UGC NET Management June 2013 solved paper 1

SET - X

1. Choose the proper alternative given in the codes to replace the question mark.
    Bee – Honey, Cow – Milk, Teacher – ?

(A) Intelligence
(B) Marks
(C) Lessons
(D) Wisdom

Answer D

2. P is the father of R and S is the son of Q and T is the brother of P. If R is the sister of S, how is Q related to T ?

(A) Wife
(B) Sister-in-law
(C) Brother-in-law
(D) Daughter-in-law

Answer B

3. A definition put forward to resolve a dispute by influencing attitudes or stirring emotions is called

(A) Lexical
(B) Persuasive
(C) Stipulative
(D) Precisions

Answer B

4. Which of the codes given below contains only the correct statements ?

Statements :
(i) Venn diagram is a clear method of notation.
(ii) Venn diagram is the most direct method of testing the validity of categorical syllogisms.
(iii) In Venn diagram method the premises and the conclusion of a categorical syllogism is diagrammed.
(iv) In Venn diagram method the three overlapping circles are drawn for testing a categorical syllogism.

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) & (iii)
(B) (i), (ii) & (iv)
(C) (ii), (iii) & (iv)
(D) (i), (iii) & (iv)

Answer B

5. Inductive reasoning presupposes

(A) unity in human nature
(B) integrity in human nature
(C) uniformity in human nature
(D) harmony in human nature

Answer C

Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11 : 

Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)

Year	Fruits	Vegetables	Flowers	Total Horticulture Area
2005-06	53	72	1	187
2006-07	56	75	1	194
2007-08	58	78	2	202
2008-09	61	79	2	207
2009-10	63	79	2	209

6. Which of the following two years have recorded the highest rate of increase in area under the total horticulture ?

(A) 2005–06 & 2006–07
(B) 2006–07 & 2008–09
(C) 2007–08 & 2008–09
(D) 2006–07 & 2007–08

Answer D

7. Shares of the area under flowers, vegetables and fruits in the area under total horticulture are respectively :

(A) 1, 38 and 30 percent
(B) 30, 38 and 1 percent
(C) 38, 30 and 1 percent
(D) 35, 36 and 2 percent

Answer A

8. Which of the following has recorded the highest rate of increase in area during 2005-06 to 
2009-10 ?

(A) Fruits
(B) Vegetables
(C) Flowers
(D) Total horticulture

Answer C

9. Find out the horticultural crop that has recorded an increase of area by around 10 percent from 2005-06 to 2009-10

(A) Fruits
(B) Vegetables
(C) Flowers
(D) Total horticulture

Answer B

10. What has been the share of area under fruits, vegetables and flowers in the area under total horticulture in 2007- 08 ?

(A) 53 percent
(B) 68 percent
(C) 79 percent
(D) 100 percent

UGC NET Management June 2014 solved paper I

This paper contains 60 questions out of which 50 are to be attempted. If more than 50 questions are answered then first 50 answers will be examined. Each question contains 2 marks each.

SET - W

1. Break-down in verbal communication is described as

(A) Short circuit

(B) Contradiction

(C) Unevenness

(D) Entropy

Answer D

2. The Telephone Model of Communication was first developed in the area of

(A) Technological theory

(B) Dispersion theory

(C) Minimal effects theory

(D) Information theory

Answer D

3. The Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2013 has been conferred on

(A) Karan Johar

(B) Amir Khan

(C) Asha Bhonsle

(D) Gulzar

Answer D

4. Photographs are not easy to

(A) Publish

(B) Secure

(C) Decode

(D) Change

Answer C

5. The grains that appear on a television set when operated are also referred to as

(A) sparks

(B) green dots

(C) snow

(D) rain drops

Answer C

6. In circular communication, the encoder becomes a decoder when there is

(A) noise

(B) audience

(C) criticality

(D) feedback

Answer D

7. In a post-office, stamps of three different denominations of Rs. 7, Rs. 8, Rs. 10 are available. The exact amount for which one cannot buy stamps is

(A) 19

(B) 20

(C) 23

(D) 29

Answer A

8. In certain coding method, the word QUESTION is encoded as DOMESTIC. In this coding, what is the code word for the word RESPONSE?

(A) OMESUCEM

(B) OMESICSM

(C) OMESICEM

(D) OMESISCM

Answer C

9. If the series 4, 5, 8, 13, 14, 17, 22, .... is continued in the same pattern, which one of the
    following is not a term of this series?

(A) 31

(B) 32

(C) 33

(D) 35

Answer C

10. Complete the series BB, FE, II, ML, PP, ........... by choosing one of the following option given:

(A) TS

(B) ST

(C) RS

(D) SR

UGC NET Management June 2014 Paper III solved

 1. In case a decrease in price of a commodity results in an increase in its demand on a negatively sloping demand curve, it is called

(A) An increase in demand

(B) An increase in quantity demanded

(C) Law of demand

(D) Any of the above

Answer B

2. Production function is not based on the assumption of the

(A) Substitutability of inputs

(B) Complementarity of inputs

(C) Marketability of products

(D) Specificity of inputs

Answer C

3. Match the items of the following two lists and indicate the correct code :

       List – I                                                                     List – II

a. Trade channel discounts                                        i. Oligopoly pricing

b. Tie-up sales                                                           ii. Locational price differentials

c. Price being nonresponsive to changes in              iii. Differential pricing

    demand costs

d. Basing-point pricing                                               iv. Product-line pricing

  Codes :

        a         b        c        d

(A)   iv         ii        iii         i

(B)   iii         iv        i         ii

(C)   ii          i         iv       iii

(D)    I         iii        ii        iv

Answer B

4. Indicate the correct code matching the items in List – I with those in List – II as follows :

         List – I                                                                                    List – II

a. Competitive parity in advertising                         i. Variations in advertising

b. Promotional elasticity of product                         ii. Advertising scheduling

c. Optimal promotion mix                                        iii. Advertising expenditure

d. Pulsing advertising                                              iv. Marginal equivalence of dvertising                                 

                                                                                     media outlay

Codes :

                                                                                         

        a       b       c       d

(A)   ii       iii        i       iv

(B)   iii       i        iv       ii

(C)   i       iv        ii       iii

(D)   iv      ii        iii       i

Answer B

5. Macroeconomics basically concerns with which of following in an economy?

(A) Industry, Trade and Commerce

(B) Agriculture, Industry & Trade

(C) Employment, Inflation & Growth

(D) Population, Income and Economic Planning

Answer C

6. The competition commission of India has no rule in regulating which of the following?

(A) Restrictive Trade Agreements

(B) Abuse of Market Power

(C) Unfair Trade Practices

(D) Mergers and Acquisitions

Answer C

7. The ability to understand, communicate with, motivate and support other people, both individually and in groups, defines which of the following management skills?

(A) Hard Skills

(B) Soft Skills

(C) Conceptual Skills

(D) Political Skills

Answer B

8. As __________, managers receive a wide variety of information and serve as the nerve centers of internal and external information of the organization.

(A) Leaders

(B) Monitors

(C) Distribution handlers

(D) Resource allocators

Answer B

9. Which one is the correct combination?

(A) Theory of Conditioning – Bernara

(B) Operant Conditioning Theory – B.F. Skinner

(C) Stimulus Response Theory – Hoodman

(D) Theory of Associates – Marshall

Answer B

10. Match the following:

           List – I                                                                      List – II

a. Evaluative statements or judgments                       i. Attitudes

    concerning objects, people or events

b. The opinion or belief segment of                            ii. Cognitive Component

    an attitude

c. The emotional or feeling segment                          iii. Affective Component

    of an attitude

d. An intention to behave in a certain way                 iv. Behavioural component

    towards someone or something

Codes :

         a        b        c        d

(A)    i         ii         iii        iv

(B)    iv       iii         ii         i

(C)    iv       ii         iii        i

(D)    i        iii         ii         iv

Answer A

11. As per Rorsach value survey, which of the following is not an instrumental value?

(A) Ambitious

(B) Imagination

(C) Wise

(D) Capable

Answer C

12. When we judge someone on the basis of our perception of the group to which

      he or she belongs, we are using the shortcut, called ________

(A) Selective Perceptive

(B) Halo effect

(C) Contrast effect

(D) Stereotyping

Answer D

13. Performance = f (m, a, e). In this expression ‘e’ stands for

(A) Efficiency

(B) Effectiveness

(C) Environment

(D) Entrepreneurship

Answer C

14. Selecting a representative sample of jobs, preparing job descriptions for

      them, comparing them on the basis of the information in the job descriptions

      and placing them in order of their perceived importance represents which of

      the following job evaluation methods?

(A) Job grading method

(B) Job ranking method

(C) Points rating method

(D) Guide chart method

Answer B

15. Match the following:

          List – I                                                                      List – II

a. A pay plan in which most employees are                i. Elitest pay system

    part of the same compensation system.

b. A pay plan in which different compensation            ii. Skill based pay

    systems are established for employees or

    groups at different organizational levels.

c. A pay system in which employees are                    iii. Egalitarian pay system

    paid on the basis of the jobs they can do.         

d. The perceived fairness of the pay structure            iv. Internal equity

     within a firm.

Codes :

        a        b        c        d

(A)    i        ii         iii       iv

(B)   iii        i         ii        iv

(C)    i        iii        ii        iv

(D)   iii       ii          i        iv