Sample Questions

for
The Teaching and Research Aptitude Test
(Note: The correct answer [Key] for each uestion is shown in !old"
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1. The most important function of a teacher is to
A facilitate learning
B manage instructional resources
C coordinate curricular activities
D provide information
2. It is popularly said that any two students are not alike. This implies that they
differ in their
A physical and mental set up
B aptitude
C social status
D attitude
3. f the following learning theories! the one that em"odies the idea that the
learning takes place through insight is known as
A (estalt
B #timulus$%esponse
C Connectionist
D &ragmatic
4. 'hich of the following is not a type of the learned motives(
A Refle+es
B )a"its
C *ttitude
D Interest
+. ut of the following! in which lesson! a general rule is e,plained first and then
e,amples are illustrated(
A *educti,e lesson
B Inductive lesson
C Cognitive lesson
D #kill lesson
-. Counselling is provided to assist an individual
* To diagnose learning deficiencies
- To understand and sol,e pro!lem
C To develop insight
D To develop the personality
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.. The lowest level of Ta,onomy of /ducational "0ectives of Cognitive
Domain given "y Bloom is
A Knowledge
B Comprehension
C *pplication
D *nalysis
1. Instructional o"0ectives are useful to
* Teachers
B #tudents
C 2uestion paper setters
* All of the a!o,e
3. The o"0ectives of a Curriculum are to "e stated in terms of
* #tudents entering "ehaviour
- Students terminal !eha,iour
C Teachers "ehaviour
D 4earning process
15. 'hich of the following is a characteristic of a good test(
* 6alidity
B %elia"ility
C 7sa"ility
* All of the a!o,e
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11. If in a research independent varia"les cannot "e manipulated then it is known as
* /,perimental %esearch
- Non.e+perimental Research
C 8undamental %esearch
D /,ploratory %esearch
12. 'hich of the following is9are true a"out /,post 8acto #tudy(
* The investigators attempt to trace an effect which has
already occurred to its pro"a"le causes
B The effect "ecomes dependent varia"le
C The investigators have no direct control over such varia"les
* All of these
13. The per capita income of India from 13+5 to 1335 is four times. This study is
* #ocial
B )ori:ontal
& /ongitudinal
D 8actorial
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1;. 'hich of the following is the most essential characteristic of a research worker(
* #ympathy
B 0pen mindedness
C &atience
D /motional control
1+. The decline of the British /mpire should have spelt the decline of /nglish. This
statement is a9an
* fact
B advice
C opinion
* pre1udice
1-. To study the relationship of family si:e with income a researcher calssifies his
population into different income sla"s and then takes a random sample from
each sla". 'hich techni<ue of sampling does he adopt(
* %andom #ampling
- Stratified Random Sampling
C Cluster #ampling
D #ystematic #ampling
1.. 'hich of the following is the most read page of a thesis(
* Title page
B Ta"le of contents
& A!stract
D %esearch Design
11. The historical research is different from e,perimental research in the process of
* %eplication
B 8ormulation of hypothesis
C )ypothesis testing
* All of the a!o,e
13. * statistical measure "ased upon the entire population is called parameter while
a measure "ased upon a sample is known as
* #ample parameter
B Inference
& Statistic
D =one of these
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25. rdinarily a good piece of research follows four phases. They are given "elow>
?i@ #etting of o"0ectives
?ii@ *nalysing data
?iii@ Collecting data
?iv@ Interpreting the findings
'hich of the following orders for these phases is correct(
* ?iii@! ?i@! ?iv@! A ?ii@
- (i"2 (iii"2 (ii"2 3 (i,"
C ?i@! ?ii@! ?iii@! A ?iv@
D ?ii@! ?iv@! ?iii@ A ?i@
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21. If a person replied like BI seeC or Dmm$hmmE then it is known as
* &ositive feed "ack
B =egative feed "ack
& Am!iguous feed !ac5
D =onver"al feed"ack
22. 'hich of the following methods of communication is the most effective(
* &resenting written material
B =onver"al Communication
& 4ulti.media method
D ral Communication
23. Teaching on T6 is superior to class room instruction "ecause
* 6ery large classes are made possi"le and thus it is economically
advantageous
B /,perts for teaching difficult topics can "e arranged
C Teaching can "e filmed for reuse
* All of these
2;. The most "asic function of communication is to
* Inform people
B Instruct people
C Influence people
* All of these
2+. /ncoding is
A The formulation of messages in the communicator6s mind
B The formulation messages in the receiverEs mind
C Coding of whole communication process
D =one of these
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2-. 8ind out the odd item! which is differently related
* Feometry
B *lge"ra
C Trigonometry
* 4athematics
2.. #tatement > *ll students are not dishonest
Conclusion > * few students are dishonest
A &onclusion is true
B Conclusion is false
C Conclusion is dou"tful
D Conclusion is irrelevant
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* 1
B 2
C 3
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23. )ardworking ur"an who are not educated
* 1
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C +
D .
35. 7r"an who are neither educated nor hardworking
* 2
B 3
& :
D ;
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*irections (Q;:.;<": #tudy the following graph carefully and answer the
<uestions given "elow it.
&roduction of grain G "y si, states in three years 255-! 255.! 2551.
31. 'hat is the ratio of lowest production to the highest production for any of the
given states in any of the given years(
A ::9
B 2>3
C 1>3
D 2>+
32. 'hat is the difference "etween the average production of all the states in
255. and the average production of all the states in 2551 rounded off to the
nearest whole num"er(
* 2
B -
& 8
D +
33. &ercent rise 9 fall in production from 255. to 2551 is the lowest for which of
the following state(
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C /
D 8
3;. Total production of all the states together in 2551 is appro,imately what H of
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3-. The num"er of levels of Technical /ducational Institutions in India is
* 2
- ;
C ;
D +
3.. The role of =ational Board of *ccreditation is to
* #anction funds for pro0ects
- %nsure uality assurance
C Frant affiliation
D Frant approval
31. =ational *ssessment and *ccreditation Council! an autonomous "ody! has
"een esta"lished "y
* *ICT/
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C I#T/
D =B*
33. The e,pansion of =&T/4 is
A National )rogram for Technology %nhanced /earning
B =ational &ro0ect for Technology /na"led 4earning
C =ational &rogram for Technical /ducation 4earning
D =ational &ro0ect for Technician /ducation 4earning
;5. Directorate of Technical /ducation is an organi:ation esta"lished "y
A State (o,ernment
B Fovernment of India
C Indian #ociety for Technical /ducation
D Indian =ational *cademy of /ngineering
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