Monday 8 September 2014

RESEARCH APTITUDE SOLVED PAPER FOR UGC NET AND OTHER RESEARCH COMPETITIVE EXAMS

RESEARCH APTITUDE SOLVED PAPER FOR UGC NET AND OTHER RESEARCH ENTRANCE EXAMS

1. A good researcher lays his hands on
a. A specific area and tries to understand it in minute details
b. Several areas and tries to understand them at fundamental level
c. Any area ,as long as manpower and funding are available in plenty
d. All the above
Ans. (a)

2. Which research paradigm is based on the pragmatic view of reality?
a. quantitative research
b. qualitative research
c. mixed research
d. none of the above
Ans. (c)

3. Which scientific method focuses on testing hypotheses developed from theories?
a. Deductive method
b. Inductive method
c. Hypothesis method
d. Pattern method
Ans. (a)


4. Where do you provide a step‐by‐step account of what the researcher and participants did during
the research study?
a. Introduction
b. Abstract
c. Procedure
d. Design
Ans. (c)

5. Blueberries cost more than Strawberries.
Blueberries cost less than Raspberries.
Raspberries cost more than both Strawberries and Blueberries.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
a) True
b) False
c) Uncertain
Ans. (a)

6. It is popularly said that any two students are not alike. This implies that they
differ in their
A physical and mental set up
B aptitude
C social status
D attitude
Ans. (A)

7. Counselling is provided to assist an individual
A To diagnose learning deficiencies
B To understand and solve problem
C To develop insight
D To develop the personality
Ans. (B)

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8. Instructional objectives are useful to
A Teachers
B Students
C Question paper setters
D All of the above
Ans. (D)

9. Which of the following is a characteristic of a good test?
A Validity
B Reliability
C Usability
D All of the above
Ans. (D)

10. If in a research independent variables cannot be manipulated then it is known as
A Experimental Research
B Non-experimental Research
C Fundamental Research
D Exploratory Research
Ans. (B)

11. Which of the following is the most essential characteristic of a research worker?
A Sympathy
B Open mindedness
C Patience
D Emotional control
Ans. (B)

12. To study the relationship of family size with income a researcher calssifies his
population into different income slabs and then takes a random sample from
each slab. Which technique of sampling does he adopt?
A Random Sampling
B Stratified Random Sampling
C Cluster Sampling
D Systematic Sampling
Ans. (B)

13. Which of the following is the most read page of a thesis?
A Title page
B Table of contents
C Abstract
D Research Design
Ans. (C)

14. If a person replied like “I see” or ‘mm-hmm’ then it is known as
A Positive feed back
B Negative feed back
C Ambiguous feed back
D Nonverbal feedback
Ans. (C)

15. The most basic function of communication is to
A Inform people
B Instruct people
C Influence people
D All of these
Ans. (D)

16. The role of National Board of Accreditation is to
A Sanction funds for projects
B Ensure quality assurance
C Grant affiliation
D Grant approval
Ans. (B)

17. National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous body, has
been established by
A AICTE
B UGC
C ISTE
D NBA
Ans. (B)

18. Directorate of Technical Education is an organization established by
A State Government
B Government of India
C Indian Society for Technical Education
D Indian National Academy of Engineering
Ans. (A)

19. The expansion of NPTEL is
A National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning
B National Project for Technology Enabled Learning
C National Program for Technical Education Learning
D National Project for Technician Education Learning
Ans. (A)

20. Encoding is
A The formulation of messages in the communicator’s mind
B The formulation messages in the receiver’s mind
C Coding of whole communication process
D None of these
Ans. (A)


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