Timed practice for UGC-NET Music Mock 1, 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 teacher reviews anonymous responses midway through a lesson, identifies a misconception, and immediately changes the next activity. The principal function of the assessment is:
Formative feedback to modify ongoing instruction
Estimation of the institution’s annual intake
Ranking students for a scholarship
Certification of achievement at course end
The answer is A, Formative feedback to modify ongoing instruction.
The evidence is gathered during teaching and is used at once to improve learning, which defines formative assessment.
Sample 2
In a 16-matra tintal cycle divided 4+4+4+4, which beat ordinarily carries the khali wave?
Beat 1
Beat 9
Beat 5
Beat 13
The answer is B, Beat 9.
Tintal has tali at 1, 5 and 13, with khali beginning its third vibhag on beat 9.
Sample 3
A music researcher obtains permission to interview performers but plans to publish named quotations that reveal sensitive career information. What additional step best addresses research ethics?
Explain the disclosure risks only after submitting an article for peer review
Replace the participant’s name with initials but preserve enough details to identify them
Treat general interview consent as sufficient even when it did not describe public attribution
Obtain explicit informed permission for attributed quotations and explain foreseeable disclosure risks
The answer is D, Obtain explicit informed permission for attributed quotations and explain foreseeable disclosure risks.
Use-specific informed consent is especially important when direct attribution could expose participants to foreseeable professional harm.
Questions and answers
How long is the UGC-NET Music Mock 1 practice test?
Exam mode gives 3 hours for the whole practice test. It holds 150 questions.
What sections does the UGC-NET Music Mock 1 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.