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Who is responsible for conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test?

  1. University Grants Commission

  2. Central Board of Secondary Education

  3. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research

  4. All India Council for Technical Education

  5. National Assessment and Accreditation Council


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India has entrusted the responsibility of conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to the Central Board of Secondary Education Delhi.

What is the study of identification of the structure of a given language's linguistic units called?

  1. Morphology

  2. Lexicology

  3. Allomorph

  4. Etymology

  5. Allophone


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In linguistics, morphology is the identification, analysis and description of the structure of a given language's morphemes and other linguistic units, such as root words, affixes, parts of speech, intonations and stresses, or implied context.

Who is the vice-presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament of India?

  1. The Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha

  2. The President of India

  3. The Prime Minister

  4. The Speaker of Lok Sabha

  5. Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Deputy Speaker of ,the Lok Sabha is the vice-presiding officer of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India. He acts as the presiding officer in case of leave or absence caused by death or illness of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Which of the following statements is not true regarding inductive reasoning?

  1. The premises seek to supply strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion.

  2. Inductive reasoning is also known as hypothesis construction.

  3. Mathematical induction is a form of inductive reasoning.

  4. Inductive reasoning allows for the possibility that the conclusion is false.

  5. Inductive reasoning is uncertain.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The definition of inductive reasoning excludes mathematical induction, which is a form of deductive reasoning.

Which of the following refers to the theory of text interpretation?

  1. Postmodernism

  2. Hermeneutics

  3. Post-structuralism

  4. Deconstruction

  5. Critical theory


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Hermeneutics is the theory of text interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts.

What is the study of the use of time in nonverbal communication called?

  1. Telepathy

  2. Telecommunication

  3. Small talk

  4. Haptic communication

  5. Chronemics


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Chronemics is the study of the use of time in nonverbal communication. The way that one perceives and values time, structures time and reacts to time frames communication.

Which of these methods of business communication allow people to instantly post information at a centralized location?

  1. video conferencing

  2. reports

  3. forum boards

  4. e-mails

  5. presentations


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

forum boards allow people to instantly post information at a centralized location.

Which of the following is a measure of the extent to which a probability distribution of a real-valued random variable leans to one side of the mean?

  1. T-test

  2. Ratio estimates

  3. Skewness

  4. Median

  5. Standard deviation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Skewness is a measure of the extent to which a probability distribution of a real-valued random variable leans to one side of the mean. The skewness value can be positive or negative, or even undefined.

Which of these is a statistical method for validating a predictive model?

  1. Permutation test

  2. Cross-validation

  3. Particle filters

  4. Gaussian distribution

  5. Quantile function


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cross-validation is a statistical method for validating a predictive model. Subsets of the data are held out for use as validating sets; a model is fit to the remaining data (a training set) and used to predict for the validation set. Averaging the quality of the predictions across the validation sets yields an overall measure of prediction accuracy.

Which of the following parameters measures how far a set of numbers is spread out?

  1. Probability distribution

  2. Statistical inference

  3. Variance

  4. Simple random sample

  5. Systematic sampling


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

variance measures how far a set of numbers is spread out. (A variance of zero indicates that all the values are identical.) A non-zero variance is always positive: A small variance indicates that the data points tend to be very close to the mean (expected value) and hence to each other, while a high variance indicates that the data points are very spread out from the mean and from each other.

Which of the following is an example of physiological barriers in communication?

  1. Ambiguity of words/phrases

  2. Presentation of information

  3. Poor or outdated equipment

  4. Use of jargon

  5. Ill health


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

These may result from individuals' personal discomfort, caused—for example—by ill health, poor eyesight or hearing difficulties.

Which of the following statements regarding NAAC is not true?

  1. It accredits institutions of higher education in India.

  2. It is controlled by University Grants Commission.

  3. NAAC was established in 1994.

  4. Under the new methodology introduced by NAAC, the higher education institutions are assessed and accredited by a two-step approach.

  5. NAAC identifies seven criteria for accrediation.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is an organization that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore. It is not controlled by UGC.

Which of the following statements about natural gas is false?

  1. Natural gas is a fossil fuel.

  2. The energy obtained is in the form of solar energy.

  3. Natural gas consists primarily of carbon-monoxide.

  4. Natural gas is found in deep underground rock formations.

  5. Natural gas can be used to produce hydrogen.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Natural gas is a hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane.

The Vienna Convention is related with which environmental issue?

  1. Greenhouse gases

  2. Protection of the ozone Layer

  3. Polar bears

  4. Water resources

  5. White tiger


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer is a Multilateral Environmental Agreement. It was agreed upon at the Vienna Conference of 1985 and entered into force in 1988.

Which of the following is a random experiment with exactly two possible outcomes?

  1. SWOT analysis

  2. G-test

  3. Chi-squared test

  4. Bernoulli trial

  5. Runge – Kutta method


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

a Bernoulli trial (or binomial trial) is a random experiment with exactly two possible outcomes, success and failure, in which the probability of success is the same every time the experiment is conducted.

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