NET/EDUCATION DECEMBER 2010-SOLVED PAPER-II PRACTICE BITS-(11-20)

NET/EDUCATION DECEMBER 2010-SOLVED PAPER-II PRACTICE BITS-(11-20)

11. Under which Article of the Constitution, the Indian States are given right to promote the educational interests of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes of India ? 

(A) Article 46 

(B) Article 17 

(C) Article 14 

(D) Article 16

12. “The most important outward factor is the formation of nationalities in the State.” To whom do you attribute this statement ? 

(A) Ramsay Muir 

(B) R.M. MacIver 

(C) Hansa Mehta 

(D) Hans Kohn

13. Who is regarded as the Father of Sociology ? 

(A) Auguste Comte 

(B) Robert Payne 

(C) Ivor Morrish 

(D) MacIver

14.Which of the following are agencies of social change ? (a) Family (b) School (c) National Army (d) National Calamity 

(A) (a) and (b) 

(B) (b) and (c) 

(C) (c) and (d) 
(D) (d) and (a)

15. What does the term “Society” imply for governance ? 

(A) Checks and Balances 

(B) Equalizing Educational Opportunities 

(C) Mutual Help 

(D) Law-abiding citizens

16.What factors are responsible for today’s caste distinction in India ? (a) Poverty (b) English Education (c) Family Occupation (d) Religion 

(A) (a), (b) and (c) 

(B) (a), (c) and (d) 

(C) (b), (c) and (d) 

(D) (d), (a) and (b)

17. “School is a community in miniature, a micro-society.” What do the terms “community” and “society” mean in this quote ? (a) Community means uniformity (b) Community means freedom (c) Society means control (d) Society means oneness 

(A) (a) and (b) 

(B) (a) and (d) 

(C) (b) and (c) 

(D) (b) and (d)

18. Arrange the following in sequential order to describe complete socialization. Use the Roman Numbers given as codes. I. Man to society, Man to country II. Man to Relatives, Man to Friends III. Man to Mankind, Man to Universe IV. Man to self, Man to family 

(A) III, I, II and IV 

(B) IV, I, III and II 

(C) II, III, I and IV 

(D) IV, II, I and III

19.What is the division of people based on their social status known as? 

(A) Social Group 

(B) Social Stratification 

(C) Social Cohesion 

(D) Social Mobility

20. What is meant by “Society” ? 

(A) Network of Social Relationships 

(B) Group of People 

(C) People with Common Features 

(D) Nation

THANK YOU,

NANDITHA AKUNURI,

Dr.A C V RAMA KUMAR

NET/EDUCATION DECEMBER 2010-SOLVED PAPER-II PRACTICE BITS-(1-10)

NET/EDUCATION DECEMBER 2010-SOLVED PAPER-II PRACTICE BITS-(1-10)

1. Which branch of Philosophy does examine the issue pertaining to the nature of reality ?
(A) Axiology 

(B) Aesthetics 

(C) Metaphysics 

(D) Epistemology

2. Which book was written by Plato on Education ? 

(A) ‘The Republic’ 

(B) ‘Educational Philosophy’ 

(C) ‘Education of Plato’ 

(D) ‘Emile’

3. Existentialism believes more in __than in __. 

(A) Essence, Existence 

(B) Existence, Essence 

(C) Action, Intuition 

(D) Intuition, Action 

4. Democracy as an ideology is based on the premise that 

(A) Integrity of the individual is worth protecting at all costs. 

(B) The group is more important than the individual. 

(C) The state is more important than the individual. 

(D) The individual must be willing to sacrifice his life for the protection of State

5. Four noble truths frame the basic tenets of the Philosophy of 

(A) Sankhya 

(B) Vedanta 

(C) Buddhism 

(D) Jainism

6. Who has said that mode of production is the sole determinant of the culture of people ? 

(A) Karl Marx 

(B) Max Weber 

(C) R.M. MacIver 

(D) Lundberg

7. Which one of the following educational systems supports scientific progress ? 

(A) Idealistic education 

(B) Realistic education 

(C) Naturalistic education 

(D) All of the above

8. Who has suggested the concept of integral education for Indian people ? 

(A) Gandhiji 

(B) Tagore 

(C) Vivekananda 

(D) Aurobindo

9. The National Policy on Education 1986 envisages Education as 

(A) Investment 

(B) Return 

(C) National Program 

(D) Social Program

10. According to Quran, education is compulsory for

(A) All men 

(B) All women 

(C) All men and women 

(D) None of the above

THANK YOU,

NANDITHA AKUNURI,

Dr.A C V RAMAKUMAR

NET/EDUCATION JUNE 2010-SOLVED PAPER-II PRACTICE BITS-(41-50)

NET/EDUCATION JUNE 2010-SOLVED PAPER-II PRACTICE BITS-(41-50)

41. Which of the following statements is not correct ? 

(A) A test cannot be valid without being reliable. 

(B) A test can be reliable without being valid. 

(C) A test can be reliable and valid both. 

(D) A test can be valid without being reliable.

42. Two characteristics of Ex Post Facto research are 

(A) Randomization and comparison of groups. 

(B) Non-manipulation and randomization. 

(C) Non-randomization and manipulation of independent variables. 

(D) Non-manipulation and nonrandomization.

43. Which of the following is a nonparametric correlation ? 

(A) Product moment 

(B) Rank difference 

(C) Point Biserial 

(D) Partial

44. What percent of IQ scores lie between 85 and 130 in a normal distribution with a mean of 100 and SD of 15 points ? (A) 79.85 

(B) 80.85 

(C) 82.85 

(D) 81.85

45. When is the Type-I error increased ? 

(A) When alpha-level decreases 

(B) When alpha-level increases 

(C) When the sample size increases 

(D) When the sample size decreases

46. Which of the following poses a threat to internal validity ? 
(A) Interference of prior treatments.

(B) Interaction effect of independent variables. 

(C) Interaction of treatment variables. 

(D) Interaction of selection and maturation.

47. If the alpha level of a particular test is lowered from 0.05 to 0.001, then the risk of committing Type-I error will 

(A) increase 

(B) remain unchanged 

(C) decrease 

(D) not be predictable

48. In case of ANOVA, what is between sum of squares ? 

(A) The variance caused by treatment variable 

(B) The variance caused by the difference within subjects 

(C) The variance caused by the extraneous factors 

(D) Total variance of the dependent variable

49. Which of the following methods should be used for establishing reliability of the Questionnaire ? 

(A) Test-retest method 

(B) Split-half method 

(C) Parallel form method 

(D) Rational equivalence method

50. Which of the following is an example of a qualitative research ? 

(A) Descriptive survey 

(B) Experimental study 

(C) Ex Post Facto study 

(D) Case study

THANK YOU,

NANDITHA AKUNURI,

Dr.ACV.RAMA KUMAR