21st SET 2019 WB PAPER 1

1. With reference to paragraph 1, what does the author mean by the phrase ‘who’s who’?
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2. Which of the following four regions demonstrate greater tendency towards participation in the NIRF?
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3. Which of the following parameter(s) does/do the faculty and students consider to be most important while determining the worth of an institution?
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4. Which of the following parameter(s) is/are used by the NIRF to judge institutions for the purpose of their ranking?
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5. Which of the following is/are true according to the passage?
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6. ‘Study of the location of coal mines in India by a student in the Geography laboratory’ is:
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7. Teaching is more effective when a teacher uses:
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8. Direct instruction is a teaching style in which:
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9. Match the items of List-I with the items of List-II and indicate your answer by selecting the correct code.
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10. In the process of evaluation, assessment procedure involves:
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11. In any research involving human participants, maintaining the confidentiality of data is:
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12. Which of the following is exclusive to ethnographic research?
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13. Which of the following characteristic of research is not commonly found across all the disciplines?
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14. Writing of a research proposal uses:
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15. Which of the following is not required for research in the Digital Humanities?
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16. Identify the correct sequence among the following four activities in research and indicate your answer by selecting the correct code.
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17. Which modern theoretical approach in research originated in India?
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18. The best type of communication among people of equal status in higher education is:
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19. TV channel launched for covering only Engineering and Technology subjects is known as:
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20. Find the missing number maintaining the rule given below:
1+4=5
2+5=12
3+6=21
9+12=?
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21. Of the following statements there are two statements both of which cannot be true. Which are these two statements?
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22. What percentage growth is in the demand for Railway Material over the eight year period from 2004-2005 to 2011-2012?
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23. The letters of the word RACTOR are in disorder. If they are arranged in proper order, the name of a vegetable is formed. What is the first and last letters of the word so formed?
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24. From the above figure find the missing values in the middle of the square and choose the correct answer from the following:
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25. If MACHINE is coded as 19-7-9-14-15-20-11, then DANGER will be coded as:
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26. Which one of the following numbers will occupy the blank space?
4 | 8 | 20
9 | 3 | 15
6 | 6 | ?
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27. The sum of three numbers is 102. If the ratio between first and second be 2:3 and that between second and third be 5 : 3, then the second number is:
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28. The least perfect square which is divisible by 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 is:
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29. The argument below is followed by an inference. Choose the correct option with reference to the inference.
Argument: The CBCS syllabus has been introduced to facilitate credit transfers of students.
Inference: The CBCS syllabus is not at all useful for students not seeking credit transfer.
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30. A group of students decided to collect as many rupees from each member of the group as the number of members. If the total collection amounts to ₹ 2209, the number of members in the group is:
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31. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 minutes and 32 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, after how much time should B be closed so that the tank is full in 18 minutes?
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32. In the given diagram circle represents strong men, square represents tall men and triangle represents army officers. Which region represents army officers who are tall but not strong?
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33. From amongst six boys A, B, C, D, E and F and five girls P, Q, R, S and T; a team of six is to be selected under the following conditions:
If four members including E have to be boys, the members other than E are:
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34. The full form of IOT is:
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35. A digital signature is called:
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36. Where does a computer add and compare its data?
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37. Bandwidth of data communication is a measure of its:
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38. Match the items of List-I with the items of List-II and indicate your answer by selecting the correct code:
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39. Red Data Book provides authentic data on:
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40. When is World Wildlife Week observed?
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41. The headquarters of the International Union for Conservation of Nature is at:
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42. The protocol that reduces greenhouse gas emission is:
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43. Match the items of List-I with the items of List-II and indicate your answer by selecting the correct code.
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44. The NAAC is an autonomous institution of the:
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45. Which of the following is not a function of the IQAC?
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46. Read the passage below and answer the questions (Nos. 1 to 5) based on your understanding of the passage:
The ‘who’s who’ of universities and research institutions published by the Human Resource Development Ministry, as the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2018, should be viewed mainly as a proposition that data make it possible to assign objective credentials to some aspects of education. Its assessment of some of the top institutions such as the Indian Institute of Science, the Jawaharlal Nehru University, the IITs and the IIMs is unsurprising, given their record of research, peer-reviewed publications and outcomes for graduates.
Even among the 3,954 institutions that participated, there is a clear skew towards southern, southeastern and western India. Participation levels are inadequate: there were 40,026 colleges and 11,669 standalone institutions according to the HRD Ministry’s All India Survey on Higher Education for 2016-17.
To the faculty and students in many colleges, what matters is the vision of the administrative leaders and a commitment to excellence. The governing bodies should make available adequate financial and academic resources to colleges, particularly the younger ones, to help them improve performance. These are measured by the NIRF in terms of the percentage of faculty with doctoral degrees, papers published in credentialed journals, inclusivity and diversity of students and median salaries for the graduates.
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47. ‘Learning: The Treasure Within’ submitted to the UNESCO by Jacques Delors, is a report on:
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48. In the contemporary India, higher education institutions aim at to inculcate the following values amongst students:
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49. Which of the following scheme is not included under National Skill Qualification Framework scheme?
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50. Match the items of List-I with the items of List-II and indicate your answer by selecting the correct code.
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