KSET GENERAL PAPER 2020 [Paper I]

KSET Solved Question Paper 

[Time: 1 hour 15 Minutes , 75 Minutes ; Maximum Marks: 100]

1. What type of survey is census?

a) Analytical survey.

b) Descriptive survey.

c) Enumeration survey.

d) Exploratory survey.

Ans: c) Enumeration survey.

2. What is also known as representative sample?

a) Non-Probability Sampling.

b) Probability Sampling.

c) Quota Sampling.

d) Snowball Sampling.

Ans: b) Probability Sampling.

3. Which Methodology has control group?

a) Survey Research.

b) Experimental Research.

c) Case Study Method.

d) Field Research.

Ans: b) Experimental Research.

4. What is a variable?

a) Construct.

b) Establish Relationship.

c) Hypothesis.

d) Measurable Attribute.

Ans: d) Measurable Attribute.

5. Match the following:

(a) Elections. (b) BARC. (c) ABC. (d) Population.

(1) Venn Diagram. (2) Circulation. (3) Exit polls. (4) TV Ratings.

Codes:

a) (a)-(1), (b)-(3), (c)-(4), (d)-(2).

b) (a)-(2), (b)-(4), (c)-(1), (d)-(3).

c) (a)-(3), (b)-(4), (c)-(2), (d)-(1).

d) (a)-(4), (b)-(1), (c)-(3), (d)-(2).

Ans: c) (a)-(3), (b)-(4), (c)-(2), (d)-(1).

6. What type of communication that is through television?

a) Intrapersonal communication.

b) Public communication.

c) Mass communication.

d) Mass media communication.

Ans: c) Mass communication.

7. What is the geographical reach of Community Radio?

a) 50 km.

b) 20 km.

c) 15 km.

d) 10 km.

Ans: d) 10 km.

8. Janadhwani Community Radio is located in which place?

a) Tumkur.

b) H. D. Kote.

c) Dharwar.

d) KSOU, Mysuru.

Ans: b) H. D. Kote.

9. Who established SEVA, Gujarat?

a) Ela Bhatt.

b) Sudha Murthy.

c) Aruna Roy.

d) Kiran Bedi.

Ans:a) Ela Bhatt.

10. Match the following:

(a) Advertising. (b) TV. (c) Mass Media. (d) Radio. (e) New Media.

(1) Magic Multipliers.  (2) Idea Merchants. (3) Arab Spring. (4) Baby Sitter. (5) Little Media.

Codes:

a) (a)-(1), (b)-(3), (c)-(2), (d)-(5), (e)-(4).

b) (a)-(2), (b)-(4), (c)-(1), (d)-(5), (e)-(3).

c) (a)-(4), (b)-(1), (c)-(3), (d)-(2), (e)-(5).

d) (a)-(5), (b)-(2), (c)-(4), (d)-(3), (e)-(1).

Ans: b) (a)-(2), (b)-(4), (c)-(1), (d)-(5), (e)-(3).

11. The question below is followed by two arguments (1) and (2). Decide which of the arguments is “strong” and which is “weak”. Choose the correct answer from the given below:

Statement:

Should there be a ban on product advertising?

Arguments:

(1) Yes, the money spent on advertising is huge and it inflates the cost of the product.

(2) No, it is an age of advertising, unless your advertisement is better than that of your competitors the product will not sell.

a) Only the argument (1) is strong.

b) Only the argument (2) is strong.

c) Neither argument (1) nor argument (2) is strong.

d) Both the arguments are strong.

Ans: a) Only the argument (1) is strong.

12. In the following question a statement is followed by two assumptions (1) and (2). An assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. Consider the statement and the following assumptions and decode which of the following assumptions is implicit in the statement.

Statement:

“It glitters, so it is gold!”

Assumptions:

(1) All that glitters is gold.

(2) Glittering things are not gold.

a) Only assumption (1) is implicit.

b) Only assumption (2) is implicit.

c) Neither assumption (1) nor (2) is implicit.

d) Both the assumptions are implicit.

Ans: a) Only assumption (1) is implicit.

13. Consider the following statements.

1. All countries are Continents.

2. Some countries are Oceans.

3. No Ocean is a Sea.

4. All Seas are Continents.

Which of the following inference can be drawn from the above statements?

a) Some Seas are Countries.

b) All Oceans are Continents.

c) Some Oceans are Continents.

d) All Countries are Oceans.

Ans: c) Some Oceans are Continents.

14. Choose the pair of words which show the same relationship as given below.

Tree : Sapling : : ?

a) Rock : Mountain.

b) Horse : Foal.

c) Giant : Dwarf.

d) Hut : Mansion.

Ans: b) Horse : Foal.

15. Among the four terms marked A – D, three terms are similar and one is dissimilar. Find the one that is not similar.

a) Jasmine.

b) Lotus.

c) Rose.

d) Marigold.

Ans: b) Lotus.

16. ASIC stands for

a) American Specific Instruction Code.

b) Application Specific Integrated Circuit.

c) Application Specific Instruction Code.

d) American Standard Input Code.

Ans: b) Application Specific Integrated Circuit.

17. The capacity of the telecommunication channel stated in megabyte or gigabits per second is called

a) Hertz.

b) Real time.

c) Baud rate.

d) Bandwidth.

Ans: d) Bandwidth.

18. A semiconductor device that stores and modifies information while the computer is operating, but that also retains information when the computer is turned OFF is called

a) Flash Memory.

b) Buffer Memory.

c) Random Access Memory.

d) Fuzzy Memory.

Ans: a) Flash Memory.

19. Telecommunication network that spans a wide geographical area such as a State or Country is called

a) All Area Network.

b) Global Area Network.

c) Local Area Network.

d) Wide Area Network.

Ans: d) Wide Area Network.

20. Which one of the following is not a Operating System?

a) Unix.

b) Linux.

c) Windows XP.

d) Vinux.

Ans: d) Vinux.

21. Special Education Courses are controlled by

a) Special Education Council of India.

b) Rehabilitation Council of India.

c) National Council of Teacher Education.

d) Medical Council of India.

Ans: b) Rehabilitation Council of India.

22. The Scheme introduced by the Government to bridge the gap in the skills to use computing devices by the urban and rural teachers

a) RUSA.

b) NME.

c) NMIECT.

d) NMECIT.

Ans:

23. ‘Gyan Vijnan Vimuktaye’ is the motto of

a) IGNOU.

b) Jana Vijnana Aayog.

c) University of Mysuru.

d) UGC.

Ans: d) UGC.

24. Name the Women’s Empowerment Programme initiated by the Central Government in the year 1989.

a) Mahila Kalyan.

b) Mahila Samakhya.

c) Mahila Jagruti.

d) Mahila Andolan.

Ans: b) Mahila Samakhya.

25. Match the following:

(a) Sam Pitroda Committee.  (b) Gnanam Committee. (c) Yashpal Committee. (d) Sharma Committee.

(1) CHER. (2) 1500 Universities. (3) ISER. (4) NCHER.

Codes:

a) (a)-(2), (b)-(4), (c)-(1), (d)-(3).

b) (a)-(4), (b)-(1), (c)-(3), (d)-(2).

c) (a)-(3), (b)-(2), (c)-(1), (d)-(4).

d) (a)-(1), (b)-(2), (c)-(3), (d)-(4).

Ans: a) (a)-(2), (b)-(4), (c)-(1), (d)-(3).

26. Which one of the following is important when a teacher communicates with students?

a) Sympathy.

b) Empathy.

c) Apathy.

d) Animosity.

Ans: b) Empathy.

27. Which is the most efficient method of teaching?

a) Teacher Centric.

b) Information Centric.

c) Student Centric.

d) Text Centric.

Ans: c) Student Centric.

28. Which one among the following is not a teaching skill?

a) Blackboard Writing.

b) Questioning.

c) Explaining.

d) Dictating Notes.

Ans: d) Dictating Notes.

29. The most appropriate purpose of learning is

a) Inculcation of Knowledge.

b) Modification of Behaviour.

c) Personal Adjustment.

d) Acquisition of Skills.

Ans: b) Modification of Behaviour.

30. A teacher is said to be fluent in asking questions, if he can ask

a) Meaningful questions.

b) As many questions as possible.

c) Maximum number of questions in a fixed time.

d) Many meaningful questions in a fixed time.

Ans: d) Many meaningful questions in a fixed time.

Read the passage given below and answer the questions from 31 to 35 based on your understanding of the passage:

The Position of Women:

A fair friend, who has hitherto successfully resisted the matrimonial temptation, writes:

There was a women’s conference yesterday at the Malabari Hill [in Bombay], at which many sound speeches were made and many resolutions passed. The question of the evening was the Sarada Bill. We are so glad you uphold the age of 18 for girls. Another important resolution dealt with the laws of inheritance. What a help it would be, if you wrote a strong article on this subject in ‘Navajivan’ and ‘Young India’? Why should women have either to beg or to fight in order to win back their birthright? It is strange -- and also tragically comic -- to hear man born of woman talk loftily of ‘the weaker sex’ and nobly promising to ‘give us our due’! What is this nonsense about ‘giving’? Where is the ‘nobility’ and ‘chivalry’ in restoring to people that which has been unlawfully wrested from them by those having brute power in their hands? Wherein are women less important than men? Why should their share of inheritance be less than that of men? Why should it not be equal? We were discussing this very heatedly with some people a couple of days ago. A lady said, “We don’t need any change in the law. We are quite content. After all, it is but fair that the son, who carries on the name and family traditions, should have the greater share. He is the mainstay of the family. We said, ‘And what about the girl’? ‘Oh,’ intervened a strapping young man who was there, ‘the other fellow will look after her!’ There you are. The ‘other fellow’! Always the other fellow! This other fellow is an absolute nuisance! Why should there be another fellow? Why should it be taken for granted that there will be another fellow? They talk as though a girl were a bale of goods to be tolerated in the parental house until ‘the other fellow’ comes round and then coolly handed over to him with a sigh of relief. Really wouldn’t you be wild, if you were a girl?”

I do not need to be a girl to be wild over man’s atrocities towards woman. I count the law of inheritance among the least in the list. The Sarada Bill deals with an evil for greater than the one which the law of inheritance connotes. But I am uncompromising in the matter of woman’s rights. In my opinion she should labour under no legal disability not suffered by man. I should treat the daughters and sons on a footing of perfect equality. As women begin to realize their strength, as they must in proportion to the education they receive, they will naturally resent the glaring inequalities to which they are subjected.

But to remove legal inequalities will be a mere palliative. The root of the evil lies much deeper than most people realize. It lies in man’s greed of power and fame and deeper still in mutual lust. Man has always desired power. Ownership of property gives this power. Man hankers also after posthumous fame based on power. This cannot be had, if property is progressively cut up in pieces, as it must be if all the posterity become equal co-sharers. Hence the descent of property for the most part on the eldest male issue. Most women are married. And they are co-sharers, in spite of the law being against them, in their husbands’ power and privileges. They delight in being ladies and what not simply for the fact of being the wives of particular lords. Though, therefore, they may vote for radical reform in academic discussions over inequalities, when it comes to acting up to their vote they will be found to be unwilling to part with privileges.

31. The phrase ‘give us our due’ indicates that the friend is

a) A liberal male politician.

b) A progressive male activist.

c) A woman.

d) A conservative woman.

Ans: c) A woman.

32. The letter writer is very critical of men for

a) Being patronising towards women.

b) Refusing to accept any reform.

c) Bringing harsher laws against women.

d) Being unresponsive to their demands.

Ans: a) Being patronising towards women.

33. The letter writer argues that most families

a) Are ready to abdicate their responsibilities towards daughters.

b) Consider daughters a curse.

c) Will only put up with daughters till they are married.

d) Recognise the worth of the daughters.

Ans: c) Will only put up with daughters till they are married.

34. The author supports the Sarada Bill because

a) He is sympathetic towards women.

b) Women need men’s support.

c) Genuinely believes in equality between men and women.

d) All the provisions of Sarada Bill are acceptable to him.

Ans: c) Genuinely believes in equality between men and women.

35. In the last paragraph, do you think the author

a) Contradicts all he has said so far.

b) Has reservations about women sharing property.

c) Opposes greed in everyone.

d) Mentions his reservations to reject the Sarada Bill.

Ans: b) Has reservations about women sharing property.

37. Complete the series:

125, 375, 377, 1131, 1133, ________

a) 3399.

b) 1136.

c) 1399.

d) 9933.

Ans: a) 3399.

38. If REJECTION is coded as SGMIHZPWW, then how MECHANIC will be coded?

a) NGPLFTPK.

b) NGFLFTPK.

c) NGFKFTPK.

d) NGPTPKIL.

Ans: b) NGFLFTPK.

39. If a boy walks from his house at 4 km/hr, he reaches school 10 minutes early. If he walks at 3 km/hr, he reaches 10 minutes late. What is the distance from his house to school?

a) 6 km.

b) 4 km.

c) 5 km.

d) 3 km.

Ans: b) 4 km.

40. If A’s money to B’s money is 4 : 5 and B’s money to C’s money is 2 : 3 and A has Rs. 800. Then total money among A, B and C is

a) Rs. 2,790.

b) Rs. 3,100.

c) Rs. 3,300.

d) Rs. 3,620.

Ans: c) Rs. 3,300.

Answer the questions from 41 – 45 based on the data given below:

State of breast cancer at diagnosis	Distribution in USA	Distribution in India
0	16%	0%
1	40%	1%
2	34%	23%
3	6%	52%
4	4%	24%

[Total no. of cancer cases in Female (excluding melanoma) in 2012 in India 537452]

41. What percentage of breast cancer cases in India present with Stage III and IV disease?

a) 75%.

b) 76%.

c) 47%.

d) 24%.

Ans: b) 76%.

42. What is the ratio of number of patients who present with Stage 3 and 4 disease in USA to the number of patients presenting with Stage 0, 1 and 2 disease?

a) 1 : 9.

b) 1 : 8.

c) 9 : 1.

d) 8 : 1.

Ans: a) 1 : 9.

43. If breast cancer constitutes 27% of all cancer cases in females in India in 2012, what is the number of breast cancer cases (to nearest round figure)?

a) 148200.

b) 145112.

c) 146288.

d) 147564.

Ans: b) 145112.

44. What is the number of breast cancer patients in India with Stage I disease in 2012 (considering the given data)?

a) 1451.

b) 1482.

c) 1461.

d) 1475.

Ans: a) 1451.

45. What is the ratio of the number of patients who present with Stage 0, 1 and 2 disease in India to the number of patients presenting with Stage 3 and 4 disease?

a) 0.35.

b) 0.34.

c) 0.31.

d) 0.28.

Ans: c) 0.31.

46. Which is the nodal agency for UNEP in India?

a) MoEA.

b) MHRD.

c) MoEFCC.

d) MoE.

Ans: c) MoEFCC.

47. Wildlife Protection Act came into force in

a) 1972.

b) 1992.

c) 2000.

d) 2002.

Ans: a) 1972.

48. Where is the headquarters of zoological society of India?

a) Bengaluru.

b) New Delhi.

c) Mumbai.

d) Kolkata.

Ans: d) Kolkata.

49. The ‘National Disaster Management Authority’ functions under the Union Ministry of

a) Environment.

b) Water Resources.

c) Home Affairs.

d) Defence.

Ans: c) Home Affairs.

50. Which State has the maximum mangrove vegetation in India?

a) Madhya Pradesh.

b) Gujarat.

c) West Bengal.

d) Karnataka.

Ans: c) West Bengal.

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