Research Methodology Past Papers

[OBJECTIVE]

Subject: Research Methodology

Time Allowed: 15 Minutes

Max Marks: 10

NOTE: Attempt this Paper on this Question Sheet only. Please encircle the correct option. Division of marks is given in front of each question. This Paper will be collected back after expiry of time limit mentioned above.

 

Part-I  Fill in the blanks, cutting and overwriting are not allowed. (10)

  1. The first step in Research Process is __________________.
  2. Through “Questionnaire” data collection technique mostly used in __________________.
  3. “What is History” is written by __________________.
  4. “The Historian’s Craft” is written by __________________.
  5. “The Idea of History” is written by __________________.

 

[SUBJECTIVE]

Subject: Research Methodology

Time Allowed: 2 Hours 45 Minutes

Max Marks: 50

NOTE: ATTEMPT THIS (SUBJECTIVE) ON SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED

 

Part-II  Give Short Answers, Each question carries equal marks. (20)

Q#1: Ancillary Sciences.

Q#2: External Criticism

Q#3: Oral History

Q#4: Internal Criticism

Part-III  Give Long Answers, Each question carries equal marks. (30)

Q#1: Discuss the significance and scope of History.

Q#2: There is no concept of History writings without documents. Explain.

Q#3: What do you know about the different Techniques of Data Collection?


[OBJECTIVE]

Subject: Research Methodology

Time Allowed: 15 Minutes

Maximum Marks: 10

NOTE: Attempt this Paper on this Question Sheet only.  Please encircle the correct option. Division of marks is given in front of each question. This Paper will be collected back after expiry of time limit mentioned above.

 

Part-I Encircle the right answer, cutting and overwriting are not allowed. (10)

1. If an investigator defines aggression in terms of frequency and intensity of shock administered to another person, he or she has used
a. rationalism
b. scientific technique
c. reference to extraneous variable
d. Operational definition
2. In the hypothesis “ Men earn more annual income than women”, Independent variable is
a. men
b. women
c. gender
d. annual income
3. _______ usually generates hypotheses.
a. Basic research
b. Quantitative research
c. applied research
d. Qualitative research
4. The goais of scientific method are
a. Description
b. prediction
c. Understanding
d. all of the above .
5. FGD stands for
a. Focus group discussion
b. false group disorder
c. Fallacy grading order
d. none of the above
6. Which of the following is not a problem in face to face interviewing?
a. Safety
b. Problems in answering questions in the intended order
c. Expense
d. Difficult to supervise interviewers
7. Case studies tend to have:
a. both practical and statistical significance
b. statistical significance even though they do not have practical significance
c. practical significance even though they do not have statistical significance
d. neither practical nor statistical significance
8. Double-barreled questions should be avoided because:
a. They confuse respondents by asking about two different things
b. They rely too much on a respondent’s memory
c. They are too abstract and general in scope
d. They make the questions too long
9. When all participants receive all treatment conditions, the study has risk of:
a) Order effects
b) Carryover effects
c) History effects
d) a and b
10. Experiments allow researchers to:
a. observe naturally occurring behavior.
b. answer cause-and-effect questions about the relationship between variables.
c. answer questions about the existence of a relationship between two variables.
d. eliminate experimenter bias


[OBJECTIVE]

Subject: Research Methodology

Time Allowed: 15 Min

Total Marks: 10

NOTE: ATTEMPT THIS PAPER ON THIS QUESTION SHEET ONLY. Division of marks is given in front of each question. This Paper will be collected back after expiry of time limit mentioned above.

 

Part-I Encircle the correct option, each question carries equal marks. (10)

1. The data collected from the Internet is called:
(a) Primary data
(b) Ordinal data
(c) Ratio data
(d) Secondary data
2. A method, similar to group interviews, used to generate data is called:
(a) Basic research
(b) Focus Group
(c) Diagnostic research
(d) Fundamental research
3. A problem that motivates the researcher to carry out research study is called:
(a) Research Hypotheses
(b) Research Problem
(c) Research Technique
(d) Research Methods
4. Which one of the following is not required in conducting research’? The data collected from the Internet is called:
(a) Honesty
(b) Misinterpretation of data
(c) Integrity
(d) Confidentiality
5. Research that takes help of historical sources to carry out study is called:
(a) Field Research
(b) Longitudinal Research
(c) Historical Research
(d) Quantitative Research
6. The type of sampling in which the entire universe is divided into groups and some groups are randomly selected in the sample is called:
(a) Quota Sampling
(b) Group Sampling
(c) Cluster Sampling
(d) Systematic Sampling