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UGC NET Paper 1 Practice Questions

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Communication & ICT

In the communication process, 'feedback' is:

  1. AThe receiver's response back to the sender
  2. BThe channel
  3. CThe first message
  4. DNoise onlyCorrect

Why: Feedback is the receiver's response returned to the sender.

Higher Education & Environment

The main cause of the greenhouse effect is:

  1. AGreenhouse gases like carbon dioxide trapping heatCorrect
  2. BOxygen
  3. CSound
  4. DNitrogen

Why: Greenhouse gases such as CO2 trap heat, warming the planet.

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UGC NET Paper 1 Practice Questions, by the numbers.

SectionsTeaching Aptitude · Research Aptitude · Reasoning & Data Interpretation · Communication & ICT · Higher Education & Environment
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LanguagesEnglish
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