APSET Teaching and Research Aptitude Question Paper – Held on Sep 2016

1. An intelligent student is found to be generally too slow in mastering vocabulary. Which of the following reason given below can be considered as genuine ?
(A) Carelessness in studies
(B) Lack of interest in learning language
(C) Learning disability specific to language aquisition
(D) Afraid of speaking before the other students

2. Which one of the following do you consider to be the most important function of a good teacher ?
(A) Prepare the pupils for the examination and enable them to score high marks
(B) Make the class interesting to all the pupils
(C) Develop in the pupils the motivation and ability to learn by themselves
(D) Help the students to understand the subject clearly

3. In order to teach a topic you require a teaching aid which is not a in your institution. What would you do ?
(A) Tell the students about the aid and express your helplessness
(B) satisfy the students with verbal explanation
(C) Ask the Headmaster (Principal) to purchase that teaching aid immediately
(D) Try hard to procure one from an institution nearby

4. The Twenty first century teacher needs ?
(A) Ability to teach
(B) Commitment to teach
(C) Knowledge to teach
(D) Skill to teach

5. While dealing with a differently abled student, the best thing you would do for the student is ?
(A) To feel sorry for him
(B) To offer him financial help
(C) Send him to a special school
(D) To help him to become self reliant

6. The best evidence for the professional competency of a teacher is seen in his ability in ?
(A) Maintaining high standards of instruction
(B) Providing leadership
(C) Organising Co-curricular activities
(D) Maintaining strict discipline in the class

7. Studying a part and inferring about the whole universe under study is called ?
(A) Inductive logic
(B) Deductive logic
(C) subjective logic
(D) Sample logic

8. For a perfectly homogeneous population, the minimum required sample size is ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) Whole population
(D) Infinite

9. Which one of the following, form the list of all identified elements of a population ?
(A) sampling frame
(B) Class
(C) Sample
(D) Cluster

10. In the process of identifying the objectives of research, the researcher must finalise the following ?
(A) Questionnaire
(B) Hypothesis
(C) Boundaries of the study
(D) All the above three (A), (B), (C)

11. Which one of the following measures is used to validate the consistency of a questionnaire ?
(A) Level of significance
(B) Cronbach’s Alpha
(C) Arithmetic mean
(D) Mean square error

12. Which type of method of attitude measurement is called ranking ?
(A) Variability method
(B) Quantitative judgement method
(C) Fractional method
(D) Constant sum method

Man is surrounded by culture right from the time of his birth. Culture makes many demands on man through the mechanisation of approval and disapproval culture influences personality through the process of socialisation and social control. Broadly speaking education is the transmission of cultural heritage. It is also the means of social control. In the middle ages cultural education was meant for only certain classes, but today it is open for all. Today culture means acquainting oneself with the best that has been thought and said in the world. The main objective of cultural education is to guard against narrow specialisation what is known as liberal education. Certain aspects of culture stand the test of time and merit preservation and promotion certain other aspects need revision, if not total abolition. Regional imbalances, income inequalities, racial feelings, narrow concepts as they stand today are certainly a stigma on the Indian culture. Hence, their abolition are necessary precondition for the promotion of a healthy social order.

13. According to the writer, through what means the culture needs on man?
(A) Man is surrounded by culture
(B) The process of socialization and social control
(C) Mechanization of approval and disapproval
(D) hrough the transmission of education

14. Which one of the following statement is Not true?
(A) Culturdis not a means of socialization
(B) Education transmits cultural
(C) Today education is open to all
(D) Middle ages education is not open to all

15. The statement “Today culture means acquainting oneself the best” means?
(A) Influences personality
(B) Helps for liberal education
(C) Means of social control
(D) Enhances narrow specialization

16. Which one of the following is opposite in meaning to the word “Merit” coming in the passage ?
(A) Prosperity
(B) Progress
(C) Misfortune
(D) Discourage

17. Which one of the following aspects stand the test of time?
(A) Cultural heritage
(B) Socialization and social control
(C) Regional imbalances and income inequalities
(D) Liberal Education

18. What is the solution for promoting good cultural society?
(A) Abolition of stigmatic factors
(B) Provision of good education
(C) Process of socialization and social control
(D) Transmission of cultural heritage

19. Communication models are not a part of communication process. But they are ?
(A) Channels of communication
(B) Communication networks
(C) Direct experiences
(D) Visual representations

20. Which one of the following is NOT a Physical barrier to communication ?
(A) Noise
(B) Verbalism
(C) Ill health
(D) Invisibility

21. Under what learning experience, conduct of Field trip comes in ?
(A) Enactive
(B) Iconic
(C) Symbolic
(D) Affective

22. The meaning of a message can be understood from the point of view of ?
(A) Message
(B) Sender
(C) Receiver
(D) Channel

23. In the process of communication, Encoding’ means
(A) Using symbols to express an idea
(B) Deciphering a message
(C) Creating noise in the communication
(D) Interpreting the meaning of the message

24. “With words we govern people” who said this ?
(A) Aristotle
(B) John Deweey
(C) Disraeli
(D) Comenius

25. In the following series, what should come in the place of question mark “?”
37, 82, 153, 256, ?
(A) 397
(B) 497
(C) 366
(D) 466

26. In the following series, what should come in the place of question mark?
AB, DF, IL, ?
(A) PS
(B) PT
(C) RU
(D) RV

27. In a code language, if VIJAYAWADA is the code word code for ZBKJWZCZVZ then in that code what is the  AMARAVATHY ?
(A) ZQZNNZIUBW
(B) ZZQNZZIUWB
(C) ZQZNZZIUBW
(D) ZQZLZZIUBW

28. Three different positions of a die have been shown in the following figures. Find the number of dots opposite to four dots. ?

(A) 6
(B) 3
(C) 1
(D) 2

29. B is the sister of R, M is the husband of R, S is the son of M, B is the wife of P. Then how is P related to S ?
(A) Son
(B) Brother
(C) Uncle
(D) Nephew

30. Three of the following form a group. Find the odd one.?
(A) DBG
(B) LJO
(C) QOU
(D) SQV

31. Statement :  Should the State Government ban private buses ?

Argument l : Yes. The drivers of private buses drive very rashly.

Argument ll: Yes. The private buses are not punctual.

The correct answer is
(A) Only argument is strong
(B) Only argument (ll) is strong
(C) Neither (l) nor (ll) is strong
(D) Both (l) and (ll) are strong

32. Statements Some letters are books ; All books are words.

Conclusions
1. All letters are books.
2. All words are books.
The correct answer is
(A) Only 1 follows
(B) Only 2 follows
(C) Both 1 and 2 follows
(D) Neither follows

33. Fill the blank with appropriate letter  Z W U: A D F :: X U S : _________

(A) CFH
(B) CHF
(C) DFG
(D) DEG

34. In the following diagram, square represents teachers rectangle represents engineers and triangle represents singers. Which one of the following represents teachers who are also singers ?

(A) A, D
(B) B
(C) C, E
(D) E, F

35. There are five students A, B, C, D and E. In an examination each one scored different mark C has scored more marks than E and B, A has scored more marks than D and B, D scored more marks than B. No one scored less than E. Who scored the highest mark among them?
(B) C
(A) A
(D) E
(C) D

36. The present age of P is three times that of his son Q. Five years ago the age of Q was one fourth of the age of P. What will be the number obtained by adding the age of P and Q five years from now?
(A) 50
(B) 70
(C) 69
(D) 60

37. What is the average number (approximately) of students per college from the discipline of Commerce from all the colleges together?
(A) 1140
(B) 1144
(D) 1444
(C) 1414

38. Which college has the least of number students from the discipline of Arts ?
(A) D
(B) C
(C) B
(D) A

39. What is the difference between the total number of students from the discipline of Arts and Commerce in all colleges put together?
(A) 2000
(B) 2275
(C) 2175
(D) 1800

Directions for (40-42): Study the following Pie-chart carefully to answer the questions. 

Total Students = 13000 . Percentage distribution of Students of different courses in a City.

40. What is the difference between the number of students of MBA and MBBS courses ?
(A) 3380
(B) 780
(C) 1300
(D) 2600

41. Students of MBBS constitute what percent of students of B.Ed.?
(A) 25%
(B) 33.33%
(C) 50%
(D) 66.66%

42. What is the total number of students in B.Ed., Pharmacy, MBA and MBBS put together in all colleges ?
(A) 8190
(B) 8290
(C) 8180
(D) 8240

43. Which network protocol is used to send e-mail ?
(A) STP
(B) SSH
(C) PoP3
(D) SMTP

44. What does HTML stands for?
(A) Hyper Test Machine Language
(B) Hyper Test Markup Language
(C) Hyper Test Markup Link
(D) Hyper Test Machine Link

45. Computers on an internet are identified by ?
(A) e-mail address
(B) Street address
(C) I. P address
(D) All the three (A), (B) and (C)

46. Which organization releases the annual global ICT data and ICT development index country rankings
(A) ITU
(B) UNESCO
(C) ISI
(D) NESCOM

47. Which one of the following devices is required to connect a computer to the internet ?
(A) Pendrive
(B) Mouse
(C) Compact Disk
(D) Modem

48. An example of an internet search engine ?
(A) Windows
(B) LINUX
(C) Yahoo
(D) MS Word

49. Thermal efficiency of Kerosine is ?
(A) 29%
(B) 50%
(C) 17.3%
(D) 22%

50. lsopleth is a type of ?
(A) Forest
(B) Rock
(C) Map
(D) Soil

51. Earth day is observed on ?
(A) April 13
(B) April 21
(C) April 22
(D) April 30

52. In residential area, Indian natural ambient air quality standard for sulphur dioxide (so2) is
(A) 20 ug/m3
(B) 55 ug/m3
(C) 60 ug/m3
(D) 80 ug/m3

53. Hardness of water is due to the presence ?
(A) Sodium and chloride ions
(B) Calcium and Magnesium ions
(C) Strontium and Potassium ions
(D) Potassium and Nitrate ions

54. Which state of Cr is most toxic
(A) Cr4+
(B) Cr 5+
(C) Cr6+
(D) Cr 3+

55. Which one of the following led to the establishment of the Indian Institutes of Technology ?
(A) Sarkar Committee
(B) Radhakrishnan Committee
(C) Kothari Committee
(D) IIT Review Committee

56. The concept of affiliating University was based on the ?
(A) American model
(B) Asian model
(C) British model
(D) Russian model

57. Who was the Chairman of the University Education Commission of 1948-49 ?
(A) Kothari
(B) Radhakrishnan
(C) Sarkar
(D) Triguna Sen

58. The Universities Hand Book is compiled every year by the ?
(A) UGC
(B) UNICEF
(C) NCERT
(D) AIU

59. T.B. Macaulay has penned his “Minute on Education” in the year
(B) 1753
(A) 1735
(D) 1835
(C) 1853

60. The First Education Minister of independent India was ?
(A) Radhakrishnan
(B) Maulana Azad
(C) C. D. Deshmukh
(D) Kothari