Teaching and Research Aptitude (NET)

UGC

18 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following represents a word, but may not be indicative of the object referenced by it?

  1. Modality
  2. Lexigram
  3. Prosody
  4. Chereme
  5. Connotation
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following devices is used for measuring wind speed?

  1. Atmometer
  2. Anemometer
  3. Barometer
  4. Venturi meter
  5. Anemometer
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following may be used as a tool in various attempts to correlate physical with racial and psychological traits?

  1. Physiognomy
  2. Reflexology
  3. Anthropometry
  4. Chironomia
  5. Cephalometry
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following occurs when a language has no more native speakers and it becomes a dead language?

  1. Language revitalisation
  2. Language endangerment
  3. Language loss
  4. Extinct language
  5. Language shift
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the study of restrictions in a language on the permissible combinations of phonemes?

  1. Dialectology
  2. Historical linguistics
  3. Phonotactics
  4. Phonetics
  5. Lexicostatistics
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an alternative alphabet for the English language, used mainly on the internet?

  1. Leet
  2. Rebus
  3. Visual pun
  4. Slapstick
  5. Logo
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the methodology of writing a language referred to as?

  1. Palaeography
  2. Syllabary
  3. Logograph
  4. Orthograph
  5. Typography
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font?

  1. Leading
  2. Emphasis
  3. Word spacing
  4. Tracking
  5. Kerning
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a format for delivering regularly changing web content?

  1. PDF
  2. RDF
  3. XML
  4. RSS
  5. DTD
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following organisations aims at helping to preserve the operational stability of the internet?

  1. WIPO
  2. CERN
  3. ICANN
  4. CTO
  5. DARPA
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are also known informally as 'display variant(s)'?

  1. Homoglyph
  2. Typeface
  3. Synoglyph
  4. Calligraphy
  5. Typographic units
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following refers to a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler?

  1. Anthology
  2. Primer
  3. Pedagogy
  4. Erratum
  5. Novel
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a free and open e-book standard?

  1. Amazon Kindle
  2. eClicto
  3. eSlick
  4. EPUB
  5. BOOX
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an open protocol for distributed publish/subscribe communication on the internet?

  1. Publish–subscribe
  2. HTTP
  3. PubSubHubbub
  4. Server push
  5. BOSH
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing over the internet?

  1. Google Talk
  2. Smalltalk
  3. Bencode
  4. BitTorrent
  5. RELAX NG
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a form of online advertising which entails embedding an advertisement into a web page?

  1. Email marketing
  2. Native advertising
  3. Referral marketing
  4. Web banner
  5. Content marketing
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is one of the largest user-generated content databases in the world?

  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. Wikipedia
  3. Webopedia
  4. WoWWiki
  5. New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of collaboration through the internet?

  1. Dublin Core Schema
  2. Wikis
  3. Tribe (internet)
  4. RDF
  5. Gopher