Teaching Aptitude SECTION - 6

 SECTION - 6 

1. Suppose you want to investigate the working efficiency of nationalised bank in India, which one of the following would you follow?

A. Area sampling                             B. Multi-stage sampling

C. Sequential sampling                  D. Quota sampling                                                   Answer: Option B

2. Controlled group condition is applied in

A. Survey research                          B. Historical research

C. Experimental research              D. Descriptive research                                            Answer: Option C

3. Which one of the following is a research tool?

A. Graph              B. Illustration      C. Questionnaire               D. Diagram                  Answer: Option C

4. Research is not considered ethical if it

A. Tries to prove a particular point

B. Does not ensure privacy and anonymity of the respondent

C. Does not investigate the data scientifically

D. Is not of a very high standard                                                                                    Answer: Option C

5. The research that aims at immediate application is

A. Action research                          B. Empirical research     

C. Conceptual research                  D. Fundamental research                                           Answer: Option A

6. Nine year olds are taller than seven year olds. This is an example of a reference drawn from

A. Vertical study                              B. Cross-sectional study

C. Time series study                        D. Experimental study                                           Answer: Option B

7. Ex post facto research means

A. The research is carried out after the incident     B. The research is carried out prior to the incident

C. The research is carried out along with the happening of an incident

D. The research is carried out keeping in mind the possibilities of an incident        Answer: Option A

8. Research ethics do not include

A. Honesty                         B. Subjectivity     C. Integrity          D. Objectivity             Answer: Option B

9. Which one of the following is an indication of the quality of a research journal?

A. Impact factor               B. H-index           C. G-index           D. I10-index                 Answer: Option A

10. Good 'research ethics' means

A. Not disclosing the holdings of shares/stocks in a company that sponsors your research

B. Assigning a particular research problem to one PH.D./research student only

C. Discussing with your colleagues confidential data from a research paper that you are reviewing for an academic journal

D. Submitting the same research manuscript for publishing in more than one journal

Answer: Option B

11. Which of the following sampling methods is based on probability?

A. Convenience sampling                             B. Quota sampling

C. Judgment sampling                                   D. Stratified sampling                             Answer: Option D

12. Identify the incorrect statement:

A. A hypothesis is made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigations

B. A hypothesis is a basis for reasoning without any assumption of its truth

C. Hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon

D. Scientific hypothesis is a scientific theory

Answer: Option C

13. A research paper

A. Is a compilation of information on a topic.

B. Contains original research as deemed by the author

C. Contains peer-reviewed original research or evaluation of research conducted by others

D. Can be published in more than one journal

Answer: Option C

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