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MBA Books


HBR's 10 Must Reads: On Collaboration
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press (2013)
ISBN-13: 978-1422190128

HBR's 10 Must Reads: On Communication
by HBR (Author)
Publisher: Harvard Business (2013)
ISBN-13: 978-1422189863

HBR'S 10 Must Reads: The Essentials
by Harvard Business Review (Author)
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press ( 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1422133446

HBR's 10 Must Reads: On Strategic Marketing
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press India ;2013

ISBN-13: 978-1422189887

The Real-Life MBA: Your No-BS Guide to Winning the Game, Building a Team, and Growing Your Career
by Jack Welch (Author), Suzy Welch (Author)
Publisher: HarperBusiness (2015)
ISBN-13: 978-0062362803

Management Tips by Harvard Business Review (Author)
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press (2011)
ISBN-13: 978-1422158784

.Stats and Curiosities by Harvard Business Review (Author)
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press ( 2013)
ISBN-13: 978-1422196311

HRD Audit
Authored By T. V. Rao
Publisher SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd,2014
ISBN-13 9788132119678

HRD Audit : Evaluating The Human Resource Function For Business Improvement
Author T V Rao
Publisher :SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
ISBN-13 9780761993506

Designing and Managing Human Resource Systems
Author Udai Pareek
Publisher :Oxford &IBH-Pubs Company New Delhi
ISBN-13 9788120416109

Training For Development
Author Rolf P Lynton, Udai Pareek
Publisher :Sage Publications
ISBN-13 9788170361299

Lifelong Creativity:An Unending Quest
By Pradip Khandwalla
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education (India)  (2003)
ISBN-13: 978-0070499591

Corporate Creativity:The Winning Edge
By Pradip Khandwalla
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education (India) ( 2003)
ISBN-13: 978-0070499492

Organizational Design for Excellence
By Pradip Khandwalla
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education (India) (2001)
ISBN-13: 978-0074602171

Green Boy and Stories of Other Creators
By Pradip Khandwalla
Publisher: Partridge Publishing ( 2013)
ISBN-13: 978-1482810769

Creative Society: Prospects for India
By Pradip N Khandwalla
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House (2014)
ISBN-13: 978-9325976689

.Management of Corporate Greatness: Blending Goodness With Greed
By Pradip N. Khandwalla (Author)
Publisher: Financial Times Management;  (2009)
ISBN-13: 978-8131700754

Turnaround Excellence: Insights from 120 Cases
By Pradip N Khandwalla
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd (2001)
ISBN-13: 978-0761994930

Innovative Corporate Turnarounds
By Pradip N Khandwalla (Author)
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd (1992)
ISBN-13: 978-0803994263

Social Development: A New Role for the Organizational Sciences
By Pradip N Khandwalla (Editor)
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd ( 1989)
ISBN-13: 978-0803995741

Fourth Eye: Excellence Through Creativity - A Fresh Approach to Effective Management of Individual, Organizational and Social Creativity
By Pradip N. Khandwalla
Publisher: A H Wheeler Publishing Co Ltd; ( 2000)
ISBN-13: 978-8185614472

Leadership: Personal Effectiveness And Team Building, 2/E
By Dr. Ranjana
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House House,2015
ISBN: 9789325987531

Marketing And Managing Tourism Destinations, 1/E
Alastair M. Morrison
ISBN: 9780415672504

Real Leaders Don't Boss: Inspire, Motivate, And Earn Respect From Employees And Watch Your Organization Soar
By Ritch K. Eich
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House House,2014
ISBN: 9789325980556

Forgiveness Is Power: A User's Guide To Why And How To Forgive, 1/E
By William Fergus Martin
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House House, 2014
ISBN: 9789325975170

The Titleless Leader, 1/E
By Nan S. Russell
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House House,2014
ISBN: 9789325980563

The Man Of The Moment - Narendra Modi
By M V Kamath & Kalindi Randeri
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House House, 2013
ISBN: 9789325968387

Spoken English: A Hand - On - Guide To English Conversation Practice, 3/E
By M C Sreevalsan
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House House
ISBN: 9788125931218

The Making And Unmaking Of Prime Ministers Of India
By Vijaysingh B Padode
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House House,2015
ISBN: 9789325980921

100 Ways To Boost Your Self-Confidence: Believe In Yourself And Others Will Too, 1/E
By Barton Goldsmith
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House House,2014
ISBN: 9789325980549

Business Reports For Busy People, 1/E
By Greg Holden
Publisher :Vikas Publishing
ISBN – 9789325977808

Statistics For Managers Using Ms Excel, 7/E (English) 7th Edition
Author: David M. Levine , Kathryn A. Szabat , David F. Stephan
Publisher:Pearson

Strategy: Viable Approaches for VUCA World1
by Harish K. Shivdasani
Publisher: Pearson Education; 2016)
ISBN-13: 978-9332542594

Indian Economy
by Fernando (Author)
Publisher: Pearson India (2015)
ISBN-13: 978-9332554689

Strategic Management 15/e
by Fred R. David (Author), Forest R. David (Author)
Publisher: Pearson Education; Fifteenth edition ( 2015)
ISBN-13: 978-9332548930

Operations Management 11/e
by Jay Heizer (Author)
Publisher: Pearson Education ( 2015)
ISBN-13: 978-9332548985

Financial Accounting for Managers 2e
by Sanjay Dhamija (Author)
Publisher: Pearson Education; ( 2015)
ISBN-13: 978-9332543591

Marketing,that works in India
by Moorthi (Author)
ISBN-13: 978-9332551527

Managerial Accounting,
by Braun K W (Author)
Publisher: PEARSON
ISBN-13: 978-9332543126

Total Quality Management 4/e (PB)
by Besterfield D H (Author)
Publisher: Pearson Education(Singapore) Pte. Ltd.-DELHI (2015)
ISBN-13: 978-9332534452

Positive Psychology: Applications in Wor: Applications in work, Health and Well-being
by Updesh Kumar (Author), Archana (Author), Vijay Parkash (Author)
Publisher: Pearson Education; First edition (7 January 2015)
ISBN-13: 978-9332541313

Counseling: A Comprehensive Profession
by Samuel T. Gladding (Author)
Publisher: Pearson Education; Seventh edition (2013)
ISBN-13: 978-9332518957

Indian Foreign Policy
By Sumit Ganguly
Publisher :Oxford India Short Introductions
Published: 2015
ISBN: 9780198082217

Trade and Environment
By Rajat Acharyya
Publisher :Oxford India Short Introductions
Published:  2013
ISBN: 9780198075424

Pathways to Economic Development
By Amitava Krishna Dutt
Publisher :Oxford India Short Introductions
Published:  2014
ISBN: 9780198075394

International Trade and India
By Parthapratim Pal
Publisher :Oxford India Short Introductions
Published:  2014
ISBN: 9780198075400

Street Smarts: An All-Purpose Tool Kit for Entrepreneurs 
by Norm Brodsky (Author), Bo Burlingham (Author) 
Publisher: Portfolio (2010) 
ISBN-13: 978-1591843207

Go It Alone!: The Secret to Building a Successful Business on Your Own 
by Bruce Judson (Author)
Publisher: HarperBusiness; Reprint edition (2005)
ISBN-13: 978-0060731144

Escape From Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur
by Pamela Slim (Author)
Publisher: Berkley (6 April 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0425232842

ReWork: Change the Way You Work Forever 
by David Heinemeier Hansson (Author), Jason Fried (Author)
Publisher: RHUK (18 March 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-0091929787

How to Make Millions with Your Ideas: An Entrepreneur's Guide 
by Dan S. Kennedy (Author)
Publisher: Penguin USA (1 January 1996)
ISBN-13: 978-0452273160

All Marketers Tell Stories: The Underground Classic That Explains How Marketing Really Works--and Why Authenticity Is the Best Marketing of All
Publisher: Penguin USA;  2012
ISBN-13: 978-1591845331

Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal  
by Klaff (Author)
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education (India)  ( 2011)
ISBN-13: 978-0071332484

The Ultimate Sales Machine: Turbocharge Your Business with Relentless Focus on 12 Key Strategies 
Publisher: Penguin USA;  (2008)
ISBN-13: 978-1591842156

The Prince
by Machiavelli Niccolo
Publisher: Rupa and Company - New Delhi (2008)
ISBN-13: 978-8129101396

Breaking Barriers
by Janaki Krishnan (Author)
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House; 2012
ISBN-13: 978-8184953954

The Art of War
by Sun Tzu (Author)
Publisher: Fingerprint Publishing; First edition (2014)
ISBN-13: 978-8172345242


Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
by  A.C. Bhkativedanta Swami Prabhupada (Author)
Publisher: The Bhaktivendanta Book Trust (2013)
ISBN-13: 978-8189574994


The Holy Bible Mass Market
by Random House (Author)
Publisher: RHUS;1991
ISBN-10: 0804109060

On Becoming a Leader
by Warren G. Bennis (Author)
Publisher: Perseus Books Group; 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0465014088

Bad Leadership: What it is, How it Happens, Why it Matters (Leadership for the Common Good)
by Kellerman B (Author)
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press ( 2004)
ISBN-13: 978-1591391661

Leading Change,
by Kotter,John P (Author)
Publisher: Harvard Business ( 2012)
ISBN-13: 978-1422186435

What the CEO Really Wants from You
by R. Gopalakrishnan (Author)
Publisher: Harper India (2012)
ISBN-13: 978-9350293614

India's Tryst with Destiny: Debunking Myths that Undermine Progress and Addressing New Challenges
by Arvind Panagariya (Author), Jagdish Bhagwati (Author)
Publisher: HarperCollins;
ISBN-13: 978-9351367765

The Undercover Economist
by Tim Harford (Author)
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group (3 May 2007)
ISBN-13: 978-0349119854

The TOI Story
by Sangita P. Menon Malhan (Author)
Publisher: Harper India ;2013
ISBN-13: 978-9350296639

Beyond Gandhian Economics: Towards a Creative Deconstruction
by B.N. Ghosh (Author)
Publisher: Sage India ( 2012)
ISBN-13: 978-8132109495

Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution
by Marjorie  Kelly (Author)
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler (2012)
ISBN-13: 978-1605093109

India After the Global Crisis
by Shankar Acharya (Author)
Publisher: Orient Longman ( 2012)
ISBN-13: 978-8125045090

Management in 10 Words
by Terry Leahy (Author)
Publisher: RHUK (14 March 2013)
ISBN-13: 978-1847940919


Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
by Howard Schultz (Author), Joanne Gordon (Author)
Publisher: Rodale Books;( 2012)
ISBN-13: 978-1609613822

Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
by Walter Isaacson (Author), Vilas Salunke (Editor)
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group; 2015
ISBN-13: 978-0349140438

I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
by Douglas Edwards (Author)
Publisher: Penguin UK;  2011
ISBN-13: 978-1846145131


Poor Economics: Rethinking Poverty & the Ways to End it
by Abhijit V. Banerjee (Author), Esther Duflo (Author)
Publisher: RHI (1 January 2013)
ISBN-13: 978-8184002805






Books useful for all libraries

1.Meditations
Author: Marcus Aurelius
Publisher  Random House Publishing Group;2010
ISBN­13 9780812968255

2.The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus (Author)
Publisher  Penguin Books Ltd,2005
ISBN­13  9780141023991

3.Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Author)
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing , 2014
ISBN­13: 978­1497514690

4.The Little Prince
by Antoine De Saint Exupery
Publisher: Solar Books; 2014
ISBN­13: 978­8192885506

5.The Power of Myth
by Joseph Campbell  (Author), Bill Moyers (Author)
Publisher: RHUS; Anchor Books; 1991
ISBN­13: 978­0385418867

6. The Bhagavad Gita
by Edwin Arnold (Author)
Publisher: General Press (2012)
ISBN­13: 978­9380914275

7. Essential Rumi
by Jalal ad­Din Muhammad (Author)
Publisher: Harperone (2013)
ISBN­13: 978­0062312747

8.The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
Publisher     Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;2005
ISBN­13     9781400078431

9.Fun Home
Author: Alison Bechdel
Publisher:Ingram International Inc,2007
ISBN­13­9780618871711

10.White Teeth
Author: Zadie Smith
Publisher     Hamish Hamilton,2011
ISBN­13     9780241954577

12.The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Author: Junot Diaz
Publisher     Penguin Publishing Group, 2008
ISBN­13     9781594483295

13.The Beggar Maid
Author: Alice Munro
Publisher     Random House;2004
ISBN­13     9780099458357

14.The World According To Garp
Author: John Irving
Publisher     Transworld;2010
ISBN­13     9780552776783

15.First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by Loung Ung (Author)
Publisher: Harper Perennial ;2006
ISBN­13: 978­0060856267

16.There Are No Children Here
Author: Alex Kotlowitz
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN­13: 978­0385265560

17.The Miracle Of Mindfulness
Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
Publisher     Ebury Publishing,2008
ISBN­13     9781846041068

18.The Intelligent Investor
by Benjamin Graham
Publisher: Harper Business (2013)
ISBN­13: 978­0062312686

19.The Power Broker
by Robert A. Caro (Author)
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN­13: 978­0394720241

20.Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
Author: Adam M. Grant
Publisher     Orion Publishing Group;2013
ISBN­13     9781780224725

21. Flow
Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Publisher     Harper Perennial Modern Classics
ISBN­13     9780061339202

22.Zero to One
Author: Peter Thiel
Publisher     Ebury Publishing;2014
ISBN­13     9780753555194

23.Crossing the Unknown Sea    
David Whyte (Author)
Publisher: Penguin USA; 2002
ISBN­13: 978­1573229142

24.Tiny Beautiful Things
Author: Cheryl Strayed
Publisher: Atlantic Books; 2013
ISBN­13 9781782390695

25.How Will You Measure your Life?
by Clayton Christensen (Author)
Publisher: Harpercollins ( 2012)
ISBN­13: 978­0007490547

26.How to Win Friends and Influence People
By Dale Carnegie
Publisher Ebury Publishing; 2004
ISBN­13 9780091906351

27.Decisive
By Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Publisher : Random House; 2014
ISBN­13 9781847940865

28.Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress­Free Productivity
By David Allen
Publisher :Penguin Publishing Group;2002
ISBN­13 9780142000281

29.So Good They Can't Ignore You
By Cal Newport
Publisher :Hachette Book Group USA; 2012
ISBN­13 9781455509126

30.My Years with General Motors
By Alfred Sloan
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group
ISBN­13 9780385042352

31.Man's Search For Meaning
By Viltor Frankl
Publisher : Ebury Publishing;2008
ISBN­13 9781846041242

32.Progress Principle
By Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer
Publisher : Harvard University Press; 2011
ISBN­13 9781422198575

33.Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
By Susan Cain
Publisher :Center Point
Publication Year 2012
ISBN­13 9781611734201

34.Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
By Robert B. Cialdini
Publisher: Harper Business;2006)
ISBN­13: 978­0061241895

35.Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable
By Seth Godin
Publisher: Penguin UK ( 2005)
ISBN­13: 978­0141016405

36.Drive
By Daniel Pink
Publisher :Canongate Books
Publication Year 2011
ISBN­13 9781847677693

37.The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Business
By Eric Ries
Publisher :Penguin Books Ltd; 2011
ISBN­13 9780670921607

38.Lean In
By Sherly Sandberg
Publisher :Ebury Publishing; 2013
ISBN­13 9780753541630

39.Signal and the Noise
By Nate Silver
Publisher  Allen Lane;2012
ISBN­13 9781846148163

40.Thinking, fast and slow
by Daniel Kahneman (Author)
Publisher: Penguin UK (2011)
ISBN­13: 978­1846146060

41.Crossing the Chasm
by Geoffrey A. Moore (Author)
Publisher: Harper Business (2013)
ISBN­13: 978­0062325020

42.Market Rebels ­ How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations
by Hayagreeva Rao (Author)
Publisher: Princeton University Press (2008)
ISBN­13: 978­0691134567

43.Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
by Simon Sinek (Author)
Publisher: Portfolio;  2011
ISBN­13: 978­1591846444

44.The News: A User's Manual
by Alain de Botton (Author)
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton (2014)
ISBN­13: 978­0241146477

45.The Naked CEO: The Truth You Need to Build a Big Life
by Alex Malley (Author)
Publisher: Wiley­Blackwell (2014)
ISBN­13: 978­0730314592

46.The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection
by Michael Harris (Author)
Publisher: Current (2014)
ISBN­13: 978­1591846932

47.The Ant and the Elephant
by Vince Poscente (Author)
Publisher: S K Kataria and Sons (2006)
ISBN­13: 979­8188452438

48.F.I.R.E.: How Fast, Inexpensive, Restrained and Elegant Methods Ignite Innovation
by Dan Ward (Author)
Publisher: HarperBusiness (2014)
ISBN­13: 978­0062301901

49.Hello, My Name Is Awesome: How to Create Brand Names That Stick
by Alexandra Watkins (Author)
Publisher: Collins Business ­ Berrett Koehler (2014)
ISBN­13: 978­1626564725

50.Leadership Blindspots: How Successful Leaders Identify and Overcome the Weaknesses That Matter
by Robert B. Shaw (Author)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (2014)
ISBN­13: 978­1118646298

51.Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis
By Jeffrey A. Krames
Publisher: Amacom (2014)
ISBN­13: 978­0814449110

52.The Butterfly Defect ­ How Globalization Creates Systemic Risks, And What To Do About It
by Ian Goldin (Author), Mike Mariathasan (Author)
Publisher: Princeton University Press (2014)
ISBN­13: 978­0691154701

53.My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism
by Andrew Marr  (Author)
Publisher: Pan; Reprints edition;2005
ISBN-13: 978-0330411929

54.Hack Attack: How the Truth Caught Up with Rupert Murdoch
by Nick Davies (Author)
Publisher: Chatto & Windus 2014)
ISBN-13: 978-0701187316

55.Mass Communication in India
by Keval J. Kumar  (Author)
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House;1994
ISBN-13: 978-8172243739

56.Media Law and Ethics
by Neelamalar M. (Author)
Publisher: PHI (2009)
ISBN-13: 978-8120339743

57.Professional Journalism
by M.V. Kamath (Author)
Publisher: Vikas Publication House Pvt Ltd; (2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0706990287

58.News Reporting And Editing
by K M Shrivastava  (Author)
Publisher: Sterling Publishers Pvt Ltd (2003)
ISBN-13: 978-8120725911

59.Public Relations: Principles and Practices
by Iqbal Sachdeva (Author)
Publisher: Oxford University Press India 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0195699180

60.Mass Media Research: An Introduction
by Roger D. Wimmer (Author), Joseph R. Dominick (Author)
Publisher: Cengage Learning India; 2015
ISBN-13: 978-8131526286

61.Beginner's Guide to Journalism & Mass Communication
by Barun Roy (Author)
Publisher: V & S Books (2012)
ISBN-13: 978-938138452

62.Basic Journalism
by Parthasarathy R (Author)
Publisher: LAXMI PUBLICATIONS-NEW DELHI (2014)
ISBN-13: 978-9351381044

63.Mass Communication: Principles And Concepts
by Hasan S. (Author)
Publisher: Cbs; 2nd ed(2013)
ISBN-13: 978-8123922508

64.The Collapse of Globalism and the Reinvention of the World
by John Ralston Saul (Author)
Publisher: Penguin India ; 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0144000470

65.On Equilibrium: The Six Qualities of The New Humanism
by John Ralston Saul (Author)
Publisher: Penguin India;2004
ISBN-13: 978-0143031321

66.Conscious Capitalism
by John Mackey (Author)
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press India Limited ; 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1422144206

67.Masters of Nothing: Human Nature, Big Finance and the Fight for the Soul of Capitalism
by David Brook (Foreword), Matthew Hancock  (Author), Nadhim Zahawi  (Author)
Publisher: Biteback Publishing; 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1849544566

68.Breaking india: Western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines
by Rajiv Malhotra + Arvindan Neelakandan (Author)
Publisher: Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.2011
ISBN-13: 978-8191067378

69.Start-up Nation
by Dan Senor  (Author), Saul Singer  (Author)
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1455502394

70.Karmayogi: A Biography of E. Sreedharan
by M S Ashokan (Author)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd 2015
ISBN-13: 978-0143425304

71.Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen: How 11 Indians Pulled off the Impossible
by Porus Munshi (Author)
Publisher: Collins Business (2014)
ISBN-13: 978-8172237745

72.Leading with Strategic Thinking: Four Ways Effective Leaders Gain Insight, Drive Change and Get Results
by Aaron K. Olson (Author), B. Keith Simerson  (Author)
Publisher: Wiley; First edition ( 2015)
ISBN-13: 978-8126556915

73.Becoming your Best: Build a World - Class Organization through Values - Based Leadership
by Harry M. Kraemer (Author)
Publisher: Wiley; (2015)
ISBN-13: 978-8126556953

74.HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
by Harvard Business Review
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press (2015)
ISBN-13: 978-1633690196

75.The Attacker's Advantage: Turning Uncertainty into Breakthrough Opportunities
by Ram Charan (Author)
Publisher: Public Affairs (2015)
ISBN-13: 978-1610395687

76.Holacracy
by Brian Robertson (Author)
Publisher: Portfolio ( 2015)
ISBN-13: 978-0241205853

77.Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World
by  Stanley McChrystal;David Silverman
Publisher: Portfolio Penguin ( 2015)
ISBN-13: 978-0241250839

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December 2013 UGC NET Paper I Answer Keys

1. The post-industrial society is designated as
(A) Information society
(B) Technology society
(C) Mediated society
(D) Non-agricultural society
Answer: (A)

2. The initial efforts for internet based communication was for
(A) Commercial communication
(B) Military purposes
(C) Personal interaction
(D) Political campaigns
Answer: (B)

3. Internal communication within institutions done through
(A) LAN
(B) WAN
(C) EBB
(D) MMS
Answer: (A)

4. Virtual reality provides
(A) Sharp pictures
(B) Individual audio
(C) Participatory experience
(D) Preview of new films
Answer: (C)

5. The first virtual university of India
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (B)

6. Arrange the following books in chronological order in which they appeared. Use the code given below:
(i) Limits to Growth
ii) Silent Spring
(iii) Our Common Future
(iv) Resourceful Earth
Codes:
(A) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(C) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Answer: (D)

7. Which one of the following continents is at a greater risk of desertification?
(A) Africa
(B) Asia
(C) South America
(D) North America
Answer: (A)

8. "Women are closer to nature than men." What kind of perspective is this?
(A) Realist
(B) Essentialist
(C) Feminist
(D) Deep ecology
Answer: (C)

9. Which one of the following is not a matter a global concern in the removal of tropical forests?
(A) Their ability to absorb the chemicals that contribute to depletion of ozone layer.
(B) Their role in maintaining the oxygen and carbon balance of the earth.
(C) Their ability to regulate surface and air temperatures; moisture content and reflectivity.
(D) Their contribution to the biological diversity of the planet.
Answer: (D)

10. The most comprehensive approach to address the problems of man-environment interaction is one of the following:
(A) Natural Resource Conservation Approach
(B) Urban-industrial Growth Oriented Approach
(C) Rural-agricultural Growth Oriented Approach
(D) Watershed Development Approach
Answer: (A)

11. The major source of the pollutant gas, carbon mono-oxide (CO), in urban areas is
(A) Thermal power sector
(B) Transport sector
(C) Industrial sector
(D) Domestic sector
Answer: (B)

12. ln a fuel cell driven vehicle, the energy is obtained from the combustion of
(A) Methane
(B) Hydrogen
(C) LPG
(D) CNG
Answer: (B)

13. Which one of the following Councils has been disbanded in 2013?
(A) Distance Education Council (DEC)
(B) National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)
(C) National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
(D) National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
Answer: (A)

14. Which of the following statements 'are correct about the National Assessment and Accreditation Council?
It is an autonomous institution.
It is tasked with the responsibility of assessing and accrediting institutions of higher education.
It is located in Delhi.
It has regional offices.
Select the correct answer from the codes given beiow:
Codes :
(A) 1 and 3
(B) 1 and 2
(C) 1, 2 and 4
(D) 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (B)

15. The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between two or more States falls under its
(A) Advisory Jurisdiction
(B) Appellate Jurisdiction
(C) Original Jurisdiction
(D) Writ Jurisdiction
Answer: (C)

16. Which of the following statements are correct?
There are seven Union Territories in India.
Two Union Territories have Legislative Assemblies
One Union Territory has a High Court.
One Union Territory is, the capital of two States.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below
(A) 1 and 3 only
(B) 2 and 4 only
(C) 2, 3 and 4 only
(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (D)

17. Which of the following statements are correct about the Central Information Commission?
The Central Information Commission is a statutory body
The chief Information Commissioner and other Information Commissioners are appointed by the president of India.
The Commission can impose a penalty. upto a maximum  of Rs 25,000
It can punish an errant officer.
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 1, 2 and 4
(C) 1, 2 and 3
(D) 2, 3 and 4
Answer: (C)

18. Who among the following conducted the CNN-IBN _ The Hindu 2013 Election Tracker Survey across 267 constituencies in 18 States?
(A) The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)
(B) The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
(C) CNN and IBN
(D) CNN, IBN and The Hindu
Answer: (A)

19. In certain code TEACHER is written as VGCEIGT. The code of CHILDREN will be
(A) EKNJFTGP
(B) EJKNFTGP
(C) KNJFGTP
(D) None of these
Answer: (B)

20. A person has to buy both apples and mangoes. The cost of one apple is Rs 7/- whereas that of mango is Rs 5/-
If the person has Rs38, the number of apples he can buy is
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
Answer: (D)

21. A man pointing to a lady said, "The son of her only brother is the brother of my wife," The lady is related to the man as
(A) Mother's sister
(B) Grand mother
(C) Mother-in-law
(D) Sister of Father-in-law
Answer: (D)

22. In this series 6, 4, 1,2,2,8, 7,4,2,1,5,3,8,6,2,2,7,1,4,1,3,5,8,6,2,2,7,1,4,1,3,5,8,6
How many pairs of successive numbers have a difference of 2 each?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 8
Answer: (B)

23. The mean marks obtained by a class of 40 students is 65; The mean marks of half of the students is found to be 45. The mean marks of the remaining students is
(A) 85
(B) 60
(C) 70
(D) 65
Answer: (A)

24. Anil is twice as old as Sunita. Three years ago, he was three times as old as Sunita. The present age of Anil is
(A) 6 years
(B) 8 years
(C) 12 years
(D) 16 years
Answer: (C)

25. Which of the following is a social network?
(A) amazon.com
(B) eBay
(C) gmail.com
(D) Twitter
Answer: (D)

26. The population information is called parameter while the corresponding sample information is known as
(A) Universe
(B) Inference
(C) Sampling design
(D) Statistics
Answer: (D)

27. While delivering lecture if there is some disturbance in the class, a teacher should
(A) keep quiet for a while and then continue.
(B) punish those causing disturbance
(C) motivate to teach those causing disturbance
(D) not bother of what is happening in the class
Answer: (A)

28. Effective teaching is a function of
(A) Teacher's satisfaction.
(B) Teacher's honesty and commitment'
(C) Teacher's making students learn and understand
(D) Teacher's liking for professional excellence.
Answer: (C)

29. The most appropriate meaning of learning is
(A) Acquisition of-skills
(B) Modification of behaviour
(C) Personal adjustment
(D) Inculcation of knowledge
Answer: (B)

30. Analyse the following teaching process in order:
(i) Relate the Present knowledge with Previous one
(ii) Evaluation
(iii) Reteaching
(iv) Formulating instructional objectives
(v) Presentation of instructional materials
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
(B) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv), (v)
(C) (v), (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(D) (iv), (i), (v), (ii), (iii)
Answer: (D)

31. CIET stands for
(A) Centre for Integrated Education and Technology
(B) Central Institute for Engineering and Technology
(C) Central Institute for Education Technology
(D) Centre for Integrated Evaluation Techniques.
Answer: (C)

32. Teacher's role at higher education
(A) provide information to students.
(B) promote self learning in students.
(C) encourage healthy competition among students.
(D) help students to solve their problems.
Answer: (A)

33. The Verstehen School of Understanding was popularised by
(A) German Social scientists
(B) American philosophers
(C) British Academicians
(D) Italian political Analysts
Answer: (A)

34. The sequential operations in scientific research are
(A) Co-vaiation, Elimination of Spurious Relations, Generalisation, Theorisation
(B) Generalisation, Co_variation, Theorisation, Elimination of Spurious Relations
(C) Theorisation, Generalisation, Elimination of Spurious Relations, Co-variation
(D) Elimination of Spurious Relations, Theorisation, Generalisation, Co-variation.
Answer: (C)

35. In sampling, the lottery method is used for
(A) Interpretation
(B) Theorisation
(C) Conceptualisation
(D) Randomisation
Answer: (D)

36. In communication myths have power but are
(A) uncultural
(B) insignificant
(C) irnPrecise
(D) unPrefered
Answer: (C)

37. The first multi-lingual news agency of India was
(A) Samachar
(B) API
(C) Hindustan Samachar
(D) Samachar Bharati
Answer: (C)

38. Organisational  communication can be equated with
(A) intra-personal communication
(B) inter personal communication
(C) group communication
(D) mass comrnunication
Answer: (C)

39. If two propositions having the same subject and predicate terms are such that one is the denial of the other' the relationship  between them is called
(A) Contradictory
(B) Contrary
(C) Sub-contrary
(D) Sub-alteration
Answer: (A)

40. Ananaya nad Krishna can speak and follow English. Bulbul can write and speak Hindi as Archana does. Archana talks with Ananya also in Bengali. Krishna can not follow Bengali. Bulbul talks with Ananya in Hindi. Who can speak and follow English, Hindi and Bengali?
(A) Archana
(B) Bulbul
(C) Ananya
(D) Krishna
Answer: (C)

41. A stipulative definition may be said to be
(A) Always true
(B) Always false
(C) Sometimes true, sometimes false
(D) Neither true nor false
Answer: (D)

42. When the conclusion of  an argument  follows  from its premise/premises
Conclusively, the argument is called
(A) Circular argument
(B) Inductive argument
(C) Deductive argument
(D) Analogical argument
Answer: (C)

43. Saturn and Mars are planets like the earth. They borrow light from the Sun and moves around the sun as the Earth does. So those. planets are inhabited by various  orders of creatures as the earth is
What type of argument is contained in the above passage ? ,
(A) Deductive
(B) Astrological
(C) Analogical
(D) Mathematical
Answer: (A)

44. Given below are two premises. Four conclusions are drawn from those two premises in four codes. Select the code that states the conclusion validly drawn.
Premises:
(i) All saints are religious. (major)
(ii) Some honest persons are saints.(minor)
Codes
(A) All saints are honest
(B) Some saints are honest.
(C) All religious persons are honest
(D) Some honest persons are religious.
Answer: (B)

45. Which is the main objective of research?
(A) To review the literature
(B) To summarize what is already known
(C) To get an academic degree
(D) To discover new facts or to make fresh interpretation of known facts
Answer: (D)

46. sampling error decreases with the
(A) decrease in sample size
(B) increase in sample size
(C) Process of randomization
(D) process of analysis
Answer: (B)

47. The Principles of fundamental research  are used in
(A) action research
(B) applied research
(C) Philosophical research
(D) historical  research
Answer: (A)

48. Users  who use media for their own  ends are identified as
(A) Passive audience
(B) Active Audience
(C) Positive Audience
(D) Negative audience
Answer: (B)

49. Classroom communication can be described as
(A) Exploration
(B) Institutionalisation
(C) Unsignified narration
(D) Discourse
Answer: (A)

50. Ideological codes shape our collective
(A) Productions
(B) Perceptions
(C) Consumptions
(D) Creations
Answer: (B)

51. Following table provides details about the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India from different regions of the'world in different years. Study the table carefully and answer questions from 51 to 55 based on this table.




51. Find out the region that contributed around 20 percent of the total foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2009.

(A) Western Europe
(B) North America
(C) South Asia
(D) South East Asia

Answer: (B)

52. Which of the following regions has recorded the highest negative growth rate of foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2009?
(A) Western Europe
(B) North America
(C) South Asia
(D) West Asia 
Answer: (A)

53. Find out the region that has been showing declining trend in terms of share of foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2008 and 2009.
(A) Western Europe
(B) South East Asia
(C) East Asia
(D) West Asia 
Answer: (C)

54. Identify the region that has shown hyper growth rate of foreign tourist arrivals than the growth rate of the total FTAs in India in 2008.
(A) Western Europe
(B) North America
(C) South Asia
(D) East Asia
Answer: (A)