How to Qualify UGC NET in Psychology and Become JRF: March 2013

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Reasoning

Reasoning (including Mathematical)

The strategy which I'm gonna discuss here will help you in other exams also.

After filling in the required details in the paper, flip over to the last page where you are supposed to do your rough work. Quickly write down the following table.

1 A Z 26
2 B Y 25
3 C X 24
4 D W 23
5 E V 22
6 F U 21
7 G T 20
8 H S 19
9 I R 18
10 J Q 17
11 K P 16
12 L O 15
13 M N 14.

This table will help you in solving coding-decoding type questions. By using it you'll know the exact position of each letter both in forward and backward directions. Moreover you know which letter is opposite of, for example, D when direction is reversed. It is W.

This question was given in December 2008.

The letter in the first set have a certain relationship. On the basis of this relationship mark the right choice for the second set:

AST : BRU :: NQV : ?

(A) ORW

(B) MPU

(D) OPW

Solution.

Write down their numerical position.

AST= 1 19 20

BRU= 2 18 21

Now through the numbers the relationship is evident. 1 i.e. A has become 2 i.e. B. The first letter has moved forward. 19 i.e. S becomes 18 i.e. R. The second letter has moved backward. The third letter has moved forward. So the same rule will be followed to find the answer.

NQV= 14, 17, 22. It will become 15, 16, 23 (OPW) So the correct answer is (D).

The following question was asked in June 2008 and December 2009 UGC NET Exam.

What will be the next term in the following?

DCXW, FEVU, HGTS, ?

(A) AKPO

(B) ABYZ

(D) LMRS

Solution.

DCXW (4,3,24,23)

FEVU (6,5,22,21)

HGTS (8,7,20,19). The first two letters are moving forward (+2) and the last two letters are moving backward (-2). Follow the same rule. 8 will become 10 (J) and 7 will become 9 (I). From here itself the answer is clear i.e. option (C). 20 and 19 will become 18 (R) and 17 (Q) respectively.

General Paper on Teaching and Research Aptitude.

There are 10 sections and each section gets equal weightage. 6 questions are asked from each section thus there are 60 questions in toto. But you're required to attempt only 50 questions. It is advantageous that you can skip ten questions about which you don't have even a faint idea. Before proceeding further let's get acquainted with the different sections.

The 10 sections are viz. 1. Teaching Aptitude, 2. Research Aptitude, 3. Reading Comprehension, 4. Communication, 5. Reasoning (including Mathematical), 6. Logical Reasoning, 7. Data Interpretation, 8. Information and Communication Technology, 9. People and Environment, and 10. Higher Education System: Governance, Polity and Constitution. I'll analyse each section separately and elucidate the strategies.

The question frequently asked is which book to refer. A book to be considered as a good one should fulfil the following requirements

1. It must contain the previous year question papers (at least 5 years) with answers. The practice of these questions will familiarize you with the kind of problems that you will encounter in your next exam. If some questions are repeated, then you already know the answer.

2. Each section should have detailed theoretical explanations.

3. At the end of each chapter there should be exercises to practice.

The ten sections require different approaches for preparation so I'll elaborate on the strategies and the materials required for each section separately. I'll be updating each section regularly in due succession.