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| UGC Research Fellowship and Lectureship Exam Mastermind Model Test Paper 1 Reasoning ---------------------------------------------------------------- Instructions: You can do the test online or dowload it and do it in your spare time. Please stick to your time limit otherwise the scores will not be accurate. After doing the test, send your answer sheet by post or e-mail to us. We will evaluate it and send you your actual score within 7 days. For additional tests please send a draft of Rs 30 per test (minimum order Rs 100) and they will be delivered by courier to you. You can also buy our book, A Handbook of Reasoning for UGC-NET. Price: Rs 125. Special price for direct orders: Rs 110, postage free. Send your order with draft by mail and the book will be delivered by courier. Our contact: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions: 50 Time 1 ¼ hours Marks: 100 1. Complete the series: 121, 144, 169, 196, ... a) 274 b) 238 c) 218 d) 225 2. Complete the series: 86, 167, 329, 653, ... a) 1194 b) 986 c) 1301 d) 1275 3. 1, 0, 0, 2, 3, 7, 3, 8, ... a) 17 b) 13 c) 26 d) 19 4. A starts and walks towards south. He then turns to his right and walks 3 km and then turns left and walks 5 km. In which direction is he from the starting point? a) West b) South c) North d) East (b) 5. At a certain film festival, eight films will be shown J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R. The order of showings must meet the following criteria: N must be shown before L, J is shown third, Q is shown fifth, N must be shown immediately after P. Then P could be shown: a) Third b) Fourth c) Fifth d) Sixth 6. Pointing to a woman, a man said, “she is the mother of my father’s daughter’s daughter”. How is the man related to the woman? a) brother b) father c) grandfather d) cannot be determined 7. In a certain code REVERSE is written as SFWFSTF. How is FORWARD written in that code? a) ENQVQZC b) GPSVBSE c) GPSXBSF d) GPSXBSE 8. In a class attendance register, the names of the boys are arranged in alphabetical order. There are 50 boys in the class. Gaurav and Saurav have 14 boys between them. Gaurav is 37th from the bottom. What is Saurav’s position from the beginning? a) 25 b) 26 c) 27 d) 28 9. Four places A,B,C and D are situated along a straight road in the same order. D is 78 km from A. The distance between A and B is double the distance between C and D. The distance between C and D is one-third of the distance between B and C. What is the distance between B and C? a) 36 km b) 39 km c) 30 km d) 33 km 10. 96. The test scores for a class of students is given in the following table: Test I II III IV Average for the class 60 60 75 90 Range 30 to 90 45 to 75 20 to 100 30 to 90 A girl got 74 marks in all the four tests. In which test, was her performance the best? a) I b) II c) III d) IV Directions Q 11-15: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it, in the context of the passage. Happiness to a certain extent can be regarded as a lack of desire: or more appropriately, as lack of the kind of desire which cannot be fulfilled. A pig, for instance, easily attains happiness because his chief desire is to swill, and usually he can do so. In human beings the process is more difficult because human desires are both more numerous and more complex than those of the pig – and more often impossible to satisfy. Further, people are frequently happier while working towards a coveted goal than they are, once the goal is achieved. So lack of unfulfilled, or unfulfillable desire – the state we call contentment – is not the whole story. Apparently a certain amount of nascent desire, of expectation, plays its part in the happiness pattern. This is in line with the psychological concept of the human being as a stimulus–response machine. When exposed to the stimulus, say, of a porterhouse steak, a hungry man responds with eager eye and watering mouth. He has one desire at the moment, and is happy in the expectation of its easy satisfaction. If inhibited by anxiety about digestion, he would not be so happy. But not being thus repressed, he advances an ardent fork, pokes a morsel into his mouth, and experiences pleasure technically, the satisfying of want, the sensation of appropriate response to a given stimulus. And when the steak is devoured, having no further desire, he is momentarily content. But contentment vanishes swiftly, and with it some portion of happiness. For it is a psychological axiom that every response is itself a stimulus, and calls for a new response. The man full of steak now craves a bicarbonate of soda. 11. For a person to find happiness a) A certain amount of expectation is necessary b) There should be no desires c) The desires should be more complex than a pig’s desires. d) The stimulus-response mechanism must be conditioned. 12. Unhappiness in a hungry man faced with a steak is caused by a) Poverty b) Anxiety c) Vegetarianism d) Momentary desire 13. People cannot attain happiness as easily as pigs because a) They do not eat swill b) They have problems of indigestion c) Each response generates a new stimulus d) Their desires are more in number than the pigs. 14. Which of the following statements can be inferred on the basis of the passage? a) Human beings are complex personalities b) Pigs are the happiest animals. c) The human being is psychologically thought of as a stimulus response machine d) Achieving a goal is the ultimate happiness. 15. A hurdle in the path of human search for happiness is a) Lack of unfilled desire. b) Lack of goal in life. c) The complexity and quantity of desires. d) Expectation of easy satisfaction. Directions Q 16-19: Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow. We are living in a time of great and continuing changes. The most obvious feature of the modern world is the enormous development of science and technology. This has given man a deeper understanding of Nature, so that there is a possibility of providing a good life to every human being. These great changes have resulted from a number of factors which are characteristic of the modern age. The first is the tremendous growth of science due to the emphasis placed on it in education, and due to the immense investment that all modern nations are making in scientific research. Secondly, this development of science is being continuously applied to improve technology which, in its turn, has revolutionised agriculture, created modern industry, and transformed all services like transport, communication, education, health and housing. The wealth, power and standard of living of a nation therefore now depend directly on its command over science and technology. Thirdly the new technology is itself leading to greater progress in science; thus there is now a `circle of progress’, where advances in science lead to improvements in technology, which, in their turn, lead to still further advances in science. Scientific knowledge is therefore growing at a tremendous rate at present and is being doubled about every ten years. The obsolescence of knowledge is now so rapid that, in the opinion of Dr. D.S. Kothari, a modern university degree, like a passport, should be valid only for a period of five years. Fourthly, this tremendous rate of growth of scientific knowledge and technology has led, in turn, to rapid changes in modern societies, which have become science-based. In ancient and medieval times, the rate of social change was so slow that the knowledge a person acquired lasted him or her throughout his or her life, and was good enough for one or more later generations too. But today, changes in life-styles are so rapid that every individual has to keep learning all his life; he may also have to change his vocation every few years. The modern age of science and technology has, like many other things, brought great advantages and also created immense problems. 16. Which of these titles is most appropriate to the passage. a) The obsolescence of knowledge b) Science and society c) Science and education d) Science and technology 17. How many factors of change have been identified? a) 5 b) 3 c) 2 d) 4 18. Why should a university degree be valid for only five years. a) Scientific knowledge is growing at tremendous rate. b) Obsolescence of knowledge is rapid. c) Improvement in technology. d) All the above. 19. Which of the statements is true? a) In the olden days the rate of social change was rapid. b) Knowledge acquired now can last for the life time of a person. c) Science and technology has brought great advantages only. d) Science has the possibility of improving the life of every human being. 20. A man earns twice as much in March as in each of the other months. What fraction of his entire year’s income does he earn in March? a) 3/11 b) 2/13 c) 2/11 d) 1/13 21. To represent a family budget on a pie chart, how many degrees of the circle should be used to represent an item that is 10% of the total budget? a) 20 b) 36 c) 60 d) 72 22. If xyz = 225, which of the following cannot be the value of z? a) 3 b) 5 c) 0 d) 15 23. There are 60 players in a college, of which 9 play football, hockey and cricket. Ten players each play only one game. The cricket and hockey group has two players more than the cricket and football group. The football and hockey group has 4 players more than the cricket and football group. Seven players play cricket and hockey. How many players play football? a) 22 b) 32 c) 33 d) 35 24. Teachers who are enthusiastic in classroom teaching: a) often lack proficiency in their subjects b) dramatise only to hold the attention of the students c) involve their students in the learning process d) all of the above 25. Students can learn more from a teacher who is: a) affectionate b) hard working c) gentle d) a good communicator 26. Which of the following is the least likely for a teacher? a) Visiting the homes of pupils sometimes b) disciplining students c) Keeping a record of marks d) Grading examination test papers 27. If, while teaching in class, a student points out your mistakes sharply. What would be the best reaction in such a situation? a) Scold the student and tell him he is being smart b) Feel sorry for making the mistake c) Praise the student and tell the class that you stand corrected d) Ignore the student and continue teaching 28. Which of the following is a continuous variable? a) the price of shares on the stock market b) class-wise enrolment of students in a school c) the day’s temperature d) number of cyclones per year 29. Catharsis means discharge of emotions. A teacher can use this to let off pent up energy of students through: a) sports and games b) picnics and outings c) celebration of festivals d) all of the above 30. An American journal carried out a poll on voting intentions. A sample of 10,000 people was used, which were selected from a telephone directory. The forecast proved to be wrong. The method of selection favoured: a) the middle class b) the lower class c) the upper class d) the ruling class Q No 31-34: The following diagram gives data on wage earners in a city as per different sectors. Study the pie charts given below and answer the questions that follow: 31. What fractional part of the graph represents those earning their living from finance and trade? a) 1/9 b) ¼ c) 1/5 d) 1/10 32. If there were 1,80,000 wage earners in the city, how many persons were engaged in transportation? a) 18,000 b) 10,000 c) 9,000 d) 36,000 33. How many more people worked in manufacturing than finance and trade? a) 15,000 b) 20,000 c) 18,000 d) 36,000 34. The number of people in finance and trade are equal to the number of people in: a) manufacturing minus others b) manufacturing minus personal services c) others minus personal services plus professional d) personal services plus professional plus transportation Q Nos 35-39: The following chart gives the income of a businessman. Study that bar chart given below and answer the questions that follow: 35. The income of May is how many times the income of February? a) 3.0 b) 3.25 c) 4.0 d) 4.5 36. In which of the following durations is there a steady increase in income? a) February - April b) March - May c) February - May d) January - March 37. The average income from January-May is: a) Rs 8600 b) Rs 8700 c) Rs 8750 d) Rs 8800 38. What is the percentage increase in income between March-May? a) 33% b) 38% c) 44% d) 48% 39. During which of the following months is the ratio of income to that of the previous month, the maximum? a) February b) March c) April d) May Q 40-42: Study the statement and the two conclusions that follow. Mark (A) if only conclusion I follows, mark (B) if only conclusion II follows, mark (C) if neither I nor II follows and (D) if both I and II follow. 40. Statement: One research study reveals that children’s personality cannot be understood without a detailed study about their home environment. Conclusions: I. The role of teachers and parents are equally important for the betterment of the child. II. Schools are ignoring the importance of home atmosphere. a) A b) B c) C d) D 41. Statement: The increase in adult literacy will lead to the country’s development and progress. Conclusions: I. The educated people offer less resistance to new innovations. II. Literacy rate is higher in developed countries. 42. Statement: The present examination system should be stopped and replaced by other methods which would measure the real merit of the students. Conclusions: I. Examinations should be abolished II. The present system does not measure the real merit of students. Q 43-44: Read the passages given in the questions carefully and indicate the correct answer to the question that follows the passage. 43. Most of the blood donated for transfusion is type O, which is compatible with all blood types. Type O is especially important in emergencies which do not allow time for typing the victim’s blood, but for this reason it is usually in short supply. Based on the above statement, we can say that: a) Most of the population has type O blood b) Transfusions of blood, except for type O, necessitates prior typing of the recipient’s blood c) Only type O blood requires too much time for typing in emergencies d) Supplies of type O blood are always too low to meet emergencies 44. A study of psychological tests has shown that children reared entirely in a group of professional workers fared the same as children brought up entirely by their own parents. This supports the argument that day care facilities for children of working parents should be increased. Based on the above statement, we can say that: a) More women are working than before b) Government should provide more day care facilities c) Professionals are employed in day care centres d) It is better to have professionals take care of children 45. Below is given a statement: The Brazil government, having lost its battle to prop up the country’s currency, turned its attention to measures designed to reduce a gaping budget deficit and restore investor confidence. Mark if the statement is a) fact b) opinion c) advice d) prejudice 46. There is a gathering of 20 people at a party. Which of the following statements would be true about them? a) There are at least 10 mutual acquaintances present in the party b) There are at least 10 mutual non-acquaintances present in the party c) There are either at least 10 mutual acquaintances or at least 10 mutual non-acquaintances present in the party d) Nothing can be said about the number of acquaintances and non-acquaintances in the party 47. Cases of food poisoning have been reported from village X. After a dinner party for 100 people, 68 were admitted to hospital, and 36 cases are reported to be out of danger. The food, which was cooked and stored in open space for almost 12 hours earlier, was served after reheating it. Which of the following can be hypothesised from the above information? a) Late dinner parties for a large number of people result in food poisoning b) Stale food is likely to be the cause of food poisoning c) Cases of food poisoning need to be handled carefully d) Cases of food poisoning are not reported in urban dinner parties 48. Below is given a statement: Medical costs have been rising very fast and the government must control them. Mark if the statement is a) fact b) opinion c) advice d) prejudice 49. Three of the following are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group? a) 27 b) 17 c) 11 d) 23 50. If the say before yesterday was Monday, what day will three days after the day after tomorrow be? a) Tuesday b) Wednesday c) Thursday d) Friday |
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