UGC NET Paper 1 MCQs - Teaching Aptitude and Research Aptitude (Set 1)

Q1. In the revised Bloom's taxonomy (Anderson and Krathwohl, 2001), which is the highest level of the cognitive domain?

a) Analysing

b) Evaluating

c) Creating

d) Applying

Q2. What is the main purpose of formative assessment?

a) To certify teachers

b) To grade students at the end of a course

c) To rank students for admission

d) To give feedback during learning so that teaching and learning can be improved

Q3. The reflective level of teaching is associated with which educationist?

a) Morrison

b) Herbart

c) Piaget

d) Hunt

Q4. Which teaching method is the most learner-centred?

a) Demonstration by the teacher

b) Dictation of notes

c) Project method, where learners investigate a real problem

d) Lecture method

Q5. A hypothesis is best described as:

a) A tentative, testable statement about the relationship between variables

b) A proven fact

c) The conclusion of a study

d) A review of literature

Q6. What does a null hypothesis usually state?

a) There is a significant difference between groups

b) The researcher's expectation is correct

c) There is no relationship or no difference between the variables or groups being compared

d) The sample is biased

Q7. Rejecting a null hypothesis that is actually true is called a:

a) Standard error

b) Type I error

c) Type II error

d) Sampling error

Q8. Which sampling method divides the population into subgroups, such as by gender or region, and then samples from each subgroup?

a) Simple random sampling

b) Snowball sampling

c) Stratified random sampling

d) Convenience sampling

Q9. A teacher studies why students in her own class submit homework late and tries a new strategy to fix it. This is an example of:

a) Ex post facto research

b) Fundamental research

c) Historical research

d) Action research

Q10. In ex post facto research, the researcher:

a) Only reviews literature

b) Runs a controlled laboratory experiment

c) Manipulates the independent variable

d) Studies possible causes after the effect has already occurred, without manipulating variables

Q11. The reliability of a test refers to its:

a) Consistency of results across repeated measurements

b) Length

c) Ability to measure what it claims to measure

d) Ease of scoring

Q12. Presenting another person's work or ideas as your own without acknowledgement is called:

a) Plagiarism

b) Peer review

c) Citation

d) Paraphrasing

Q13. Which tool is most suitable for collecting in-depth qualitative data?

a) Multiple-choice achievement test

b) Semi-structured interview

c) Rating scale

d) Attendance register

Q14. A variable that the researcher manipulates to observe its effect is called the:

a) Dependent variable

b) Independent variable

c) Extraneous variable

d) Intervening variable

Q15. Which of these is an example of non-verbal classroom communication?

a) Eye contact and gestures by the teacher

b) Writing a summary on the board

c) Reading aloud from a textbook

d) A recorded lecture