COMPREHENSION Sub Question
Question Numbers: (1 to 5)

The following table presents the number of sports shoes produced by seven different companies A- G (in lakh) along with the percentage (%) of sports shoes rejected and percentage (%) of sports shoes sold by these companies during the years 2022 and 2023. Based on the data in the table, answer the questions that follow.

1. What is the percentage rise in the production of sports shoes by company C from the year 2022 to 2023 ?

2.What is the percentage rise in the sale of sports shoes by company F from the year 2022 to 2023 ?

3.What is the total number of rejected sports shoes from all the companies together in year 2022 ?

4.Total number of sports shoes sold by all companies in year 2023 is approximately the total number of sports shoes produced by all the companies in that year.

5.Percentage rise in the production of sports shoes from the year 2022 to 2023 is more than 25% for exactly_____ companies.

6.To teach a particular topic a teacher first gives the students to watch the pre-recorded video of the lecture at home and then engages the students in discussions and problem solving activities in the class. This is an example of:

7.Which component of Baddeley’s basic working memory model is involved in the task of Rapid repetition of the word like “See-Saw”?

8.A teacher wants his students to watch pre-recorded videos and answer questions embedded in the videos. Which tool would be most suitable for this purpose?

9. Match List I with List – II.

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10.An instructor uses portfolio assessments in an art class. What key components should be included in the students’ portfolios ?
(A) Collection of completed art works
(B) Reflective essays on their creative process
(C) Standardized test scores
(D) Peer feedback and critiques
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11.According to UGC Regulations 2018 on Plagiarism, which of the following percentages of similarity in a research article would result in debarring a university teacher from supervising a PhD. Student for a period of two years?

12.Which of the following methods of graphical representation of data would be useful in showing association between two variables?

13.Identify the threats to internal validity.
(A) Selection threat
(B)Maturation threat
(C) Attrition threat
(D) Testing threat
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14.

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15.Match List I with List – II.

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16.The major difference between Television and Cinema is:

17.According to David Holmes, the textual or behavioural qualities of communication are determined by the architecture of the particular______

18.The medium of Internet is described as:
(A) Restricted possibility
(B) Unimpressive theology
(C) Universalist
(D) Redemptive
(E) Electronic assembly
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19.Identify the correct sequence of the following modes of communication:
(A) Written
(B) Face-to-face
(C) Print
(D) Broadcasting
(E) Datacasting
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20.Match List I with List – II.

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21.Find the value of the expression:
(0.12×0.12×0.12)+(0.012×0.012×0.012)/(0.48×0.48×0.48)+(0.048×0.048×0.048)

22.Consider the series given below. Find the number which can be inserted at the place of question
mark (?) 5, 14, 39, 88, 209, ?, 667

23.Which of the following is/are true ?
(A) If the selling price (SP) of an article is 40 and the gain is 15%, the cost price (CP) of the article is 32
(B) A man bought a toy for 150 and sold it at a profit of 8%. He sold the toy for 162
(C) A man buys a cycle for 500, but due to some problem, he sells it for 400. He thus incurs a loss of 22%
(D) Cost price of an article, if its SP is 210 and the loss is 30%, is 300.
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24.In a certain code language:
“Bitter patience sweet fruit” is coded as: “Bo Po So To”
“Art is sweet happiness” is coded as: “Ao Io So Ho”
“Hoping is concealing bitter” is coded as: “Hp Io Co Bo”
“Patience is art of hoping” is coded as: “Po Io Ao Fo Hp”
How “Patience is happiness” will be coded in this language?

25.A man invests ₹1550 in two parts, one part at the rate of 8% interest and another part at the rate of 6%. If the total interest earned in one year is 106, find the amount invested at each rate of interest, respectively.

26.”If one eats mushrooms after a long gap of time, one falls ill. I have been having some digestive issues since morning today, therefore there must have been mushroom in that mixed vegetable soup we had last night” which fallacy, if any, committed in the above argument?

27.If the statement “Some rectangles are squares” is given as true then which of the following statements can be inferred to be false.
(A) All rectangles are squares
(B) Some rectangles are not squares
(C) Some squares are not rectangles
(D) No rectangles are squares
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28.Which of the following propositions are contradictory ?
(A) All squares are rectangles
(B) No squares are rectangles
(C) Some squares are rectangles
(D) Some squares are not rectangles
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29.From the following identify the propositions that are logically equivalent.
(A) Some books are novels
(B) Some books are not non-novels
(C) Some novels are not non-books
(D) Some novels are books
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30.”Somdutta who is never seen eating during the day time is constantly gaining weight. Therefore, she must be eating during the night time”. As per classical Indian philosophy which instrument of knowledge is used in the above statement?

31.Which of the following is a software that displays unwanted or sometimes irritating pop-up advertisements which can appear on your computer or mobile phone?

32.Microsoft Access is an example of a(n)

33.On the basis of the coverage area, identify the correct ascending order of the following four types of computer networks A-D:

34.Which of the following devices are computer output devices only?
(A) Scanner
(B) Plotter
(C) Light pen
(D) Projector
(E) Speaker
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35.Match List I with List – II.

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36.Which of the following are routes for exposure to pollutants in humans?
(A) Inhalation
(B) Consumption
(C) Ingestion
(D) Dermal
(E) Digestion
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37.Which one of the following is considered as a prominent indoor air pollutant?

38.Leachate is a:

39.Which of the following are true about tropospheric or ground level ozone ?
(A) It is called as good ozone
(B) It is formed due to downward transfer of ozone from ozone layer
(C) It is formed due to the action of sunlight on oxides of nitrogen
(D) It is a green house gas
(E) It is a key component of photochemical smog
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40.Which of the following are true about International Solar Alliance (ISA) ?
(A) There are over 100 member countries in this alliance
(B) Its head quarter is in Geneva, Switzerland
(C) Most of its member countries lie between equator and tropic of cancer
(D) Primary objective of alliance is to efficiently use solar energy
(E) It is a collaborative initiative of India and France
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41.The Kothari Commission (1963-64) suggested spending ________ of national income on education.

42.The University Education Commission (1948-49) suggested a bachelor degree of:

43.Which of the following were measures initiated by Lord Auckland ?
(A) Guaranteed the maintenance of oriental colleges
(B) Publication of useful works for instruction in oriental languages
(C) Selection of certain places for establishing central colleges for highest instruction
(D) Closure of college libraries
(E) Abolition of student scholarships
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44.Identify the correct chronological order of the establishment of the following colleges:
(A) Fort William College, Calcutta
(B) Sanskrit College, Poona
(C) Central Hindu College, Benares
(D) Anglo-Vedic College, Lahore
(E) Sanskrit College, Benares
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45.Match List – I with List – II.

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46.COMPREHENSION Sub Question
Question Numbers: (46 to 50)

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow : Holidays are often a time of culinary indulgence even for people who are usually careful about diets for the rest of the year. But there is more to holiday eating than avoiding excess calories. What we eat affects the health of the entire body, including the immune system. Since the most of the body’s immune system is concentrated in the gut and the trillions of healthy bacteria living there called the microbiome what we eat has a direct impact on how the immune system functions. “A lot of people don’t think about the effects of what they eat on immunity. But the science says it’s crucial”, says Heather Moday, MD, Founder of the Moday Centre for Functional and Intergrative Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia, and Philadelphia. And it’s especially important at this time of year, Since the winter holidays occur around the time when illnesses like colds, flu and other respiratory illnesses peak.

While an occasional indulgence probably won’t cause lasting damage, throwing caution to the wind till New year’s Day is certainly unhealthy and might make you more susceptible to getting sick. “Even just a month of really just blowing it and not caring about nutrition can impact the microbiome”. says Kristin Kirkpatrick, a registered dietitian at Cleveland Clinic’s department of wellness and preventive medicine.

Important key message the above text conveys about holiday eating can be stated as follows:

47.Find out the correct statement that describes the primary focus of Heather Moday’s statement in
the text:

48.Which of the following are effects of diet on the body’s immune system as discussed in the text ?

49.Microbiomes are important as:

50.Which of the following statements is incorrect in the context of the given text ?