01 March 2023 – Evening Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

11. Different from being a normal distribution, if a curve is skewed on the right side, we call it

Correct Answer: (1) Positively skewed.

12. When the consistency of data collected is measured at different points of time, it is identified as.

Correct Answer: (2) Test- retest reliability

13. Change of behaviour in people after they come to know they are participating in a research project to produce results that do not have validity is known as

Correct Answer: (3) Hawthorne effect

14. Some of the threats to internal validity in research are:

A. Quasi experimental design
B. Pre-Testing
C. Attrition
D. History
E. Maturation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below semi colon:

Correct Answer: (4) C, D and E only

15. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: In Focus group discussions, the moderator is supposed to provide a liberal climate for participants to open up.
Statement II: Participants of focus group discussions should rant individual experiences for comparison.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (3) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.

16. In communication, denotation is the level of

Correct Answer: (3) Description

17. Symbols provide meaning when used in a

Correct Answer: (4) Specific cultural context

18. A hot medium is characterised by

A. Non mechanical components
B. Low Audience participation
C. It envelopes only one sense
D. Large amounts of information supplies
E. High audience participation

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) B, C and D only

19. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: In the initial stages, mass communication was considered as a study of propaganda.
Statement II: Now it has its linguistic component in terms of signs, codes and language.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.

20. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Mass communication supplies an inventory of public messages and allows for the monitoring of social values.
Statement II: In large scale social settings, mass media will enable integration of social institutions.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.