BA POLITICAL SCIENCE - University of Calicut

1 School ofDistance EducationResearch MethodologyPage1 University OF CALICUTSCHOOL OF DISTANCE EDUCATIONBAPOLITICAL SCIENCE (2011 Admission Onwards)VSemesterCoreCourseRESEARCH METHODOLOGYQUESTION authored the book methods in Social Research a)Wilkinsonb) CR Kotharic) Kerlingerd) Goode and Halt2. Research is an organized and systematic enquiry Defined bya)Marshallb) Youngc) Emoryd) is a Scientific undertaking opined bya)Youngb) Kerlingerc) Kotharid) Emory4. A systematic step-by-step Procedure following logical process of reasoning calleda)Experimentb) Observationc) Deductiond) Scientific Neutrality is a feature ofa)Deductionb) Scientific methodc) Observationd) method is committed to ..a)Objectivityb) Ethicsc) Propositiond) Neutrality7. One of the methods of logical reasoning process is calleda)Inductionb) Deductionc) Researchd) ExperimentSchool ofDistance EducationResearch essential Criterion of Scientific study isa)Beliefb) Valuec) Objectivityd) Subjectivity9.

2 Reasoning from general to particular is calleda)Inductionb) deductionc) Observationd) experience10. Deduction and induction are a part of system of reasoning stated bya)Carolineb) ) Dewey Johnd) Emory11. A system of systematically interrelated concepts definitions and propositions thatare advanced to explain and predict phenomena .. isa)Factsb) Valuesc) Theoryd) Generalization12. A system of systematically interrelated concepts, definitions and propositions thatare advanced to explain and Predict phenomena defined bya)Jack Gibbsb) PV Youngc) Blackd) Rose is a set of systematically related propositions specifying casual relationshipamong variables is defined bya)Black Jamesand Championb) Youngc) Emoryd) Gibbes14. Empirically verifiable observation isa)Theoryb) Valuec) Factd) is empirically verifiable observation ---is defined bya)Good and Hattb) Emoryc) Youngd) is systematically conceptual structure of inter related elements in someschematic form a)Conceptb) Variablec) Modeld) SCIENCE deals with.

3 A)Objectsb) Human beingsc) Living thingsd) Non living is broadly divided into ..a)Natural and Socialb) Natural and Physicalc) Physical and Mentald) Social and SCIENCE try to explain .. Between human activities and natural lawsgoverning thema)Causal Connectionb)reasonc) Interactiond) ObjectivesSchool ofDistance EducationResearch SCIENCE Research .. Problemsa)Explainb) diagnosisc) Recommendd) research aims at ..a)Integrationb) Social Harmonyc) National Integrationd) Social method by which a sample is chosena)Unitb) designc) Randomd) conclusions without any bias and value judgment is ..a)Objectivityb) Specificityc) Valuesd) is classified on the basis of .. and methodsa)Purposeb) Intentc) Methodologyd) undertaken for knowledge sake isa)Pure Researchb) Action Researchc) Pilot studyd) for fact finding study isa)Pure Researchb) Surveyc) Action Researchd) Long term or information s are analyzed and critical evaluation is made ina)Surveyb) Action researchc) Analytical researchd) Pilot conducted to find solution for an immediate problem is.

4 A)Fundamental Researchb) AnalyticalResearchc) Surveyd) Action Research is otherwise calleda)Action Researchb) Surveyc) Pilot studyd) Pure Research is a type of .. researcha)Quantitativeb) Qualitativec) Pured) related to abstract ideas or concepts isa)Empirical researchb) Conceptual Researchc) Quantitative researchd) Qualitative research which follows case study method is calleda)Clinical or diagnosticb) Causalc) Analyticald) QualitativeSchool ofDistance EducationResearch conducted in class room atmosphere is calleda)Field studyb) Surveyc) Laboratory Researchd) Empirical through experiment and observation is calleda)Clinical Researchb) Experimental Researchc)Laboratory Researchd) Empirical Census is an example of .. Researcha)Surveyb) Empiricalc) Clinicald) author of The Grammar of SCIENCE isa)Ostleb) Richardc) Karl Pearsond) Kerlinger37. The Romance of Research is authored bya)Redmen and Moryb) ) Robert C meird) Harold is a way to systematically solve the research problema)Techniqueb) Operationsc) Research methodologyd) Research Research is always.

5 A)Slowb) Fastc) Narrowd) research is ..a)Logicalb) Non logicalc) Narrowd) Systematic41. Criteria of Good Research is written bya)Delta Kappanb) James Harold Foxc) ) Karl method is a part of ..a)Problemb) Experimentc) Research Techniquesd) Research causes of a problem and possible solution to a problem isa)Field Studyb) diagnosis tic studyc) Action studyd) Pilot helps in social planninga)Social SCIENCE Researchb) Experience Surveyc) Problem formulationd) diagnostic study45. Foundations of Behavioral Research is written bya) Youngb) Kerlingerc) Emoryd) Clover VernonSchool ofDistance EducationResearch and issues in Social Research is written bya)Black James and Championsb) Youngc) Mortan Kapland) William Emory47. Scientific Social Survey and Research is written bya)Best Johnb) Emoryc) Cloverd) Young48. Doubt is often better than .. a)Beliefb) Valuec) Confidenced) help in explaining the .. with which something )Velocityb) Momentumc) Frequencyd) is a motivation for research in studentsa)Research degreeb)Research Academyc) Research Labsd) Research of the following is an example of primary data?

6 A)Bookb) Journalc) News Paperd) Census drawback to researchers in India is ..a)Lack of sufficient number of Universitiesb) Lack of sufficient research guidesc) Lack of sufficient Fundd) Lack of scientific training in stands fora)Indian Council for Survey and Researchb) Indian Council for strategic Researchc) Indian Council for Social SCIENCE Researchd) Inter National Council for Social SCIENCE Stands fora) University Grants Commissionb) Union Government Commissionc) University Governance Councild) Union government is fora)Junior Research Functionsb)Junior Research Fellowshipc) Junior Fellowshipd) None of the is the first step of Research processa)Formulation of a problemb) Collection of Datac) Editing and Codingd) Selection of a problem well put is ..a)Fullysolvedb) Not solvedc) Cannot be solvedd) half-solvedSchool ofDistance EducationResearch is a source of problema)Schools and Collegesb) Class Room Lecturesc) Play groundsd) Infra question which requires a solution is.

7 A)Observationb) Problemc) Datad) a question into a Researchable problem is called ..a)Solutionb) Examinationc) Problem formulationd) Problem Selecting a problem, problem which is .. is no takena)Very Commonb) Overdonec) Easy oned) first step in formulating a problem isa)Statement of the problemb) Gathering of Datac) Measurementd) will help in finding out a problem for researcha)Professorb) Tutorc) HODd) step in problem formulation isa ) Statement of the problemb) Understanding the nature of the problemc) Surveyd) step in problem formulation isa)Statement of the problemb) Understanding the nature of the problemc)Survey the available literatured) step in problem formulation isa)Develop ideas through discussionb) Surveyc) Statement of step in problem formulation isa)Surveyb) Discussionc) Literature surveyd) Re Phrasing the Research the formulation of the problem we need to give a ..a)Titleb) Indexc) Bibliographyd) in problem formulation meansa)Questions to be answeredb) methodsc) Techniquesd)methodologySchool ofDistance EducationResearch problem selected must havea)Speedb) Factsc) Valuesd) formulated problem should havea)Originalityb) Valuesc) Coherenced) purpose of Social SCIENCE Research isa)Academic and Non academicb) Cultivationc) Academicd) Academic purpose is to have.

8 A)Informationb) firsthand knowledgec) Knowledge and informationd) SCIENCE Research creates Social ..a)Alienationb) Cohesionc) mobilityd) is a quality of Good Researchera)Scientific temperb) Agec) Moneyd) SCIENCE Research in India aims at a .. Statea)Secularb)Totalitarianc) democraticd) .. is an abstraction formed by generalization from particularsa)Hypothesisb) Variablec) Conceptd) is of two typesa)Abstract and Coherentb) Concrete and Coherentc) Abstract and concreted) None of the are of ..typesa)4b) 6c) 10d) is a concept by ..a)Observationb) formulationc) Theoryd) concept is by ..a)Formulationc) Postulationc) Intuitiond) are .. of Researcha)guideb) toolsc)methodsd) are ..a)Metaphorb) Similec) Symbolsd) ModelsSchool ofDistance EducationResearch represent various degree of ..a)Formulationb) Calculationc) Abstractiond) which cannot be given operational definitions are .. conceptsa)Verbalb) Oralc) Hypotheticald) Operational86. Concept is in reality a definition in short hand or a class or group of facts defined bya)Kerlingerb) Youngc) Aurthurd) people hold.

9 Of the same thinga)Same and differentb) Samec) differentd)None of the concepts find their origin froma)Greekb) Englishc) Latind) Many tentative proposition subject to test isa)Variableb) Hypothesisc) Datad) are sources of ..a)Datab) Conceptc)Researchd) Hypothesis91. A Proposition which can be put to test to determine its validity Defined bya)Lund bergb) Emoryc) Johnsond) Good and Hatt92. A tentative generalization stated bya)Good and Hattb) Lund bergc) Emoryd) which describe the characteristics are .. Hypothesisa)Descriptiveb) Imaginativec) Relationald) Hypothesis which develops while planning the research isa)Null Hypothesisb) Working Hypothesisc) Relational Hypothesisd)Descriptive a hypothesis is stated negatively it is calleda)Relational Hypothesisb) Situational Hypothesisc) Null Hypothesisd) Casual first variable is .. variablea)Abstractb) Dependentc) Independentd) second variable is called ..a)Independentb) Dependentc) Separated) which explain relationship between two variables isa)Causalb) Relationalc) Descriptived)TentativeSchool ofDistance EducationResearch meansa)Oneb) Manyc) Zerod) None of Represent common sense ideasa)Statistical Hypothesisb) Complex Hypothesisc) Common sense Hypothesisd) Analytical concerned with analytical variable isa)Null Hypothesisb)Casual Hypothesisc)Barren Hypothesisd)Analytical Hypothesis from which no generalization can be made isa)Null Hypothesisb) Barren Hypothesisc) Descriptive Hypothesisd) Analytical from theory leads to Hypothesisa)Deductionb) inductionc) Logical deductiond) is a source of Hypothesisa)Intuitionb) Knowledgec) Energyd).

10 Researcha)Guideb) Misguidec) Alterd) Hypothesis contributes to the development of ..a)Theoryb)Generalizationc) Evolutiond) Is a quality of Good Hypothesisa)Small in sizeb) Conceptual Clarityc) durabilityd) Hypothesis must be ..a)Diffuseb) Specificc) Slowd) must have ..a)Applicabilityb) Durabilityc) Testabilityd) Hypothesis is derived froma)Frameb) Datac) Sampled) .. in which researcher is nurtured is a source of Hypothesisa)Casteb) Communityc) Cultured) testing a Hypothesis the common error isa)Type Ib) Type I and IIc) Type IId) None of theseSchool ofDistance EducationResearch is a .. Studya)Descriptiveb) Fact findingc) Analyticald) is always a .. studya)Fieldb) Laboratoryc) Officed) Class a survey there is an enumerator and a ..a)Guideb) Respondentc) Supervisord) first step in a survey is .. of a problema)Applicationb) Rejectionc) Selectiond) first purpose of a survey isto ..a)Descriptionb) Evaluationc) Propagationd) Provide surveys are essentially.