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General Paper On Teaching &

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General Paper on Teaching and Research Aptitude

Previous Year Solved Paper (July 2018) [Code - Q]

Time : 1 hours Paper-I Maximum Marks : 100

Note : This paper contains fifty (50) objective type questions, each question carries two (2)
marks. All questions are compulsory.

The table below embodies data on the production, exports and per capita consumption
of rice in country P for the five year from 2012 to 2016. Answer questions 1 – 5 based on
the data contained in the table.

Year-wise Production, Exports and Per Capita Consumption of Rice

Production Exports Per Capita Consumption
Year
(in million kg) (in million kg) (in kg)
2012 186.5 114 36.25
2013 202 114 35.2
2014 238 130 38.7
2015 221 116 40.5
2016 215 88 42
Where, per Capita Consumption = (Consumption in million kg)  (Population in million) and
consumption (in million kg) = Production – Exports.
1. What is the average consumption of rice (in million kg) over the years 2012–2016 ?
(1) 102.1 (2) 108
(3) 100.1 (4) 104

2. What is the population of the country in the year 2014 (in million) ?
(1) 2.72 (2) 2.79
(3) 2.85 (4) 2.64

3. The ratio of exports to consumption in the given period was the highest in the year :
(1) 2013 (2) 2014
(3) 2015 (4) 2012

4. The percentage increase in the consumption of rice over the previous year was the highest in
which year ?
(1) 2014 (2) 2015
(3) 2016 (4) 2013

5. In which year, the population of country was the highest ?

(1) 2014 (2) 2015
(3) 2016 (4) 2013

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6. Put the following units of storage into the correct order, starting with the smallest unit first and
going down to the largest unit :
(a) Kilobyte (b) Byte
(c) Megabyte (d) Terabyte
(e) Gigabyte (f) Bit
Give your answer from the following code :
(1) (f), (b), (a), (d), (e), (c) (2) (f), (b), (a), (c), (e), (d)
(3) (f), (b), (a), (d), (c), (e) (4) (f), (b), (a), (c), (d), (e)

7. Which of the following is considered as major source of pollution in rivers of India ?

(1) Untreated sewage (2) Agriculture run-off
(3) Thermal power plants (4) Unregulated small scale industry

8. Given the following email fields, which of the email addresses will ‘swami’ be able to see when
he receives the message ?

To… ram@[Link]
Cc… raj@[Link]; ravi@[Link]
Bcc… swami@[Link]; rama@[Link]
(1) ram@[Link]; raj@[Link]; ravi@[Link]
(2) ram@[Link]; rama@[Link]
(3) ram@[Link]; rama@[Link]; raj@[Link]; ravi@[Link]
(4) ram@[Link]

9. Assertion (A) : Indoor air pollution is a serious health hazard.

Reason (R) : The dispersal of air pollutants is rather limited in indoor environment.
Choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(2) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(3) Both (A) and (B) are false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

10. Prime Minister Research Fellowship is for students pursuing Ph.D programme in :
(1) Central Universities, IISc, IITs, NITs, IISERs and IIITs
(2) IISc, IITs, NITs, IISERs, IIITs, State and Central Universities
(3) IITs and IISc
(4) State and Central Universities

ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3 2 4 1 3 2 1 1 4 3

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SOLUTIONS

1. (3) Average Consumption of Rice (in Million Kg.) over the year 2012-2016.
2012 = 72.5
2013 = 88
2014 = 108
2015 = 105
2016 = 127
Average Consumption
= 72.5 + 88 +108+ 105+ 127/ 5 = 100.10
2. (2) Population in Million = Consumption/Per Capita consumption
2012 = 72.5/36.25 = 2
2013 = 88/35.2 = 2.5
2014 = 108/38.7 = 2.79
2015 = 105/40.5 = 2.59
2016 = 127/42 = 3.02
3. (4) Calculate Ratio for 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015
Exports Consumption
Year Ratio
(in Million kg) (In Million Kg)
2012 114 72.5 1.57
2013 114 88 1.29
2014 130 108 1.20
2015 116 105 1.10
Thus Highest Ratio is 1.57 (2012).
4. (1)
Year-Wise Production, Exports and Per Capita Consumption of Rice
Per Capita
Production Exports Consumption
Year Consumption
(in Million kg) (in Million kg) (In Million Kg)
(in kg)
2012 186.5 114 36.25 72.5
2013 202 114 35.2 88
2014 238 130 38.7 108
2015 221 116 40.5 105
2016 215 88 42 127
Consumption (in million kg) = Production – Exports.
2012 = 186.5 – 114 = 72.5
2013 = 202 – 114 = 88
2014 = 238 – 130 = 108
2015 = 221 – 116 = 105
2016 = 215 – 88 = 127
Percentage of consumption
2013 = 88 × 72.5/72.5 × 100 = 21.38
2014 = 108 – 88/88 × 100 = 22.7
2016 = 127 – 106/127 × 100 = 16.53
The percentage increase in the consumption of rice over the previous year was the
highest year 2014.
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5. (3) Population in Million = Consumption / Per Capita consumption

2012 = 72.5/36.25 = 2
2013 = 88/35.2 = 2.5
2014 = 108/38.7 = 2.79
2015 = 105/40.5 = 2.59
2016 = 127/42 = 3.02
Highest year of population is 2016 (3.02)
6. (2) Memory Unit
1 Bit – Binary Digit
8 Bits – 1 Byte
1024 Bytes – 1 KB (Kilo Byte)
1024 KB – 1 MB (Mega Byte)
1024 MB – 1 GB(Giga Byte)
1024 GB – 1 TB(Terra Byte)
1024 TB – 1 PB(Peta Byte)
1024 PB – 1 EB(Exa Byte)
1024 EB – 1 ZB(Zetta Byte)
1024 ZB – 1 YB (Yotta Byte)
1024 YB – 1 (Bronto Byte)
1024 Bronto byte – 1 (Geop Byte)
7. (1) Untreated sewage is considered as major sources of pollution in rivers of India.
Pathogenic Organisms : Sewage and domestic waste from houses introduces pathogenic
organism’s viz., protozoa, worms-eggs and bacteria into water. This contaminated water
if consumed causes jaundice, typhoid, dysentery, cholera, tuberculosis etc.
Underground water particularly in cities and industrial areas is no more pure and safe.
The sources of underground water pollution are sewage, seepage, pits, industrial effluents,
septic tanks, fertilizers and pesticides, garbage etc.
8. (1) It means Carbon Copy (CC) : It includes those recipient addresses whom we want to
keep informed but not exactly the intended recipient.
ram@[Link]; raj@[Link]; ravi@[Link] of the email addresses will ‘swami’ be
able to see when he receive the message.
Components of E- Mail :
 FROM : The From field indicates the sender’s address i.e. who sent the e-mail.
 DATE : The Date field indicates the date when the e-mail was sent.
 TO : The To field indicates the recipient’s address i.e. to whom the e-mail is sent.
 SUBJECT : The Subject field indicates the purpose of e-mail. It should be precise
and to the point.
 CC : CC stands for Carbon copy. It includes those recipient addresses whom we
want to keep informed but not exactly the intended recipient.
 BCC : BCC stands for Black Carbon Copy. It is used when we do not want one
or more of the recipients to know that someone else was copied on the message.
 GREETING : Greeting is the opening of the actual message. Eg. Hi Sir or Hi Guys
etc.

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 TEXT : It represents the actual content of the message.

 SIGNATURE : This is the final part of an e-mail message. It includes Name of
Sender, Address, and Contact Number.
 Junk : Junk emails are undesirable and inappropriate emails. Junk emails are
sometimes referred to as spam.
9. (4) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
10. (3) The Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) scheme is aimed at attracting the
talent pool of the country to doctoral (Ph.D.) programs of Indian Institutes of Technology
(IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for carrying out research in cutting edge science
and technology domains, with focus on national priorities.

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