21 March 2023 – Morning Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

31. An Indian company designs a mobile application to process staff records. In each record, 10 bits are used to store staff ID and 20 bytes are used to store staff names. How many staff records can the mobile application support?

Correct Answer: (1) 2¹⁰

32. The action of sending text messages to fraudulently obtain another person's Bank details is called:

Correct Answer: (4) Smishing

33. What are the main benefits of using an SSD rather than an HDD?

A. SSD uses spinning disks and is thus more reliable.
B. SSD is considerably lighter and has a lower power consumption.
C. SSD accesses data considerably faster.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) B and C only

34. Match List I with List II

List-I (Statement)List-II (Value)
A. Number of bytes formed from 8 bitsI. 6
B. Base-10 (denary) value of the binary number: 110II. 4
C. If there are 2ᵖ bytes in 1 mega byte, then what is the value of P?III. 1
D. An ISP company advertises its broadband download speed as 128 mega bits per second. How many 4-mega byte files can be downloaded per second using the company's broad band?IV. 20
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(1)IIIIIIIV
(2)IVIIIIII
(3)IIIIIVII
(4)IIIIVIII
Correct Answer: (3)

35. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Entries in blogs are organized from most recent to least recent.
Statement II: Hits are the number of occasions where key words in a search engine match up with websites/web pages.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

36. Given below are two statements :

Statement I: Most of the hazardous landslides are induced by earthquakes.
Statement II: All landslides involve falling of earth material under shear stress.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

37. Given below are two statement :

Statement I: It is relatively easier to monitor and regulate water pollution caused by nonpoint sources than point sources.
Statement II: Nonpoint sources of water pollution may be fairly uniform and predictable throughout the year.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) Both Statement I and Statement II are false

38. Given below are two statements :

Statement I: By 2025, two-thirds of world's people will be living in water stressed countries.
Statement II: Growth of water withdrawal and consumption in Industrial sector is going to overtake that in Agriculture sector by 2025.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

39. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R:

Assertion A: Kyoto Protocol exempted countries such as India and China from rolling back their Greenhouse Gas emissions by about 5% below 1990 levels by 2012.
Reason R: Exemption was given to India and China as their contribution to total Green House Gas emissions of the world was insignificant in 1997.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given low:

Correct Answer: (3) A is true but R is false

40. Source of heat of geothermal energy are

A. Radioactive decay of unstable elements
B. Nuclear fusion
C. Magma
D. Temperature gradient inside earth
E. Oceanic circulation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) A, C and D only