UGC-NET EC 2018: (Full syllabus) Mini Mock Quiz 1 for ESE & GATE EC Exams

Question 1

The process of changing the existing schemas to include new information is called

Question 2

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

This is the thorny side of the prevailing examination system. Most examiners have perfected their skills in making it a veritable nightmare for the majority of the students. Quite unwittingly we have increased the enrollment in schools alarmingly. Most of the students have neither the requisite aptitude to learn nor any clearcut goal in life. The destiny of students would be decided in true to test bookish, rote memory. All laudable objectives of kindling originality and problem-solving ability are trumpeted only in educational seminars and workshops. Ultimately all these are gone with the wind. No wonder examination hangs like a Damocles sword.
Compare this with a related discipline such as music and dance. None would venture to seek entry into such centers of excellence unless one has proven aptitude to profit from training. Here the students have an excellent rapport with their teachers who evaluate their performance on a day-to-day basis and provide constant feedback. Students enjoy practicing at home what they are taught in the class. As they realize their progress by constant reinforcement they welcome and enjoy examination in class. Under the watchful guidance of committed teachers, students grow and blossom out as well-trained artists. This is possible and feasible because the teacher-pupil ratio is ideal and the attitude of the learner is based on devotion and dedication.

“Ultimately all these are gone with the wind.” The above sentence shows that the writer:

Question 3

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

This is the thorny side of the prevailing examination system. Most examiners have perfected their skills in making it a veritable nightmare for the majority of the students. Quite unwittingly we have increased the enrollment in schools alarmingly. Most of the students have neither the requisite aptitude to learn nor any clearcut goal in life. The destiny of students would be decided in true to test bookish, rote memory. All laudable objectives of kindling originality and problem-solving ability are trumpeted only in educational seminars and workshops. Ultimately all these are gone with the wind. No wonder examination hangs like a Damocles sword.
Compare this with a related discipline such as music and dance. None would venture to seek entry into such centers of excellence unless one has proven aptitude to profit from training. Here the students have an excellent rapport with their teachers who evaluate their performance on a day-to-day basis and provide constant feedback. Students enjoy practicing at home what they are taught in the class. As they realize their progress by constant reinforcement they welcome and enjoy examination in class. Under the watchful guidance of committed teachers, students grow and blossom out as well-trained artists. This is possible and feasible because the teacher-pupil ratio is ideal and the attitude of the learner is based on devotion and dedication.

The writer is dissatisfied with the examiners because they test student's:

Question 4

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

This is the thorny side of the prevailing examination system. Most examiners have perfected their skills in making it a veritable nightmare for the majority of the students. Quite unwittingly we have increased the enrollment in schools alarmingly. Most of the students have neither the requisite aptitude to learn nor any clearcut goal in life. The destiny of students would be decided in true to test bookish, rote memory. All laudable objectives of kindling originality and problem-solving ability are trumpeted only in educational seminars and workshops. Ultimately all these are gone with the wind. No wonder examination hangs like a Damocles sword.
Compare this with a related discipline such as music and dance. None would venture to seek entry into such centers of excellence unless one has proven aptitude to profit from training. Here the students have an excellent rapport with their teachers who evaluate their performance on a day-to-day basis and provide constant feedback. Students enjoy practicing at home what they are taught in the class. As they realize their progress by constant reinforcement they welcome and enjoy examination in class. Under the watchful guidance of committed teachers, students grow and blossom out as well-trained artists. This is possible and feasible because the teacher-pupil ratio is ideal and the attitude of the learner is based on devotion and dedication.

According to the passage, the objectives of education should be:

Question 5

Find the missing term of the series.
AAT, BBE, CCP, ?

Question 6

The various levels of e-learning includes

Question 7

Which of the following statements is correct?

Question 8

What can be the possible outcome of a cartel in a market?

Question 9

The term ‘grapevine’ is also known as:

Question 10

What is the output of the following programme? (Assume that the appropriate pre-processor directives are included and there is no syntax error)
Main ()
{ char S[] = “ABCDEFGH”;
printf(“%C”, *(&S[3]));
printf(“%s”, S + 4);
printf(“%u”, S);
/ * Base address of S is 1000 */
}

Question 11

List-I
a. Capacitive transducer
b. Thermocouple
c. Load cell
d. Diaphragm
List-II
i. Pressure
ii. Torque
iii. Displacement
iv. Temperature

Question 12

In which of these is reverse recovery time nearly zero?

Question 13

Light is confined within the core of a simple optical fibre by:

Question 14

Consider a closed loop stable phase locked loop system as shown in the diagram below

The system is capable of producing zero steady state error E(t) for

Question 15

If a vertical dipole antenna is used in conjunction with a loop antenna for direction finding, the field pattern obtained will be