Q. A researcher attempts to evaluate the effect of method of feeding on anxiety-proneness of children. Which method of research would be appropriate for this?

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Q. Assertion (A): All teaching implies learning.
Reason (R): Learning to be useful must be derived from teaching.

Choose the correct answer from the following:

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Q. Which sequence of research steps is logical in the list given below?

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Q. Below are given two sets – research methods (Set-I) and data collection tools (Set-II). Match the two sets and indicate your answer by selecting the correct code:

Set-I Set-II
(Research Methods) (Data Collection Tools)
a. Experimental method i. Using primary secondary sources
b. Ex post-facto method ii. Questionnaire
c. Descriptive survey method iii. Standardized tests
d. Historical method iv. Typical characteristic tests

Codes:
a b c d

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Q. The issue of ‘research ethics’ may be considered pertinent at which stage of research?

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Q. In which of the following, reporting format is formally prescribed?

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Q. The principal of the school conducts an interview session of teachers and students with a view to explore the possibility of their enhanced participation in school programmes. This endeavour may be related to which type of research?

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Q. In doing action research what is the usual sequence of steps?

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Q. In a Ph.D. thesis which one is the correct sequence for showing scheme of Chapterisation ?

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Q. Which of the following is not the critical feature of qualitative research ?

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Q. A detailed description of methodology of research is required in

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Q. Research ethics has a direct connection more often with which stages of research ?

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Q. For advancing knowledge, the latest strategy used by mankind is

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Q. There are two sets given below, Set-I consists of methods of research and Set-II indicates their procedural characteristics. Match the two sets and choose your answer from the codes given below :

Set – I Set – II
(Research method) (Procedural Characteristics)
a. Experimental method i. Interventions to ameliorate a given situation
b. Expost facto method ii. Explaining patterns of behaviour in terms of
meanings and their
representations which
people share.
c. Descriptive method iii. Manipulating an independent variable in
controlled conditions
and measuring its
effect on dependent variable.
d. Symbolic interactionism iv. Depending on primary and secondary
sources of data.
e. Action research v. Obtaining information concerning the
current status of phenomena.
vi. Observing the effect on dependent variable
and making probes into factors/variables
which explain it.
vii. Exegetic analysis.
Codes :
a b c d e

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Q. In qualitative research paradigm, which of the following features may be considered critical?

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Q. From the following list of statements identify the set which has negative implications for ‘research ethics’ :

(i) A researcher critically looks at the findings of another research.
(ii) Related studies are cited without proper references.
(iii) Research findings are made the basis for policy making.
(iv) Conduct of practitioner is screened in terms of reported research evidences.
(v) A research study is replicated with a view to verify the evidences from other researches.
(vi) Both policy making and policy implementing processes are regulated in terms of preliminary studies.

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Q. In a research on the effect of child-rearing practices on stress-proneness of children in competing school projects, the hypothesis formulated is that ‘child rearing practices do influence stress-proneness’. At the data-analysis stage a null hypothesis is advanced to find out the tenability of research hypothesis. On the basis of the evidence available, the null hypothesis is rejected at 0.01 level of significance. What decision may be warranted in respect of the research hypothesis?

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Q. A research intends to explore the effect of possible factors for the organization of effective mid-day meal interventions. Which research method will be most appropriate for this study?

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Q. Which of the following is an initial mandatory requirement for pursuing research?

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Q. The format of thesis writing is the same as in

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