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Sample Questions: For The Teaching and Research Aptitude Test
Sample Questions: For The Teaching and Research Aptitude Test
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The Teaching and Research Aptitude Test
(Note: The correct answer [Key] for each question is shown in bold)
Unit I: TEACHING APTITUDE
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. Of the following learning theories, the one that embodies the idea that the
learning takes place through insight is known as
A Gestalt
B Stimulus-Response
C Connectionist
D Pragmatic
4. Which of the following is not a type of the learned motives?
A Reflexes
B Habits
C Attitude
D Interest
5. Out of the following, in which lesson, a general rule is explained first and then
examples are illustrated?
A Deductive lesson
B Inductive lesson
C Cognitive lesson
D Skill lesson
6. Counselling is provided to assist an individual
A To diagnose learning deficiencies
B To understand and solve problem
C To develop insight
D To develop the personality
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Experimental Research
Non-experimental Research
Fundamental Research
Exploratory Research
12. Which of the following is/are true about Expost Facto Study?
A The investigators attempt to trace an effect which has
already occurred to its probable causes
B The effect becomes dependent variable
C The investigators have no direct control over such variables
D All of these
13. The per capita income of India from 1950 to 1990 is four times. This study is
A Social
B Horizontal
C Longitudinal
D Factorial
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14. Which of the following is the most essential characteristic of a research worker?
A Sympathy
B Open mindedness
C Patience
D Emotional control
15. The decline of the British Empire should have spelt the decline of English. This
statement is a/an
A fact
B advice
C opinion
D prejudice
16. To study the relationship of family size with income a researcher calssifies his
population into different income slabs and then takes a random sample from
each slab. Which technique of sampling does he adopt?
A Random Sampling
B Stratified Random Sampling
C Cluster Sampling
D Systematic Sampling
17. Which of the following is the most read page of a thesis?
A Title page
B Table of contents
C Abstract
D Research Design
18. The historical research is different from experimental research in the process of
A Replication
B Formulation of hypothesis
C Hypothesis testing
D All of the above
19. A statistical measure based upon the entire population is called parameter while
a measure based upon a sample is known as
A Sample parameter
B Inference
C Statistic
D None of these
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20. Ordinarily a good piece of research follows four phases. They are given below:
(i) Setting of objectives
(ii) Analysing data
(iii) Collecting data
(iv) Interpreting the findings
Which of the following orders for these phases is correct?
A
B
C
D
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Educated
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States
31. What is the ratio of lowest production to the highest production for any of the
given states in any of the given years?
A 1:2
B 2:3
C 1:3
D 2:5
32. What is the difference between the average production of all the states in
2007 and the average production of all the states in 2008 rounded off to the
nearest whole number?
A 2
B 6
C 4
D 5
33. Percent rise / fall in production from 2007 to 2008 is the lowest for which of
the following state?
A A
B C
C E
D F
34. Total production of all the states together in 2008 is approximately what % of
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