GANPAT UNIVERSITY PhD ENTRANCE TEST 2017 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SECTION A TOTAL MARKS: 50 Tnstruetions: 1. This is a closed book examination. Each question carries one mark. 2. All the questions are compulsory. Research involves all ofthe following except a. Promotion b. Validation ©. Control 4. Testing ‘The research study carried out with the help of data points (either primary or secondary) is termed as__. a. Conceptual b. Observational Empirical 4d. None of the above According to the authors, research methods are everything except: a. Unstructured b. Unbiased ©. Sequential d. Directed Applied research is directed towards a. Problem solving, b. Action oriented research Real time problems Alllof the above The following are features ofa good research study except 8, Should be replicable b. Should be systematic and objective Should be completed in three months 44. Should be ethical and unbiased C1x9)6. Kingfisher wants to evaluate the impact of promotional offer of thousand rupees off on totum ticket fares on ticket sales. The kind of research being conducted is 8, Applied research b, Basic research cc. Research question 4. None of the above 7. Which of the following problems require research Flexible work hours schedule on intention to leave organization b. Acceptance of more women oriented serials (Programme) on prime time ©. Voting patterns of western versus easter UP 4. All of the above 8, ‘The Census carried out by the Government of India is an example of a, Exploratory research b. Causal research Descriptive research All ofthe above 9. The primary objective of _ to provide insights into, and an understanding of, the problem confronting the researcher. a. Exploratory research b. Conclusive research Causal research 4d. Descriptive research. 10, _ is atype of conclusive research which is especially formulated to give a description about a phenomena or group. a. Longitudinal research design b, Exploratory research design Descriptive research design ‘Twortiered research design 11, Descriptive research is conducted for all ofthe following reasons except a, To describe the characteristics of relevant groups, such as consumers, company personnel, organizations, or territories b. To determine the occurrence of the study variables Gx)c. To understand which variables are the cause and which variables are the effect of a phenomenon d. To determine the perceptions of construct and their features 12, Test units are also called 1, Independent variables b. Experiment Treatment d. All ofthe above are false. 13, In an experiment, the researcher manipulates one or more variables in an attempt to determine its effect on the Independent variable a. b. Dependent variable c. Treatment 4. 1. ‘Test variable 14, Which of the following is true about field experiment? a ty b. High external validity High internal v High internal and external val ity None of the above is true 15, 0, Oy O; O, X Os Os OF OF ‘The above design is an example of a 8. One group pretest-posttest design b. Multiple time series design €. Pretest-posttest control group design d. Time series design 16, In comparison to primary data, secondary data can be collected a. Rapidly and easily b. Atarelatively low cost cc. Ina short time with less effort 4d. Allofthe above (3x9)17, Census of India is a a. Syndicate data source b. Internal data source ¢. Government data source 4, Non-government data source 18, Qualitative research a. Is essentially the same as quantitative research, b. Generally employs rigorous mathematical analysis. nature. Is subject Is objective in nature 19. A technique in which a single respondent is questioned one-on-one by a highly skilled interviewer to uncover underlying motivations, beliefs attitudes, and feelings on a topic is called- a. Focus group b._Projective interview Indepth interview 4d. Unstructured interview 20. What type of question is the following: I you were to select your favorite holiday destination and what are the reasons for this, What would be your answer? a. Leading question . Loaded question ©. Fixed-alternative question 4. Open-ended question 21. Consider the following quest Don’t you think the current government has an excellent poverty alleviation programme? Yes/no a. Isa leading question b. Is loaded question Isa double-barrelled question 4. Isan interval scaled question CAxD2, 23. 26. 26. 27. ‘A multiple choice question in which a person can select more than one response category is called Dichotomous question b. Ambiguous question d. Checklist ert scale question Which of the following is not a probability sampling plan? a, Systematic sampling b. Cluster sampling e. 4. Stratified sampling In simple random sampling design each element ofthe population has the following chance of being selected in the sample. a. Unequal b. Unknown ¢. Equal and known 4. Unequal and known Which of the following statements is true? a, Samples are less expensive. b. Non-sampling error reduces with inerease in sample size. ‘Simple random sampling is more efficient than stratified samy All of the above are true ‘The uses ofa frequency distribution are a, To get the extent of non response. b, To detect the presence of extreme cases (outliers in the distribution). To get the extent of illegitimate responses. d. Allofthe above Which of the following gives the measure of consistency of data? Mean Standard deviation Mode Median Regs 9)For the next 4 questions, read the following table: TABLE ‘Consumption of ice cream and household income Taw Consumption offce | High Consumpifon of ee ears Total Tow Income 30 10 0 Middle Income 20 20 0 High Income 2 28 0 a 38 120 28 ‘The above table isan example of a. Cross-tabulation b. One way tabulation Four way classification 4. None of the above 29, What percentage of houschold have less consumption of Ice cream? a 50 b 51.67 © 54 d 4938 30, How many households are there with middle income? a 30 b 2B 40 4 None of the above 31 How many household with middle income have high consumption of Tee eream? a 20 b 30 © 8 4 2 For the next 3 question read the following data Given below are the marks of 10 students in an examination 40, 60, 50, 55, 45, 70, 60, 55, 75, 80. Cx32 33 34 35, ‘What is the average score of the students? a 38 db 60 cc 65 d 99 ‘What is median of the distribution of marks? a 58 b 375 © 585 a 60 ‘What is the range of the marks of the a 40 db 18 © 20 a 30 For the regression model Y =by +b; Xi +b: Xz +U X; Xp are dependent variables, Y isa predictor variable. bois predictor variable. None of the above is true. 36, When discussing the caveats of the study, the restraints and shortfalls in data collection, sampling design of the scope of the study, one is writing the section of the research report. a, Conclusions of the study ndings of the study Problem definition 4. Limitations of the study 37. ccan be used to display the steps or components of a process, charts b. Pictographs Flow charts Histograms Gea)38. Which of the follo a. American Psychological Association (APA) iis referencing style used for writing research paperithesis? b. Indian Psychological Association (IPA) jon (CPA) 4d. Russian Psychological Association (RPA) c. Chinese Psychological Associ 39, What is full form of IPR? Intellectual property rights b. Intelligent Property right ¢. Intellectual Proprietary right 4d. Intelligent Property rotation 40. After data collection from the respondents, the researcher a. Can disclose it to anyone b. Can not disclose it to anyone without permission of respondents ©. Can sell this data to private agegney 4d. None of the above 41, Ina line graph within a research report, the variable is generally shown on the _variable is put on the X- axis a. Independent; dependent 'b. Dependent; independent Interdependent; spontaneous Spontaneous; dependent 42, When preparing an oral presentation one must keep in mind a. Who is the audience b. What does he/she hope to gain from the presentation © What should be the core of the briefing 4. All ofthe above are important. 43, Which of the following tools is best for presenting the data to a group? a. Excel b. Power Point Presentation Word document dd. None of the above (exa)44. Which of the following tool is best for development of report or thesis? a. Excel b. Power Point Presentation c. Word document 4d. None of the above 45, Which ofthe following toot is best for calculation withthe help of formulae? a. Excel 'b. Power Point Presentation ©. Word document 4. None ofthe above 46. Which of the following is E-journals database’ Scopus b.Journal of engineering and science ¢.International journal of Operations Management d.None of the above 47. thas helped researchers all over the world to work together in collaboration. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Word processing Plagiarism All ofthe above a b 4. 48. What is www stands for? a. Hyper text transfer protocol b. World wide web &TCPIP protocol d. None of the above 49, Shodhganga is ~ a. Reservoir of Indian theses b. Reservoir for research papers in India Collection of UGC related information 4d. None of the above 50. The practice of showing someone's work/idea/paper as one’s own without proper acknowledgment Is termed as. a. Citation . Plagiarism Referencing 4d. None of the above @*49)Answer Key Research Methodology PhD entrance March 2017 26 27. 28 29. 30. 31 32. 33, 34 35 36 Ed 38 39) 40. a a a3 Mm 45 46 47. 48, 49 50. 10 in 12 B 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2B 24 25,