Kumaun University USET Exam Paper I (General Studies) – 07 January 2024 (Official Answer Key)

Read the following passage and answer the questions give below (19-23).

The News that the Union Cabinet has considered the draft of a bill to prohibit the denigration of women in photographs, advertisements and films is welcome. There has been for sometime growing criticism of the projection of women in these three media. Advertisements in print media as well as in films and televisions, frequently rely on female sex appeal to attract attention to products or to suggest that these products make casanova of old mortals. Things are even worse in films. Some of them unabashedly rely on sex for box office success, showing scantly attired women in provocative postures. In these, as well as in many advertisements women clearly appear as objects of erotic stimulation. By showing heroes misbehaving with heronies and easily getting away with it, films invite emulation in real life, resulting in the molestation of women in public places.

19. The passage says that the bill to prohibit media exploitations of women
(A) Has been made into a law.
(B) Has been discussed in Union cabinet.
(E) Is being drafted
(D) Is going to create a lots of controversy.

20. Feminine sex appeal is used in advertisement to
(A) Get the attention of prospective customers
(B) Show how women at home would like the product
(C) Entertain the customers.
(D) Distract the customers’ attraction.

21. ‘Denigration’ in the phrase ‘denigration of women’ means –
(A) Ill-treatment
(B) Scandalizing
(C) Abuse
(D) Tarnishing a good image.

22. Which of the following media can be labelled as the worst in the denigration of women?
(A) Television
(B) Print-media
(C) Films
(D) All are equally bad.

23. Based on the passage, which of the following is responsible for provoking molestation of women in public places?
(A) Scantily attired women.
(B) Emulations of films in real life
(C) Poor ethics from childhood
(D) Confidence that the offender can go scot free.

24. Communication needs a :
(A) Sender
(B) Receiver
(C) Channel
(D) All the above

25. Microphone is a hi-fi instrument. Here ‘fi’ means:
(A) Finical
(B) Finish
(C) Fidelity
(D) Final

26. In which year U.G.C started educational programmes on TV?
(A) 1981
(B) 1982
(C) 1983
(D) 1984

27. Teacher’s communication will be more effective if…
(A) He prepares a good number of instructional aids.
(B) He starts from what students already know.
(C) The teacher is a master in his subject.
(D) He discusses previous year question papers.

28. Communication will be effective if it is
(A) Delivered using appropriate media
(B) Delivered slowly and clearly
(C) Received immediately.
(D) Received as intended by the sender.

29. If 3 + 5 = 16; 7+9=64; 10+ 12 = 121; then 11+ 3 = ?
(A) 48
(B) 49
(C) 56
(D) 196

30. Find the missing character from among the given alternatives :

(A) 101
(B) 74
(C) 121
(D) 61

31. Complete the series :
DKZ, EJY, ?, GHW, HGV
(A) FLX
(B) FIY
(C) FIX
(D) XIF

32. If KOLKATA is coded LQOOFZH, then VARANASI will be coded as:
(A) WCUESGZQ
(B) UBTDRFYP
(C) WBUETHZP
(D) WCUETHZP

33. A is the father of C and X is the son of Y. E is the brother of A. If C is the sister of X then how Y is related to E?
(A) Father
(B) Mother
(C) Daughter
(D) Sister-in-law

34. What percentage of 246.50 is 49.30?
(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 23
(D) 20.50

Study the following two pie charts carefully and answer questions from 35 to 39.

These charts consist of data of admission in graduate and post graduate courses in different colleges.

35. What is the difference in admission in graduate and postgraduate courses in college A?
(A) 1400
(B) 1600
(C) 1800
(D) 2000

36. What are the total admissions in college B for both graduate and postgraduate courses?
(A) 10800
(B) 4800
(C) 9600
(D) 9800

37. What is the difference in postgraduate admissions and graduate admissions in case of college D?
(A) 2000
(B) 1600
(C) 1000
(D) 800

38. What is the difference between the highest admissions in graduate and the highest admissions postgraduate courses in any combination of the colleges?
(A) 1200
(B) 1500
(C) 1600
(D) 2000

39. What is the difference between the total admissions (graduate and post-graduate) in college D and college E?
(A) 1000
(B) 2000
(C) 3000
(D) 4000