12 Dec 2023 – Evening Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

1. The following table shows the percentage (%) distribution of teachers in six different subjects - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Zoology, Education and Hindi, in a University in the year 2022, alongwith the ratio of male to female teachers in each subject. Total number of teachers in the subject of Physics is 448. Based on the data in the table, answer the questions that follow

Subject-wise Distribution of Teachers

SubjectPercentage (%) Distribution of TeachersRatio of Teachers
Males Females
Physics14%9 : 5
Chemistry13%1 : 7
Mathematics21%3 : 4
Zoology22%7 : 9
Education18%5 : 3
Hindi12%1 : 3

What is the total number of teachers (both male and female) and the total number of male teachers in the university, respectively?

Correct Answer: (2) 3200 and 1392

2. Number of female teachers is more than 300 in exactly _____ subjects.

Correct Answer: (2) Three

3. Number of teachers (both male and female) in Hindi is approximately _____ % less than the total number of female teachers in Mathematics and Chemistry together.

Correct Answer: (3) 42.81

4. What is the ratio between the total number of teachers (both male and female) in Zoology and the total number of male teachers in Chemistry and Education together?

Correct Answer: (1) 176:103

5. What is the difference between the total number of female teachers and male teachers in the University?

Correct Answer: (3) 416

6. At which stage of cognitive development, adolescents can think, reason and analyse beyond the realm of concrete experiences?

Correct Answer: (1) Formal operational Stage

7. Mr. Jackson wants to create a multimedia lesson on the solar system for his students. In this context, which of the following tools would be most suitable?

Correct Answer: (2) Nearpod

8. A relationship in which a less experienced learner acquires knowledge and skills under the guidance of an expert is known as:

Correct Answer: (1) Cognitive apprenticeship

9. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Assessment of learning is based on constructive feedback to enhance learning.
Statement (II): The goal of Assessment of Learning is to provide summative grades at the end of the learning process.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Correct Answer: Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are true.

10. According to the principle of associationism of mental operation, which law states that, one idea leads to another because in the past they have occurred together in terms of either time or space?

Correct Answer: (4) Law of contiguity