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CUG Common Entrance Test 2014
Question Pattern, Syllabus and Sample Questions
The CUG entrance has the following format:
(i) The CUG entrance test for all courses (Integrated PG/PG/Integrated M.Phil.-Ph.D.) will be of
two-hours duration consisting of 100 objective type questions. Candidates shall attempt all the
Questions, there is no negative marking.
(ii) Answer sheet will issued separately at the start of the examination.
(iii) Candidate shall carefully read the instructions printed on the Question Booklet and Answer
Sheet and make correct entries on the Answer Sheet. As Answer Sheets are designed to suit the
OPTICAL MAGNETIC READER (OMR) SYSTEM, special care should be taken to mark
correct entries.
(iv) Fill the appropriate circle completely like this
for answering the particular question with
Black Ball point pen only.
(v) Each answer with correct response shall be awarded one (1) mark. No mark shall be awarded for
marking two or more answers. Scratching, overwriting etc. not allowed. Use of whitener or any
other material to erase/ hide the circle once filled is not permitted.
(vi) Mobile phones, i-pods, Blue Tooth, Scanning Devices, Programmable calculators or any other
electronic gadgets are strictly prohibited in the examination hall.
(vii) In case of Integrated MA in Social Management and Integrated M.Phil.-Ph.D. programmes,
candidates will be selected for admission as per the merit list prepared on the basis of entrance
examination and Viva-Voce examination (having 30 marks).
(viii) CSIR/UGC(NET/J.R.F.) candidates for M.Phil.-Ph.D. will have to apply but need not appear
for the entrance test. They will be directly called for the interview.
Courses-wise Syllabus for Entrance Examination and Sample Questions:
M.PHIL.-PH.D. IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION POLICY
Topics: General Knowledge on Science and Technology (S&T) related issues; S&T and Innovation
policies in India; Developments in History of S&T in India; S&T related controversies in India; S&T
institutions in India; S&T related issues and Five Year Plans; S&T and International Relations; Issues
related to emerging technologies such as Biotechnology, Information Technology and
Nanotechnology; Advancements in S&T in contemporary context; Nobel Laureates and their
contributions; Contributions of Thinkers: Robert K. Merton, Thomas Kuhn, Karl Popper, Karl Marx,
Max Weber, Joseph Schumpeter, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu; Basic concepts and developments
in History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science; Basic concepts and developments in Innovation
Studies and Technology Futures Analysis; Basic concepts in Research Methodology and Statistics.
Sample Questions
Q1. A social ecological movement that practised non-violent resistance, through the art of hugging
trees to protect them from being felled in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand
a)
Narmada Bachao Movement
b)
Chipko movement
c)
Silent Valley movement
d)
Swadhyay movement
Q2.
The Indian Parliament passed the first Science Policy Resolution (SPR) in
a)
1953
b)
1955
c)
1958
d)
1959
Q3.
Which of the following is NOT a type of research design?
a)
Exploratory
b)
Descriptive
c)
Experimental
d)
Content analysis
Q4.
HTML or Hyper Text Markup Language is basically used to design
a) Blogs
b) Web pages
c) Graphics
d) Tables and Frames
Q5.
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was authored by
a) Max Weber
b) Robert K. Merton
c) Karl Marx
d) Thomas Kuhn
M.PHIL.-PH.D. IN ECONOMICS
Topics: Microeconomics: Demand Analysis, Production and Costs, Product Pricing and Output
Determination, Factor Pricing, General Equilibrium and Welfare Economics; Macroeconomics:
Determination of Output and Employment, Demand for and Supply of Money, Business Cycle,
Stabilization Role of Monetary and Fiscal Policies; Indian Economy: Development Indicators,
Agriculture, Industry, Services, Government Finances, Foreign Trade, Poverty; Statistics: Measures of
Central Tendencies, Dispersion, Theoretical Frequency Distribution, Hypothesis Testing and
Inference, Correlation, Times Series Analysis; Econometrics: OLS regression, Estimation and
Properties, Violation of Classical Linear Regression Assumptions - Test and Consequences; Research
Methodology: Positivism, Scientifism, Inductive and Deductive Methods, Hypothesis - Types, Making
and Testing, Correlation, Regression, Selection of appropriate Indicators/variables, Selection of
appropriate data, Primary Data, Secondary data, Field Survey Methods, Questionaire versus Schedule,
Interview, Focussed Group Discussion; Environmental Economics: Environment, Ecology and
Economy, Inter linkage between economy and environment, Externalities, Price Rationing, Pollution
Taxes, Tradable Pollution Permits, Trans boundary Pollution, Rio Declaration, Kyoto Protocol, Basel
Convention, Sustainable Development, Green Development, Valuation and Environment, Green
Accounting; Health Economics: Disease pattern, Burden of treatment, Health Inequality, Health
Production Function, Health Policy, Intrinsic and Instrumental Importance of Health; Regional
Economics: Economic Growth : Harrod Domar Growth Models, Neoclasscial Growth theory,
Endogenous growth theory, Development theories, Human Development; Monetary Economics:
Monetary policy, its instruments and Compositions, Demand for money and Supply of Money,
Determination of Interest Rate, Basics of Bonds Markets, Gilt Market, Capital Market; Mathematical
Economics: Applications of Demand Analysis and Elasticity, Applications of Cost and Production,
Market Structure: Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic Competition, Oligopoly; Public
Finance; Development Economics; Labour Economics.
Sample Questions:
Q1. Opportunity cost is:
a. The additional expenses for buying an additional unit of a factor input,
b. The cost to be incurred in the future after plant start production,
c. A cost that is inevitable regardless of what is the status of production
d. It is what we forgo, or give up, when we make a choice or a decision.
Q2. In a planned or command economy, all the economic decisions are taken by the:
a. Trade Unions,
b. Voters,
c. Government,
d. Consumers.
M.PHIL.-PH.D. IN GANDHIAN THOUGHT AND PEACE STUDIES
Syllabus: Gandhi's Life and Philosophy, Peace, Nonviolence, International Institutions and Conflict
Resolution, Modern Indian History, Indian Political Thought, Social Movements, Human Rights,
Western Political Thought, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Political Economy, Indian Politics,
General Awareness, Current Events.
Sample question:
Q1. The Civil Rights Movements in the U.S.A. was led by
a) Petra Kelly
b) Albert Luthuli
c) Aung San Su Kyi
d) Martin Luther King Jr.
M.PHIL.-PH.D. IN SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT
Topics: General awareness: Current Affairs, Logical reasoning, Society, Social History, Politics,
Economy, Environment, Geography, Science and Technology, Literature, Mass Media; Theories:
Classical, Modern, Postmodern, Social development and modernization, critiques of development,
Post-development, Globalisation; Post-Structuralists; Methodology: Philosophy of Sciences and Social
Sciences, Methodology of studying Indian Society, Qualitative and Qualitative Research, Tools and
Techniques for Research, Quantitative Data Analysis, Statistical Significance; Indian Society, Social
Stratification, Urban-Rural Studies, State, Globalisation, Human Development, Human Rights, Social
Exclusion, Marginalisation, Health, Gender Studies, Labour and Industry.
Sample Questions
Q1. What is mechanical solidarity based on:
a) Primary relationship
b) Secondary relationship
c) Tertiary relationship
d) Secondary and tertiary relationship
Q2. Which one of the social science disciplines is awarded Noble Prize
a) Economics
b) Psychology
c) Sociology
d) History
M.A. (TWO-YEAR) IN SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT
Topics: General Awareness, Current National and International Affairs, Reasoning, Social
Development: Population, Urbanization, Agrarian relations, migration, Education, Health, Gender,
Environment and Human Rights, Indian History, Economics, Geography and Political Science, Basic
Concepts and Issues in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Sample Questions
Q1. Match the following pairs
a- Karl Marx
i) Suicide
b- Emile Durkheim
ii)Das Capital
c- Max Weber
iii) The Protestant Ethics and the spirit of Capitalism
d- August Comte
iv) The Positive Philosophy
Q2. Which of the following is an indicator of Human Development Index:
a- Pollution
b- Health
c- Fashion
d- Gross Domestic Production
M.A. (FIVE-YEAR INTEGRATED) IN SOCIAL MANAGEMENT
Syllabus: Reasoning: Number series; Analogies; Verbal reasoning; Non-verbal (logical reasoning);
English Language: Grammar; Comprehension; Vocabulary; General Knowledge: Current Affairs;
Social Sciences & General Awareness.
M.PHIL.-PH.D. IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Topics: Indian Literatures, Literary History, Critical Theory, Historiography, American Literature,
African Literature, English Literature, Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature, Asian Studies,
Post-Colonial Studies.
Sample Questions:
Q1. An important theorist of Comparative Literature is:
(A) Paul van Tieghem
(B) F. R. Lean's
(C) Cleanth Brooks
(D) Helene Cixous
Q2. An alternative possible designation for Comparative Literature is:
(A) National Literature
(B) Native Literature
(C) World Literature
(D) Regional Literature
M.PHIL.-PH.D. IN HINDI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Syllabus: would be the UGC NET Hindi Syllabus Paper- II & Paper - III.
M.A. (TWO-YEAR) IN ENGLISH STUDIES
Topics: General Awareness: Literature, Governance, Polity, People, Environment; Short Reading
Passages: Comprehension, Analysis, Evaluation; Grammar and Vocabulary: Punctuation, Prepositions,
Tenses, Interrogative Sentences, Verb Forms, Parallelisms, Direct and Reported Speech, Active and
Passive Voice, Idiomatic Expressions, Spelling, Synonyms, Word Meanings; Coherence and Cohesion:
Jumbled Sentences and Paragraphs, Sentence Errors, Transitional Words and Phrases, Referencing,
Ellipsis, Substitutions, Conjunctions, Emphasis, Logical Reasoning; Poem Appreciation: Diction,
Tone, Mood, Imagery, Figurative Devices (Sound and Sense), Rhyme and Meter; Literary Landmarks
and Genres: Indian Writing in English, Shakespeare, The Metaphysical poets, Jacobean and
Restoration Periods, Augustan Age (18th C. literature), Romantic Period, Victorian Period, Modern
Period, Contemporary Period, American and other non-British Literatures, Genres, Rhetoric and
Prosody.
Sample Questions:
Q1. The movie Life of Pi is based on
a. a novel by the same name
b. a travelogue
c. an older film by the same name
d. events in Yann Martel’s personal life
Q2. Sardar Sarovar dam is located on the river:
a. Godavari
b. Brahmaputra
c. Ganga
d. Narmada
Q3. Many people find this law to be discriminatory because it seems to give an unfair advantage to the
upper classes in trade and commerce. The government is in favor of amending the law to make it more
appealing to medium and small-scale businesspeople.
The above passage discusses:
a. trade and commerce
b. government sponsorship to medium and small businesses
c. a law that’s unfair to the majority
d. tax benefits to rich people
Q4. We were not alone in the room. He sat ________ me. There were others there _______ us.
Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of prepositions from the ones given below.
a. beside, besides
b. besides, beside
c. next, between
d. by, besides
Q5. She hardly succeeded in distracting him I do not know whether the woman who was whatever her
motive was asking so many questions was really or whether she wanted to attract the attention of the
speaker towards herself, but interested in the subject.
Construct a meaningful sentence from this jumble of phrases.
a. Whatever her motive was, I do not know whether the woman who was asking so many questions
was really interested in the subject, or whether she wanted to attract the attention of the speaker
towards herself.
b. Or whether she wanted to attract the attention of the speaker towards herself, but whatever her
motive was, I do not know whether the woman who was asking so many questions was really
interested in the subject.
c. I do not know whether the woman who was asking so many questions was really interested in the
subject, or whether she wanted to attract the attention of the speaker towards herself, but whatever her
motive was, she hardly succeeded in distracting him.
d. She hardly succeeded in distracting him, whatever her motive was, I do not know whether the
woman who was asking so many questions was really interested in the subject or whether she wanted
to attract the attention of the speaker towards herself.
6. Read the poem below and tick the correct option in the questions that follow.
Egrets
Once as I travelled through a quiet evening,
I saw a pool, jet-black and mirror-still.
Beyond, the slender paperbarks stood crowding;
each on its own white image looked its fill,
and nothing moved but thirty egrets wading thirty egrets in a quiet evening.
Once in a lifetime, lovely past believing,
your lucky eyes may light on such a pool.
As though for many years I had been waiting,
I watched in silence, till my heart was full
of clear dark water, and white trees unmoving,
and, whiter yet, those thirty egrets wading.
(by Judith Wright)
i. Egret is:
a. a bird
b. an insect
c. a fish
d. an animal
ii. When the poet says the egrets were “wading” she means they were
a. swimming
b. running
c. flying
d. walking
iii. When the poet says the pool was “mirror-still” she means that the water in the pool was
a. muddy and flowing
b. full of ice
c. clear and unmoving
d. full of waves
iv. What is the effect of the scene on the poet’s mind?
a. she is full of sorrow
b. she is full of happiness
c. she is full of thoughts
d. she is not affected at all
v. What kind of imagery does the poem have?
a. auditory
b. visual
c. tactile\
d. olfactory
Q7. William Wordsworth is a well-known British _______.
a. novelist
b. playwright
c. poet
d. actor
Q8. A poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme may vary is called
a. a sonnet
b. a dramatic monologue
c. an elegy
d. an ode
Q9. An overused expression is known as
a. a motif
b. a pun
c. an oxymoron
d. a cliché
Q10. A brief quotation which appears at the beginning of a literary work is called an
a. epic
b. epigraph
c. euphemism
d. epithet
Q11. Characters that do not change during the course of a story are generally known as
a. flat characters
b. round characters
c. static characters
d. dynamic characters
Q12. The line “My love is like a red, red rose” is an example of a
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. synecdoche
d. personification
Q13. The historical event that is depicted in the stories of Saadat Hasan Manto is related to
a. the 1857 war of Indian independence
b. the partition of India and Pakistan
c. colonialism
d. the formation of Bangladesh
Q14. Which of these works is not a Bildungsroman?
a. Huckleberry Finn
b. Waiting for Godot
c. Catcher in the Rye
d. Jane Eyre
Q15. The term “post-colonial” in relation to literature could point towards
a. concerns of nationhood and self-determination
b. a critique of empire
c. concerns of history
d. all of the above
M.A. (FIVE-YEAR INTEGRATED) IN CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE; 15. M.A. (FIVEYEAR INTEGRATED) IN GERMAN STUDIES
The syllabus for the entrance to IMA in Chinese Language and Culture and Centre for German Studies
is as follows:
General Knowledge: 40% (questions may be asked about current affairs, general knowledge of India
as well as of outside India); English: 30% (Questions may consist Comprehension,Synonyms/
Antonyms,Grammar); Logical & Mathematical Reasoning: 30% (Questions may consist Language
Comprehension Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Mathematical Reasoning).
Sample Questions:
Q1. The following sentence can be rewritten as:
Rajat can easily lift a 150 kg weight.
a. Rajat has to lift a 150 kg weight.
b. Rajat has got to lift a 150 kg weight.
c. Rajat is going to lift a 150 kg weight.
d. Rajat is easily able to lift a 150 kg weight.
Q2. The passive voice of the following sentence is:
The school postponed the examinations by two weeks.
a. The examinations were postpone by two weeks.
b. The examinations was postponed by two weeks.
c. The examinations were postponed by two weeks.
d. The examinations was postpone by two weeks.
Q3. He ……………….. in the water.
a. is fell
b. fall
c. fallen
d. has fallen
Q4. Copernicus discovered that the Earth …………………… round the sun.
a. go
b. goes
c. went
d. gone
Q5. 2012 Olympics were held in
a. Paris
b. London
c. Berlin
d. Amsterdam
How many languages are there in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India?
a. 18
b. 20
c. 22
d. 24
Q7. The author of the book “Discovery of India” is
a. M.K Gandhi
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. Subhash Chadra Bose
d. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Q6.
Q8. What is the currency of China?
a. Rupee
b. Yuan
c. Yen
d. Rubal
Q9. In the very cold parts of the temperate zone some animals ‘hibernate’ in winter. It means
a. Go to warmer place
b. Sleep through the winter
c. Gather together in a group
d. To disappear
Q10. If the letters PRABA are coded as 27595 and THILAK are coded as 368451, how can
BHARATHI be coded?
a. 96575368
b. 57686535
c. 96855368
d. 37536689
M.PHIL.-PH.D. IN CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Topics: Inorganic Chemistry: Chemical periodicity: Structure and bonding in homo- and
heteronuclear molecules, including shapes of molecules (VSEPR Theory).; Concepts of acids and
bases, Hard-Soft acid base concept, Non-aqueous solvents.; Main group elements and their
compounds: Allotropy, synthesis, structure and bonding, industrial importance of the compounds.;
Transition elements and coordination compounds: structure, bonding theories, spectral and
magnetic properties, reaction mechanisms.; Inner transition elements: spectral and magnetic
properties, redox chemistry, analytical applications.; Organometallic compounds: synthesis,
bonding and structure, and reactivity.; Organometallics in homogeneous catalysis.; Cages and
metal clusters.; Analytical chemistry- separation, spectroscopic, electro- and thermoanalytical
methods.; Bioinorganic chemistry: photosystems, porphyrins, metalloenzymes, oxygen transport,
electron- transfer reactions; nitrogen fixation, metal complexes in medicine.; Characterisation of
inorganic compounds by IR, Raman, NMR, EPR, Mössbauer, UV-vis, NQR, MS, electron
spectroscopy and microscopic techniques.; Nuclear chemistry: nuclear reactions, fission and
fusion, radio-analytical techniques and activation analysis; Physical Chemistry: Basic principles of
quantum mechanics: Postulates; operator algebra; exactly- solvable systems: particle-in-a-box,
harmonic oscillator and the hydrogen atom, including shapes of atomic orbitals; orbital and spin
angular momenta; tunneling.; Approximate methods of quantum mechanics: Variational principle;
perturbation theory up to second order in energy; applications.; Atomic structure and spectroscopy;
term symbols; many-electron systems and antisymmetry principle.; Chemical bonding in diatomics;
elementary concepts of MO and VB theories;; Huckel theory for conjugated π-electron systems.;
Chemical applications of group theory; symmetry elements; point groups; character tables; selection
rules.; Molecular spectroscopy: Rotational and vibrational spectra of diatomic molecules; electronic
spectra; IR and Raman activities – selection rules; basic principles of magnetic resonance.; Chemical
thermodynamics: Laws, state and path functions and their applications; thermodynamic description
of various types of processes; Maxwell’s relations; spontaneity and equilibria; temperature and
pressure dependence of thermodynamic quantities; Le Chatelier principle; elementary description of
phase transitions; phase equilibria and phase rule; thermodynamics of ideal and non-ideal gases, and
solutions.; Statistical thermodynamics: Boltzmann distribution; kinetic theory of gases; partition
functions and their relation to thermodynamic quantities – calculations for model systems.;
Electrochemistry: Nernst equation, redox systems, electrochemical cells; Debye- Huckel theory;
electrolytic conductance – Kohlrausch’s law and its applications; ionic equilibria; conductometric and
potentiometric titrations.; Chemical kinetics: Empirical rate laws and temperature dependence;
complex reactions; steady state approximation; determination of reaction mechanisms; collision and
transition state theories of rate constants; unimolecular reactions; enzyme kinetics; salt effects;
homogeneous catalysis; photochemical reactions.; Colloids and surfaces: Stability and properties of
colloids; isotherms and surface area; heterogeneous catalysis.; Solid state: Crystal structures; Bragg’s
law and applications; band structure of solids.; Polymer chemistry: Molar masses; kinetics of
polymerization.; Data analysis: Mean and standard deviation; absolute and relative errors; linear
regression; covariance and correlation coefficient; Organic Chemistry: IUPAC nomenclature of
organic molecules including regio- and stereoisomers.; Principles of stereochemistry: Configurational
and conformational isomerism in acyclic and cyclic compounds; stereogenicity, stereoselectivity,
enantioselectivity, diastereoselectivity and asymmetric induction.; Aromaticity: Benzenoid and nonbenzenoid compounds – generation and reactions.; Organic reactive intermediates: Generation,
stability and reactivity of carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, carbenes, benzynes and nitrenes.;
Organic reaction mechanisms involving addition, elimination and substitution reactions with
electrophilic, nucleophilic or radical species. Determination of reaction pathways.; Common named
reactions and rearrangements – applications in organic synthesis.; Organic transformations and
reagents: Functional group interconversion including oxidations and reductions; common catalysts
and reagents (organic, inorganic, organometallic and enzymatic). Chemo, regio and stereoselective
transformations.; Concepts in organic synthesis: Retrosynthesis, disconnection, synthons, linear and
convergent synthesis, umpolung of reactivity and protecting groups.; Asymmetric synthesis: Chiral
auxiliaries, methods of asymmetric induction – substrate, reagent and catalyst controlled reactions;
determination of enantiomeric and diastereomeric excess; enantio-discrimination. Resolution – optical
and kinetic.; Pericyclic reactions – electrocyclisation, cycloaddition, sigmatropic rearrangements and
other related concerted reactions. Principles and applications of photochemical reactions in organic
chemistry.; Synthesis and reactivity of common heterocyclic compounds containing one or two
heteroatoms (O, N, S).; Chemistry of natural products: Carbohydrates, proteins and peptides, fatty
acids, nucleic acids, terpenes, steroids and alkaloids. Biogenesis of terpenoids and alkaloids.;
Structure determination of organic compounds by IR, UV-Vis, 1H & 13C NMR and Mass
spectroscopic techniques; Interdisciplinary Topics: Chemistry in nanoscience and technology;
Catalysis and green chemistry; Medicinal chemistry; Supramolecular chemistry; Environmental
chemistry.
M.SC. (TWO-YEAR) IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
Topics: Atomic structure, chemical bonding and molecular structure, Industrial gases and metallurgy,
inorganic chemicals, compounds of s- and p-block elements, coordination chemistry, and transition
elements. Chemical thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, solutions, phase equilibrium, conductance,
electrochemistry, kinetic theory of gases, chemical kinetics, surface chemistry and Interfacial
phenomena, catalysis; Fundamentals of organic chemistry, IUPAC nomenclature, stereochemistry,
functional group organic chemistry (aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, carboxylic acids, alkyl and
aryl halides, alcohols, phenols, ethers, amines, aldehydes and ketones), carbohydrates, proteins,
enzymes, lipids, organometallic compounds, application of spectroscopy and chromatography; Fossil
fuels (coal, petroleum and petrochemical industry, lubricants), cleansing agents and food additives, oils
and fats, silicates (glass, ceramics, cements), alumina, clays, mica, carbon, zeolites, corrosion,
fertilizers and pesticides, surface coatings, paper and pulps, textiles chemistry, dyes and pigments,
metals and alloys, catalysis, chemical explosive, heavy and fine organic and inorganic chemicals,
industrial pollution (air, nuclear, soil and water), effluent treatment and waste management; Drugs and
pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and perfumes, fermentation industries, and polymer sciences, green
chemistry, and computer fundamentals.
M.PHIL.-PH.D. IN LIFE SCIENCES
Topics: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Plant and animal
Physiology, Developmental Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Biophysics and Structural
Biology, Biostatistics, Cancer Biology, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Immunology,
Virology, Bioinformatics etc. (M.Sc. standard)
Model questions:
Q1. Which one is related with International Convention on Biosafety?
A. Kyoto Protocol
B. Geneva Protocol
C. Cartagena Protocol
D. Tokyo Protocol
Q2. The discipline dealing with the ethical implications of biological research is known as
A. Ethics
B. Etiquette
C. Law
D. Bioethics
M.SC. (TWO-YEAR) IN LIFE SCIENCES
Topics: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Plant and Animal
Physiology, Ecology, Botany and Zoology (B.Sc. standard); and Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, and
General Sciences (Higher Secondary standard)
Model questions:
Q1. ATP is from which general category of molecules?
A. Polysaccharides
B. Proteins
C. Nucleotides
D. Amino acids
Q2. In DNA, thymine always pairs with
A. Cytosine
B. Adenine
C. Uracil
D. Thymine
M.Phil.-Ph.D. in International Politics and Governance
Topics/Syllabus: Reasoning and Assertion, General Aptitude, English Comprehension, General
Awareness and Current Affairs, Indian History, Indian Politics, World History and Geography,
Geopolitics and Geostrategy, Economics, Contemporary Political and Social issues, Concepts and
Theories in International Relations, Indian Foreign Policy, International Political Economy and
Development Issues.
Sample Questions
Q1. Which of the following is concerned with nuclear arms reduction?
a) CENTO
b) MBFR
c) SALT
d) ANZUS
e)
Q2. “String of Pearl” is a concept of Naval encirclement propounded by:
a) Australia
b) China
c) Japan
d) USA
M.Phil.-Ph.D. in Security Studies
Topics/Syllabus: Reasoning and Assertion, General Aptitude, English Comprehension, General
Awareness and Current Affairs, Indian History, Indian Politics, World History and Geography,
Geopolitics and Geostrategy, Economics, Contemporary Political and Social issues, Concepts and
Theories in International Relations, Indian Foreign Policy, Strategic Studies, Problems of India’s
Security, India’s Defence and Security Organisations, Peace and Conflict Studies, Disarmament and
Arms Control, Human Security and Non-traditional Security Issues, Science, Technology and National
Security.
Sample Questions
Q1. Which of the following is concerned with nuclear arms reduction?
f) CENTO
g) MBFR
h) SALT
i) ANZUS
j)
Q2. “String of Pearl” is concept of Naval encirclement propounded by:
e) Australia
f) China
g) Japan
h) USA
M.Phil.-Ph.D. in Diaspora Studies
Topics: General aspects of migration and diaspora, Diasporic Literature, Concepts from Social
Sciences and Humanities, Research Methodology (Qualitative and Quantitative), General Studies
(History, Geography, Political Science, Sports, World affairs, Literature, Computer etc.)
Sample Questions:
1. What does ‘Brain Drain’ generally refer to?
A. A condition in which a child performs below his/her capability
B. Lot of people from rural areas migrating to urban areas within India
C. Mass emigration of technically skilled people generally from developing or
underdeveloped country to developed country
D. Due to poverty many people in India don’t get chance to have education
2. Which among the following is not correctly matched?
A. Amitav Ghosh ------------- The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
B. Boman Desai ------------- The Memory of Elephants
C. Bharati Mukherjee ---------- Jasmine
D. Arvind Adiga ------------- The White Tiger
3. Which among the following is not correctly matched?
A. Eskimos -------------- Greenland
B. Bushman -------------- Kalahari desert
C. Red Indian ------------- North America
D. Lapps ---------------- Indian Desert
4. According to the Census of India (2001) which of the following Indian State/UTs is the
largest recipient of migrants (in terms of percentage)?
A. Punjab
B. Gujarat
C. Haryana
D. Delhi
5. The Article of Indian Constitution related to Untouchability is
A. Article 15
B. Article 16
C. Article 17
D. Article 18
6. The approach that deals with the issues of social life at the level of small group is called
A. Case study
B. Micro study
C. Macro study
D. Panel study
7. Who among the following coined the term ‘Deconstruction’?
A. Jacques Derrida
B. Michel Foucault
C. Roland Barthes
D. Judith Butler