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Teaching and Research - 2

Description: This test covers topics from the Paper 1 of UGC NET examination.
Number of Questions: 15
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Which device is used for connecting monitor to a computer's video card?

  1. USB port

  2. Parallel port

  3. Firewall port

  4. VGA port

  5. Eternet Port


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This port connects monitor to a computer's video card. It has 15 holes.

Powers of which number are used in Octal number system?

  1. 2

  2. 4

  3. 8

  4. 10

  5. 16


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Powers of 8 are used in the Octal number system.

What type of computer program is a Trojan horse?

  1. Operating system

  2. System software

  3. Firewall

  4. Data base

  5. Malware


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

A Trojan horse is a program in which malicious or harmful code is contained inside apparently harmless programming or data in such a way that it can get control and do its chosen form of damage, such as ruining the file allocation table on your hard disk. It is a malware.

In which computer video display is each pixel on the screen illuminated by a tiny bit of charged gas?

  1. TFT

  2. Laser printer

  3. CRT

  4. Plasma panel

  5. Resistance based touch screen


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A plasma display is a computer video display in which each pixel on the screen is illuminated by a tiny bit of plasma or charged gas, somewhat like a tiny neon light.

Which of the following is not a form of downward communication?

  1. Circulars

  2. Opinions

  3. Letters

  4. Memos

  5. Annual Reports


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Upward communication is from a subordinate to superior.  Hence, opinions are a form of upward communication.

When did the office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India came into existence?

  1. 1958

  2. 1956

  3. 1947

  4. 1948

  5. 1949


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India, popularly known as RNI came into being on 1 July 1956, on the recommendation of the First Press Commission in 1953 and by amending the Press and Registration of Books Act 1867. The Office of the Registrar of Newspapers is responsible for implementation of the Press and Registration of Books Act. The Registrar of Newspapers for India has its Headquarters at New Delhi. The Regional offices of RNI are at Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.

Which of these is a type of verbal communication?

  1. Paralinguistics

  2. Gestures

  3. Speech

  4. Proxemics

  5. Body language


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The word verbal means connected with words. Hence, the speech i.e. an oral form of communication is of verbal type.

Which of these situations may lead to a deadlock?

  1. Forgotten password

  2. Files accessed in read only mode

  3. Waiting processes requesting resources held by other waiting processes

  4. A process requesting resources after releasing all previously held resources

  5. A process being alocated all or none of the resources needed by it.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A process requests resources, if the resources are not available at that time, the process enters a wait state. Waiting processes may never again change state because the resources they have requested are held by other waiting processes. This situation is called a deadlock.

From which language did the word 'Communication' originate?

  1. English

  2. Spanish

  3. German

  4. Latin

  5. French


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Communication is a word with a Latin origin. From the Latin communicare, meaning to impart, share or make common, entered the English language in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

What are the characteristics of a sample called?

  1. Experimental group

  2. Foreign elements

  3. Random variable

  4. Population

  5. Statistic


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

The characteristics of a sample are called a statistic.

Which of these units is used for measuring the sound level?

  1. Decibel

  2. Newton

  3. Faraday

  4. Richter scale

  5. Tesla


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The decibel ( dB) is used to measure sound level.

Which instrument is used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?

  1. Tachometer

  2. Barometer

  3. Seismograph

  4. Anemometer

  5. Sextant


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Seismograph is the instrument used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes by sensing the motions of the outer crust of the earth.

In which sampling procedure the sample is either chosen proportionately or equally to represent various sub populations?

  1. Convenience sampling

  2. Simple random sampling

  3. Systematic sampling

  4. Stratified sampling

  5. Cluster sampling


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In a stratified sample, we sample either proportionately or equally to represent various strata or sub populations.

Which water organisms are referred to as floaters, because they drift with the water current?

  1. Mollusca

  2. Plankton

  3. Nekton

  4. Benthos

  5. Arboreal


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plankton is the term that generally refers to the floaters, the organisms in the ocean that drift with the currents.

What is a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat called?

  1. Biodiversity

  2. Biosphere

  3. Biotic potential

  4. Biome

  5. Biotic components


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat is called a biome. Biomes are large geographic regions in many locations with similar kinds of communities and climates. Climates are one of the most important factors that determine the kind of organisms in a biome.

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