Timed practice for UGC-NET Music Mock 2, set out in the board's own sections. Every answer comes with an explanation.
About the exam
UGC-NET Music, subject code 016, is the National Eligibility Test in music.
The National Testing Agency holds it for the University Grants Commission of India. Paper I tests teaching and research aptitude. Paper II tests music.
Paper I · Teaching and research aptitudeTeaching, research, reasoning and data.This section has 50 questions.
Paper II · MusicTheory, history, ragas, talas, instruments and musicology.This section has 100 questions.
Timing
Exam mode runs a clock of 3 hours for the whole practice test.
The full practice test holds 150 questions.
Sample questions
Sample 1
A lecturer wants students to challenge a proposed interpretation of a primary source, drawing on evidence they select themselves. Which activity best matches this aim?
Dictating an accepted interpretation
Repeating terms from lecture slides
Structured student-led critique with evidence-based rebuttals
Reciting the lecturer’s conclusion from memory
The answer is C, Structured student-led critique with evidence-based rebuttals.
Student-led critique requires learners to assess competing claims and construct arguments from evidence.
Sample 2
A singer shifts an entire melodic phrase from the madhya saptak to the taar saptak without changing interval relations. What happens to the frequencies in an ideal octave transposition?
Every frequency increases by the same fixed number of hertz
Each frequency is halved
Only Sa changes frequency
Each frequency doubles
The answer is D, Each frequency doubles.
An octave upward corresponds to a 2:1 frequency ratio for each pitch.
Sample 3
A department creates an examination intended to assess clinical reasoning but awards almost all marks for recall of definitions. The most direct concern is:
Poor construct validity
Excessive inter-rater reliability
A necessarily high standard error of measurement
Absence of any opportunity for formative feedback
The answer is A, Poor construct validity.
A recall-heavy test does not adequately represent the reasoning construct it claims to measure.
Questions and answers
How long is the UGC-NET Music Mock 2 practice test?
Exam mode gives 3 hours for the whole practice test. It holds 150 questions.
What sections does the UGC-NET Music Mock 2 practice test cover?
It follows the board's order: Teaching and research aptitude and Music.
Are the answers explained?
Yes. Each answer comes with an explanation of why it is correct.