NITTT Module 2 — Common Questions & Answers 7-paper compilation (2021–2024)

NITTT Module 2
Common (Repeated) Questions with Answers
Compiled from 7 previous-year papers: 2021 Feb • 2021 Oct • 2022 Jul • 2023 Feb • 2023 Sep • 2024 Feb •
2024 Sep
The tag [n/7] shows how many of the 7 papers the question appeared in. Note: the 2024 September paper is
mostly new content (scenario-based, match-the-list, assertion–reason questions) and barely overlaps with the
other six, which recycle heavily among themselves — so most frequencies here max out around 6/7.

TIER 1 — Appeared in 6 of 7 papers (near-certain repeats)

Question Answer

During the Guru-Shishya Parampara days, knowledge is passed on Emotional

through the spiritual, intellectual and ______ bonding

For a professional to become an expert it is essential to have Experience

Sustainable development calls for a balance between Environment, economy and society

In the context of sustainability, "reduce" means Use less and create less waste

Transparency in teaching-learning process means Ensuring that relevant information is available to

all stakeholders

University teachers are professionals, school teachers are not, mainly It is essential for university teachers to engage in
because research or guide research; not necessary for
school teachers

Lifelong learning essentially requires Reflecting on professional experiences

Not reading reputed journals causes unethical behaviour due to which (i) and (ii) only — can't guide research in emerging
deficiencies? areas / can't develop state-of-art curriculum

Accountability of a teacher means s/he has to Work for overall development of students including
academics

Development means improvement in a country's economic and Social

______ conditions

Students should be encouraged to use earth's resources without Polluting

______ the environment

Socrates said "______ is the cause of all evils" Ignorance

Argyris (1974): mismatch between desires and actions due to Two

oscillation between ______ types of theories

Cradle-to-Cradle phrase was coined by Walter R Stahel (see notes on trademark

distinction)

The 5Rs concept for sustainable development was propounded by Bea Johnson

Which is NOT termed as one of the 'Panch-tatva'? Sea (the five are Earth, Space, Air, Fire, Water)

The industrial revolution led to a rapid increase in man-made ______ Air pollution
w.r.t. the Panch-Tatva

For achieving harmony with oneself, one should choose a profession Of one's own choice

'Happiness' is mainly because of the Happenings around you

The meaning of "Prosperity" in Hindi/Sanskrit is ■■■■■■■ — Samriddhi

Every professional society seeks to further the cause of that particular Profession

Which one of the following is NOT recycled? Food

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1. PROFESSIONALISM & PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

Question Answer Freq

Values are the unarticulated ______ that form the foundation for Beliefs 5/7
behaviour

A professional should possess ______ cardinal characteristics, Five 5/7

all equally important

Which is NOT a characteristic essentially required in a Professionals work for earning 5/7
professional? more/abundant money

Excellence in profession is ______ quality required to ensure An essential quality (one paper's key says 5/7
ethical behaviour "mandatory")

If a teacher is lazy and doesn't develop required competency in Unethical behaviour 5/7
students, this is

______ control and govern the behaviour of a person according Ethics 5/7
to norms set by others/organization

The first essential characteristic of a professional is mastery of a Vast and complex 4/7
______ body of knowledge

"______ are those forms of work which involve advanced Professions 4/7
expertise, self-regulation and concerted service to the public
good" — Bayles (1989)

Some professional societies have powers to ______ if a Withdraw license to practice 4/7
professional resorts to unethical practices

A professional code of ethics emphasizes teachers' main Students 4/7

responsibilities to their

Which falls under poor conduct of a teacher with authorities? Taking private tuitions after college hours 5/7
when not allowed

Which falls under poor conduct of a principal? Favouring teachers who do consultancy work 5/7
/ making research fellows engage classes

The relationship between professionals and clients must be All three reasons apply — services are 6/7
based on trust because complex, outcome depends on client effort
too, context is uncertain

The main reason for lack of trust between professionals and Image that professionals have become more 4/7
clients today money-minded

When professionals' work is too complex for clients to detect Self-regulate 5/7
mistakes, professionals must

IAS officers are normally NOT considered professionals because All three reasons — no domain expertise 3/7
of required, no self-regulation mechanism, don't
create new knowledge/research

Professionalism is best described as An abstract and complex concept 2/7

Which of these does NOT fall under good conduct of a teacher? Continuing to teach based on old learning 4/7
without referring to latest developments

Which of these does NOT fall under good conduct of a teacher Encourage NSS/NCC participation is the 5/7
(society-related)? GOOD conduct — the distractor is bad
conduct

Which does NOT fall under good conduct of a teacher Paying meagre/avoiding attention to 4/7
(placement-related)? placement of economically weaker students

2. VALUES, ATTITUDES & ETHICS

Question Answer Freq

Value helps a person make the judgment of what is More important 4/7

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Question Answer Freq

Values of a person are principles that help him decide What is important to him/her 3/7

Personal ______ guide a person as to what is more important Values 4/7

and help make better choices

Select the statement that is NOT true for 'Values' Values are developed/taught by delivering a 4/7
classroom lecture (false)

Identify the CORRECT statement about ethics Ethics are practices to be followed by all 4/7
persons in an organization

Identify the statement NOT correct about ethics Ethics are agreed rules made primarily for 4/7
punishment of unworthy employees (false)

Value Education does NOT enable one to Select a good career (one paper instead keys 4/7
"evaluate one's own educational level")

The subject that helps understand "what is valuable" for human Value Education 4/7
happiness is

Attitude of a person is best described by The way s/he looks at any person or situation 4/7

Positive attitude means Recognizing own mistake, accepting it, and 4/7
acting so it isn't repeated

A person with a neutral attitude generally tends to Ignore the problems in life 5/7

A person with "Sikken" attitude tends to Destroy every image related to positive 3/7
attitude

The four types of attitude identified are Positive, Negative, Neutral, Sikken 2/7

When a person's thinking/behaviour are consistent with their Self-fulfilling prophecy 3/7
attitude, it leads to

3. SELF-EXPLORATION, HARMONY & HUMAN ASPIRATIONS

Question Answer Freq

Self-exploration can help a person to Recognize one's relationship with every unit 4/7
in existence and exploit/fulfil it

The end-results/outcomes of self-exploration are Realization and Understanding (Only i and ii) 4/7

One's "joy" (sadanand) wells up from within because it's rooted in Right value system and priorities chosen 4/7
the

For harmonious lives, professionals should aspire to have Prosperity and Happiness 4/7

Prosperity may be defined as Feeling of possessing required physical 4/7

resources in abundance

The real needs of mind are Qualitative and not Temporary 4/7

The most fundamental reason for unhappiness even in The misplaced notion about the purpose of 3/7
successful professionals life

The main reason for conflicts within a professional's life Not being clear about purpose of life 4/7

The choice of occupation should be basically based on One's Aptitude and Interest 4/7

"When relationships between family members are based on Trust 4/7

______, harmony can be established"

"Love or respect comes to you only when you give things to Without expecting anything in return 2/7
people ______"

The present-day definition of a healthy person is one who is Physically, mentally and socially fit 4/7

Attempt to accumulate more wealth (beyond decent living needs) All three problems — less time for knowledge, 4/7
may lead to less time for relationships, may lead to
unethical practices

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Question Answer Freq

The persons whose main life aim is to earn wealth should try to Business Person 2/7
become

To develop from animal consciousness to ______ consciousness Human 2/7

is a distinct transformation

With respect to different orders, the world can be classified into Four 4/7
______ orders

The plant order supports the Animal order 4/7

4. MENTORING & COUNSELLING

Question Answer Freq

Identify the INCORRECT statement related to mentoring & "Carried out mainly because of AICTE/NBA, 4/7
counselling though it has no specific purpose"

Identify the INCORRECT purpose of student mentoring Prescribing a career path / a solution 4/7

Mentoring & counselling will NOT be successful when Biased approaches to personality 4/7
development are encouraged

Identify the INCORRECT characteristic of the "It is one-way communication from 3/7
mentoring/counselling process mentor/counsellor to counselee" (false — it's
interactive)

Which is NOT an essential characteristic of modern counselling? Bureaucratic 4/7

The effectiveness of counselling/mentoring depends on Facilitating and restraining 2/7

numerous ______ factors

The types of counselling are Reactive and Proactive 1/7

5. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT & 5Rs

Question Answer Freq

Which supports the sustainability principle? Products/processes/systems should be 5/7

output pulled (not input pushed)

Social, economic and environmental equity is necessary for Sustainable development 5/7
achieving

Number of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN Seventeen (17) 4/7

Promoting women empowerment through ICT is covered under SDG Goal 5 — Gender Equality 4/7

The UN adopted the eight Millennium Development Goals 2000 (three papers say 2001 — disputed, see notes) 6/7
(MDGs) in the year

Sustainable happiness of mankind essentially requires a Sustainable environment 3/7

GNP stands for Gross National Product 5/7

Cradle-to-Cradle design ensures material flows cyclically; waste Food for new/better material/product ("waste 4/7
becomes = food")

In Cradle-to-Cradle, technical nutrients (considered waste after Food for new and better material/product 3/7
use) become

A good and strong organisation culture ______ loyalty among Increases 5/7
employees

A good organisational structure will always ______ changes Adapt to 4/7

The ______ of a company play a great role in image-building Core values 4/7

Using water-based solvents instead of chemical solvents is an Refuse 3/7

example of which R?

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Question Answer Freq

Taking only the required amount of drinking water so none is Reduce 2/7
wasted is an example of

Select the option NOT an example of any of the 5Rs Using plastic glasses instead of glassware 4/7

One of the 12 Green Engineering Principles "Reduce, Recycle" of the 5Rs 4/7
(integration/interconnectivity with energy & material flows)
supports

Which is NOT one of the 12 Green Engineering Principles "Targeted durability, not immortality... after 4/7
(Anastas & Warner, 1998)? use, throw it away" (contradicts green
engineering)

National Income measurement — which is NOT a valid method? "Sum of income of every/each citizen" method 3/7

Biocentric ethics covers All living beings 3/7

Use of DDT/insecticides prevents disease but damages Biocentrism 3/7

ecological balance — supports

Item that takes longest to decompose (varies: leather shoe / Plywood or Plastic bottles — consistently the 4/7
plywood / plastic bottles) slowest to decompose

6. INDIAN CULTURE, GURU-SHISHYA & EDUCATION SYSTEM

Question Answer Freq

The Guru-Shishya Parampara is based on Trust, respect and devotion shown by the 3/7
shishya

The purpose of the higher education system is to Be responsive to the needs of society with 3/7
respect to development

Which characteristic is NOT required to be developed in students Apprehensive / Acquisitive (the odd-one-out 4/7
by teachers? vs Inquisitive, Adaptive, Innovative)

Not mastering subject matter causes unethical behaviour due to All three — can't teach properly, can't assess 4/7
which deficiencies? properly, can't develop curriculum properly

Which responsibility does NOT count as a teacher's "social Organizing theory/lab classes sincerely 3/7
responsibility"? according to curriculum (a core duty, not
"extra")

If an already-employed professor offers paid coaching to own Conflict of interest 4/7

students, this is

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QUICK-REVISION CHEAT SHEET — Facts & Numbers

• 5 cardinal characteristics of a professional

• 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) — adopted in 2000 (some papers say 2001)
• 4 orders the world can be classified into (material, plant, animal, human/social)
• 5 Panch-tatva: Earth, Space, Air, Fire, Water (NOT "Sea")
• 5Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle — concept by Bea Johnson
• 12 Green Engineering Principles — Anastas & Warner (1998)
• Cradle-to-Cradle phrase — coined by Walter R Stahel; the registered trademark belongs to McDonough Braungart
Design Chemistry (MBDC)
• 2 types of theories (Argyris, 1974): Espoused Theories vs Theories-in-Use
• Triple Bottom Line (Elkington, 1998): Profit, Planet, People / Economic, Environmental, Societal
• GNP = Gross National Product; NNP preferred over GNP for measuring national welfare

Inconsistencies found in the published answer keys across papers

• MDG adoption year — 2021 Feb/Oct and 2022 Jul give 2001; 2023 Feb/Sep and 2024 Feb give 2000. Both years
appear as "correct" depending on the paper.
• "Excellence in profession is ___ quality" — most papers key "an essential" quality; the 2023 February paper
instead keys "a mandatory" quality for the same stem.
• "Value Education does NOT enable one to..." — most papers key "select a good career"; the 2023 February paper
instead keys "evaluate one's own educational level" for a differently-worded version of the same stem.
• Cradle-to-Cradle origin — most papers attribute the phrase to Walter R Stahel (1970s); the 2024 February paper
instead asks about the registered trademark, which belongs to McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC).
Both are correct — they answer different questions.

Sources: [Link] Module 2 previous-year question papers — 2021 Feb, 2021 Oct, 2022 Jul, 2023 Feb, 2023 Sep, 2024 Feb, 2024
Sep.

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