UGC NET/JRF EXAM, December 2022 Paper II (HOME SCIENCE)

Total Questions: 100

21. Demand for luxuries is:

Correct Answer: (a) Elastic  
Solution:

Luxury goods are said to have high income elasticity of demand. In other words, as people become wealthier, they will buy more and more of the luxury good and vice versa.

22. Surplus energy theory was proposed by:

Correct Answer: (b) Schiller 1873 Spencer 1875
Solution:

Surplus energy theory was proposed by Schiller 1873 and Spencer 1875.
Schiller suggested that play was essentially 'the aimless expenditure of surplus energy' i.e. play resulted from the superfluious energy that remained after the primary needs were satisfied.

Spencer extended the Schiller theory, adding the elements of imitation and a physiological explaination of play. He suggested that play is the simulation of activities of organism, when play, it is forced to exercise.

23. Direct, active and physical aggression is:

Correct Answer: (d) Punching the victim
Solution:

Aggression is a behaviour that is intended to harm another individual who does not wish to be harmed. Punching the victim is direct, active and physical aggression.

24. Disorders that often involve what is commonly referd to as "Stattering" is also known as :

Correct Answer: (c) Fluency disorders
Solution:

Stuttering is commonly called fluency disorder which is interruption in the flow of speaking chracterized by atypical rate, rhythm and disfluencies.

25. The points of communication between neurons are called :

Correct Answer: (d) Synapses
Solution:

The points of communication between neurons are called synapses. At a synapse one neuron sends a message to an another target neuron cell. Neuron can communicable with each other v/a electrical events called action potential and chemical neurotransmitter.

26. A narrow exclusive circle or clusters of children and adolescents whose mutual friendship form a cohesive network are held together by common interests, views and purpose are:

Correct Answer: (a) Cliques  
Solution:

Clique is a narrow exclusive circle or clusters of children and adolscents whose mutual friendship from a cohesive network are held together by common intrests.

27. 'Zone of proximal development' was proposed by :

Correct Answer: (b) Vygotsky
Solution:

Zone of proximal development was proposed by Vygotsky. The zone of proximal development is defined as the space between what a learner can do without assistance and what a learner can do with adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers.

28. Unconscious strategies used to cope with conflict, anxiety and disturbing emotions as well as to maintain social and emotional wellbeing is known as :

Correct Answer: (c) Defense Mechanism
Solution:

Defence mechanisms are unconscious psychological responses that protect people from feelings of anxiety, threats to self-esteem and things that they want to deal with.

29. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme was launched in the year:

Correct Answer: (c) 2006
Solution:

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme was launched in the year 2006. It was later renamed in 2009 as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The mandate of the Act is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

30. A woman leader in India, who led the movement of organising women at the grassroots for their economic empowerment:

Correct Answer: (c) Ela Ben Bhatt
Solution:

Ela Ben Bhatt led the movement of organising women at the grassroots for their economic empowerment.