HP TET Non medical 2018 Answer key

Section I: Child Psychology & Development Pedagogy

1. The term ‘Mnemonics’ is associated with
   • (A) Memory
2. Smallest unit of meaning in a language is
   • (B) Morpheme (The paper misspells this as ‘Morphine’) 
3. A Child cannot distinguish between ‘saw’ and ‘was’, ‘nuclear’ and ‘unclear’; is suffering from
   • (A) Dyslexia
4. Vygotsky theory implies
   • (B) Collaborative problem solving
5. A teacher can make problem solving fun for students by doing all the following except
   • (D) expecting perfection from the students, while they are trying to do things themselves
6. What is meant by Schema?
   • (C) Organised packets of information stored in long term memory
7. The stage in which a child begins to think logically about objects and events is known as
   • (D) Concrete operational stage
8. The frustration-aggression hypothesis
   • (B) assumes that frustration produces aggression
9. Analysis of avoidance learning suggest that many phobias are acquired through _____ conditioning.
   • (A) Classical
10. The ability to learn by observing a model or receiving instructions, without reinforcement, is called
    • (B) Social learning
11. Organising the string of letters B-F-J-T-A-V-K-C into JFK-TV-CAB is an example of
    • (D) Chunking
12. Which of the following types of cognitive abilities is least likely to show declar [decline] in later life?
    • (B) Semantic memory
13. Which theorist revised Sigmund Freud’s stages of development, replacing Freud’s Psychosexual stages with Psychosocial stages?
    • (B) Eric Erickson [Erik Erikson]
14. Which memory store is believed to have the largest capacity?
    • (C) the long term store
15. The use of polite words such as ‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’ in everyday speech is called
    • (D) Pragmatics
16. A fixed action pattern is defined as a response to a
    • (D) Sign stimulus
17. Which of the following therapeutic techniques can be explained by classical conditioning principles?
    • (D) Systematic desensitisation and flooding
18. Correlations of IQ scores are higher for which of following pairs?
    • (D) Monozygotic twins reared together in a birth family
19. Which of the following is most commonly associated with creative thinking
    • (B) Divergent thinking
20. Who is reported to be the first researcher to utilize a twin study methodology in attempting to resolve the nature-nurture controversy?
    • (B) Francis Galton
21. The Premack principle states that
    • (A) A more frequent behaviour will reinforce a less frequent behaviour
22. A test that measures what is [it] intends to measure is called
    • (A) Valid
23. The thinking process involved in producing an idea or concept that is new, original and useful is termed as
    • (A) Creativity
24. Which of the following is not considered as a tool for formative assessment
    • (B) MCQ
25. Who is the father of ‘Theory of multiple intelligence’
    • (A) Gardner
26. The emphasis from teaching to learning can be shifted by
    • (A) Adopting child centered pedagogy
27. Inclusive education
    • (A) Celebrates diversity in the classroom
28. In the context of education socialization means
    • (C) Adopting and adjusting to social environment
29. Which of the following is teacher related factor affecting learning?
    • (D) Mastery over the subject matter
30. According to Kohlberg, a teacher can instill moral values in children by
    • (C) involving them in discussions on moral values

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🗺️ Section II: General Awareness (incl. HP, Current Affairs, Env. Studies)

31. Himachal Pradesh Police Training Center is located
    • (D) Daroh
32. Which Sikh Guru laid the foundation of the City ‘Amritsar’?
    • (B) Guru Ramdas Ji
33. Binwa Hydel Project is located in which district of Himachal Pradesh
    • (B) Kangra
34. “World Population Day” is celebrated every year on
    • (B) 11 July
35. “Kaziranga” the famous Sanctuary of Assam is famous for
    • (A) Rhinos
36. Which place is known as “The Little Lhasa” in India?
    • (B) Dharamsala
37. “Vipasha” is the Sanskrit name of which river?
    • (A) Beas
38. “Jhanjar” is famous dance of which district?
    • (A) Chamba
39. Which is the Oldest Hydro Electric Project in Himachal Pradesh?
    • (B) Shanan (Joginder Nagar)
40. “Jataks” are mainly written in
    • (C) Pali
41. When is World Yoga Day celebrated?
    • (D) 21 June
42. What is ‘SARAS’.?
    • (B) Aircraft
43. The ‘Garo’ tribe resides in which state of India?
    • (C) Meghalaya
44. From which country did India borrow the concept of the Five Year Plan?
    • (B) Former U.S.S.R.
45. Who is the Present Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India?
    • (B) Deepak Mishra (Note: This was correct at the time the exam paper was likely created in 2018).
46. In which state of India is Kolar Gold mines situated?
    • (A) Karnataka
47. ‘Lisbon’ is the Capital of which country?
    • (C) Portugal
48. To which game Hima Das is associated?
    • (A) Athletics
49. Where is ‘Guru Ka Lahor’ situated?
    • (D) Bilaspur
50. How many seats in Rajya Sabha of H. P.?
    • (A) 3

51. What is ‘Losar’?
    • (B) Name of Fair
52. In which distt. Andhra Hydel Project is situated? 
    • (B) Shimla
53. What is ‘Anga and Chuba’?
    • (A) Dress
54. Who wrote ‘Origin of Species’?
    • (D) Charles Darwin
55. Who amongst following Mughal rulers reimposed “Jaziya”?
    • (B) Aurangzeb
56. Ranjeet Singh belonged to Sikh Misls of
    • (B) Sukerchakia
57. International Court of Justice is located at
    • (B) Hague
58. Which King of Gupta dynasty was known as Napoleon of India?
    • (B) Samudragupta
59. Who wrote ‘Anandmath’?
    • (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
60. Which is the highest Peak located in Himachal Pradesh?
    • (B) Shilla

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🧮 Section III: Mathematics

61. The radius of a wheel is 21 cm. How many revolutions will it make in travelling 924 m? 
    • (C) 700
62. The H.C.F. of reciprocals of 43​, 109​, 1615​ is
    • (A) 452​
63. If 2x+4−2x+2=3 then value of x is
    • (D) -1
64. If Mode is 35.5 and Mean is 22, then Median is
    • (B) 26.5
65. Area of an equilateral triangle is 43​cm2. Then the length of diagonal of a square whose side is equal to the height of equilateral triangle is 
    • (A) 26​
66. The average of squares of consecutive odd numbers from 1 to 13 is
    • (B) 65
67. If x=a(sin θ+cos θ), y=b(sin θ−cos θ), then a2x2​+b2y2​=
    • (C) 2
68. Rs. 12000 deposited on compound interest becomes double in 5 years. If it is deposited for 20 years on same compound interest, then this amount becomes 
    • (D) Rs. 192000
69. If a card is drawn from deck of 52 playing cards, then probability of getting a heart or diamond is
    • (A) 21​
70. The maximum value of 2 sin θ+3 cos θ is
    • (B) 13​
71. A sum of money doubles itself in 10 years at simple interest. The rate of interest is 
    • (A) 10%
72. Which of the following fractions are in descending order?
    • (B) 74​,179​,115​,167​
73. The ratio of the age of mother and son is 7:3 and the sum of their ages is 60 years. What is the difference in their age in years? 
    • (B) 24
74. Which of the following statements are true?
    • (B) 3 and 4
75. Which of the following fractions are equivalent ?
    • (D) Only 1
76. A boat goes 40 km upstream in 8 hours and 36 km downstream in 6 hours. The speed of the boat in still water is. 
    • (C) 5.5 km/hr
77. The area of quadrilateral shown in the figure is
    • (A) 24 cm2
78. The height of the cylinder whose volume is 1.54 m3 and diameter of the base is 140 cm, is:
    • (D) 1 m
79. If 22x−1=83−x then the value of x is
    • (C) 2
80. Danish has a few 5 rupees and 2 rupees coins and the total value is Rs. 18. The number of two rupees coins that Danish has 
    • (B) 4
81. If m​+n​=16 and m​−n​=8, then value of nm​ is
    • (B) 9
82. What will be 80% of a number whose 200% is 90?
    • (C) 36
83. Two sides of a triangle are 12 cm and 14 cm and the perimeter of the triangle is 36 cm. What is the third side? 
    • (B) 10 cm
84. The parallel sides of a trapezium field are 12 m and 20 m. If distance between the parallel sides is 8 m, then the area of the field is 
    • (A) 128 m2
85. (x+6) is a factor of f(x)=x3+3x2+4x+P, then value of P is
    • (B) 132
86. When 4x3−3x2+2x−1 is divided by (x+2) then remainder is
    • (C) -49
87. The average of runs scored by 11 players… is 60. If the runs… by captain are neglected, the average… increases by 5. How many runs were scored by the captain?
    • (B) 10
88. How many days will 36 men take to complete a job which 24 men taken 48 days to finish?
    • (C) 32 days
89. The width of a rectangular hall is 43​ of its length. If the area… is 300 square meter, then the difference between its length and width in meters is 
    • (C) 5
90. If α and β are the roots of the equation x2+2x+4=0 the α31​+β31​ is equal to
    • (D) 41​

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⚛️ Section IV: Physics and Chemistry

91. The angle between two equal vector is
    • (A) 0∘
92. The work done to move a charge of 10C. Between two point in equipotential surface of 5 Volt is 
    • (C) Zero
93. The distinctive color of eye is due to
    • (D) Iris
94. If a car starts from rest with an acceleration of 2 ms−2, the distance travelled by car after 2 sec would-be
    • (A) 4m
95. The momentum of a body of mass 10kg moving with velocity 2 ms−1 is
    • (B) 20kg ms−1
96. The relation between angle of friction (θ) and angle of repose (α) is
    • (C) Angle of friction = Angle of repose
97. One nanometer is equal to
    • (B) 10−9m
98. Why does the sun appear bigger during sunrise and sunset?
    • (A) Refraction of light
99. What is the escape speed on earth for any object ?
    • (C) 11.2 km/s
100. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?  * (C) Mass

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101. In an electric circuit, current becomes half when resistance is
     • (B) Doubled 
102. The resistance 2 Ω, 4 Ω and 10 Ω are connected in series. Their equivalent resistance is
     • (C) 16 Ω 
103. Which of the following is not an example of bio-mass energy source?
     • (A) Atomic energy 
104. Match items of list I will list II…
     • (C) A-3 (Time-Second), B-1 (Pressure-Pascal), C-4 (Electric capacitance-Farad), D-2 (Heat-Joul)
105. Out of the following, which cannot be negative?
     • (D) Distance 
106. The sky appears blue
     • (C) Due to scattering
107. Calculate the work done on the particle as it moves from x=0 to x=20 m
     • (A) 45 J
108. If the speed of a car becomes four times then the kinetic energy becomes
     • (B) 16 times 
109. What does the area under velocity-Time graph represents?
     • (B) Displacement 
110. The acceleration due to gravity at the centre of earth is
     • (C) Zero 
111. Green house effect is due to
     • (C) Infrared rays
112. Which of the following cannot be polarized?
     • (C) Sound waves 
113. An electron enters into a magnetic field at an angle of 60°, its path will be
     • (D) Helix
114. An object weight 10N when measured on the surface of the earth what would be its weight when measured on the surface of the moon?
     • (B) 1.67 N 
115. A sound wave has a frequency of 2Hz and wavelength 100 cm. Find the speed of wave
     • (A) 2 ms−1 
116. The resistance of mercury to 4.2 k is
     • (D) Almost zero
117. One Kwh is equal to
     • (C) 3.6×106J
118. The unit of intensity of electric field is
     • (A) Nc−1 
119. How much current will an electric heater draw from a 220 volt line, if the resistance of the heater is 50 ohm’s?
     • (C) 4.4A 
120. The working of a rocket is based on the principle of
     • (D) Law of conservation of momentum 
121. The angular momentum of 4p electron is
     • (A) 2​πh​
122. Which of the following is more acidic?
     • (B) H2​O 
123. CH3​CoClBaSO4​Pd,H2​​→X; then X is?
     • (A) CH3​CHO 
124. [Phenol] Zn dust​ X; then X is
     • (C) C6​H6​ 
125. Which substance is used as moderator in Nuclear Reactor?
     • (D) Both D2​O Graphite 
126. Hydrogen Bomb is based upon
     • (A) Nuclear Fusion
127. Which one is called Epsom salt?
     • (A) MgSO4​⋅7H2​O (The paper incorrectly lists 7H2​O as option A, but MgSO4​ is implied) 
128. Which of the following has highest lattice enthalpy?
     • (C) LiCL 
129. Which isotope of hydrogen is radio active in nature?
     • (C) Tritium 
130. In the periodic table the element with highest electro negativity is
     • (A) F
131. What is the bond angle expected for H-N-H is [in] NH3​ molecule
     • (D) Less than 109∘ but over 90∘
132. Permanent hardness of water is due to the presence of which salts
     • (D) Both (A) and (C) 
133. The highest ionization enthalpies are found in
     • (B) Inert gases
134. Which of the following is a pair of isotones?
     • (B) 6​C13, 7​N14 
135. Which of the following transition element is present is vitamin B12 complex?
     • (B) Co 
136. The chemical name of ‘Vitamin A’ is
     • (C) Retinol
137. Which of the following is not present in DNA?
     • (A) Uracil 
138. ‘Clouds’ are examples of which colloids?
     • (B) Aerosol 
139. ‘Galvanisation’ is a process in which
     • (B) Zinc is deposited as layer on iron 
140. What is Amalgam?
     • (D) Alloy of mercury and any other metal 
141. Cinnabar is the ore of
     • (B) Hg 
142. How many number of potassium atoms are present in 7.8 g of potassium element?
     • (C) 1.2×1023 
143. Monomer unit of natural rubber is
     • (C) Isoprene 
144. Isotope of which element is used for the treatment of cancer?
     • (C) Cobalt 
145. What is the oxidation number of carbon in acetic acid?
     • (D) 0 
146. The pH value of blood is
     • (B) 7.4 
147. ‘GUN METAL’ is the alloy of
     • (B) Cu+Sn+Zn 
148. Which of the following is called ‘Pearl ash’?
     • (C) K2​Co3​
149. What is Carbogen?
     • (C) A mixture of Co2​ and O2​ 
150. Which of the following is not a green house gas?
     • (A) CO