Formulating Research Design – Solved PYQs of Sociology – UGC NET

Reading Social Science Research, Data and Documents

1. Which of the following is associated with Descriptive Design? (JUNE 2012)

(A) Analysis of Demographic Trends
(B) Impact assessment of development intervention
(C) Causal explanation of violence against women
(D) Cross-cultural study

2. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below: (DEC 2012)

List-I (Type of research design) | List-II (Nature of research question)
(a) Exploratory → (i) Why is it?
(b) Experimental → (ii) What is it?
(c) Descriptive → (iii) How to treat it?
(d) Diagnostic → (iv) How is it?

Codes:

3. In case of doing research which is the correct sequence? (DEC 2012)

(A) Formulation of the problem, data collection, hypothesis, analysis of data
(B) Data collection, hypothesis, formulation of the problem, analysis of data
(C) Formulation of problem, hypothesis, data collection, analysis of data
(D) Hypothesis, analysis of data, formulation of the problem, data collection

4. Who among the following is a proponent of dialectical approach to the study of Indian society? (JUNE 2013)

(A) M.N. Srinivas
(B) D.P. Mukherjee
(C) A. Beteille
(D) Y.B. Damle

5. Which type of research aims to describe a social situation, social event, social system, social structure etc.? (JUNE 2013)

(A) Basic research
(B) Descriptive research
(C) Empirical research
(D) Explanatory research

6. Identify the correct sequence in social research: (JUNE 2013)

(i) Report writing
(ii) Data analysis
(iii) Pilot study
(iv) Formation of hypothesis
(v) Null hypothesis
(vi) Observation

Codes:

(A) (iv), (v), (iii), (vi), (ii), (i)
(B) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii), (vi), (v)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
(D) (vi), (v), (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

7. There are two statements, one is Assertion (A) and the other is Reason (R). (DEC 2013)

Assertion (A): Research design is a kind of blueprint that is prepared before actually carrying out a research.
Reason (R): Many research plans are unable to produce a concrete finding.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

8. A relationship in which change in one variable always induces change in another variable is known as: (DEC 2013)

(A) Positive correlation
(B) Linear correlation
(C) Unbounding relation
(D) Cause and effect relationship