General Paper Questions with Answers for UGC NET 2012 December Paper I - Q.16- Q.30
16. Choose the appropriate alternative given in the codes to replace the question mark.
Examiner – Examinee, Pleader – Client, Preceptor –?
(A) Customer (B) Path-finder
(C) Perceiver (D) Disciple
Answer: (D)
17. If the statement ‘most of the students are obedient’ is taken to be true, which one of the following pair of statements can be claimed to be true?
I. All obedient persons are students.
II. All students are obedient.
III. Some students are obedient.
IV. Some students are not disobedient.
Codes :
(A) I & II (B) II & III
(C) III & IV (D) II & IV
Answer: (C)
18. Choose the right code:
A deductive argument claims that:
I. The conclusion does not claim something more than that which is contained in the premises.
II. The conclusion is supported by the premise/premises conclusively.
III. If the conclusion is false, then premise/premises may be either true or false.
IV. If premise/combination of premises is true, then conclusion must be true.
Codes:
(A) I and II (B) I and III
(C) II and III (D) All the above
Answer: (A)
On the basis of the data given in the following table, give answers to questions from 19 to 24 :
Government Expenditures on Social Services
(As percent of total expenditure)
19. How many activities in the social services are there where the expenditure has been less than
5 percent of the total expenditures incurred on the social services in 2008-09?
(A) One (B) Three
(C) Five (D) All the above
Answer: (D)
20. In which year, the expenditures on the social services have increased at the highest rate?
(A) 2007-08 (B) 2008-09
(C) 2009-10 (D) 2010-11
Answer: (B)
21. Which of the following activities remains almost stagnant in terms of share of expenditures?
(A) North-eastern areas (B) Welfare to SC/ST & OBC
(C) Information & broadcasting (D) Social welfare and nutrition
Answer: (C)
22. Which of the following item’s expenditure share is almost equal to the remaining three items in the given years?
(A) Information & broadcasting (B) Welfare to SC/ST and OBC
(C) Labour and employment (D) Social welfare & nutrition
Answer: (D)
23. Which of the following items of social services has registered the highest rate of increase in expenditures during 2007-08 to 2010-11?
(A) Education, sports & youth affairs (B) Welfare to SC/ST & OBC
(C) Social welfare & nutrition (D) Overall social services
Answer: (B)
24. Which of the following items has registered the highest rate of decline in terms of expenditure during 2007-08 to 2009-10?
(A) Labour and employment (B) Health & family welfare
(C) Social welfare & nutrition (D) Education, sports & youth affairs
Answer: (A)
25. ALU stands for
(A) American Logic Unit
(B) Alternate Local Unit
(C) Alternating Logic Unit
(D) Arithmetic Logic Unit
Answer: (D)
26. A Personal Computer uses a number of chips mounted on a circuit board called
(A) Microprocessor
(B) System Board
(C) Daughter Board
(D) Mother Board
Answer: (D)
27. Computer Virus is a
(A) Hardware (B) Bacteria
(C) Software (D) None of these
Answer: (C)
28. Which one of the following is correct?
(A) (17)10 = (17)16
(B) (17)10 = (17)8
(C) (17)10 = (10111)2
(D) (17)10 = (10001)2
Answer: (D)
29. The file extension of MS-Word document in Office 2007 is _______.
(A) .pdf (B) .doc
(C) .docx (D) .txt
Answer: (C)
30. _______ is a protocol used by e-mail clients to download e-mails to your computer.
(A) TCP (B) FTP
(C) SMTP (D) POP
Answer: (D)
16. Choose the appropriate alternative given in the codes to replace the question mark.
Examiner – Examinee, Pleader – Client, Preceptor –?
(A) Customer (B) Path-finder
(C) Perceiver (D) Disciple
Answer: (D)
17. If the statement ‘most of the students are obedient’ is taken to be true, which one of the following pair of statements can be claimed to be true?
I. All obedient persons are students.
II. All students are obedient.
III. Some students are obedient.
IV. Some students are not disobedient.
Codes :
(A) I & II (B) II & III
(C) III & IV (D) II & IV
Answer: (C)
18. Choose the right code:
A deductive argument claims that:
I. The conclusion does not claim something more than that which is contained in the premises.
II. The conclusion is supported by the premise/premises conclusively.
III. If the conclusion is false, then premise/premises may be either true or false.
IV. If premise/combination of premises is true, then conclusion must be true.
Codes:
(A) I and II (B) I and III
(C) II and III (D) All the above
Answer: (A)
On the basis of the data given in the following table, give answers to questions from 19 to 24 :
Government Expenditures on Social Services
(As percent of total expenditure)
Sl.
No.
|
Items
|
2007-08
|
2008-09
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
Social
Services
|
11.06
|
12.94
|
13.06
|
14.02
|
|
(a)
|
Education,
sports & youth affairs
|
4.02
|
4.04
|
3.96
|
4.46
|
(b)
|
Health
& family welfare
|
2.05
|
1.91
|
1.90
|
2.03
|
(c)
|
Water
supply, housing, etc.
|
2.02
|
2.31
|
2.20
|
2.27
|
(d)
|
Information
& broadcasting
|
0.22
|
0.22
|
0.20
|
0.22
|
(e)
|
Welfare
to SC/ST & OBC
|
0.36
|
0.35
|
0.41
|
0.63
|
(f)
|
Labour
and employment
|
0.27
|
0.27
|
0.22
|
0.25
|
(g)
|
Social
welfare & nutrition
|
0.82
|
0.72
|
0.79
|
1.06
|
(h)
|
North-eastern
areas
|
0.00
|
1.56
|
1.50
|
1.75
|
(i)
|
Other
social services
|
1.29
|
1.55
|
1.87
|
1.34
|
Total
Government expenditure
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
100.00
|
19. How many activities in the social services are there where the expenditure has been less than
5 percent of the total expenditures incurred on the social services in 2008-09?
(A) One (B) Three
(C) Five (D) All the above
Answer: (D)
20. In which year, the expenditures on the social services have increased at the highest rate?
(A) 2007-08 (B) 2008-09
(C) 2009-10 (D) 2010-11
Answer: (B)
21. Which of the following activities remains almost stagnant in terms of share of expenditures?
(A) North-eastern areas (B) Welfare to SC/ST & OBC
(C) Information & broadcasting (D) Social welfare and nutrition
Answer: (C)
22. Which of the following item’s expenditure share is almost equal to the remaining three items in the given years?
(A) Information & broadcasting (B) Welfare to SC/ST and OBC
(C) Labour and employment (D) Social welfare & nutrition
Answer: (D)
23. Which of the following items of social services has registered the highest rate of increase in expenditures during 2007-08 to 2010-11?
(A) Education, sports & youth affairs (B) Welfare to SC/ST & OBC
(C) Social welfare & nutrition (D) Overall social services
Answer: (B)
24. Which of the following items has registered the highest rate of decline in terms of expenditure during 2007-08 to 2009-10?
(A) Labour and employment (B) Health & family welfare
(C) Social welfare & nutrition (D) Education, sports & youth affairs
Answer: (A)
25. ALU stands for
(A) American Logic Unit
(B) Alternate Local Unit
(C) Alternating Logic Unit
(D) Arithmetic Logic Unit
Answer: (D)
26. A Personal Computer uses a number of chips mounted on a circuit board called
(A) Microprocessor
(B) System Board
(C) Daughter Board
(D) Mother Board
Answer: (D)
27. Computer Virus is a
(A) Hardware (B) Bacteria
(C) Software (D) None of these
Answer: (C)
28. Which one of the following is correct?
(A) (17)10 = (17)16
(B) (17)10 = (17)8
(C) (17)10 = (10111)2
(D) (17)10 = (10001)2
Answer: (D)
29. The file extension of MS-Word document in Office 2007 is _______.
(A) .pdf (B) .doc
(C) .docx (D) .txt
Answer: (C)
30. _______ is a protocol used by e-mail clients to download e-mails to your computer.
(A) TCP (B) FTP
(C) SMTP (D) POP
Answer: (D)