03 March 2023 – Morning Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

11. The appropriateness, meaningfulness and usefulness of the specific inferences made from the measures, is called

Correct Answer: (4) Validity

12. In survey based research in Social Sciences, when you decide to tell participants something false about the purpose of the research, you are using

Correct Answer: (1) Active deception

13. For testing difference in means of two independent samples with n₁ and n₂, the number of items in the two samples, respectively, the t-statistic is computed with the following degree of freedom.

Correct Answer: (2) n₁ + n₂ - 2

14. In bibliographies and footnotes, researchers often use the abbreviation 'ibid'., which means

Correct Answer: (1) in the same place

15. Answers to which among the following questions can be found in the 'Discussion' section of a research paper?

A. What kind of instrumentation was used in the study?
B. How do your results relate to existing studies on the topic?
C. What do the results mean?
D. What were the results of any statistical tests?
E. What new ideas emerge that you could evaluate in a subsequent experiment?

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (3) B, C and E Only

16. From the communication viewpoint which one of the following is a cultural institution?

Correct Answer: (4) Family

17. Which one of the following is excluded from the list of communication barriers ?

Correct Answer: (3) Philosophical

18. Which of the following are forms of traditional media of communication?

A. Street demonstrations
B. Yakshagana
C. Puppetry
D. Hari Katha
E. Filmy dances

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) B, C, D Only

19. Effective classroom communication is intended to make learners acquire new

A. Knowledge
B. Behaviours
C. Soft skills
D. Ways of aggressive attitude
E. Hyper-reaction

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (1) A, B, C Only

20. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Inter-personal communication can be mediated or aumediated.
Statement II: On its part mostly, mass communication need not be mediated.

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

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