MB0034 Model Question Paper with Answer Keys

MB0034 Research Methodology

Section A : 1-40Section B : 41-60Section C : 61-752 CreditsSection A

1 Choices Which of the following is not true?a) Research simply means a search for factsb) Research is purposive investigationc) Research is disorganized detailed enquiryd) Research include solutions to problems

2 Which of the following is not true for search of facts through arbitrary method?a) It is a method for seeking answers to questions consisting of imaginationb) It is a method for seeking answers to questions consisting of logicc) It is a method for seeking answers to questions consisting of beliefd) It is a method for seeking answers to questions through impression

3 What is pure research?a) The research which is undertaken for the sake of knowledge without any intention to apply it in practiceb) The research which is carried on to find solution to a real-life problem requiring an action or policy decisionc) The research which deals with the preliminary study of an unfamiliar problem about which the researcher has little or no knowledged) The research which is a fact-finding investigation with adequate interpretation

4 What is formulative research?a) The research which is undertaken for the sake of knowledge without any intention to apply it in practiceb) The research which is carried on to find solution to a real-life problem requiring an action or policy decision c) The research which deals with the preliminary study of an unfamiliar problem about which the researcher has little or no knowledged) The research which is a fact-finding investigation with adequate interpretation

5 Choices Research begins whena) Researcher solves some problemb) Researcher finds a new thingc) Researcher experiences some difficulty

d) Researcher is told to find new things

6 Which of the following is not considered as internal criteria in selection of researchable problem?a) Researcher’s interestb) Researcher’s competencec) Researcher’s own resourced) Feasibility

7 Which of the following is considered as the external criteria in the selection of the researchable problem?a) Researcher’s interestb) Researcher’s competencec) Novelty of the problemd) Researcher’s own resource

8 Which of the following is an important criterion for a good research problem?a) Verifiable evidenceb) Subjectivityc) Inaccuracyd) Randomization

9 What a carefully worded title of a research problem will do?a) Indication of the core studyb) Building of the model of studyc) Defining the objectivity of the studyd) Give detailed knowledge about the research problem

10 Choices What do you understand by hypothesis?a) Drawing some conclusionb) Getting proof for some activitiesc) Assumption about relations between variablesd) Assumption regarding one activity

11 Which of the following criteria is to be met for a scientifically justified hypothesis?a) The statements should describe multiple issuesb) The statements in the hypothesis should be subjectivec) It should be subjectived) It should be empirically testable

12 Which of the following is true?a) The null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis are chosen after the sample is drawnb) The null hypothesis is chosen before the sample is selected and alternative hypothesis is chosen after the sample is selectedc) The null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis are chosen before the sample is drawnd) The null hypothesis is chosen after the sample is selected and alternative hypothesis is chosen before the sample is selected

13 What does 5% level of significance mean?a) It means that the researcher is willing to take more than 5% risk rejecting the null hypothesis when it (HO) happens to be trueb) It means that the researcher is willing to take as much as 5% risk rejecting the null hypothesis when it (HO) happens to be truec) It means that the researcher is willing to take about 5% risk rejecting the null hypothesis when it (HO) happens to be trued) It means that the researcher is willing to take less than 5% risk rejecting the null hypothesis when it (HO) happens to be true

14 With a fixed sample size n, when we try to reduce type 1 error thena) The probability of committing type II error increasesb) The probability of committing type I error decreasesc) The probability of committing type I error remains the samed) The probability of committing type I error will be zero

15 What are the two errors used in Testing of Hypothesis?a) Type I and Type II errorsb) Type 0 and Type I errorsc) Type 0 and Type II errorsd) Type A and Type B errors

16 Choices What do you understand by research design?a) It is a illogical and systematic plan prepared for directing a research studyb) It is an overview how the research will be undertakenc) It is a logical and systematic plan prepared for directing a research studyd) It is one of many ways to conduct research

17 Which constitutes the blueprint for the collection, measurement andanalysis of data?a) Testing of hypothesisb) Blueprint designc) User Designd) Research design

18 Who coined the following definition of research design –“A research design is the arrangement of conditions for collection and analysis of data in a manner that aims to combine relevance to the research purpose with economy in procedure”

a) Jahoda and Fisherb) Jahoda and Destschc) Jahoda, Destsch and Cookd) Fisher and Cook

19 Phenomena that assume different values quantitatively even in decimal points are known asa) Continuous variablesb) Discrete variablesc) Integer Variablesd) Random variables

20 The independent variables which are not directly related to the purpose of study but affect the dependent variables are known asa) Extraneous variablesb) Exterior variablesc) Random variablesd) External variables

21 Choices What is the aim of the case-study method?a) Identification of environmental propertiesb) Location and identification of persons who are involved in several casesc) Location and identification of the factors that account for the behaviorpatterns of a given unit, and its relationship with the environmentd) Location and identification of properties of an environmental variable

22 Who has the credit for introducing case study method into social investigation?a) Katzb) Galileoc) Spencerd) Leplay

23 Who was the first social philosopher who used case study in comparative studies of different cultures?a) Frederick Leplayb) Newtonc) Herbert Spencerd) Galileo

24 Who pointed out that independently the case documents hardly fulfil the criteria of reliability, adequacy and representativeness?a) Herbert Spencerb) Galileoc) Frederick Leplayd) Blummer

25 Which of the following is true for homogeneous population?a) Stratified random sampling should be needed to get representative sampleb) Systematic sampling is must for homogeneous populationc) Multistage sampling is needed for homogeneous populationd) Simple random sampling can give representative sample

26 Which of the following is true for heterogeneous population?a) Systematic sampling is must for heterogeneous populationb) Stratified random sampling should be needed to get representative samplec) Multistage sampling is needed for heterogeneous populationd) Simple random sampling can give representative sample for heterogeneous population

27 Which of the following is not a governing criterion for sampling technique?a) Questionnaireb) Information about populationc) Financial resourcesd) Nature of population

28 If the precision per unit cost is high or the cost per unit of variance is low, then what the sample is called?a) Economicalb) Practicalc) Systematicd) Unbiased

29 Which of the following does not come under the demographic or socio-economic characteristics?a) sexb) racec) marital statusd) awareness

30 Which of following does not come under behavioral variables?a) attitudeb) knowledge

c) religiond) intentions

31 Organizational data consists of the data on which of the following?

a) occupationb) knowledgec) Resource endowmentd) ownership

32 Which of the following is true?a) Observing eyes don’t catch many things that are presentb) Attention is focused on data that are not pertinent to the given studyc) Observation is made for the specific purpose of noting things relevant to the studyd) Observation should not be exact and be based on the standardized tools

33 What do you understand by participant observation?a) It is a method of observation in which the observer stands apart and does not participate in the phenomenon observedb) It is a method in which the observation is done on an event personally by the observer when it takes placec) It is a method of observation which does not require the physical presence of the observerd) It is a method of observation in which the observer is a part of the phenomenon or group which is observed

34 What do you understand by Direct observation?a) It is a method of observation in which the observer stands apart and does not participate in the phenomenon observedb) It is a method in which the observation is done on an event personally by the observer when it takes placec) It is a method of observation which does not require the physical presence of the observerd) It is a method of observation in which the observer is a part of the phenomenon or group which is observed

35 What is the advantage of the direct observation?a) In this method, the observer can understand the emotional reactions of the observed groupb) This method is flexible and allows the observer to see and record subtle aspects of events and behavior as they occurc) This method does not involve the physical presence of the observerd) This method does not involve control over extrinsic and intrinsic variables

36 Does mail-survey involve face-to-face conversation between the investigator and the respondent?a) It involves face-to-face conversation to a large extentb) It involves face-to-face conversation to a negligible extentc) It involves face-to-face conversation sometimesd) It does not involve face-to-face conversation between investigator and respondent

37 What are structured questionnaires?a) Structured questionnaires are those in which there are indefinite questions covering the main topicb) Structured questionnaires are those in which there are definite, concrete and preordained questions with additional questions limited to those necessary to clarify inadequate answers or to elicit more responsesc) Structured questionnaires are those in which there are questions mainly to elicit more responsesd) Structured questionnaires are those in which there are definite, concrete and preordained questions to elicit more responses

38_______ is the only suitable method for gathering information from illiterate or less educated respondents.

a) Mail surveyb) Poster surveyc) Questionnaired) Interviewing

39 Which of the following is not involved in the data preparation –a) Identification of the data structuresb) Coding of datac) Grouping of data for preliminary research interpretationd) Identification of investigators

40 Which of the followings should be used to communicate the content of the materials discusseda) Underlined textb) Headings and subheadingsc) Bold textd) Marked text

Section B41 Choices Which type of research takes the form of a pilot study?a) Pure Researchb) Applied Researchc) Exploratory Researchd) Descriptive Study

42 This type of research contributes to the development of a young science and useful in verifying focal concepts through empirical solutiona) Pure Researchb) Applied Researchc) Exploratory Researchd) Descriptive Study

43 Choices State whether True or False –(i) Researcher’s interest is an important external criteria for formulating a research problem(ii) Novelty of the problem is an important external criteria for formulating a research problema) (i) False, (ii) Falseb) (i) True, (ii) Falsec) (i) False, (ii) Trued) (i) True, (ii) True

44 Which of the following is the factual that other observers can see and check?a) Systematic evidenceb) Objective evidencec) Controlled Evidenced) Verifiable evidence

45 Choices State whether true or False:a) The probability of Type I error is usually determined in advance and is understood as the level of significance of testing the hypothesisb) We can control the type I error just by fixing it at a lower levela) a) True b) Falseb) a) False b) Falsec) a) True b) Trued) a) False b) True

46 In which of the following cases, we shall use one-tailed test?(i) When we have to test that the sample mean is significantly higher or lower than the hypnotized value of the mean of the population(ii) When we have to test that the sample mean is either significantly higher than or lower than some hypothesized value

(iii) When we have to test that the sample mean is lower than some hypothesized value(iv) When we have to test that the sample mean is higher than some hypothesized value

a) (i)b) (ii) (iii)c) (i) (iv)d) (ii) (iii) (iv)

47 Choices If demand of certain product depends on the price of the product, which of the following are the dependent and independent variables?a) Demand – Dependent variablePrice – Dependent variableb) Demand – Independent variablePrice – Independent variablec) Demand – Dependent VariablePrice – Independent Variabled) Demand – Independent Variable Price – Dependent Variable

48 When changes in one variable depends upon the changes in one or more other variables, the former variable is termed as -a) Independent variableb) Random variablec) Exogenous variabled) Endogenous variable

49 Choices State whether true or false:A. The organic motto of action must be socially relevantB. The specific method of elaboration of organic material onto social behavior must be clearly shown

a) A. False, B. Falseb) A. False, B. Truec) A. True, B. Trued) A. True, B. False

50 State whether true or false:A. Social situation must be carefully and continuously specified as a factorB. The strategic role of the family group in transmitting the culture may not be recognized

a) A. False, B. Trueb) A. True, B. Truec) A. False, B. Falsed) A. True, B. False

51 Choices Which of the following is true?a) All the criteria should be met in order to get a good sampling designb) Economy is the most important criteria to choose a sampling designc) The criteria for choosing a sampling design frequently conflict and the researcher must balance and blend them to obtain a good sampling pland) One should use complicated methods to get good sampling design

52 What do you understand by the independent chance?a) The chance of selection of one sample element is independent of the populationb) The chance of selection of one sample is not affected by the populationc) The chance of selection of the sample is dependentd) The draw of one element will not affect the chances of other elementsbeing selected

53 Choices Which of the following things need not be verified when a researcher is using a secondary data?a) Data completenessb) Data Pertinencec) Data Quantityd) Data Quality

54 Which of the following is not referred by the quality of the data?a) accuracyb) reliabilityc) completenessd) appropriateness

55 Choices State whether true or false –1. In the non-participant observations, the observer stands apart and does not participate in the phenomenon observed2. In direct observation, it is not necessary for the observer to have physical presencea) 1. True, 2. Trueb) 1. False, 2. Truec) 1. True, 2. Falsed) 1. False, 2. False

56 State whether true or false –1. The main virtue of observation is its directness2. Observation is more suitable for studying subjects who are unable to articulate meaningfullya) 1. True, 2. Falseb) 1. False, 2. Truec) 1. False, 2. Falsed) 1. True, 2, True

57 Choices Mail survey method involves with a request to complete them and return by posta) Phoning and asking questions from a questionnaireb) Preparation of a simple surveyc) Sending questionnaires to the respondentsd) Sending mass mails to all prospective respondents

58 State whether true or false –(i) Mail survey does not involve face-to-face conversation between the investigator and the respondent(ii) In mail survey, communication is carried out orally and this require more cooperation from the respondentsa) (i) True (ii) Trueb) (i) False (ii) Truec) (i) False (ii) Falsed) (i) True (ii) False

59 Choices When personal interview is feasible?a) When the area covered for survey is compact or when number of interviewee is very largeb) When sufficient number of interviewers are available or when the number of interviewee is very largec) When the area covered for survey is compact or when sufficient number of interviewers are availabled) When the area covered for survey is not compact or not sufficient experts are there for interviewing

60 Choices State whether true or false –1. When there is a time lag between data collection and presentation of the result, then also there is no chance of loss of significance and usefulness of the study2. Summary report is meant for general publica) 1. False 2. Falseb) 1. True 2. Truec) 1. False 2. Trued) 1. True 2. False

Section C61 Choices According to the methods of study, research may be classified as which of the followings–(a) Pure research(b) Applied research(c) Experimental research (d) Exploratory research (e) Descriptive research(f) Analytical study

(g) Diagnostic study(h) Historical research(i) Survey

a) (a) (c) (d) (i)b) (b) (d) (e) (f)c) (c) (f) (h) (i)d) (a) (f) (h) (g)

62 Choices Match the followings between the two columns –Column 1 Column 2 1. Importance and urgency a. Internal Criteria2. Researcher’s own resource b. Criteria of good research problem3. Developing title c. External Criteria 4. Training investigators d. Process of defining a problem

a) 1-d, 2-a, 3-c, 4-bb) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-dc) 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-bd) 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b

63 State which of the followings are true or false–

(i) Objectivity is a criteria of good research problem(ii) Recording is not a criteria of good research problem(iii) Objective of a research problem refers to the questions to be answered through the study(iv) Research problem should be novel to take up

a) (i) True (ii) False (iii) True (iv) Falseb) (i) False (ii) False (iii) True (iv) Falsec) (i) True (ii) False (iii) False (iv) Falsed) (i) True (ii) False (iii) True (iv) True

64 Choices State whether true or false:1. All tests are based on the assumption of normality2. Non-parametric test needs less observation from the parametric tests3. Non-parametric tests need distribution4. Parametric tests does not need any distribution

a) 1-True, 2-False, 3-False, 4-Trueb) 1-False, 2-False, 3-False, 4-Falsec) 1-True, 2-False, 3-False, 4-Falsed) 1-True, 2-True, 3-False, 4-False

65 Which of the following factors affect the level of significance?

1. The magnitude of difference between sample2. The size of sample3. The size of population4. The variability of measurements within samples5. Whether hypothesis is directional or non-directional

a) 1, 2, 4, 5b) 2, 3, 4c) 1, 2, 4d) 1, 2, 3, 5

66 Choices Which of the followings are the characteristics of good research design?1. It is a series of guide posts to keep one going in right direction2. It takes some time to be created3. It reduces wastage of time and cost4. It encourages coordination and effective organization5. It has also to be kept within the manageable limitsa) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5b) 1, 3, 4c) 1, 3, 4, 5d) 1, 2, 3

67 State whether True or False –1. In many research projects, the time consumed in trying to ascertain what the data mean after they have been collected is much greater than the time taken to design a research which yields data whose meaning is known as they are collected.2. The idealized design is concerned with specifying the optimum research procedure that could be followed where there are no practical restrictions.3. Values can be expressed in integer values also4. Variable values should be integer all the time

a) 1. True, 2. True, 3. True, 4. Falseb) 1. True, 2. True, 3. False, 4. Falsec) 1. False, 2. True, 3. True, 4. Falsed) 1. True, 2. False, 3. True, 4. False

68 Choices State whether true or false –1. In-depth analysis of selected cases is of particular value to business research when a complex set of variables may be at work in generating observed results and intensive study is needed to unravel the complexities.2. The exploratory is best served by the active curiosity and willingness to deviate from the initial plan, when the finding suggests new courses of enquiry, might prove more productive.

3. The discontinuous related character of experience for childhood through adulthood must be

stressed.4. The life history material itself must be organized according to some conceptual framework, this in turn would facilitate generalizations at a higher levela) 1. True, 2. True, 3. False, 4. Trueb) 1. True, 2. False, 3. False, 4. Truec) 1. False, 2. True, 3. False, 4. Trued) 1. True, 2. True, 3. False, 4. False

69 Choices Which of the followings are the characteristics of a good sample?a. Representativeness b. Accuracyc. Precision d. Timee. Shape f. Size

a) a, c, eb) b, d, e, fc) a, b, c, fd) a, c, d

70 State whether true or false?1. Stratified random sampling is an improved type of random or probability sampling2. Proportionate sampling involves drawing a sample from each stratus in proportion to the latter’s share in the total population3. Stratified sampling enhances the representativeness to each sample4. Systematic random sampling is an alternative to random selection

a) 1. TRUE, 2. TRUE, 3. TRUE, 4. TRUEb) 1. TRUE, 2. TRUE, 3. FALSE, 4. FALSEc) 1. TRUE, 2. FALSE, 3. TRUE, 4. TRUEd) 1. TRUE, 2. TRUE, 3. TRUE, 4. FALSE

71 Choices Match the following –1. Demographic characteristic2. Behavioral variable3. Organization data4. Territorial data

a. Citiesb. Objectives c. Opinions

d. Family size

a) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-db) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-dc) 1-d, 2-c, 3-b, 4-ad) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b, 4-d

72 Choices Which of the followings are the prerequisites of observation –

(i) Observation must be done under conditions which will permit accurate results(ii) Observation must be done under conditions which might permit inaccurate results(iii) Observations must cover a sufficient number of representative samples of the cases(iv) Recordings should be accurate and complete(v) Recordings may be inaccurate but it must be complete(vi) The accuracy and completeness of recorded results must be checked

a) (i), (ii), (iii), (vi)b) (ii), (iii), (v), (vi)c) (i), (iii), (iv), (vi)d) (i), (ii), (v), (vi)

73 Choices Which of the following techniques will be helpful in increasing the response rate in case of mail survey? (i) Quality printing(ii) Covering letter(iii) Visit of the investigator in the houses of the respondents(iv) Incentives(v) Large sample size(vi) Advance information

a) (i), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi)c) (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi)d) (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)

74 Choices State whether true or false –1. Greatest drawback of interview method is that it is costly both in money and time2. Greatest value of the interview method is the depth and detail of information that can be secured3. The interviewer cannot do more to improve the percentage of responses and the quality of information received than other method4. One limitation of interview method is that it is not possible for interviewer to use special scoring devices, visual materials and the like in order to improve the quality of interviewing

a) 1. True, 2. True, 3. True, 4. True

b) 1. True, 2. True, 3. True, 4. Falsec) 1. True, 2. True, 3. False, 4. Falsed) 1. False, 2. True, 3. False, 4. True

75 Choices Which of the following are the important characteristics of a statistical data?a. Central tendency b. Dispersionc. Colour d. Odoure. Skewness f. Strength g. Kurtosisa) a, b, c, db) b, c, d, fc) a, b, e, gd) c, d, e, f

MB0034Model Question Paper Answer Keys

1 c 26 b 51 c

2 b 27 a 52 d

3 a 28 a 53 c

4 c 29 d 54 d

5 c 30 c 55 c

6 d 31 d 56 d

7 c 32 c 57 c

8 a 33 d 58 d

9 a 34 b 59 c

10 c 35 b 60 a

11 d 36 d 61 c

12 c 37 b 62 c

13 b 38 d 63 a

14 c 39 d 64 c

15 c 40 b 65 a

16 c 41 c 66 c

17 d 42 d 67 a

18 c 43 c 68 c

19 a 44 d 69 c

20 a 45 c 70 a

21 c 46 d 71 c

22 d 47 c 72 c

23 c 48 d 73 c

24 d 49 c 74 c

25. d. - - 50. d. - - 75. c.