1.

Research is

(A) Searching again and again

(B) Finding solution to any problem

(C) Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem

(D) None of the above

2. Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?

(A) Searching sources of information to locate problem.

(B) Survey of related literature

(C) Identification of problem

(D) Searching for solutions to the problem

3. A common test in research demands much priority on

(A) Reliability

(B) Useability

(C) Objectivity

(D) All of the above

4. Action research means

(A) A longitudinal research

(B) An applied research

(C) A research initiated to solve an immediate problem

(D) A research with socioeconomic objective

5. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protect the use of information and ideas that are of

a. Ethical value
b. Moral value
 c. Social value
d. Commercial value

6. The term ‘Intellectual Property Rights’ covers

a. Copyrights
b. Know-how
c. Trade dress
d. All of the above

7. The following can not be exploited by assigning or by licensing the rights to others.
a. Patents
b. Designs
c. Trademark
d. All of the above

8. The following can be patented

a. Process
b. Composition of matter
c. All of the above
d. Machine

9. The agreement that is enforceable by law is known as

a. Valid agreement
b. Void agreement
c. Illegal agreement
d. Unenforceable agreement

10. The writing of research reports is best regarded as:

a. an unnecessary chore.
b. a skill.
c. just like writing an essay.
d. something that most students find easy.

11. The abstract should include:

a. None of these.
b. Only the most relevant tables and diagrams.
c. A list of references.
d. An explanation of the statistical analysis employed.
12. Which of the following contains no mistakes:
a. (Richards, et al; 2008)
b. (Sydney, 2003; Jones, 1999a)
c. (Simmons & Gerard, 2006; Young and Epstein, 2007)
d. (Smithfield, 2007; Taylor, 2008; Taylor and Gregson, 2004b)
13. Normally, where in a research report are the hypotheses justified to the reader?
a. None of these.
b. In the introduction.
c. In the discussion.
d. In the conclusions.
14. Why are the references included in a research project?
a. To keep a record of everything that you have read in writing the report.
b. To fully identify the source of information and ideas discussed in the report so
that others may check for themselves.
c. To impress lecturers.
d. It is courtesy to the authors of the works that you have read.
15. Which is the best of the following?
a. To cite the actual source you used rather than the source of the original study.
b. Cite the original study because that has the most detail.
c. Cite the original study in the text of the report but leave it out of the list of
references because you have not actually read it.
d. Cite the original study but then indicate where you got your information from.
16. Which is the odd one out? Modern qualitative research can generally involve a detailed
study of:
a. text.
b. media content.
c. conversational exchanges between people and interviews.
d. psychological characteristics of interesting individuals.
17. An interest in qualitative methods has increased in terms of analysis of:
a. categorizations.
b. language based data.
c. laboratory experiments.
d. interest in qualitative is actually on the decline.
18. ------------------------is employed for measuring the quantity or amount of a particular
phenomena by
the use of statistical analysis.
19.------------------------is a non-quantitative type of analysis which is aimed at finding out the
quality of a
particular phenomenon.
20.------------------------is a data based research which depends on experience or observation
alone. It is aimed at coming up with conclusions without due regard for system and theory.
21.Research involves all of the following except---------------
a. Promotion
b. Validation
c. Control
d. Testing

22. The research study carried out with the help of data points (either primary or secondary)
is termed as
a) Conceptual
b) Observational
c) Empirical
d) None of the above
23.According to the authors, research methods are everything except:
a) Unstructured
b) Unbiased
c) Sequential
d) Directed
24.Applied research is directed towards
a) Problem solving
b) Action oriented research
c) Real time problems
d) All ofthe above

25.The following are features of a good research study except

a) Should be replicable
b) Should be systematic and objective
c) Should be completed in three months
d) Should be ethical and unbiased

26.The primary objective of is to provide insights into, and an understanding of, the
problem confronting the researcher.
a. Exploratory research
b. Conclusive research
c. Causal research
d. Descriptive research
27. The Census carried out by the Government of India is an example of

a. Exploratory research
b. Causal research
c. Descriptive research
 d. All of the above

28-------- is a type of conclusive research which is especially formulated to give a description

about a phenomena or group.

a) Longitudinal research design

b) Exploratory research design
c) Descriptive research design
d) Two-tiered research design
29.In an experiment, the researcher manipulates one or more variables in an attempt to
determine its effect on the
a. Independent variable
b. Dependent variable
c. Treatment
d. Test variable

30. Qualitative research

a) Is essentially the same as quantitative research.
b) Generally employs rigorous mathematical analysis.
c) Is subjective in nature.
d) Is objective in nature

31.Census of India is a
a. Syndicate data source
b. Internal data source
c. Government data source
d. Non-government data source

32. A multiple choice question in which a person can select more than one response category
is
a) Dichotomous question
b) Likert scale question
c) Ambiguous question
d) Checklist
33.Which of the following is not a probability sampling plan?
a) Systematic sampling
b) Cluster sampling
 c) Convenience sampling
d) Stratified sampling
34.In simple random sampling design each element of the population has the following
chance of being selected in the sample.
a) Unequal
b) Unknown
c) Equal and known
d) Unequal and known
35.Which of the following statements is true?
a) Samples are less expensive.
b) Non-sampling error reduces with increase in sample size.
c) Simple random sampling is more efficient than stratified sampling.
d) All of the above are true.
36.Which of the following gives the measure of consistency of data?
a) Mean
b) Standard deviation
c) Mode
d) Median
37.----------can be used to display the steps or components of a process.
a. Pie charts
b. Pictographs
c. Flow charts
d. Histograms

38. What is full form of IPR?

a. Intellectual property rights
b. Intelligent Property right
c. Intellectual Proprietary right
d. Intelligent Property rotation
39.. After data collection from the respondents, the researcher
a. Can disclose it to anyone
b. Can not disclose it to anyone without permission of respondents
c. Can sell this data to private agency
d. None of the above
40. When preparing an oral presentation one must keep in mind
a) Who is the audience
b) What does he/she hope to gain from the presentation
c) What should be the core of the briefing
 d) All of the above are important.
41. Which of the following is E-journals database?
a) Scopus
b) Journal of engineering and science
c) International journal of Operations Management
d) None of the above

42.--------- has helped researchers all over the world to work together in collaboration.
a. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
b. Word processing
c. Plagiarism
d. All of the above

43. Shodhganga is ---------

a. Reservoir of Indian theses
b. Reservoir for research papers in India
c. Collection of UGC related information
d. None of the above

44. The practice of showing someone’s work/idea/paper as one’s own without proper
acknowledgment Is termed as --------
a) Citation
b) Plagiarism
c) Referencing
d) None of the above
45. Adaptive system management is

a) It uses machine-learning techniques. Here program can learn from past

experience and adapt themselves to new situations

b) Computational procedure that takes some value as input and produces

some value as output.

c) Science of making machines performs tasks that would require

intelligence when performed by humans

d) None of these
46. Bayesian classifiers is

a) A class of learning algorithm that tries to find an optimum classification

of a set of examples using the probabilistic theory.

b) Any mechanism employed by a learning system to constrain the search

space of a hypothesis
 c) An approach to the design of learning algorithms that is inspired by the
fact that when people encounter new situations, they often explain them
by reference to familiar experiences, adapting the explanations to fit the
new situation.

d) None of these

48. Algorithm is
a) It uses machine-learning techniques. Here program can learn from
past experience and adapt themselves to new situations
b) Computational procedure that takes some value as input and
produces some value as output
c) Science of making machines performs tasks that would require
intelligence when performed by humans
. d) None of these
49 Data scrubbing is which of the following?

a. A process to reject data from the data warehouse and to create the necessary
indexes
b. A process to load the data in the data warehouse and to create the necessary
indexes
c. A process to upgrade the quality of data after it is moved into a data
warehouse
d. A process to upgrade the quality of data before it is moved into a data
warehouse
50. A goal of data mining includes which of the following?

a) To explain some observed event or condition

b) To confirm that data exists
c) To analyze data for expected relationships
d) To create a new data warehouse
51. An operational system is which of the following?

a) A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on
historical data.
b) A system that is used to run the business in real time and is based on current
data.
c) A system that is used to support decision making and is based on current data.
d) A system that is used to support decision making and is based on historical
data.