Research Methodology MCQ for Ph.D entrance exam Phd admission 2023 and PhD entrance exam Research Methodology MCQ

2. What is the name of the conceptual framework
in which the research is carried out?
(A) Research design
(B) Research paradigm
(C) Synopsis of Research
(D) Research hypothesis

3. • (A) Research design

4. 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

5. • (C) By Research objectives

6. Schedule is used as a ....................
A. Questionnaire
B. Tool
C. Method
D. technique

7. • B. Tool

8. Research is basically-
(A) A methodology of enquiry
(B) Search of truth
(C) A systematic exploration of facts
(D) All of the above

9. • (D) All of the above

10. Who can successfully conduct Research?
(A) Someone who is a hard worker
(B) Possesses post-graduation degree
(C) Has studied research methodology
(D) Possesses thinking and reasoning ability

11. • (D) Possesses thinking and reasoning ability

12. In research process, a researcher should at first
find:
(A) Fact
(B) Value
(C) Research Problem
(D) None of the above

13. • (C) Research Problem

14. Questionnaire is filled by ...................
A. Respondent
B. Everybody
C. Enumerator
D. None of the above

15. • A. Respondent

16. Which of the following statements is not true in
the context of participatory research?
(A) It recognizes knowledge as power
(B) It emphasises on people as experts
(C) It is a collective process of enquiry
(D) Its sole purpose is production of knowledge

17. • (D) Its sole purpose is production of
knowledge

18. 17. Circle graphs are used to show-
(A) How is one part related to other parts?
(B) How various sections share in the whole?
(C) How is one whole related to another
whole?
(D) How are various parts related to the whole?

19. • (A) How is one part related to other parts?

20. 'R.G. Francis' has explained how many stages of
Social Research in his famous book 'Nature of
Scientific Research'?
(A) 12 stages
(B) 5 stages
(C) 10 stages
(D) 6 stages

21. • (A) 12 stages

22. Questions which allow only a few alternative way
of answering is called
...........
A. Open ended questions
B. Unstructured questions
C. Structural questions
D. Dichotomous questions

23. • C. Structural questions

24. Which of the following is an initial mandatory
requirement for pursuing research?
(A) Developing a research design
(B) Formulating a research question
(C) Deciding about the data analysis procedure
(D) Formulating a research hypothesis

25. • (B) Formulating a research question

26. What are those conditions where a research
problem is not viable?
(A) It is new and adds something to knowledge
(B) It can be researched
(C) It has utility and relevance
(D) It contains dependent and independent
variables

27. • (D) It contains dependent and independent
variables

28. A doctor studies the relative effectiveness of
two drugs of dengue fever. His research would
be classified as:
(A) Case Study
(B) Ethnography
(C) Descriptive Survey
(D) Experimental Research

29. • (D) Experimental Research

30. Social Science Research is :
(A) Discovering new facts
(B) Verifying old facts
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

31. • (C) Both (A) and (B)

32. In qualitative research paradigm, which of the following
features may be considered critical?
(A) Data collection with standardised research tools
(B) Sampling design with probability sample techniques
(C) Data collection with bottom-up empirical evidences
(D) Data gathering to take place with top-down
systematic evidences

33. • (C) Data collection with bottom-up empirical
evidences

34. Which one among the following phrases does
not correspond to the meaning of research as
a process?
(A) Systematic Activity
(B) Objective Observation
(C) Trial and Error
(D) Problem Solving

35. • (C) Trial and Error

36. Second step in Problem formulation is:
(A) Survey
(B) Discussion
(C) Statement of the Problem
(D) Understanding the Nature of the Problem

37. • (D) Understanding the Nature of the
• Problem

38. Questions which seek information is called
A. Factual question
B. Opinion question
C. Hypothetical question
D. Marginal question

39. • A. Factual question

40. Inferring about the whole population on the
basis of the observations made on a small part
is called:
(A) Deductive inference
(B) Inductive inference
(C) Objective inference
(D) Pseudo-inference

41. • (B) Inductive inference

42. Who is referred to as "the father of research on
teaching""?
(A) N. L. Gage
(B) David Berliner
(C) Egon Brunswik
(D) Donald T. Campbell

43. • (A) N. L. Gage

44. The characteristics of scientific method of
research is:
(A) Empiricism
(B) Objectivity
(C) Systematic
(D) All of the above

45. • (D) All of the above

46. Population value is called ..............
A. Statistic
B. Parameter
C. Variable
D. Core value

47. • B. Parameter

48. 7. Which is not the characteristic of research?
(A) Basic Research
(B) Ex-Post Facto Research
(C) Holistic Perspective
(D) Context Sensitivity

49. • (C) Holistic Perspective

50. 23. A college wants to give training in use of
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to
researchers. For this the college should organize:
(A) Lecture
(B) Seminar
(C) Workshop
(D) Conference

51. • (C) Workshop

52. In which book 'John Dewey' has written that
'Rationality should be base of Scientific
Method'?
(A) 'How We Think'
(B) 'Essentials of Scientific Method X
(C) 'An Introduction of Social Research'
(D) 'Social Research'

53. • (A) 'How We Think'

54. Sampling which provides for a known non zero
chance of selection is
A. Probability sampling
B. Non probability sampling
C. multiple Choice
D. analysis

55. • A. Probability sampling

56. 8. In which of the following cases, the formation
of hypothesis may not be necessary?
(A) Investigative historical studies
(B) Experimental studies
(C) Normative studies
(D) Survey studies

57. • (A) Investigative historical studies

58. 24. A satisfactory statistical quantitative method
should not possess one of the following
qualities:
(A) Flexibility
(B) Measurability
(C) Comparability
(D) Appropriateness

59. • (A) Flexibility

60. Paradigm as method of Social Research has X
been used by which one of the thinker?
(A) Robert K. Merton
(B) Max Weber
(C) R.L. Ackoff
(D) None of the above

61. • (A) Robert K. Merton

62. In which sample population is divided into
different strata and sample is taken from
different strata?
A. Quota Sampling
B. Snow ball sampling
C. Stratified sampling
D. Purposive Sampling

63. • C. Stratified sampling

64. 9. Which of the following is the first step in a
research process?
(A) Selecting a topic
(B) Formulating research problem
(C) Development of a hypothesis
(D) None of the above

65. • (B) Formulating research problem

66. 25. The depth of any research can be judged by:
(A) Title of the research
(B) Duration of the research
(C) Objectives of the research
(D) Total expenditure on the research

67. • (C) Objectives of the research

68. Which one is not one of the stages of Social
Research?
(A) To select the social problem
(B) Survey
(C) Collection of the fact
(D) Socialization

69. • (D) Socialization

70. A technique of Building up a list or a sample of a
special population by using an initial set of
members as informants is called
A. Quota sampling
B. Convenience Sampling
C. Snow ball Sampling
D. Purposive sampling

71. • C. Snow ball Sampling

72. Who was the author of the book named
"Methods in Social Research"?
(A) C.R. Kothari
(B) Goode and Hatt
(C) Kerlinger
(D) Wilkinson

73. • (B) Goode and Hatt

74. Bibliography given in a research report:
(A) Has no relevance to research
(B) Shows vast knowledge of the researcher
(C) Helps those interested in further research
(D) All the above

75. • (C) Helps those interested in further research

76. The first aim of a survey is:
(A) Evaluation
(B) Measurement
(C) To provide information
(D) Description

77. • (C) To provide information

78. Hypothesis refers to
A. The outcome of an experiment
B. A conclusion drawn from an experiment
C. A formof bias in which the subject tries to
outguess the experimenter
D. A tentative statement about the relationship

79. • D. A tentative statement about the
relationship

80. Fundamental research reflects the ability to:
(A) Expound new principles
(B) Synthesize new ideals
(C) Evaluation of existing material concerning
research
(D) Study of existing literature regarding various
topics

81. • (A) Expound new principles

82. Objectives in problem formulation means:
(A) Questions to be answered
(B) Methods
(C) Techniques
(D) Methodology

83. • (A) Questions to be answered

84. Which correlation co-efficient best explains the
relationship between creativity and intelligence?
(A) 0.3
(B) 0.5
(C) 0.6
(D) 1.00

85. • (D) 1.00

86. Which one of the following sampling methods is
appropriate to study the prevalence of AIDS
amongst male and female in India in 1986, 1996,
2006 and 2016?
(A) Quota sampling
(B) Cluster sampling
(C) Systematic sampling
(D) Stratified random sampling

87. • (B) Cluster sampling

88. The first step in formulating a problem is:
(A)Gathering of Data
(B) Measurement
(C) Statement of the Problem
(D) Survey

89. • C) Statement of the Problem

90. Summarizing raw data and displaying them on
compact statistical tables for analysis is
A. Tabulation
B. Coding
C. Transcription
D. Editing

91. • A. Tabulation

92. A comprehensive full Report of the Research
Process is called:
(A) Summary Report
(B) Abstract
(C) Article
(D) Thesis

93. • (D) Thesis

94. Final stage in the Research Process is:
(A) Data collection
(B) Data analysis
(C) Problein formulation
(D) Report writing

95. • (D) Report writing

96. Who authored the book “methods in Social
Research”
A. Wilkinson
B. CR Kothari
C. Kerlinger
D. Goode and Halt

97. • D. Goode and Halt

98. “Reasoning from general to particular “is called
A. Induction
B. deduction
C. Observation
D. experience

99. • B. deduction

100. Question, which requires a solution is:
(A) Observation
(B) Experiment
(C) Data
(D) Problem

101. • (D) Problem

102. Which of the following is an example of
Primary data?
(A) Journal
(B) Book
(C) Census Report
(D) Newspaper

103. • (D) Newspaper

104. ........... is “systematically conceptual structure of
inter related elements in some schematic form”
A. Concept
B. Variable
C. Model
D. Facts

105. • C. Model

106. Research is a "Scientific Undertaking" opined
by:
(A) Young
(B) Kerlinger
(C) Kothari-
(D) Emory

107. • (A) Young

108. Which of the following are the two types of business
research based on the specificity of its purpose?
a. basic and applied
b. scientific and non-scientific
c. cross-sectional and qualitative
d. quantitative and secondary

109. • a. basic and applied

110. Which one among the following statements is
false in the context of Participatory Research?
(A) It is collective process of inquiry
(B) It recognizes knowledge as power
(C) It emphasizes people as experts
(D) Its sole purpose is the production of
knowledge

111. • (D) Its sole purpose is the production of
knowledge

112. • The correlation is:
A. A measure of the strength of relationship
between two variables
B. An unstandardized version of the correlation
coefficient.
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

113. • A. A measure of the strength of relationship
between two variables

114. In which type of sampling is a subsample drawn
using simple random sampling within each
stratum of the population?
a. cluster sampling
b. stratified sampling
c. systematic sampling
d. convenience sampling

115. • b. stratified sampling

116. The format of thesis writing is the same as in:
(A) A research dissertation
(B) Presenting a workshop
(C) Preparation of Article
(D) Writing of seminar representation

117. • (A) A research dissertation

118. Which of the following is the FIRST step of the
problem definition process?
a. determine the unit of analysis
b. identify the hypothesis
c. identify key symptoms in the situation
d. determine the relevant variables

119. • c. identify key symptoms in the situation

120. All of the following are steps in the problem-
definition process EXCEPT _____.
a. identify key problem(s) from symptoms
b. determine the unit of analysis
c. develop dummy tables
d. determine relevant variables

121. • c. develop dummy tables

122. An interview technique that tries to draw deeper
and more elaborate explanations from the
discussion is called _____.
a. probing
b. peeling
c. immersion
d. ethnography

123. • a. probing

124. Which of the following is a possible unit of
analysis in a research study?
a. an employee
b. a sales region
c. a zip code area
d. All the given three

125. • d. All the given three