SYBCOM Foundation Course MCQ with Answers: Mumbai University 2021

SYBCOM Foundation Course MCQ with Answers

The protection of Human Rights Act in India was enacted in the year _________________.

1. 1993
2. 1994
3. 1995
4. 1996

_______________ categories of Fundamental Rights incorporates ‘Abolition of Untouchability’.

1. Right to Religion
2. Right to Equality
3. Right to Freedom
4. Right against Exploitation

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on _________________.

1. 01-Dec-48
2. 10-Dec-48
3. 11-Dec-48
4. 31-Dec-48

_____________Schedule of the Constitution given below deals with recognised languages.

1. Schedule 8
2. Schedule 7
3. Schedule 12
4. Schedule 9

_____________ is not a UN Agency.

1. UNICEF
2. UNESCO
3. WTO
4. ILO

_______________amendment introduced the word ‘secular’ in the Preamble of Indian Constitution.

1. 44th
2. 42nd
3. 93rd
4. 16th

India is a __________________ country .

1. secular
2. free
3. busy
4. overpopulated

The Prevention of Atrocities (POA ) Act was enacted in the year ______________________.

1. 1988
2. 1999
3. 1899
4. 1989

________________article of the Constitution abolishes Untouchability.

1. Article 18
2. Article 15
3. Article 14
4. Article 17

______________are the most physically abused children.

1. Infants
2. toddlers
3. teenagers
4. adults

As per census 2011, SCs comprise about _______ of India’s population.

1. 17.7%
2. 18.7%
3. 19.7%
4. 16.6%

The SC’s may belong to__________,Neo-Buddhist and Sikh religion.

1. Shikhisam
2. Jainism
3. Zoroastrian
4. Hindu

_______ right is the right or freedom which is guaranteed to citizens by a country’s constitution.

1. Civil
2. Political
3. Eco and social
4. Constitutional

All________ are expressly stipulated and written in a consolidated National constitution which is the supreme law of the land.

1. Political rights
2. Civil rights
3. Constitutional rights
4. Social rights

Constitutional right is a________ guaranteed by the constitution.

1. Social right
2. Constitutional right
3. Civil right
4. Supreme right

Constitutional rights are not basic and do not apply to everyone, unlike_______.

1. Supreme light
2. Political right
3. Civil right
4. Fundamental rights

______ are those right which is accepted and enforced by the government or state.

1. Civil right
2. Constitutional right
3. Political rights
4. Legal right

______ rights are equally available to all the citizens.

1. Civil
2. Legal
3. Fundamental
4. Constitutional

________ Rights differ from fundamental rights.

1. Constitutional
2. Fundamental
3. Civil
4. Legal

Article_____ states that when an individual is deprived of his fundamental rights he can move the supreme court and seek justice.

1. 32
2. 33
3. 42
4. 43

Safeguards are grouped into______category.

1. Four
2. Five
3. Seven
4. Six

Article____ prohibits the state to discriminate on grounds of religion race caste sex or place of birth in respect of any employment.

1. 16(2)
2. 17(2)
3. 18(2)
4. 19(2)

Article______ is states that the state is empowered to make any special provision for women.

1. 15(3)
2. 16(3)
3. 17(3)
4. 18(3)

______ are events that allow Lava Rock fragments and gases to escape from layers the Earth’s surface.

1. Volcano
2. Nuclear accidents
3. Hurricane
4. Cyclone

Certain disaster result in____ of several people.

1. Death
2. Loss
3. Gain
4. Injury

______who have studied the men’s mental health effect of disasters have noticed and apparent pattern.

1. Psychiatrist
2. Physiotherapist
3. Orthopedic
4. Counselor

Disaster can lead to Severe ______ related symptoms

17. Headache
18. Ulcer
19. Depression
20. Stress

Several studies indicate that at least half of survivors of major disasters suffer from_______ problems that need clinical care.

1. Stress
2. Mentally disabled
3. Distress or mental health
4. Hearing impairment

Adults who are in the age group of_____are likely to be more distressed after a disaster.

1. 24 to 60
2. 35 to 70
3. 30 to 60
4. 10 to 50

c)______ can lead to an adverse economic effect on the human.

1. Disaster
2. Politics
3. Inflation
4. Deflation

Disasters result in economic loss to survivors on account of______.

1. Inflation
2. Stagflation
3. Disaster
4. Unemployment

Issac Newton is considered the greatest figure of the_______ revolution.

1. Scientific
2. Myth
3. French
4. Russian Scientific

The logical process adopted by scientists to develop knowledge of nature and present it as an accepted fact is known as the _____ method.

1. Modern
2. Scientific
3. Logical
4. Adopted

______ is a logical predictive statement regarding the outcome of the research.

1. Hypothesis
2. Hypothermia
3. Hyperbola
4. Hyperstate

The attitude which enables man to apply logic and arrive at decisions based on reliable and practical knowledge is said to be_______.

1. Person temper
2. Scientific logic
3. Scientific temper
4. Logic temper

Which one of the following beliefs is not based on any reason?

1. Supernatural
2. Suspense belief
3. Super phenomena
4. Superstitious

______ are the stories that may or may not be true.

1. Facts
2. Hamper
3. Myths
4. Social

_________ are unfavourable or negative opinions held by people without any knowledge or examination of facts.

1. Prejudices
2. Facts
3. Principles
4. Stories

New technology makes the earlier one______.

1. Adequate
2. Absolute
3. Inadequate
4. In absolute

Which field of science combines other disciplines such as genetics, molecular biology, and microbiology?

1. Biotechnology
2. Biochemistry
3. Bio gas
4. Biophysics

Which was the period of new ideas and the growth of scientific knowledge?

1. Palaeolithic age
2. Neolithic Age
3. Middle ages
4. Renaissance

_________ is a product of scientist’s creative ideas based on scientific theories and laws.

1. Commodity
2. Goods
3. Assets
4. Technology

The word science is derived from the word _____ meaning knowledge.

1. Scientia
2. Scientist
3. Scientie
4. Science

________knowledge of science refers to the application of scientific knowledge.

1. Theoretical
2. Practical
3. Summative
4. Exclusive

____________is considered as father of science(7th BC).

1. Magnus
2. Thomson
3. Pythagoras
4. Thales 

____________is known as father of medicine.

1. Hypocratus
2. Impocratus
3. Hippocritus
4. Hippocrates

Leucippus and his student Democritus introduced a theory that all matter is made of indivisible units is called______.

1. Proton
2. Atom
3. Neutron
4. Quarks

In the post-disaster period, the survivors may have to face_____discrimination.

1. Caste and communal
2. Men and women
3. Upper caste and lower caste
4. Religion and culture

BSC stands for_____.

1. Behavioural science centre
2. Basic science centre
3. Basic social centre
4. Basics social corporation

Man-made disaster include______.

1. Volcano
2. Civil disturbances
3. Deforestation
4. Flood

Post-disaster may result in_____ such as robberies murders etc.

1. Social evils
2. Regional evils
3. Communal evils
4. Bad evils

______ involves all those activities that are required to prevent the disaster.

1. Mitigation
2. Rehabilitation
3. Prevention
4. Protection

Ancient Egypt made significant advances in astronomy mathematics and_______.

1. Medicine
2. Architecture
3. Agriculture
4. Homeopathy

The astronomer Aristarchus of Samos was the first known person to propose a ______model of the solar system.

1. Universe
2. Heliocentric
3. Globe
4. Earth

In_______the astronomer Aristarchus of Samos was the first known person to propose a heliocentric model of the solar system.

1. 200BC
2. 3000BC
3. 2000BC
4. 3000BC

The first half of the______ century saw the scientific work of great thinker.

1. 15^th
2. 14^th
3. 16^th
4. 17^th

______ is best known for his early works on vision and metaphysics.

1. Berkeley
2. John Locke
3. Newton
4. David Hume

The word ______ comes from the Latin word Scientia meaning knowledge.

1. History
2. Social
3. Social science
4. Science

________ refers to knowledge claim based upon observation of the natural world.

1. Empirical
2. Superior
3. Fundamental
4. Observational

_______ knowledge is the project of observation and inference.

1. Scientific
2. Specific
3. Logical
4. Theoretical

A place where an earthquake originates is called the __________.

1. Focus
2. Tsunami
3. Fault Line
4. Epicenter

As the magnitude of natural disasters increases their frequency of occurrence _________.

1. increases
2. decreases
3. remains the same
4. varies over time

________________has resulted in the greatest monetary losses in a single event for the period of time listed.

1. earthquake
2. hurricane
3. fire
4. flood

The destructive powers of tsunami result mainly from their ___________________.

1. incredible height
2. unpredictability
3. cold water
4. momentum and long wavelength

Powerful tsunami are most frequently produced by _________.

1. volcanoes
2. underwater landslides
3. Earthquakes
4. impacts of asteroids

A disease that becomes unusually widespread and even global in its reach is referred to as _________.

1. Epidemic
2. Pandemic
3. Spanish flu
4. Hyperendemic

________________volcano is known for its most destructive volcanic eruption in recorded history.

1. Mount Kilimanjaro
2. Mauna Loa
3. Krakatoa
4. Mount St Helens

Cyclones occurring in North Atlantic ocean are called ________________.

1. Typhoon
2. Hurricanes
3. Tornado
4. Floods

The Disaster Management Act was made in a______________.

1. 2006
2. 2003
3. 2005
4. 2009

The word disaster comes from ____________.

1. Greek word
2. Latin word
3. French word
4. German

The Bhopal Gas disaster occurred in_______.

1. 1986
2. 2003
3. 1984
4. 2009

In disaster management, mitigation measures involves_____________.

1. Governmental action and administration
2. Community action and administration
3. Military action and administration
4. Military government action

The cycle of disaster consists of the following components ____________.

1. Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery B
2. Preparedness, vulnerability assessment, risk assessment, recovery
3. Mitigation, Risk assessment, Response, and Recovery
4. risk, recovery, remedy, analysis

A good _______________ focuses on the content of the speaker’s message and not on the speaker’s personality.

1. Speaker
2. Receiver
3. Listener
4. Sender

Any form of communication where words are used is called _____________ communication.

1. Verbal
2. Non-verbal
3. Face-to-face
4. Personal

Letters, Memos, Reports are examples of _______________.

1. Oral
2. Written
3. Face-to-face
4. Verbal

A science of body language is called ________________.

1. Space
2. Proxemics
3. Kinesics
4. Oculesis

Barriers that exist in the environment are called ________________.

1. Language barriers
2. Psychological barriers
3. Physical barriers
4. Cultural barriers

Informal channels of communication is also called as_______________.

1. Formal communication
2. Grapevine
3. Horizontal
4. Diagonal

When production manager inputs certain instructions to the workers regarding production target is an example of ______________.

1. Downward communication
2. Upward communication
3. Horizontal communication
4. Diagonal communication

Group discussion is an interactive _____________ process.

1. Oral
2. written
3. Visual
4. Non-verbal

______________ refers to technical language used by people belonging to same occupation or profession.

1. Communication overload
2. Ambiguity
3. Communication underload
4. Jargon 

The words ‘fair’ and ‘fare’ have different spellings but same pronunciation is an example of _____________.

1. Jargon
2. Communication overload
3. Ambiguity
4. Communication underload

____________ refers to the process of enabling that group of people to reach their goal.

1. Leadership
2. Team building
3. Management
4. Communication

A good team leader should be able to ______________.

1. Manage conflict
2. Manage time
3. Manage stress
4. Manage activity

___________ first came up with the memorable words forming, storming, forming, and performing.

1. Paul Newman
2. Keith Davis
3. Geoffrey leech
4. Bruce Tuckman

	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3	Option 4	Correct answer
“The state shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds of religion race, caste, sex, and place of birth ” is said in Article…	15 (2)	15 (1)	15 (3)	15 (5)	15 (1)
……………. The article allows the state to implement reservation in the matter of promotion for SCs and STs	16(4A)	16(5B)	16(5A)	16(A)	16(4A)
The first commission under the constitution was constituted in March …………..	1991	1992	1993	1994	1992
Article………….. states ‘ equality before the law or equal protection of the laws of the country’	14	15	16	17	14
Sexual harassment of women at workplace (prevention, prohibition, and Redressal) Act was passed in ……..	2010	2011	2012	2013	2013
Varishta Pension yojna is run by ……………..	LIC	Ministry of finance	RBI	NABARD	Ministry of finance
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojna is launched by the Prime Minister in 2017 for …………. during old age	Image development	Legal Security	Political Security	Social Security	Social Security
Muslim women (protection of rights on divorce) Act 1986 protects the rights of Muslim women who have been …………	married	divorced	Child	Employed	Divorced
……………… The article allows the President to appoint a commission to investigate the condition of socially and economically backward classes and table the report in parliament	340	341	342	344	340
Article 275 allows special grant in aid to states for ………….welfare	Tribal	Urban	Rural	Institutional	Tribal

 

	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3	Option 4	Correct answer
Disaster usually resulted from human interaction within the artificial environment is called ……………..disaster	natural	manmade	Hybrid	Alien	manmade
…………… stands for reducing the loss due to disaster	mitigation	Response	Loss of Lives	Public Policies	mitigation
which of the following is not a threat of disaster in Maharashtra	Flood	Droughts	Earthquakes	Volcanoes	Volcanoes
National Disaster Management Act was enacted in ………	2005	2006	2007	2008	2006
According to U. N. O., there were about ______ disasters per year between 1992 – 2000 in the world?	100	300	500	800	500
An effect that natural disasters can have on people affected by the event is an increased rate of	homicide	Immigration	Population Growth	No Impact	Population Growth
Approximately ——— % of earth’s surface is covered with water	25	35	95	70	70
Disaster at Chernobyl (USSR), Three Mile Island (USA), and Fukusima (JAPAN) are all related to	Disaster caused by earthquake	Disaster caused by Tsunami	Nuclear disaster	Epidemic disaster	Nuclear disaster
Disasters can be categorized into various types on the basis of	Its speed	Its previous history	Loss of property they result	Loss of human life they result	Loss of human life they result
An example of Civil War is	Syrian War	World War I&II	Kargil War	Vietnam-US War	Syrian War
A flood can not occur due to	Cyclone	Tsunami	Heavy rain	Biological disaster	Biological disaster
Hurricanes are common in	India	Bangladesh	USA	Australia	USA
Major tsunamis are produced by earthquakes with hypocenters less than	5 km	10 km	20 km	30 km	30 km
The movement of earthquake waves through the ground can produce	Solification	Creep	Liquefaction	Lahars	Liquefaction
Percentage of Indian total area prone to the cyclone is	0.06	0.08	0.1	0.12	0.08
The term cyclone means	Coil of tiger	Coil of snake	Coil of lion	Coil of pig	Coil of snake

Which of the following is the first calculating device?	Abacus	Calculator	Turing Machine	Pascaline	Abacus
Anatomy is a branch of Science which deals with	Structure of animals and plants	The functioning of body organs	Animal behaviour	Cells and tissues	Structure of animals and plants
Name an instrument used to measure the intensity of earthquakes	Richter Scale	Ammeter	Hyetometer	Oometer	Richter Scale
Who had invented zero?	Egyptians	Greeks	Indians	Americans	Indians
Who discovered Penicillin?	Alexander Fleming	Joseph Lister	Robert Koch	W. Roentgen	Alexander Fleming
Logarithm tables were invented by	John Napier	John Doe	John Harrison	John Douglas	John Napier
Robert Koch worked on	Tuberculosis	Cholera	Malaria	Diabetes	Tuberculosis
Galileo Galilei stands as a central figure of the scientific revolution of the ……….. century	15th	16th	17th	18th	17th
Who invented Jet Engine	Sir Frank Whittle	Gottlieb Daimler	Roger Bacon	Lewis E. Waterman	Sir Frank Whittle
In which decade was the telephone invented?	1850s	1860s	1870s	1880s	1870s
What Galileo Galilei invented?	Barometer	Pendulum clock	Microscope	Thermometer	Thermometer
What Sir Isaac Newton invented?	Reflecting telescope	Chronometer	Microscope	Spectacles	Reflecting telescope
Who had an explosive idea and first patented DYNAMITE?	J. R. Gluber	A. Nobel	G. Fawks	W. Bickford	A. Nobel

The term “communis” derived from ___word.	Greek	Latin	Chinese	English	Latin
What is communication without words?	There is no communication without words	Non-verbal communication	Telepathy	Sign language	Non-verbal communication
When speaking on the phone, what type of communication is being used?	Verbal and tone of voice	Verbal and body language	Nonverbal communication	Face to face	Verbal and tone of voice
What is the term used to describe the emotion or feeling in your voice?	Affect	Verbal communication	Tone	Sarcasm	Tone
Using your whole body to communicate is called what?	Miming	Body language	Sign language	Exuberant communication	Body language
What is listening well called?	Correct listening	Passive listening	Active listening	Total listening	Active listening
__________ are the approaches to the study of leadership which emphasize the personality of the leader	Contingency theories	Group theories	Trait theories	Inspirational theories	Trait theories
A leader who is highly task-oriented and focuses only on getting the job done is called………….	Autocratic	Authorotarian	Bureaucratic	Neurocratic	Neurocratic
there are …………… stages in the team-building process	2	3	4	5	5
Teamwork in an organization leads to organizational……….	Empowerment	Weakness	Economy	Skills	Empowerment
The ________ leadership style is an expression of the leader’s trust in the abilities of his subordinates.	Participative	Delegative	Authoritarian	Neurocratic	Participative
At the norming stage, the team is involved in defining ………	Goals	Roles	Relation	Habits	Goals

 

1)……. rights are the rights that an individual can avail and enjoy, by the virtue of being born as a human being.	Human	Civil	Political	Economical	Human
2)……… rights are guaranteed only to citizens of the state.	Civil	Human	Economical	Political	Political
3)……. rights make an individual self-sufficient in his/her basic needs.	Economic	Civil	Political	Human	Economic
4) The universal declaration of human rights(UDHR) came into effect in the year…….	1951	1950	1949	1948	1948
5) ….. right is a right that is guaranteed to citizens of a country by the constitution.	Political	Human	Civil	Constitutional	Constitutional
6) Article ….. of the constitution of India has reference to schedule caste (SC).	341	342	343	344	341
7) Article ….. of the constitution of India has reference to schedule tribe (ST).	344	343	342	341	342
8) Schedule tribe can belong to…….	Hinduism	Neo-buddhism	Sikhism	Any religion	Any religion
9) National commission for women act was enacted in the year……..	1990	1991	1992	1993	1990
10) National Commission for women was set up in the year ……..	1990	1991	1992	1993	1992
11) No child below the age of, years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or any hazardous employment.	14	15	16	17	14
12) To apply for the national old-age scheme, the age of the applicant should be, years or higher.	60	61	62	63	60
13) Article ….of the constitution of India provides for social equality and equal access to public areas.	12	13	14	15	15

14) Storms is an example of….. disaster.	Manmade	Natural	Hybrid	Ecological	Natural
15) ……. disaster occurs when anthropogenic actions allow increased damages from natural or manmade disasters.	Natural	Manmade	Ecological	Hybrid	Hybrid
16)…… takes place when a large amount of ice, snow, earth, or rock falls suddenly down the mountainside.	Cyclone	Drought	Earthquake	Avalanche	Avalanche
17)…… takes place when a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall leading to a shortage of water supply.	Earthquake	Drought	Cyclone	Floods	Drought
18)……. diseases are generally spread through consuming contaminated water.	Diseases associated with crowding	Vector-borne diseases	Diseases due to lack of nutrition	Waterborne diseases	Waterborne diseases
19) …….. diseases are transmitted by insect and animal bites.	Diseases due to lack of nutrition	Diseases associated with crowding	Vector-borne diseases	Waterborne diseases	Vector-borne diseases
20) Headache is a…. symptom.	Physiological	Psychological	Behavioural	Super natural	Physiological
21) ……. has been prepared by the government of Maharashtra and other agencies to participate in disaster management.	Disaster management action plan	Varishtha pension bima yojana	The pradhan mantri vaya vandana yojana	Rashtriya vayoshree yojana	Disaster management action plan
22) …….. is the effort to reduce the loss of life and property by reducing the impact of the disaster.	Mitigation	Litigation	Communication plan	Training	Mitigation
23) Response includes …….. phases.	2	3	4	5	3
24) The aim of the…. phase is to restore the affected area to its previous state.	Recovery	Pre-disaster	Respnse	Post -response	Recovery
25) ……… approach relates to the human rights approach relating to the resettlement and rehabilitation of disaster victims.	Humanitarian	Philanthropist	Socialistic	Monopolistic	Humanitarian
26) Principle …. is related to the guiding principle of the right to health.	17	18	19	20	19

27) Recent research suggest that the idea of an alphabet was first used in ………	Egypt	India	Africa	America	Egypt
28) ……. astronomy was the first and highly successful attempt at giving refined mathematical description of astronomical phenomena.	Babylonian	Mesopotamia	Greek	Hellesnistic	Babylonian
29) The ….. right triangle and other rules of thumb were used to build rectilinear structures.	3–4–5	4–5–6	5–6–7	7–8–9	3–4–5
30) … is known as father of science.	Pythagoras	Plato	Aristotle	Thales	Thales
31) ….. was a first person to postulate that earth is a spherical in shape.	Thales	Aristotle	Pythagoras	Plato	Pythagoras
32) ….. introduced atomism.	Leucippus	Euclid	Pythagoras	Aristotle	Leucippus
33) Meaning of the word science is………	Knowledge	Characteristic	Nature	Observation	Knowledge
34) The word science comes from a …. word ‘Scientia’	Indian	American	African	Latin	Latin
35) ….. is known as father of classical liberalism.	David hume	John locke	Issac newton	George berkeley	John locke
36) …. is a theory of knowlegde that asserts that knowledge comes from sensory experience.	Empiricism	Theoretical	Practical	Validated	Empiricism
37) A mental attitude which is behind the method of aquiring reliable and practical knowlege may be called…..	Tolerance	Humanism	Secularism	Scientific temper	Scientific temper
38) Computer Aided Manufacturing(CAM) is a term related to ………	Production	Sales	Human resource	Finance	Production

39) Public speaking is a part of …….. skills.	Communication	Listening	Interpersonal	Leadership	Communication
40) In …. listening the listener listens with interest and encourages the speaker with continued speaking.	Active	Content	Evaluative	Reflective	Active
41) Gossip is an example of ……. communication.	Written	Non-verbal	Body language	Oral	Oral
42) …. communication can be preserved as permanent record of the organisation.	Body language	Non-verbal	Written	Oral	Written
43) ….. colour signifies health and excitement.	Red	Pink	Blue	Green	Pink
44) In …. charts two bars are shown for each activity.	Pie	Bar	Gantt	Graphs	Gantt
45) Distance of 4 feet to 12 feet is considered as ….. space.	Intimate	Personal	Social	Public	Social
46) Noise is an example of…. barriers to communication.	Physical	Semantic	Socio-psychological	Organisational	Physical
47) …… means to distort in writing or telling.	Filtering	Rambling	The Halo and Horn effect	Slanting	Slanting
48) …. refers to talk aimlessly , without connection of ideas.	Slanting	Filtering	Rambling	The Halo and Horn effect	Rambling
49) Status barrier is an example of….. barrier.	Cross-cultural	Organisational	Semantic	Physical	Organisational
50) Communication between the same department or persons on the same level is called…. communication.	Downward	Upward	Horizontal	Diagonal	Horizontal

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