UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Shared goals and group-based evaluation reflect positive interdependence and group accountability—key features of cooperative learning.

Option A:
Cooperative learning emphasises teamwork, shared goals and group accountability, matching the stem.

Option B:
Competitive learning focuses on outperforming others, not shared goals/group evaluation.

Option C:
Individualistic learning emphasises independent work without shared group outcomes.

Option D:
Authoritarian is a control style, not a group learning structure.

Group communication occurs when a small number of people interact face to face to achieve a shared goal. The stem describes five students jointly preparing a seminar,which is a typical task oriented small group. They must share ideas,negotiate and decide together,which fits group communication.

Option A:
Intrapersonal communication is limited to one person thinking internally and does not involve multiple students interacting.

Option B:
Group communication highlights roles,leadership and interaction patterns among members,making it the most accurate label for this collaborative seminar preparation.

Option C:
Mass communication deals with messages sent via media to very large audiences and does not describe a five member discussion.

Option D:
Organisational communication concerns broader flows within an institution rather than this specific small task group.

Real-time collaborative editing relies on cloud-based applications that allow several users to open the same document at the same time. Each user’s edits are synchronised over the network so that text and comments appear instantly for others. This supports group writing, peer feedback and co-construction of knowledge in ICT-enabled classrooms. The described scenario clearly matches this feature set.

Option A:
Option A uses a single offline machine in sequence, which does not provide simultaneous collaboration. It is more like shared use than collaborative editing.

Option B:
This option correctly conveys the immediacy and shared workspace characteristic of tools like Google Docs or Office 365. Such tools transform group assignments into interactive, networked activities.

Option C:
Option C describes traditional distribution of paper worksheets, which does not involve online co-editing. Feedback and changes must be made manually.

Option D:
Option D (printed chapters at home) is an example of individual reading, not collaborative digital editing.