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Teaching and Research Aptitude (UGC/NET)

This quiz covers key topics from UGC NET Paper 1 including teaching aptitude, research methodology, communication theory, and information technology skills relevant to higher education.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following learning approaches is very teacher-centred?

  1. Transformative learning
  2. Deductive learning
  3. Rule-based learning
  4. Inductive learning
  5. Living theory approach
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

ISBN system for uniquely identifying books is an example of which of the following?

  1. URN
  2. URL
  3. XML namespaces
  4. MAC address
  5. Unicode
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format which is both human readable and machine readable?

  1. C
  2. Java
  3. XML
  4. HTML
  5. CSS
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following studies is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning?

  1. Instructional theory
  2. Cognitive science
  3. Learning science
  4. Learning theories
  5. Educational psychology
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sampling techniques is a type of non-probability sampling?

  1. Multistage sampling
  2. Accidental sampling
  3. Simple random sampling
  4. Stratified sampling
  5. PPS sampling
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sampling methods refers to the process of selecting a small number of important cases, which would be most informative?

  1. Nonprobability sampling
  2. Probability sampling
  3. Simple random sampling
  4. Critical case sampling
  5. Systematic sampling
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following refer(s) to the study of the structure and meaning of language?

  1. Cognitive linguistics
  2. Discourse analysis
  3. Semiotics
  4. Pragmatics
  5. Science communication
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following components of speech is not considered 'paralanguage'?

  1. Isochrony
  2. Dialect
  3. Intonation
  4. Tempo
  5. Stress
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Which of the following is a term describing web content that is aimed to encourage forwarding of the material over online social networks?

  1. Listicle
  2. Clickbait
  3. Viral marketing
  4. Yellow journalism
  5. Growth hacking
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following refers to the information collected about a remote computing device for the purpose of identification?

  1. Web bug
  2. Cookie
  3. Web analytics
  4. Device fingerprint
  5. Web traffic
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following sub-fields of communication specifically studies non-human communication?

  1. Etymology
  2. Orthography
  3. Pragmatics
  4. Non-verbal communication
  5. Biosemiotics
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following refers to a fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive form of speaking?

  1. Heuristic
  2. Eloquence
  3. Debate
  4. Emotional contagion
  5. Paralanguage
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following refers to the phonological process of sound change in which two adjacent vowels within a word are combined into a single syllable?

  1. Cheshirisation
  2. Elision
  3. Synaeresis
  4. Diaíresis
  5. Diacritic
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following terms refers to rules which restrict the allowable sequences of letters in alphabetic languages?

  1. Digraph
  2. Graphotactics
  3. Palaeography
  4. Bigram
  5. Diphthong
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following disciplines of communication studies rules of inference, logic and procedural rules in both artificial and real world settings?

  1. Argumentation theory
  2. Persuasion
  3. Public speaking
  4. Rhetoric
  5. Interaction
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