to
observe the change

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) A -I , B -II , C -III , D -IV

(B) A -II , B -III , C -IV , D -I
(C) A -III , B -IV , C -I , D -II
(D) A -IV , B -I , C -II , D –III
14. Given below are two statements
Statement I: One's perceptions and beliefs are the basis of generalisation in communication
Statement II: Generalisations of the environment develop through experiences.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are false

(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(C) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(D) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

15. An extraneous variable is also known as

(A) Artifact
(B) Contiguous factor
(C) Dependent variable
(D) Intervener

16. If the selling price of ₹ 24 results in a discount of 20% on the list price, what selling price would
result in a 30% discount on list price?
(A) 18
(B) 20
(C) 21
(D) 27

17. Which of the following Green House bases were the target gases whose emission was to be covered
under the first commitment period of the Kyoto protocol?
A. SO2
B. CO2
C. N2O
D. NH3
E. CH4

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) A, B and C only
(B) A, B, C and D only
(C) B, C and E only
(D) B, C, D and E only

18. Given below are two statements

Statement I: DVDs use a single spiral 'track' to store data working from the centre to the edge.
Statement II: DVDs are Read-only devices
 In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
(A) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(B) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
(C) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(D) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

19. Match List I with List II

List I List II
Elements of Effective Communication Description
A. Common frame of reference I. Communications with people of
similar background
B. Congruence II. Use of understandable language
C. Language relevance III. Messages of common interest between
encoder and decoder
D. Compatible environment IV. Compatibility between the receiver
and the sender

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) A -I , B -II , C -III , D -IV
(B) A -II , B -III , C -IV , D -I
(C) A -III , B -IV , C -I , D -II
(D) A -IV , B -III , C -II , D -I

20. In agricultural regions, groundwater can have significant concentrations of which pollutant?
(A) Cadmium
(B) Lead
(C) Nitrate
(D) Selenium

Read the given passage and answer the following questions.

Despite the fact that social security programmes in India are not responses to structural adjustment
but have a long history of their own. Social expenditure in India is nevertheless particularly
vulnerable to budget cuts. The social sector is a major spending area of the government, comprising
poverty reduction interventions, health, education, nutrition, social assistance and social welfare.
Most departments of government are in some way responsible for spending under this broad head.
The sector is highly divisible, thus facilitating incremental and piecemeal reductions in real
expenditure. It has a weak political constituency, dominated by technical-expert persons, which the
mass of evaluative research that has historically been critical of state interventionism has further
 weakened. Such work has been put to uses other than those originally intended - not to reform the
sector but as justification to abolish major components of it entirely. However, since 1991, social
sector expenditure has not declined as much as had been anticipated. Despite, or because of, its
departmental pervasiveness, it is an extremely-perhaps uncuttable-low proportion of GNP: 2.4 per
cent as compared with 6.5 percent in Malaysia, 12.2 per cent in Botswana and 15-25 per cent in
OECD countries. Even though social sector expenditure is also flawed by spatial patchiness,
conflicting time trends in expenditure levels and composition and patterns specific to each
component of welfare, cuts have been widely resisted and certain Indian states have increased their
current debt in order to protect social expenditure. There is, fortunately, and necessarily, speculative
literature predicting, sometimes with illustrations drawn from elsewhere, the likely outcomes of cuts
in various types of social expenditure. But it is far too early for these to be evidence of the actual
impact on social welfare is a long-term project of several decades.

21. The gist of the passage is that

(A) In actuality, diversification funds to areas other than social welfare arejustifiable
(B) The social security system in India should be strengthened
(C) The social welfare system must be abandoned
(D) There is no evidence as to the utility of social welfare measures in India

22. The expert evaluation reports are used to

(A) Justify banishing the social security system
(B) Reform the social welfare sector
(C) Strengthen the political constituency of social security
(D) Support the government spending on social sector

23. The government spending on poverty reduction programmes suffers from

(A) Down-sized expenditure in real terms
(B) High demand from prospective beneficiaries
(C) Several social welfare programmes competing for funds
(D) Too many divisible allocations

24. The social sector in India is experiencing

(A) A vast amount of speculative literature
(B) Change in composition and patterns of social welfare
(C) Increased current debt account by certain states to protect their social security measures
(D) Upward revision of budget allocations in a few specific areas

25. Social security programmes in India encounter the issue of

(A) Direct implementation,
(B) Increased government intervention,
(C) Indirect implementation
(D) Structural rearrangement