UGC NET Paper1 Previous Year Solved Papers - 2nd December 2019 Morning Shift
- Option : A
- Explanation : The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force on 21 March 1994. The 197 countries that have ratified the Convention are called Parties to the Convention. The objective of the Convention is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations "at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system." It states that "such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened, and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner."
42. Match List I with List II:
| List I (E-initiatives) | List II (Descriptions) |
| (A) Vidwan | (i) Repository for full-text thesis. e-books and journals |
| (B) Digilocker | (ii) Education portal to facilitate learning |
| (C) Sakshat | (iii) Database of leading scientists /Researchers |
| (D) Shodh Ganga | (iv) Platform for issuance and verification of documents and certificates |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below
- Option : B
- Explanation : VIDWAN is the premier database of
profiles of scientists I researchers and
other faculty members working at leading
academic institutions.
DigiLocker is the national Digital Locker System launched by Govt. of India. It is a secure cloud based platform for storage, sharing and verification of documents & certificates.
SAKSHAT is one stop Education Portal was launched on October 30, 2006 to facilitate lifelong learning for students, teachers and those in employment or in pursUit of knowledge free of cost to them. Shodhganga is the name coined to denote digital repository of Indian Electronic Theses and Dissertations set-up by the INFLIDNET Centre.
- Option : A
- Explanation : After the dissolution of the Planning Commission, the government decided to set its development priorities and instrumentalise those priorities through the NITI Aayog. Niti Aayog in its Three Year Action Agenda 2017-18 to 2019-20, have mentioned that the government needs to create 20 world-class universities, provide autonomy for top colleges and universities, reform the regulatory system, establish system of project-/researcher-specific grants and increase focus on vocational and profession-led education.
- Option : C
- Explanation : Since 1974 World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5th June to spread awareness, to encourage people to take action and to protect the environment. The theme of World Environment day this is Air Pollution. World Environment Day is promoted by the United Nation and for 2019 China being the host country. World Environment Day is also known as the Environment Day and Eco Day.
45. In computer related activities, what is the full form of 'WORM'?
- Option : C
- Explanation : 'WORM' when used in all capital letters in computer related activities is an acronym for for 'write once, read many'. It is an optical disk technology that allows you to write data onto a disk just once. After that, the data is permanent and can be read any number of times.
