1. The essential qualities of a researcher are:
A. Spirit of free enquiry
B. Reliance on observation and evidence
C. Systematization or theorizing of knowledge
D. All the above
2. How to judge the depth of any research?
A. By research title
B. By research duration
C. By research objectives
D. By total expenditure on research
3. What is the difference between research questions and research objectives?
A. The question is worded by the researcher, the objective is not
B. The wording of one is likely to be more specific than the other
C. No difference they are same
D. One of these is proposed by a research expert
4. An appropriate source to find out descriptive information is……………. .
A. Bibliography
B. Directory
C. Encyclopedia
D. Dictionary
5. UGC Stands for
A. University Grants Commission
B. Union Government Commission
C. University Governance Council
D. Union government Council
6. In order to pursue the research, which of the following is priorly required?
A. Developing a research design
B. Formulating a research question
C. Deciding about the data analysis procedure
D. Formulating a research hypothesis
7. Which one among the following statements is false in the context of participatory research?
A. It recognizes knowledge as power
B. It is a collective process of inquiry
C. It emphasizes people as experts
D. Its sole purpose is the production of knowledge
8. Research objectives are decided after
A. Research question
B. Sample size
C. Hypothesis
D. Bibliography
9. Research objectives should be …….
A. Clear
B. Precise
C. Feasible
D. All of the above
10. Research questions should justify the research problem.
A. True
B. False
C. May be
D. May be not
11. What is a possible explanation that we may not agree with?
A. Research question
B. Research Objective
C. The Hypothesis
D. Grounded Theory
12. A Hypothesis is
A. A tentative generalization, the validity of which remains to be tested
B. A less explored area of research
C. The reliability of the sample
D. A source of information
13. What is the criteria of a workable hypothesis?
A. A hypothesis should be relevant
B. A hypothesis should be empirically verifiable
C. A hypothesis must have predictive and explanatory power
D. All of the above
14. A statement whose validity is tested on the basis of a sample is called?
A. Null Hypothesis
B. Statistical Hypothesis
C. Simple Hypothesis
D. Composite Hypothesis
15. A statement made about a population for testing purpose is called?
A. Statistic
B. Hypothesis
C. Level of Significance
D. Test-Statistic
16. The rejection probability of Null Hypothesis when it is true is called as?
A. Level of Confidence
B. Level of Significance
C. Level of Margin
D. Level of Rejection
17. Alternative Hypothesis is also called as?
A. Composite hypothesis
B. Research Hypothesis
C. Simple Hypothesis
D. Null Hypothesis
18. The point where the Null Hypothesis gets rejected is called as?
A. Significant Value
B. Rejection Value
C. Acceptance Value
D. Critical Value
19. The number of independent values in a set of values is called:
A. Test-statistic
B. Degree of freedom
C. Level of significance
D. Level of confidence
20. The purpose of statistical inference is:
A. To collect sample data and use them to formulate hypotheses about a population
B. To draw conclusion about populations and then collect sample data to support the conclusions
C. To draw conclusions about populations from sample data
D. To draw conclusions about the known value of population parameter