UGC NET Paper 1 Practice Questions — All Questions
20 questions
Learner-centered teaching primarily focuses on:
- a.Strict silence
- b.The teacher lecturing continuously
- c.Active engagement and needs of the learner✓
- d.Memorization only
Learner-centered teaching centers on the learner's active engagement and needs.
Formative evaluation is conducted:
- a.To print certificates
- b.Only at the end of the course
- c.To rank institutions
- d.During the learning process to give feedback✓
Formative evaluation happens during learning to improve it.
Which is a higher-order cognitive skill in Bloom's taxonomy?
- a.Understanding
- b.Recalling
- c.Remembering
- d.Evaluating✓
Evaluating is a higher-order skill; remembering/recalling are lower-order.
An effective teacher should primarily:
- a.Use only one method
- b.Discourage questions
- c.Avoid feedback
- d.Adapt methods to diverse learners✓
Good teaching adapts to diverse learner needs.
A hypothesis in research is:
- a.A conclusion
- b.A tentative, testable statement✓
- c.A questionnaire
- d.A proven fact
A hypothesis is a tentative, testable proposition.
Research that aims to add to general knowledge without immediate application is:
- a.Market research
- b.Fundamental (basic) research✓
- c.Action research
- d.Applied research
Basic/fundamental research seeks knowledge for its own sake.
Plagiarism in research is:
- a.Presenting others' work as one's own (unethical)✓
- b.A citation style
- c.Required
- d.Good practice
Plagiarism is unethical use of others' work without credit.
A sample in research is:
- a.A single variable
- b.The entire population
- c.A subset selected to represent the population✓
- d.An untested guess
A sample is a representative subset of the population.
Complete: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?
- a.40
- b.48
- c.42✓
- d.36
Differences are 4,6,8,10,12; 30 + 12 = 42.
'All teachers are learned. Some learned people are humble.' Which follows?
- a.No teacher is humble
- b.Nothing definite about teachers being humble✓
- c.All humble people are teachers
- d.All teachers are humble
No definite conclusion links teachers and humility.
If a pie chart total is 360 degrees and one category is 90 degrees, its share is:
- a.10%
- b.25%✓
- c.50%
- d.20%
90/360 = 25%.
Deductive reasoning moves from:
- a.General principles to specific conclusions✓
- b.Data to noise
- c.Specific to random
- d.No premises
Deduction reasons from general premises to specific conclusions.
In the communication process, 'feedback' is:
- a.The receiver's response back to the sender
- b.The channel
- c.The first message
- d.Noise only✓
Feedback is the receiver's response returned to the sender.
'Noise' in communication refers to:
- a.Anything that distorts or interferes with the message✓
- b.The sender's name
- c.The main message
- d.The audience
Noise is interference that distorts the message.
Which is an example of ICT in education?
- a.Paper attendance
- b.Spoken lecture only
- c.Learning management systems and e-content✓
- d.A blackboard only
LMS and digital e-content are ICT tools in education.
Non-verbal communication includes:
- a.Only emails
- b.Only phone calls
- c.Only written words
- d.Body language and gestures✓
Non-verbal communication includes gestures, expressions, and posture.
The main cause of the greenhouse effect is:
- a.Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide trapping heat✓
- b.Oxygen
- c.Sound
- d.Nitrogen
Greenhouse gases such as CO2 trap heat, warming the planet.
Renewable energy includes:
- a.Coal
- b.Petroleum
- c.Solar and wind power✓
- d.Natural gas
Solar and wind are renewable; the others are fossil fuels.
Peer review in academic publishing is used to:
- a.Speed printing
- b.Advertise
- c.Increase fees
- d.Evaluate the quality and validity of research before publication✓
Peer review assesses research quality and validity before publishing.
Biodiversity refers to:
- a.The variety of living organisms in an ecosystem✓
- b.A single species
- c.Only forests
- d.Only animals
Biodiversity is the variety of life in an ecosystem.