UGC NET June 2020 (Paper-I) 17th October Evening shift

Total Questions: 50

31. Ankur receives an email informing him that his credit card is going to be cancelled. The email advises him to clink on the provided link and sign into his online banking account to prevent this from happening, which he does. A week later, he notices that ₹ 10,000 has been withdrawn from his bank account. What has Ankur fallen victim to?

Correct Answer: (A) A phishing scam

32. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: A company-wide network, closed to public access, which uses internet-type technology, is called World Wide Web
Statement II: MODEM is a device that enables a computer to communicate over telephone lines.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

33. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The value of hexadecimal number 21 is 33 in decimal number system
Statement II: The value of binary number 1110 is 14 in decimal number system In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

34. Match List I with List II

List I (Digital Initiative)
I. NAD
II. SWAYAM PRABHA
III. NDL
IV. SWAYAM
List II (Objective)
1. Utilization of satellite communication technologies for transmission of education e-contents
through National channels
2. All-digital library that stores information (metadata) about different types of digital contents
3. 24*7 online store house of all academic viz. Certificates. Degrees etc.
4. Offers various online courses for school education and higher education.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (B) I-3, II-1, III-2, IV-4

35. Identify the correct order of following different types of storage/memory components in computer on the basis of price per bytes of storage from the most expensive to least expensive:

I. DDR4 RAM
II. HDD
III. SSD
IV. CPU cache
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (B) IV, I, III, II

36. Given below are some metals which are released into environment from a variety of anthropogenic sources. Identify the metals which have been of serious concern from the point of view of pollution of water bodies

I. Aluminium
II. Copper
III. Mercury
IV. Cadmium
V. Lead
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (C) III, IV, V only

37. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Two sounds of same intensity but different frequency characteristics appear to be of different loudness
Statement II: The response of human ear to noise of different frequencies is not uniform
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

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

Assertion A: Long term low emission development strategies by each country are crucial to realizing the goals of Paris Agreement
Reason R: Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) declared by each country are not sufficient to keep the rise in global temperature up to 2'C above the pre-industrial level.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

39. Identify the correct sequence (decreasing order) of lifetimes of the following greenhouse gases in atmosphere:

I. Methane
II. Nitrous oxide
III. Surface ozone
IV. CFC-11
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (B) II>IV<I<III

40. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Hurricanes and typhoons are essentially the same as tropical cyclones
Statement II: Warm tropical oceans and moist air mass are pre-requisites for the development of tropical cyclones
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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