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

Total Questions: 50

31. Which of the following is an Indian mobile payment app developed by the National Payments Corporation of India, based on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) that facilitates safe, easy and instant digital payments?

Correct Answer: (3) BHIM

32. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): ISPs provide the user with access to the Internet (for a fee), whereas web browsers allow the user to view web pages.
Statement (II): Each web page/site found matching the search criteria in a web search engine is known as a 'hit'.

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

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are true.

33. In the following MS-EXCEL spreadsheet, you are given a list of 100 customers. Column 'A' represents their names, 'B' is for customer category; 'C' for payment category (0 means discounted price and 1 means full price); 'D' indicates price that customer pays. The list in the example spreadsheet below is not complete and simply shows different categories.

ABCD
1Customr NameCustomer CategoryPayment CategoryPrice (₹)
2RamanChild00
3DineshAdult15
4JashanAdult02
...............
101AmtChild00

Statement (I): The formula = COUNTIFS (B2:B101, "Adult") counts all customers who are adults.
Statement (II): The formula = COUNTIFS(B2:101,"=Adult") counts all customers who are adults.

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

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are true.

34. Which of the following hardware components will lose data when the power to a computer is switched off?

 

(A). CPU Registers
(B). Cache Memory
(C). Main Memory
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer: (4) (A), (B) and (C).

35. Match List-I with List-ll

List-I (Type of Malware)List-II (Description)
(A). Trojan Horse(1). A program that replicates itself in order to spread (I). to other computers and uses a computer network to spread itself
(B). Worm(II). A non-self-replicating program containing malicious code that, when executed, carries out actions, typically causing loss of data.
(C). Spyware(III). A type of malware which restricts access to computer system that it infects, often demands a fee.
(D). Ransomware(IV). A program that aids in gathering information about a person or organisation without their knowledge. For example, it detects key presses of the computer user.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(1)IIIIVIII
(2)IIIIVIII
(3)IIIIIVII
(4)IIIVIIII
Correct Answer: (2)

36. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Even when a solid waste is buried in landfills, it can still provide energy.
Reason (R): Buried waste produces natural gas which can be captured and burned.

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

Correct Answer: (1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

37. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): If Global average warming is limited to one or two additional degrees, some regions will experience enhanced agricultural productivity.
Statement (II): Beyond 2°C to 3°C of global average warming, essentially all impacts become deleterious.

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

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are correct.

38. Which of the following air pollutants has got very strong affinity towards hemoglobin of the human blood?

Correct Answer: (1) Carbon monoxide

39. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Composting is the aerobic degradation of organic materials by microorganisms mainly under controlled conditions
Statement (II): Both macro and micro-organisms play important role in the composting process.

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

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are correct,

40. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Toxins that are rather dilute in the environment, can reach dangerous levels inside cells and tissues through the process of bioaccumulation.
Statement (II): Bioaccumulation occurs when the toxic burden of a large number of organisms at a lower trophic level is accumulated and concentrated by a predator in a high trophic level.

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

Correct Answer: (3) Statement (I) is true but Statement (II) is false.