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Teaching and Research Aptitude (UGC/NET)

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Which of the following learning approaches is very teacher-centred?

  1. Transformative learning

  2. Deductive learning

  3. Rule-based learning

  4. Inductive learning

  5. Living theory approach


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In a deductive classroom, the teacher conducts lessons by introducing and explaining concepts to students.

Which of the following refers to the process of enriching a description of a location?

  1. Geo names

  2. Reverse geocoding

  3. Geotagging

  4. Geocoding

  5. Georeference


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Geocoding is the process of enriching a description of a location.

ISBN system for uniquely identifying books is an example of which of the following?

  1. URN

  2. URL

  3. XML namespaces

  4. MAC address

  5. Unicode


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

ISBN system for uniquely identifying books provides a typical example of the use of URNs.

Which of the following particularly refers to a simple drawing composed of a few lines, curves and dots?

  1. Doodle

  2. Storyboard

  3. Stick figure

  4. Scribble

  5. Asemic writing


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A stick figure is a very simple drawing of a person or animal.

Which of the following is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format which is both human readable and machine readable?

  1. C

  2. Java

  3. XML

  4. HTML

  5. CSS


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents.

Which of the following studies is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning?

  1. Instructional theory

  2. Cognitive science

  3. Learning science

  4. Learning theories

  5. Educational psychology


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning. 

Which of the following sampling techniques is a type of non-probability sampling?

  1. Multistage sampling

  2. Accidental sampling

  3. Simple random sampling

  4. Stratified sampling

  5. PPS sampling


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Accidental sampling is a type of nonprobability sampling.

Which of the following sampling methods refers to the process of selecting a small number of important cases, which would be most informative?

  1. Nonprobability sampling

  2. Probability sampling

  3. Simple random sampling

  4. Critical case sampling

  5. Systematic sampling


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The process of selecting a small number of important cases that are likely to yield most information and have the greatest impact on the development of knowledge

Which of the following refer(s) to the study of the structure and meaning of language?

  1. Cognitive linguistics

  2. Discourse analysis

  3. Semiotics

  4. Pragmatics

  5. Science communication


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Semiotics is the study of meaning making.

Which of the following components of speech is not considered 'paralanguage'?

  1. Isochrony

  2. Dialect

  3. Intonation

  4. Tempo

  5. Stress


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Dialect is a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties.

Mark out the odd one.

  1. Fedora

  2. Net Beans

  3. Jelly Bean

  4. Amoeba

  5. Ubuntu


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Net Beans is a software development platform written in Java.

Which of the following is a term describing web content that is aimed to encourage forwarding of the material over online social networks?

  1. Listicle

  2. Clickbait

  3. Viral marketing

  4. Yellow journalism

  5. Growth hacking


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Clickbait is a pejorative term describing web content that is aimed at generating online advertising revenue. Yellow journalism or the yellow press is a type of journalism that presents little or no legitimate well researched news.

Which of the following refers to the information collected about a remote computing device for the purpose of identification?

  1. Web bug

  2. Cookie

  3. Web analytics

  4. Device fingerprint

  5. Web traffic


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A device fingerprint or machine fingerprint or browser fingerprint is information collected about a remote computing device.

Which of the following sub-fields of communication specifically studies non-human communication?

  1. Etymology

  2. Orthography

  3. Pragmatics

  4. Non-verbal communication

  5. Biosemiotics


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Non-human communication is studied in the field of biosemiotics.

Which of the following occurs when an organism absorbs a toxic substance at a rate greater than that at which the substance is lost?

  1. Radiative forcing

  2. Pesticide residue

  3. Bioaccumulation

  4. Toxaphene

  5. Biocide


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Bioaccumulation refers to the accumulation of substances such as pesticides.

Which of the following refers to a fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive form of speaking?

  1. Heuristic

  2. Eloquence

  3. Debate

  4. Emotional contagion

  5. Paralanguage


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Eloquence (from Latin eloquentia) is fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive speaking. 

Which of the following refers to the phonological process of sound change in which two adjacent vowels within a word are combined into a single syllable?

  1. Cheshirisation

  2. Elision

  3. Synaeresis

  4. Diaíresis

  5. Diacritic


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Synaeresis (also spelled syneresis) is a phonological process of sound change.

Which of the following terms refers to rules which restrict the allowable sequences of letters in alphabetic languages?

  1. Digraph

  2. Graphotactics

  3. Palaeography

  4. Bigram

  5. Diphthong


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Graphotactics refers to rules which restrict the allowable sequences of letters in alphabetic languages.

Which of the following disciplines of communication studies rules of inference, logic and procedural rules in both artificial and real world settings?

  1. Argumentation theory

  2. Persuasion

  3. Public speaking

  4. Rhetoric

  5. Interaction


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Argumentation theory is the interdisciplinary study of 'how conclusions can be reached through logical reasoning'.

Which of the following is a distributed file system protocol which allows a user on a client computer to access files over a network much like accessing a local storage?

  1. BGP

  2. POP

  3. DNS

  4. NFS

  5. RTP


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1984.

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