UGC NET June 2019 (Paper-I) 21st June Morning Shift

Total Questions: 50

21. Which of the following are barriers to effective communication?

(a) Physical noise
(b) Semantic noise
(c) Psychological noise
(d) Non-semantic noise
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Correct Answer: (B) (a), (b) and (c)

22. If proposition 'All pens are not pencils' is taken to be true, then which of the following propositions can be false?

Correct Answer: (A) All pens are pencils

23. The sum of deviation taken from which of the descriptive statistical measures is always equal to zero?

Correct Answer: (A) Mean

24. Identify the reasoning in the argument: 'Writing on paper is similar to writing on the board'.

Correct Answer: (C) Analogical

25. 'Non-content behaviours such as rate of speaking, loudness, tendency to interrupt and pronunciation peculiarities' are referred to as ____ behaviour.

Correct Answer: (C) Extra-linguistic

26. The proposition 'All leaves are green' is equivalent to which of the following propositions?

(a) No leaves are green
(b) No leaves are non-green
(c) No leaves are in other colour than green
(d) No green is leaf
Select the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (D) (b) and (c)

27. If the simple interest on a certain sum for 1 year 3 months at 812% per annum exceeds the simple interest on the same sum for 8 months at 7 ½% per annum by Rs. 45, then the sum is:

Correct Answer: (B) Rs. 800

28. 5% of the inhabitants of a village having died of malaria, a panic set in. During this, 20% of the remaining inhabitants left the village. The population is then reduced to 4750. Find the number of original inhabitants?

Correct Answer: (C) 6250

29. Given below are two premises with four conclusions drawn from them. Which of the following conclusions could be validity drawn from the premises?

Premises:
(i) All fans are tubes
(ii) Bulbs are not tubes
Conclusions:
(a) Fans are not bulbs
(b) All tubes are fans
(c) Fans are bulbs
(d) No tube is bulb
Select the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (B) (a) and (d)

30. Match the following.

Set - I (Communication elements)Set - II (Description of process part)
(a) Sender(i) Brain
(b) Receiver(ii) Electro-magnetic impulses
(c) Message(iii) The central nervous system
(d) Medium(iv) Sensory organs

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Option(a)(b)(c)(d)
(A)(i)(iii)(ii)(iv)
(B)(iii)(i)(iv)(ii)
(C)(iv)(i)(ii)(iii)
(D)(ii)(iv)(iii)(i)
Correct Answer: (C)